Author: everythingeric

I love my name. But together, they are not phonetically rhythmic. Think about Madonna, Britney Spears, John Lloyd Cruz, and Hugh Hefner. These names are fun to utter. But my name.. The stresses don't seem to jump like fireworks. James Eric Garcia. James Garcia. Eric Garcia. James Eric Aquino Garcia. I think it could have been better if Eric came first. During my first work, I spent the whole school year as a teacher with my name in many files as Eric James Garcia for the mere reason that the secretary of the school when I arrived there felt it better that way. Even the first copy of my contract had my name that way. I decided to be known as Eric in 2010 as part of 'moving on' from some stuff I was leaving behind. That's why in my 2nd work, the first few people who knew me would call me James. (My apologies to them for the confusion). I chose to be Eric because the name sounds fancier. And I think that it's too passe to have the letter J as the first letter of one's name. I find the letter E very meaningful more especially because most of my favorite words that begin with it. Euphoria. Eccentric. Ecstatic. Electric. Enigma. Explain. Elaborate. Emphasize. Enamored. Everything! Everything E! My names have meanings which I don't know whether they encourage me or mock me. "James" came from a Hebrew word meaning "supplanter." I am not sure though what thingamajigg would I be supplanting. If there is a person out there in my life who is so great then let me know, I'd be glad to take over his or her position. That's if I could handle it. There are three meanings of the name "Eric" from the Old Norse. These are "forever," "alone," and "ruler" (Double-meaning: I'm good at lengths--hahaha). Does this push me in becoming a forever lone ruler? And if so, of what? That's for me to find out yet.

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