Problems With Writing Your Long Name

     My name is Seth Christopherson. No I do not have the longest name in the world, nor do I feel like I can even complain about it. I do, however, know the struggles that come with trying to write a long name in a given space that is less than spacious. Hopefully some of you will relate.
   

     The Cliff Diver

The underline can be helpful in keeping your name well aligned. But when it ends too soon... chaos...

     The Extension

Sometimes you need to manually add an extra inch of underline which really seems to help, but it can't save you every time.

     The Crash

Other times you need to write your name too close to the wall to add an extender. And when that happens, I know I already said chaos once before, but... chaos again...

     The "I Have No Last Name"

So you decide that you will just deny your name all together. Seems like a good plan. Until your teacher hands back your paper with a red pen correction saying, "Full names please, this isn't high school anymore." This happened to me once. Worst day of my life... not really, I just didn't want to have to say chaos again.

     The Microscopic

Now with no other option you decide that since the line can't be bigger, you must write smaller. Now you're unhappy, whoever reads it is unhappy, it's the perfect plan.

     The Lack of Patience

With all this chaos around you, you decide to unwind by drawing your name in an interesting font. Unfortunately this is only relaxing for a short while, and you with your incredibly long name get bored halfway through and the quality suffers.

     The "Cross Your What?"

So there you are signing some documents in cursive, the whole time remembering to cross your T's and dot your I's at the end. But your name is so long that you become anxious, and after your pen is lifted from the last letter you decide to shave off some time by quickly crossing and dotting, and in doing so you hit the wrong points on both. (For me I always find a way to cross my H)

     The "Good Enough"

You give it one more shot. This time the goal is to write as fast as possible. The first name is a cinch, but as you get half-way through the last name, you stumble, one letter becomes illegible and the only way out is to give up there, make the rest just a line, and act like it was on purpose. And after all that you're left with something that actually looks pretty non-chaotic.

     If you have any long name stories, if you or a friend have an incredibly long name, or if you just want to say hi, connect with me at Facebook.com/freewayparade or on Twitter @Freewayparade.