*I have this FAQ about my name, because I get so many ppl asking me so many questions about my name. I usually re-post this one or twice a year since my answers change as I get older.*
For what ever reason, people find me interesting. Not sure why. But the bulk of curiosity tends to tie into my name or is delivered on the assumption that my life is somehow anything but normal because of who I am….well, I guess the ladder isn’t entirely wrong, but I digress. Anyways, I thought I’d take da time to post some of my most frequently asked questions:
Q1. What’s your real name?
A: Dark Angel is my REAL name. You want my BIRTHNAME.
Q2. What was your name before you changed it?/What was your birthname?
A: Couldn’t tell you…
Q3. Why’d you change your name?
A: Why not?
Q4. What are your views on religion? (Implied as if my name has anything to do with it)
A: Agnostic.
Q5. What did your parents think of it?
A: My family has not been the most enthusiastic about it.
Q6. What do your parents call you?/What does your family call you?
A: I’m not sure, we don’t talk.
Q7. Where are you from?
A: Nowhere.
Q8. How old are you?
A: How old are YOU?
Q9. When did you get your name changed?
A: Officially, August 3rd, 2006. Unofficially…well dats a whole another story….
Q10. So is Dark Angel your first & last name, or is Dark Angel your whole 1st name?
A: [chuckles] Yea, my 1st name’s Dark, last name’s Angel.
Q11. Did you get your last name changed too?
A: [chuckles] Yes
Q12. If a old white guy called you Darky/Darkie, would you be offended?
A: Not really, life’s too short.
Q13. What do your teachers think of it?
A: They find it fascinating.
Q14. So who does Dark Angel date?/What does Dark Angel look for in a girl/woman/girlfriend?
A: I look for someone who I can have a decent connection with, however my lifestyle doesn’t really allow for things like ‘dating’, so it’s really a mute point.
Q15. Did you pick that name because you like anime?
A: True I like anime, but I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I spoiled the mystery for you.
Q16. Your parents named you that?!?!?! (With a face of absolute disbelief)
A: No, I’m afraid my folks weren’t that adventurous. But let me tell you about the time I met a 4-yr old name Justice…
Q17. So your credit card, checks, social security card, etc, etc, all say Dark Angel?
A: Yes
Q18. So do I call you Dark or Angel or what?
A1: Dark Angel.
A2: Oh there’s a list! D-to-da-A!, Mr. Amazing, D.A.(most common), DARKNESS!!!!!, HatZ, Zombie, Dat Dude, Dark Chocolate, oh the list goes on and on…
Q19. So when are you gonna tell me your real name?
A: Again, not real name, birth name.
Q20. Do you think you’ll ever regret it?/You’re going to regret it when you’re older, you know?
A: Not a snowballs’ chance in hell.
Q21. Did you name yourself after the TV show/game/anime/comic/etc/etc?
A: [smirks] Couldn’t have, even if I tried.
Q22. Of all the names, why Dark Angel?
A: Why not?
Q23. What does that name mean to you?
A1: My name, just as yours, is my identity. It’s just a name. Now I’m not saying I’m A Dark Angel or THE Dark Angel, but like it or not, I am simply, Dark Angel.
Q24. WHAT IS YOUR NAME?!?!?!?!?!
A: Chill out, I’ll tell you, already. My name is….. Dark Angel. [smirks] Dat look on yo face is priceless.
Q25. Did you pick Dark Angel because you’re a dark person/like dark angels/have some sort of fascination with [insert something related to or about darkness]?
A: No
Q26. Why is it your personality always matches your name?
A: This one grinds my gears the most. Simply because it’s leveraged on one key factor; how well you know me.
If you don’t know me, and I’m not talking know of me, or know my name, reputation, etc; if you don’t know me, you should have no right to make that assumption. For all you know, I could be having a rough day, just got some bad news, or maybe you caught me at a bad time. YOU sure as heck ain’t happy 24/7, you shouldn’t expect the rest of the world to be. But if you do make that assumption, trust that I feel multitudes better than I look 9 times outta 10.
Q27. What about getting a job?
A: What about being qualified to do said job, you idiot.
Q28. I just wanna know what your name was, why won’t you tell me?
A: Real talk? You wouldn’t believe me if I did.
Q29. What will you name your kids?
A1. Assuming I even have kids. See Q14.
A2. I would like a daughter named Fate or Karma and/or a son named Khaos (with a K), but it’ll all come down to what the Mrs & I decide, together.
Q30. Is there a ‘Light Angel’?/Some sorta [insert random alter ego]
A. I don’t think so…although this question has made me wonder what it would be like to have a twin. I think we’d just fight all the time over who got which name. I have some cool friends, and I have a couple of enemies, but no alter ego/twin/double; least not one I’ve met anyway.
Update: As of 2009, there have been several sightings of various doppelgangers throughout the US.
Q31. Has Dark Angel ever met the parents? What do they say?
A. Yes. In the few times it has happened, the girl & I normally start out as really good friends. She’ll go home and talk about me (ranging from every now & again to incessantly), so the ‘rents usually have a good idea (and all the better yet, a good opinion) of who I am. When the girl & I actually do get together & it comes to ‘meet the parents’, it’s all a matter of putting a name with face. I haven’t met a parent that didn’t approve of me yet, so I guess I must be doing something right.
