SMUApronista: What is in a name?

Okay so this is officially my first blog! Yay! Or so I thought…. I never realized what went into making a blog. I felt like I was yet again trying to recreate a MySpace account with all the different settings I was given and had to choose from. And then I came to the oh so ominous blank space “title”.

How am I supposed to pick a name for my blog? This seems like the most important step. A name is supposed to mean a lot right? [Unless you’re Juliette who says “What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"] Am I supposed to pick something clever? Will my title set the tone for my entire blog?

If I compare this to people – I think it may – or at least for first impression sake. Think of the name Vicky.

Any time I think of the name Vicky I will always be reminded that Vicky’s are icky.

We associate names with meanings and other individuals. Think about a parent naming a child. A mom whose high school nemesis’s name was Rachel is not going to name her precious baby girl Rachel. Similarly we associate words with connotations. Smelly for example could mean garbage or flowers – yet when we regard something as smelly it is usually a bad thing.

Okay so my blog title. I obviously wanted something that could not be interpreted in a bad way or that would remind me of an annoying song. The question was did I want to characterize the blog or the blogger. After careful consideration I choose myself because trying to base a whole blog under one umbrella would be difficult and boring. Instead I put the focus on myself (a scary thought).

SMU Apronista. Why in the world would I pick this? Well… I love aprons. Not just the idea of them but everything about them.
I love wearing them. I love the way they look. I love what they remind me of. I love what the stand for. An apronista is… So you are probably thinking I am some 35-year-old mom living in some small town in the middle of nowhere. Wrong contrary I am a 20-year-old girl going to college in a big city. But nonetheless I love aprons. I believe I can live in the modern world where I can surf the internet and blog my ideas and yet go home throw on an apron and heels and cook a well balanced meal, hand wash my dishes – and still have time to do homework and browse Hulu. Apronista reminds me of the world outside of this computer. A world where I can live my life outside of cyber space and try to be the best person and friend I know how to be. Apronista shows you I am a human being. Not just a computer simulated blogger who just knocks out “creative” ideas for some class. I am a person with creative thoughts. [My name is Amy btw]

I hope you enjoy my blog and come along this journey with me as I explore my two worlds inside and outside my computer.