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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.
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.
