Twas Brillig

I’m not alone. There’s another Brillig. I know. I’m as shocked as you are.

Actually, his name is Steve Bosman and he seems to be a pretty decent chap. However, his site is called ‘Twas Brillig*–the asterisk is apparently part of the title, so at least we’re not IDENTICAL, right?

But here’s the worst part. His blog has been around longer–a LOT longer than mine. Which means that he didn’t steal my name.

I stole his.

*GASP*

Okay, in all fairness, we both stole it from Lewis Carroll (you can read all about it here).

As I said, Steve seems to be pretty cool, though he’s certainly into getting his “geek” on–quite in tune with the world of video gaming and science fiction–not really a world I belong in whatsoever. But he also goes off on random rants that sound oddly similar to things I myself might go off on. And he’s in England, and I only wish I were in England. (I spent three of my “growing up” years in England and I pine for it. Oh, how I pine for it.)

So, really, no one is likely to confuse us with each other. But it also wouldn’t be the end of the world if they did.

As for me, I came up with the name ‘Twas Brillig just on a whim, as I was making my blogging debut a month and a half ago. In high school I had done a few service projects that I wanted to do anonymously and so when something needed to be signed, I (again on a whim) signed it “Brillig.” So that when people asked who had done it, they could say, “‘Twas Brillig.” (If you listen closely, you can still hear my 15-year-old self giggling over that.) So, 13 years later, when I decided to start up a blog, I just grabbed at whatever came to mind, and I’ve been Brillig ever since.

I like Lewis Carroll just fine. I’ve read all of his stuff and it’s all dandy. But I’m not obsessed with him. In fact, he’s not even one of my favorite authors or anything like that. I’ve had a lot of readers find me because they like Lewis Carroll or, more specifically, the Jabberwocky. And that’s great! Welcome friends! But it feels a bit strange to be paying hommage to an author/poet who I am not exactly obsessed with. Haha.

With all of that said, though, I do actually really like the Jabberwocky poem. I love that it’s nonsense and yet it makes perfect sense all at once. And I guess that that’s where I’m hoping to go with this blog.

(Some days, though, I think it will very likely be a little more nonsense than actual sense…)

So, how did you come up with the name for your blog? I’m sure many of you have explained this many times already, but humor me and do it again!