Nerd

"I hate my name. It has 'nerd' in it. Leo-nerd." As said by Leonard in The Big Bang Theory tonight.

The stereotypes are too much. A nerd is more nerd than anyone ever could be on this show. The stereotypes lead to a lack of funny.

But the name thing I can identify with. Kari is "carry." A verb. I hated my name when I was younger. My name "does." I wanted to be Kara, something that made sense as a name. I wanted to be Whitney, and I was for a week in second grade when we got to change our names. Officially, I was Whitney Jackson for a week. I wrote it on my assignments and homework. Around the table with my classmates, they called me Whitney. Whitney was a cool name, and then I lost it.