a.k.a. Alessandra

My Facebook friends have been asking me why I'm using the name Alessandra for my Facebook account. The simple answer to that question is that Facebook, for reasons I cannot quite fathom, does not want to accept the name Gay and thus, I was compelled to use my third name even though very few people know about it.

I don't know why I never use Alessandra. Perhaps because it is too long and in grade school, long names spell disaster because one, your friends will never remember them, and two, your teacher would already be asking question number three in your quiz and there you are, still writing the last letter of your name on your pad paper. Believe me. I have three names so I know how it is.

But I think the reason why I don't use Alessandra is that I coudn't identify with it. It's just so not me. And I won't elaborate because if you know me, I mean really really know me, you should know what I mean.

So my friends call me Gay, my closest friends call me Gigay and my family calls me Gaying. Alessandra, on the other hand, is what my mom calls me when she's mad and I need to be reminded of my proper place (as in Alessandra, sumusobra ka na!). And that explains why I will never be at home with it. And why I will never be a fan of Facebook.