Surreal? Surrealist? Surreyalist?!

Choosing a name for a blog turned out to be not as easy as ruling the world.

That’s because I wanted this blog to be my definitive blog. The ultimate faucet of my generally mediocre (I’m being humble here, of course) train of thoughts. So naturally I have to came up with a name that reflects who I really am and the things I will post. It also have to strike a strong impression to all who see, creating a vision of grandeur. Something that gloriously outshone everything else.

I came up with “reysaroso”.

Wow! . . . . . . Okay, have we other options?

It’s not that the name is a bad one. No, not at all. It is the obvious choice for a personal blog title, so it’s completely all right. It’s just, well, like I said I wanted something different for my blog. I mean, come on! This is ME I’m talking about. I’m no ordinary person. I’m Groucho Marx minus the moustache! The world bows before my immeasurable wittiness! I can’t have a blog titled with something so plain as my name! (Umm . . . ah nevermind). Thus the search continued.

Several days and options later (theamazingrey, holycowitsrey, reyandhissidekickbooboo), as I sat in front of my computer, weary from work and lack of sleep, I came upon a revelation. There, fleeting in and out of consciousness, I became wary of my surroundings. Colors swam before my eyes. All’s blurry. I felt light-headed. “This is it!”, I thought, “This is the answer I have been looking for! It’s either that of I smoked one too many joint.” That moment, I realized that much of my life, my being, revolves around the world of dreams. A world of detachment. Of imagination and wishful thinkings. Of vision and stolen ideas. A world, a life where everything is so . . . so . . . surreal! Yes! And I, the sole ruler of this world, am the surrealist. Rey, The Surrealist! In short, The Surreyalist.

Now, in a world where many people chose stupid, pretentious, dunno-what-it-means-but-it-sounds-cool titles for their blog, I’m proud to say that I have a name that really represents myself and my blog so truthfully and honestly. From this day onward, The Surreyalist opens it’s pages to the world.

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