Q32. When Are You Coming Back?/When Are You Coming Home?
A. This is always a hard one to answer. The fact of the matter is, I really don’t have a home. And I’m not from anywhere, so until I find somewhere I belong, I won’t be settling down. I usually try to make it a habit not to go back to anywhere I’ve been unless I’ve got business there. Life’s too short [and expensive] to go riding out like a cowboy to hang out for a few days.
Q33. Did you know there’s a Dark Angel [insert whatever] ?
A. No I didn’t know. I had no flippin idea there was a Dark Angel show, comicbook character, or band. I had absolutely no flippin clue there was anything in the world named Dark Angel before I was.Thank you for enlightening me. Now, I have two words for ya:
Grow Up.
My name is Dark Angel, and nothing you do or say will EVER hope to change that. So why don’t you stop wasting your energy, and more importantly, my time, by trying to blast me with every Dark Angel joke you can think of. It’s lame. And you’re whack for shooting so low. If a Dark Angel joke is seriously the best you can think of for a guy named Dark Angel, then you seriously need to reevaluate your comedic standards kid.
Fact of the matter is, I didn’t know there was a show (or movie, or poem, or anything else) that had the name Dark Angel attached to it. I’ve been moving around ever since I was born, there’s a lot you miss, and I’d just never come into contact with any of it. But I understood the concept of a ‘Dark Angel’, so I figured the title was already floating around somewhere.
My name change case took a really long time, for that reason alone I’d never go back to whatever it was. My case fell into the category of cases that are almost too crazy to believe. A lot of people don’t know this, but there are two types of name change cases. The simple ones (marriage, federal, etc), and then there are the case too hard to believe. I mean, there are no official names for the different cases, but typically cases like mine are delayed or even have extra sessions held because the judge has to double check the case to make sure the name isn’t too unbelievable. There’s a guy enlisted in the army name Optimus Prime. A Peter Parker out Midwest, and a Darth Vader in…I wanna say Chicago. So in that regard, my name isn’t too crazy..
Q34. If you ever settle down, will you tell HER the whole story/your ‘real’ name/your birth name?
A. This is perhaps the trickiest question I have ever gotten, and to be quite honest, it’s not a question I’ve spent that much time thinking about. I mean, even if I find someone who’s absolutely perfect, there’s no way of telling when I’d be comfortable enough around her to actually tell her what I’d never tell the rest of the world. I know some of you are looking at this and going, “What the f^(%!?! Dark, you’re supposed to be honest with your partner and trust them regardless.” To that my reply is, what if it doesn’t always work out? What if we’re mad tight, but things go awry just a few years into the relationship? Now she really hates me. What exactly would be the point of pouring out my soul to someone who no longer gives a crap about me? And speaking from personal experience, having been burned once is enough reason [for me] not to trust any female again for a really, really, really long time.
Q35. What’s the deal with your birthday?
A. I don’t tell my birthday because I DO NOT CELEBRATE MY BIRTHDAY. Yet a good deal of people who know when my birthday is seemingly refuse to acknowledge this. It is because of this that I always end up fighting with people who try to do something nice for me for my birthday. Everyone has something they don’t want to talk about, and I don’t talk about my birthday. I only ask others to respect that. But because the ones who do bother to care are the ones looking out for me, and the whole ‘Forget You’ mentality is far too drastic to execute in regards to something so petty, I find it simply easier to keep the world guessing, thus avoiding the argument altogether.
Q36. How dare YOU change YOUR name??!?!?!?!?!?! Who [the Hell] gave YOU the right?
A. That has got to be the dumbest question YOU have ever asked in YOUR life. NEXT!
Q37. What if I figure out your real name?/I Know Your Real Name?
A1. Not my real name, my birth name.
A2. Good for you, but since you have no way to prove it, what good does it do you? I WAS as much a [insert generic male name] as I COULD HAVE BEEN a [insert generic male name]. But I AM Dark Angel, so end of story.
A3. You probably obtained my alleged ‘real name’/'birth name’ from one of my forged documents. No, you say? I’m lying, you say? They call it FAKE ID for a reason, and let me tell you chief, it ain’t hard to obtain.
Q38. Are you in the ‘Witness Protection’ program/Under witness protection?
A.If that were the case, then I probably wouldn’t be able to tell you…
Q39. Are you related to Jessica Alba?
A. No, not really.
Q40. Why Won’t You Tell Me Your Name? (In response to just meeting someone)
A. I do a lot of traveling, and meet a lot of people, but often times I’m in a rush. It just so happens that many of these individuals tend to ask me a lot of what could easily be answered by reading this. So I’ve made it a habit to not really give out my name anymore (unless I have to), and if I do, I always re-direct them here for questions. If they won’t check it out, they probably didn’t want to know to begin with (and are apt to leave me be) & if they do, then it’s free publicity for the site. A win/win for me.
Q41. Can I Have Your Autograph?
A. Um…sure.
Q42. Process Involved In Changing Your Name?
A. Money, lawyer, time & patience. I could get more elaborate, but this is the gist of it.
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