Thursday, May 12, 2005

smmmm?

So, someone emailed me already and asked me what "smmmm" means? Well, I was brought into the world as a Catholic (save your tears, I recovered). We get like a new name every time we mark some event in our lives (communion, confirmation - you probably get another name at death). It's weird, I know. Why do you think I left? My name at birth was Sean Martin McCumber.

Then there was communion, so I added Matthew to my name. BUT WAIT, there's more. Confirmation - to both Catholics and Protestants - is when a kid affirms the oath made at baptism and joins the church. Hey, I made no oath at baptism. I was two months old. I do believe that puked on the priest though. I bet he was having flashbacks of the Exorcist. Anyways, at confirmation, I added Michael to my name.

So, SMMMM = Sean Matthew Michael Martin McCumber

Maybe I should have chosen Lucius and Anthony so my initials would be SLAMM, but, it's my name and that's what I thought was cool at 13. Dumbass.

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