for the second time in 2 months...

.... i have been told i do not look like a claire. yes, that's right. you read that correctly.

both times i have been told this have come from the mouths of seemingly socially challenged, adult men. the first was a somewhat belligerent store owner at a bar during one of the many conferences i attend for my job. because i was surrounded by my posse of, i'll be blunt, kick ass human beings, i entertained his annoying banter and shoved it off. however, the latest was an outside vendor that i had a business meeting with today. i go out into the lobby to greet him with my business-like-handshake, (this girl doesn't do wet noodle handshakes thanks), and as if he'd just seen Willy Wonka himself, wide eyed and grinning says, "YOU... are Claire?"

me: yes. why? were you expecting someone else?

him: well yeah. like an old lady!

so in my head all i'm thinking is what a moron. this guy needs ME to help him, increase his business, and this is how he opens up? i laugh it off and say, "claire is not an old lady's name". the receptionist chimes in (with all due respect she is in her 60s and has a heavy boston accent) and says, "my friend's granddaughter's name is Olga. Classic names are really coming back." again, in my head i'm thinking how adorable this effort was... but, yeah, not helping at all. (and as a sidenote, a baby named Olga)?

so we have the meeting.

i know 10x more than this man. 

but this was obvious "at hello." (that's right. i'm peeved, i'll tell it like it is).

i walk him out. and he again brings it up, "well i'm impressed. a young claire." and that's when i decided, standing there in my slate gray frey boots, white blouse with a tie around bow that i got on sale an anthropologie and my big blue bangles my older sister gave me 2 years ago.... yupp, picture it, and i decided... with my arms crossed in front of my chest, a slight grin and my head tilted to the side in a fake nice way... to inform him of the following:

Rachel McAdams has played THREE characters with the name Claire, the most adored being Wedding Crashers. Claire is a character on Heros, Lost and Modern Family, all ranging from ages of about 18-35. Claire Danes is an actress, Claire from Vanilla Sky (i remember this because of Tom Cruises monologue about the girl named claire who ran track in high school...). So yeah. there are a LOT of young Claire's, and hollywood seems to cast pretty cool people to play them.

now friends, my monologue may have listed those claire's in a different order, but be sure that it flowed with the same ease and conviction as you read this. and if you know me, you know to not doubt that statement in the least.

xo,

CLAIRE