Kristopher? With a “K”?
05.Nov.2007, 09:53 pm
“Hi, may I speak with Kristopher?”
“This is she,” I say, waiting for the usual–
“Oh! Oh… I thought–”
“That I was a gay man?”
“Heh heh! Well,” he says, “I saw your site and the photo and I figured it was stock photography, and then, you know, that part of your site that says, ‘SEX’ in all caps, that didn’t seem like something typically a girl would write.”
“I’m not typical. And though I’m flattered you thought I was a random model, does that mean you also thought the Kristopher behind all these dirty words was a fat man who likes it on his stomach?”
I hear a chuckle float through the phone. “So that’s your real name? Dukes? Kristopher, with a K?”
“Yessir,” I answer. “People think it’s a pen name, but if I’d staged my name, it wouldn’t be long and hard, though that’s how I prefer many things close to me. Instead, my name would be short and easy to spell, and something that didn’t lead everyone to believe that I was a chubby gay dude who fakes his name.”
“So, what’s the story, if you don’t mind my asking?”
“I don’t, and you already asked, anyway,” I say. “Two stories: one, my dad says he named me after an independent actress in a flick he saw. Two, supposedly my older brother, four at the time my mom was knocked up with yours very truly, was allowed to name me, and he insisted I be called Kristopher, though they knew I was going to be a girl.”
“Well, your name is definitely memorable, Kris. Krissy. Can I call you Krissy?”
“Thank you, and no. And I’m totally blogging this.”
He laughs again, a familiar noise now.
“So,” I say, “what’s your name?”
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(5 votes, average: 4.60 out of 1)
06.Nov.2007, 02:23 am
So you, so simplistic, so sexy.
LOVE…
06.Nov.2007, 02:24 am
So you, so simplistic, so sexy…
LOVE.
06.Nov.2007, 09:19 am
love it!
06.Nov.2007, 01:23 pm
how annoying. don’t stereotypes and ignorant men piss you off?
06.Nov.2007, 01:51 pm
Hysterical!
06.Nov.2007, 11:14 pm
DAMNIT Krissi…..I mean Kristopher, I been callin you Krissi all this time and you didn’t cuss me out and tell me to quit it, ……i sowwy, please forgive me
IT SHAN’T HAPPEN AGAIN.
I mean you shoulda tried to kick me in tha ballz or cap on my moms’ or somethin’…….wheres the love, doll
-Z’maji @ hauteblogxoxo.wordpress.com
06.Nov.2007, 11:18 pm
Oh yea & I at 1st thought you was a ‘gay’ too, a fat ole’ flamin gay, sorry
It’s the name love, thats all
-Z’maji @ hauteblogxoxo.wordpress.com
06.Nov.2007, 11:19 pm
Krissi, Kristopher, The Sexiest Blogger You Have Ever Known…
You call me whatever you like, lovely.
XXXO,
K
07.Nov.2007, 02:01 pm
So what’s your name?! Hahah love it.
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10.Nov.2007, 02:27 pm
sometimes i refer to you as “KD” or “Kris Duke” or “K Dukes” to type it faster
when i’m IMing. I would never say that to your face 
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