So I had another run-in with my doppelganger over the weekend. I can hear him taunting me in my head as he continues on his mission to mess with my life, giving people false impressions of who I am and what I do. Allow me to explain.
There’s another guy who lives in St. Catharines with the name Sean Dwyer. Truth be told, this isn’t all that unlikely. If you search on the internet you’ll find there are quite a few people in the world named Sean Dwyer. (Incidentally, I am at the top of the Google search results though, which pretty much means I am the most important one.) The Dwyer family name has Irish roots, and Sean is an Irish first name. It makes sense that the combination is somewhat popular.
What is rather strange, however, is the fact that this guy has the same middle name as me as well, and went to the same university. This all came to a head one day when my mom, who works at Brock University, had a young man come to her office to discuss his tuition and filled out some forms under the name Sean Christopher Dwyer. “Wait a minute now, you’re not my son!” she said. It seemed to her that it must be some sort of weird joke.
And in a way it is, albeit a somewhat unfunny one, because to this day I continue to meet people who think they know me, when really they don’t. It’s a strange feeling, and it really makes you question what’s in a name. Sometimes I wish my parents had been just a tad more creative. Then again, I’m sure all the Mike Smiths in the world have had this same experience many times over.
Deep down inside, I know that one day I will have to face my doppelganger, but I am afraid about what might happen when I do. It may cause a tear in the space-time continuum. Perhaps I will be suddenly pushed out into a different dimension. Hey — maybe we’ll even fall in love. What I do know is that it’s my name he’s using out there and he better damn well respect it!
Now wait a minute. You should wiki the term because “The term [doppelganger] has, in the vernacular, come to refer to any double or look-alike of a person, most commonly in reference to a so-called evil twin, or to bilocation”.
Just because this guy has the same name as you doesn’t make him your doppelganger. He is your name twin. I, on the other hand, DO have a doppelganer. She also attended Brock U. I was approached on three separate occasions by her good friends and had to stop them in mid-conversation to tell them that we don’t know each other and that my name was Alicia, not Lynn*. Eerily enough, a friend of mine has seen my doppelganger and mistaken her for me. I have yet to see her but I’m sure the day will come and hopefully I will find out that she is my evil counterpart and not the other way around.
*some names have been changed…or forgotten.
you guys need to have sex with your doppelgangers. just to see what happens. and for the pleasure of it.
oh, i forgot to mention my doppelganger who plays in Matchbook Romance…
oh, i forgot to mention my doppelganger who plays in Matchbook Romance…
aww, Sean why’d you disable html. anyways, here’s my dopplerganger in these links
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f349/sixthsiren/matchbookromance2.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f349/sixthsiren/matchbookromance.jpg
aww, Sean, why’d you disable HTML code. hope this link works
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f349/sixthsiren/matchbookromance.jpg
i just found your blog today sean. very entertaining!
i like that when i google my name i get a silver metalist for the special olympics. she’s representing the katie durants well!
Zak why are you always trying to spam my site! Sorry, some of your posts were held for moderation because they had too many links or something. That Matchbook Romance guy isn’t as hot as you though.
leave it to you to censor everything. feel free to edit anything out man.