woman. *shakes head*

sometimes i don't understand women at all. i get that there are psychological reasons for going back to guys who treat you like shit, even if you try to pretend you just want to be friends, but still. there are so many better guys out there. not saying i'm one of them, just saying that jesus, no one deserves to be jerked around. if you truly feel like they are the only person who understands you, you need to meet more people.

oh, and if anyone out there reading is interested, i put up my new graphic design portfolio. samuelwaring .com

here's the thing: growing up with a hyphenated last name is really super annoying. see, my mom was this uber-feminist when my parents got married, so she made sure that both my dad and i hyphenated our last name with hers so that she wasn't absorbed into his family, they were absorbed into each others. like, that's fine, and pretty honorable, but people are always asking me, when they hear my name, "ok, but what's your real name?"

shit, dude, lockie-waring is my real name. but the more i thought about it, the more i started realizing that my two last names represent the different sides of me. lockie is my artist name, waring is my professional name. so when i'm just chilling and drawing silly cartoons of shit, i'm sam lockie, like i am on this blog. but when i'm trying to get a job interview or publishing my legit portfolio online, i'm samuel waring. they're both who i am, but no one ever said i had to use them at the same time.

yeah. so that's my long explanation of how to deal with a hyphenated last name. hope this was enlightening for you.