One thing I don't know I'll ever get used to is being introduced as my website.
Friend: "Hi, this is Margaret. Have the two of you met?"
Drunk stranger at random bar: ... blank stare ...
Friend: "You know, sopheava.com."
Drunk stranger at random bar: "Ohhhhhh, yeah! I know you. Nice to meet you finally. Hey, nice photographs. *wink* Heh."
If I had known my identity would become my stupid website A) I wouldn't have sworn so much over the years, and B) I would have chosen a cooler domain name, something much cooler than "sopheava". If for the reasons that people would know how to pronounce it and would stop asking me what it means all the freakin' time, it would have been worth it. Still, there's only one sopheava and THAT'S ME! (Don't forget I am Ubershique too. She's much prettier and has better taste in color palettes anyway.)
That internet man, it's a powerful thing.
Actually, being known as your website is kinda like when you walk in to the coffee shop and they say, "Morning grande latte girl!"
Pretty much the same in my mind, anyway.
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I so love your website name I think it's cool. Even though my real name is on my website people still send me emails calling me charmarie.
Would it be better if I refer to you as Luminere girl?
Strange... Before the Internet, I had a life. I would go outside and everyone referred to me by my real name. Now, I'm just a SIM in a virtual cog in a virtual world... building a dream where no one matters or cares.
Luckily (or unluckily, depending on your view), the staff at Starbuck's know my name and what I drink.
p.s. Sopheava is Unique. Of all the things you chose, it could have been much worse. Besides, I think most of us like the site name.
Lumiere Girl is dumber than Sopheava. Makes me sound like a superhero sidekick who's also TWELVE YEARS OLD.
Sopheava's cool. I've made my peace with Sopheava.