legally change my name

When I was 19 I started using the name Lisa Dinkley Gatsby. I thought that I would legally change it to that name… I think I grew out of it. A couple of days ago I came up with Anna Lise Oakvari Nasrin Eris.

I filed all the paperwork today. After $520 in legal fees ($320 to the state of california, and $200 to run a 4 week ad in my local newspapers legal section), my name change will be finalized on August 6th. (!!!)

....I’m putting this goal off, for I don’t know how long.

The past couple of weeks I’ve really gotten interested in saving money and investing, and I’ve decided that legally changing my name is a luxury that I do not wish to spend money on right now. I would much rather put the money it would cost to better use.

I WILL change my name one day though….but now I’m thinking it probably won’t be within a year. Maybe sometime in the next five years….

My paperwork came back, now I just have to submit it to everyone, starting with my school, so I can get my diploma printed the way I want it. I’m calling it done.

I put went to city hall and submitted my paperwork, now I have to send it to the newspaper. When that is done, I have to take the whole business over to the University and order a new diploma.

anybody like the name bellatrix?? that would piss off my mom! or brody….....

my name has never suited me, it doesnt match who i am.

the hard part is finding a name that does. ive been thinking of the names mary-kate, joanne, or elisabeth.

sigh one day ill figure it ou!

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SON. AND I HOPE THAT IT WILL HELP YOU ON YOUR WAY IN LIFE.

liked my real name. The name my parents gave me (hint: it’s not Tre, that’s my nickname). As early as 2nd grade I used to invent names I liked better and sign my grade school papers with them (this always irritated my teachers). When I was in third grade this guy Marcos had a crush on me. He would ask me, using my real name, to be his girlfriend everyday for the entire year. Everyday I would respond that I didn’t answer to that name and he should call me Lisa. LOL. He didn’t like me very much once we got to high school, any wonders why? My real name is so plain and boring and does not fit me at all. All of my close friends and people who know me well call me Tre. I guess it just annoys me that I don’t have poetic license over what all my legal documents say. I’m going to legally change my name someday, probably just to Tre, but at least it will be more unique, more interesting, and more reflective of who I am.

Too late!