Friday, September 26: Not quite an IANLWI

Since I started this blog, I have to admit I almost seek out IANLWIs (I Am Not Lisa Walkup Incidents). On Tuesday, someone asked me if I sit near Eric, who works on Lisa's floor. "Ah ha!" thought I, "He thinks I'm Lisa!" When I said no, he said, "Oh, I was thinking of Steven, not Eric" (who works on my floor). So close! Or he really did confuse us and was covering his tracks, because these two guys look nothing alike and their names are not at all similar. I think I'm starting to get paranoid.

Further evidence of paranoia: Today I was checking in at the travel clinic (gotta get my pills 'gainst mosquito death) and the desk clerk asked if I had an appointment. Then she said, "Are you Lisa, or Stephanie?" Ok, so that wasn't a true IANLWI either, but I did skip a beat, wondering how this complete stranger might mix us up!

Wednesday, September 10

Here's a transcript of an e-mail exchange that happened today. Notice that my name is in the "from" line and the body of my email twice (once in giant font in my signature). It's also in her "to" line. All names changed, except of course mine and Lisa's

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From: Cutlip, Stephanie F
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 9:50 AM
To: [Alice]; Walkup, Lisa M; [Bob]; [Mary]
Cc: [Jon]
Subject: Reading Club/Ferries

Hey guys,

After the reading club yesterday, I just thought you might get a kick out of some ferry pictures from my trip to Freetown (no casinos or nightclubs on these ones). You'll notice that they don't even close the loading ramp in the front of the boat, but then the bay was pretty calm. But I'm sure they're safe--they have "Safety First" stenciled on either side of the ramp!

Stephanie
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Stephanie F. Cutlip

[signature info]


_____________________________________________
From: [Alice]
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 10:22 AM
To: Cutlip, Stephanie F
Cc: [Jon]; Walkup, Lisa M; [Bob]; [Mary]

Subject: RE: Reading Club/Ferries

Lisa,

Great photos.…

Thanks for participating in a lively discussion.

[Alice]

Monday, September 8

Today Tom ended a conversation with "Okay, thanks Lisa!" But he only did it to influence my blog content, since I'd told him I hadn't had any more recent entries. Actually, a lot of people are calling me Lisa now because of this blog (see how that back-fired?).