The Tale of PomJob
September 11th, 2008 @ 6:36 pm |
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Oh! Hi there! Welcome to my new home, PomJob.com, stylishly designed by the FABULOUS Jayesel. I won a contest over at her house a little while ago and the reward is a custom-built blog. If you’re looking to spruce up your Web site, I highly recommend Jen; she’s extremely talented.
One of Jen’s stipulations was that I tell the story of my blog’s name, so here we go (it’s not that exciting, promise).
Once upon a time in a land called Clarion, there were two sorority sisters with the same first name, J1 and J2. This was not unusual as J1 spent the majority of her life as one of several of the same-named people in every group. Hence, she was known as JP for most of her childhood. (This was the hardship of having the second most popular female name in 1981, according the the Social Security office. (The number one name that year? Jennifer. Which may explain why I always get called Jennifer. Not that there’s anything wrong with that name, it’s perfectly lovely. It’s just not mine.))
Unfortunately for her, J2’s last name is Hand. One day, a sorority sister, in a moment of infantile wisdom, had a brainstorm.
“OMG! We can totally call you HandJob!” she said. No offense was taken by J2 (she’s that kind of girl), and to this day she answers to the name HandJob.
Several months passed at which point JP casually remarked that, since JHand was now solely referred to as HandJob (except by JP, who still called her JHand), she could now go back to just being called J. (Or a variety of nicknames spawned from her uncommon last name, such as Palmolive and Pomegranate.)
“Ooooorrrrrr,” a sorority sister responded. “We could call you PomJob!”
And so they do.
September 11th, 2008 @ 8:48 pm
Just came by to ooo and aww at the new site!
OOOOOO…..
AWWWWW…..
It really does look fabulous
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September 11th, 2008 @ 8:51 pm
@Quirky: Thank you!
September 11th, 2008 @ 9:06 pm
Love the new site, looks great! I love the header.
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September 11th, 2008 @ 9:59 pm
wow whoever designed this site is AWESOME. lol
Thanks for sharing the story of your nickname! Those crazy sorority girls… so is that the Clarion in Western PA? That’s not too far from me… maybe 2 hrs?
Jens last blog post..makes me want to dig out my old yearbooks and start scanning
September 12th, 2008 @ 7:54 am
It’s good to finally know where the name comes from, I’ve always wondered. I have the same J name (born in 1980 - lol) and EVERYONE calls me Jennifer. At least I’m not alone. I think our name rocks! Love the new site design
September 12th, 2008 @ 10:29 am
congrats on the move - it looks fabulous here!