So it was a few weeks ago when I first discovered him. My real name is Patrick, and Patrick, while not bizarre, is not a common name. I’ve only run across maybe a dozen other Patricks in my life. That’s pretty good, 21 years, 12 people. But this year, not only did I run across another Patrick. He shared my last name, except for one letter. Now my last name is Jarrett (yes I know I just told you my full name, go steal my identity, I have like $53 to my name right now.)
So my last name is Jarrett, his last name is Xarrett (not really, but I thought I’d hide the first letter to give him some semblance of anonymity). I found this out by picking up a test in my Physics lecture, and when I saw the name on the top, I truly believed I had misspelled my own name on the test.
So not only does the Evil Twin go to my college (10,000 people), he is in my Physics lecture (400 people) and is also in my Physics lab (30 people). To top it off, he was sitting two chairs away from me in the lecture. What are the odds of this?
But wait, the story only gets better.
Now we had totally taken the Evil Twin thing and run with it, but it still had that humorous haha effect where there was nothing substantiating it except for our names.
Well yesterday I get an IM from the Evil Twin and it starts out with “DUDE.” Now I’m sure most of you guys know that “DUDE.” is quite equivalent to “Hey Patrick, stop what you’re doing and pay attention, now I mean it, you won’t want to miss what I’m about to tell you.” I know I did.
I don’t know if you all know about the social networking site, thefacebook.com. It’s a Social network site for college students, designed so we can find people in our classes and school, and also old high school friends. In any case, I got signed up with it and found my Evil Twin in due course after discovering him in class. So I had to keep an eye on him and make sure he didn’t try any funny business on it.
Now, some of you know I keep a personal blog online, but before I did that I used one of the free diary sites. I met a few people who looked me up after reading what I wrote. One was a young lady named L. She and I talked for a while, then one of us would disappear, then we’d reconnect a few months later. And this went on and on. When I came to college we went through a long time without talking. She emailed me last semester and we hadn’t talked since then.
So back to my Evil Twin and his IM. He begins by telling me that he got a message from a girl and how he had no idea who she was. Her initial message was the normal, “Hey I think I know you, do you know me?” variety and he responded with the “No I have no idea who you are you crazy woman you” variety, except much nicer. She responds with, “Are you sure? I mean, I really think I know you, you should know me. We met on a diary site and talked just last semester.” He goes, “No, I’m sorry I have no idea who you are. I’m really sorry, but I’m glad to meet you.” Then she goes, “I know it’s you, wasn’t your SN ronincyberpunk or something?” And the light in his head goes on. :smack: “Oh!!! You want my friend Patrick Jarrett! I know it’s hard to believe but I’m Patrick Xarrett. Crazy I know, but true.” And that last line is verbatim.
So can you imagine? Now, not only is the Evil Twin at my school and in my classes, but he’s also from Florida, and she remembered I was too. I haven’t sought her out, I think it might freak her out if I suddenly messaged her, so I’m letting her find me.
But this is one of those stories that I’ll be telling for years to come, I can only hope that my Evil Twin and I continue to have stories like this.
I’m serious. This is all true. Amazing but true. Not mundane, perhaps pointless, but definitely memorable.
