My friends often ask me what my blog is actually called. When I’m asked this I think, You remember the bad pick up line I wrote about four months ago, and you can’t remember what my blog is called? And then I realize that I don’t really know what my blog is called. The title is “I’m on a journey,” but the website is courtneyheff.wordpress.com. The reason for the difference between the title and the web address is that I wasn’t sure what my blog was going to become when I started it, and I didn’t want to get stuck with a web address that was going to define the blog. I know that I’m not going to change my name any time soon, so courtneyheff is a safe bet. You may wonder why I decided not to include my whole last name in the web address. Tell me truthfully, can you consistently remember all the letters in Heffernan? The last thing I wanted was for my friends to never make it to my blog because they wrote Hefferman instead of Heffernan.
I recently read Mindy Kaling’s book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns). One of my favourite parts of her book is the page of alternate titles. Among my favourites: Harry Potter Secret Book #8, Sometimes You Just Have to Put on Lip Gloss and Pretend to Be Psyched, and I Want Dirk Nowitzki to Host Saturday Night Live So Much That I’m Making It the Title of My Book. I thought that since I enjoyed this part of Mindy’s book so much, and since the title of my own blog has always been unclear, I would tell you some of the names I considered for my blog.
I Wanted to Make This a Blog About Basketball But I Knew None of My Friends Would Read It
Why All My Baking Involves Oreos
This May Become a Travel Blog If I Ever Manage to Leave Ontario
Live from Rick McGhie’s
I Will Always Want to Watch The Goonies
Jokes You Shouldn’t Make to English Majors
‘What Is This, Downton Abbey?!’ And Other Lines I’ve Never Had a Reason to Say
My Parents Told Me I Can Do Anything, Except Marry Into the Mafia and Become a Jockey
I Don’t Actually Care About Pokemon
My Sandwich Was So Good, The World Is a Better Place for My Having Had It
Discussions About The Weakerthans
I’m Alone and I Don’t Know What I’m Doing
If You Think My Blog is Funny, You Should See the Notes I Have on My iPhone
Angry Toast and Other Ways to Start Your Day with Enthusiasm
Players Who Have Gone on to Successful Careers After Leaving the Raptors
Basically, This Entire Blog Was Inspired By a Line from Girls
Maybe I’m better off leaving my blog as “I’m on a journey” for the time being. Thank you for reading my blog, even if you don’t actually know what it’s called. Your support and enthusiasm has helped me to write over fifty blog posts — this is the fifty-first — because as much as I enjoy laughing at my own jokes, that can get awkward and lonely after a while. Thanks for laughing with me.
With love and grilled cheese,
Courtney
Song of the Day: Drunk in Love by Beyoncé
