Yesterday morning, the Oxford American — one of my favorite literary magazines — launched its Summer issue, featuring a short story by yours truly. “Saeed, or The Other One” is about coming home from a book event and finding my doppelgänger sitting on my couch.
“Something about being in his company—our company—had a way of immediately smoothing over rough edges as soon as I got to them. Just when I’d think, “Well, that was weird,” I’d think, “What was?”
Then, yesterday afternoon, I got a Google alert featuring a bit of news about my doppelgänger: Saeed Jones, a “career burglar” in Wales:
Obviously, I’m rooting for my doppelgänger. Tell me about yours. What do you think the Other You is doing out there?
Whatever doppelgänger Kaila is doing today, I hope it's not sitting at her desk writing yet another cover letter when it's an absolutely sublime day outside!
I have *several* & I often get emails for them b/c they think adding a period between the 1st & last name makes it theirs 🙃 . Fam, I've had this Gmail address since you had to get an invite to get Gmail.
My doppelgänger in South Carolina has an extensive criminal record (including assault w/ a deadly weapon), but she also just signed up for Shein & I'm desperately trying to unsubscribe. She also orders Scholastic books for her kids. (She & I apparently also have similar sequential numbers in our socials & she pops up every time I have to get a background check done. This means I can never move to South Carolina lol)
My doppelgänger in Washington state needs to answer her church's emails b/c they want to get one of their programs back on track.
My doppelgänger in Texas is an accountant & got a job offer letter last week that I desperately hope they actually got to her even tho that $24/hour is too low, in my opinion.
My doppelgänger in Canada apparently still works for the Canadian government. They should *absolutely* fix that. Just be sending me PDFs all willy nilly.
I actually could never find one with my birthname. I did get the typical Facebook friend requests from people with my last name in the early 2000s, but no identicals. My current name was my mom’s last name, and I don’t think that one will show up more 😅
Whatever doppelgänger Kaila is doing today, I hope it's not sitting at her desk writing yet another cover letter when it's an absolutely sublime day outside!
Haha. Well, let’s daydream on Kaila’s behalf! Maybe she’s at the beach in Phuket rn.
Or hiking on the Isle of Skye in Scotland! (Okay now I'm jealous of Other Kaila she's having a phenomenal day!)
OOOOH, okay, okay. I see the vision! Goats are everywhere, very misty.
I have *several* & I often get emails for them b/c they think adding a period between the 1st & last name makes it theirs 🙃 . Fam, I've had this Gmail address since you had to get an invite to get Gmail.
My doppelgänger in South Carolina has an extensive criminal record (including assault w/ a deadly weapon), but she also just signed up for Shein & I'm desperately trying to unsubscribe. She also orders Scholastic books for her kids. (She & I apparently also have similar sequential numbers in our socials & she pops up every time I have to get a background check done. This means I can never move to South Carolina lol)
My doppelgänger in Washington state needs to answer her church's emails b/c they want to get one of their programs back on track.
My doppelgänger in Texas is an accountant & got a job offer letter last week that I desperately hope they actually got to her even tho that $24/hour is too low, in my opinion.
My doppelgänger in Canada apparently still works for the Canadian government. They should *absolutely* fix that. Just be sending me PDFs all willy nilly.
Candace, you’re in the sequel of “Everything Everywhere All At Once.”
I swear I'm gonna watch that movie so I can truly understand this reference. The trailer feels like you're pretty on point tho lol
Doppelgänger Ginny is hiking with doppelgänger Kaila to train for a walking vacation she wants to take in Wales next year.
Well, look out for burglars.
I won’t be bringing any scaffolding parts, so I think I’m safe.
I actually could never find one with my birthname. I did get the typical Facebook friend requests from people with my last name in the early 2000s, but no identicals. My current name was my mom’s last name, and I don’t think that one will show up more 😅