Insatiable
Why is my blog named Insatiable: the girl?
Well, I love the word insatiable. I learned it from a Dashboard Confessional song called This Brilliant Dance (click to listen to 30 second clip). The lyrics that particularly stuck with me were: "This is incredible, starving, insatiable... yes, this is love for the first time. And you'd like to think you were invincible, yeah, well weren't we all once?". (Admittedly, I went through quite an emo phase in grade 10ish)
An old teacher of mine once described me as driven. And I was like- that's it. That's what I want to be. Driven. Not pretty, not smart, not athletic, not hilarious, not friendly, not well intentioned, not kind, not modest, not sweet, not unpretentious, not accepting, not spontaneous, not courteous, not well traveled, not open minded, not gracious, not logical, not well rounded. Driven. That was the adjective I strove for.
Dictionary.com defines insatiable to mean "Impossible to satiate or satisfy: an insatiable appetite; an insatiable hunger for knowledge." I'd like to think that I don't settle? You know? That my goals are so lofty that just nothing will suffice? I really like the feeling of the world insatiable. Being insatiable means being driven, sort of, to me.
So I chose Insatiable as my blog title and URL.
Well... sitemeter tells me that many, many people find my blog each day by searching for "insatiable wives" or "insatiable girls" or sometimes, on occasion "insatiable dogs". WEIRD, RIGHT? I guess because I love the word so much, I ignored the sexual undertones that come along with it. Like masochism. Yeah, its a word and we all know its sexual side, but it's also just a regular word, right? Wrong Lisa. It's not possible to use that word without everybody who overhears to get a sudden mental image of whips and crotchless leather pants. And, etc.
I have a growing reading population- and I'd love for that to keep growing. I'm nervous about changing my URL because what if people don't update their bookmarks and nobody reads me anymore? I figure that's a risk I'll have to make...
I wanted to get lfar.com but it costs $950! Yeah right, jerks. lfar.ca is available... I don't know how to get a .ca domain... anybody? Or I can change it to something else blogspot...
So the contest is open. What should I change my blog URL and name to?
Ps. I really like references to favourite song lyrics. Justus refers to the National's City Middle (30 seconds). Clink refers to Postal Service's Such Great Heights (30 seconds). Laura refers to Hawksley Workman's You Me and The Weather (30 seconds). I'm very much open to this... any ideas?
How about Hawksley's No Beginning No End... the lyric "Don't dive shallow in deep dark water", or the song Clever not Beautiful. Only then I will make beautiful people feel bad.
Expect further analysis of my favourite song lyrics COMING SOON!
11 comments:
you're not changing it just because of the internet pervs are you? cause they'll always find you -- that's like wanting to change your name in 2nd grade so kids couldn't make fun of it.
Also: I'm not on your favorite blogs list anymore? wtf? ;)
"more grown up and a better daughter"
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I'll post if I think of more - perhaps I'll listen to hawksley for inspiration
steph! yes, or how about "you'll be better, you'll be smarter"
also bri clam up, i'll re-add you
it's cute the way it is, i thought it was original and kinda quirky, don't change it!!!
you like some good music too, nice!
meh, I stay stick with insatiable. It is catchy, and different. And besides, pervs need blog readin' too.
Change it to:
http://insatiablelf-thisisnotaneffingpornsiteyoupervert.blogspot.com
...or something to that effect.
(Side note: I always subconsciously see it as insatiable elf, which could be even more perverted than the search for insatiable dog. Truth be told, I never, ever thought the word had sexual undertones until now. Way to ruin it for me.)
(This is getting really long)
My blog regularly pulls in people searching for "is it bad to eat paper", etc because I posted a link to a funny video once. I'd say THAT'S pretty random.
Also, you weren't the only one to go through an emo phase in Gr 10. I never dressed it (I assume you did not either) but I listened to way more than my fair share of Dashboard, etc.
guys, if Dashboard = emo than Laura and I went through that phase in university!
I was just watching the footy (State-of-Origin 2) and a commentator (Ray Warren) just described a player as having an "insatiable desire". I had to laugh! And I thought "Keep the name Lisa, keep the name...."
i'm with justus....I also subconsciously see 'insatiable elf'..!
but the name is great.
M - poor blues :-(
another of my friends (who's conversation prompted this post) also thought it was elf! funny!
could use this: 300 people living out in west virginia have no idea of all these thoughts that lie within ya
From This Protector by The White Stripes
but it might be a bit long
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