I heard from Canada the day she died - the clowns are killing me to join their side

[klena]

First. G.I.P.

Second. Meme.

Journal naming.

What is the name and meaning behind your friends page?

Brothers on a hotel bed

From the song of the same name by Death Cab For Cutie. Because most of my LJ mates are family and sometimes reading their lj entries is like being curled up in a dark motel room, listening to the rain outside, resting on my arm and watching them talk.

What is the name and meaning behind your journal title?

A cat came at us speaking English

This is probably the nearest you'll get to something vaguely intelligent from me. The title is a quote from a critic who was writing about Emily Dickinson's poetry and described it "like a cat came at us, speaking English" which I thought was an amazing way to describe the unique nature of her poetry.

And she's so disjointed but the links are there if you want to see them and that's the way I feel sometimes. Which is bordering on emo for me, really. However! This is where the pun comes in. In my Japanese class, my best friend was talking to me one day and he called me "Neko". I asked him about it and he said that he had been calling me that in his head for a while now.

So I was given the name Neko or Neko-chan, which is the way quite a few people in my Japanese class know me and I respond to it. Neko, for those not in the know, is Cat in Japanese.

Kathryn - Kat.
Neko - Cat.

Do we see where the silly link is? Isn't it stupid? But that's why I chose that journal name. Because I'm Kat, and Cat.

What is the name and meaning behind your journal sub-title?

Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all

It's from "Simple And Clean", the Utada Hikaru song from the opening of Kingdom Hearts. And it's such a beautiful warning and almost a motto to live by. It's knowing the future is full of the unknown and the dangerous and you're going to get hurt - you know you are - but you're happy and willing for that because you know that having the experience is so much better than having the regret so you hold your head up and walk into the tidal wave.

What is the name and meaning behind your LJ name?

The lj name is Klena. (This is a very dull story!) When I first came to the INTERNETS, I was about 12 or 13, god 9 years ago!, and my mum was very insistent about people not knowing my real name. Internet security and paedofiles and the like. So I was watching some cop show with my mum late one night and one of the female cops actors name was Klea. So I fell in love with it and added an 'n' and became Klena.

Which became the name I have been known as for years now. With some very awesome exceptions.


Third.

I was thinking again.

I'm not looking for compliments - I'm honestly not. want to know about me and you. I want to know what name you know me by and what you think of me. Honestly. Please.

Comments

[blindeadmcjones.livejournal.com]

Your journal title is cute. ^_^

Big-Kay-Sis is normally the name that pops into my head when you come online. Except said really fast like BIGKAYSIS! XD And when Little-Em-Sis is around, by our powers combined, you become Jezzie.

I think you're lovely. That's you in a nutshell. And I feel like I can tell you stuff. Which is a big deal, for me, cuz often trying to talk about emotions and stuff is like trying to pull my own teeth out.

I think ♥.

[whitehaiku.livejournal.com]

I think I just covered this in my last post, if you include comments.


Also your VM made me cry a little at work. Thank you.

[marlinkhylacat]

Chinka-ching! You're always Klena to me, from your very first deis on ZQL. I used to would call people by their real names in my head, but I knew other people named Kathryn/Catherine, so it would get confusing who I was speaking of in offline conversations sometimes. Thus, Klena!

You are my love, my former foot-wife, my sister, and all those other sappy things people never say enough. XD

[waxrose.livejournal.com]

:D I mentally think of you as 'Kat', but I've always sort of thought 'kay-lena' instead of 'klena'. And you are my squishy, squishy wifey! <3

[hartclanpaladin.livejournal.com]

You are Wifey, a friend I made in Bristol whom I wish I could get to know better :D You are nice person and good friend.

[trowicia.livejournal.com]

I want to know what name you know me by and what you think of me. Honestly. Please.

I think of you as Klena most of the time. And you are the most awesome World Ruler and such a fantastic person. :)

[sacchifox.livejournal.com]

I'm actually not sure what name I use to think of you. It starts with a K, though. It's probably Klena because I think I read your LJ more than I go on MSN, which is kind of sad.

Anyway, I think you're a really mature, really awesome person. You're one of those cool grownups that small children like me don't mind hanging out with. I think I'm done making you feel old now.