Wog's Blog

     Some of you may have looked at my blog and wondered, "Why the weird name?" Well...there's a small explanation.  First of all.  I had a really hard time thinking of a creative name.  Everyone has these names that have nothing to do with anything or they are just a small detail from their life that describes them.  I wanted to think of something like that but sorry I am just not that creative!  So the name "wog".  It's a nick name that I was given somewhere in my childhood.  Don't exactly know who gave it to me but it seemed like my dad used it the most.  It ranges from Jilly-wog to woggy to wog.  It's not just my immediate family that uses it, it's my extended family, friends, and my in-laws now too.  I have to smile when I hear it.  It makes me feel closer to that person somehow.
     One funny encounter with my nickname was with my roommate Kirstin Gunn.  She had caught on to my name from my cousins and sister living with me.  You could tell by the tone of her voice that she was excited to call me by a new name.  Every now and then I'd hear her call to me across the house.  Then there was one time when she acknowledged me with my nickname in our conversation.  I just cracked up laughing and said, "What did you say?"  She looked confused and said, "Jilly-Wod?"  I laughed so hard.  All this time she was calling me "Jilly-Wod".  Haha Needless to say, she got the memo.  Anyways, the point is, Wog and Blog rhyme. HaHa. So I am perfectly content using this easy to interpret, not so creative name for my blog.