Name of names

What’s in a name? Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet? Well apparently at camp the answer is a resounding NO. Here at Togowoods, counselors have the privilege and honor of naming themselves. And while, some names might seem rather arbitrary or just plain silly, they in actuality, have a vast impact on the way the rest of your time at camp is spent, with the other counselors as well as with the campers. I’ve only been here for 3ish days and already have gone through about five different name changes, beginning even before my arrival at camp. Previous to AK, I was considering the name Tiger Princess, then it transitioned to my old Frisbee nickname FunSize, from there it went to Scrapper, back to my original nickname Shawesome, to, more recently, Dyno (it’s a move in rock climbing), to finally settling with Scrappy-D; for now that is.

My reasoning with this name is that I really want my friends here, as well as the campers, to know that, even though I may be little, I’m a fighter. Not in the traditional throwing bloody punches sense, but in the sense that I will fight as hard as possible to be the best I can be. I also wanted to mix the Dyno part in there, because the full term for Dyno means that you are performing a dynamic movement, and it is my hope that throughout camp, and life, that I will keep moving in a dynamic way no matter how much of a fight it may be. The direction doesn’t really matter right now as I’m trying to let life tell me where to go. To focus only the way I perceive myself, my actions, and how they affect those around me is my current goal.

On a less serious note, here are some of the names that other girls have chosen, or previous counselors have already picked out, that are either funny, quirky, or just plain awesome:

Sprint

Silver

Willow

Jump off Joe

and Pinto

That's all for now...love you lattes