For whatever reason I’ve been fielding a lot of inquiries (like 17) regarding the name of my site, its URL, and my life in general. Most of ‘em are silly, some are downright inappropriate, and the rest are borderline preposterous. Well, I’m tired of trying to figure out what to do with them so I’m going to make ‘em available for all to see.
Today’s post packages most of the questions in a handy Q&A. As an added bonus, I’ve put together a bit of background on the origin of the URL and the site name. Enjoy.
Q&A
Question: What’s with TiTy?
Answer: TiTy stands for Today is Tomorrow’s Yesterday (look at the top of the page genius). It has nothing to do with naked people or triple X content (so stop searching my site for “big German tity”). I shortened the name since the actual title is really quite long. Plus, I wanted to use Bit.ly Pro and needed a short URL. I chose tity.me. Seriously, get your mind out of the gutter already.
Question: Are you some kind of reformed emo?
Answer: No. I was more of a grunge person back in the day, but even that’s not an accurate description of my youth. Honestly, I was a total poser. I grew my hair long, had piercings in weird places, got a tat, and enjoyed the alternative music scene. Honestly, I didn’t even know what emo meant until a few years ago.
Question: Who is that cartoon character?
Answer: Space Ghost. Not the dbag from the original show, but the one from Space Ghost Coast to Coast. That show is some seriously funny shiz.
Question: What is your site about exactly?
Answer: Nothing. It’s just a place for me to post my thoughts. I actually started posting to challenge my bro. Now I keep it going b/c it keeps me writing. Most of my posts are either old man rants or tech-related blather. Take it or leave it, I really could care less.
Question: Do you have a life?
Answer: Yes. I spend a third of my week at work. A little less than that is spent sleeping. One 50th of my week is spent eating. Another 50th is spent in the bathroom. Eight hours is dedicated to SyFy Saturday. Between 8-15 hours is spent running. And, the rest of my week is devoted to my wife and child. Hrm, now that I think about it. I don’t really have a life. Son of a…!
Question: Why are you so angry?
Answer: Why are you such a f****** douchebag?
Question: What’s the deal with Y2kemo?
Y2kemo is a combination of Y2K + kemo.
Kemo. When I was in high school I worked at McDonalds. Which was, hands down, my most favorite job EVAH bleechers! Not because I ate at a discounted rate, but because of the people I worked with. But that’s for another day. Right. Well, in those days, I used to shave my head. W/e, it was the thing to do. Stop judgin’ Richard. As it went, I was working the counter one night and this older lady approached me. I looked at her. She looked at me. And then her eyes started welling up.
ME: May I help you ma’am?
LADY: I’m sorry. Is everything OK young man?
ME: Yes ma’am. How may I help you?
LADY: I don’t mean to be nosy, but what is wrong with your hair?
Now, I could’ve taken that as an insult, but I thought I would go another route.
ME: I have cancer.
LADY: Oh my. I’m so sorry.
ME: Yeah, it’s been a few months now. They think they caught it early enough, but you never can tell. The worst part is not the pain, it’s the bills. So, I’m working here to pay ‘em off.
Then the tears started rolling.Wait for it…
ME: Nah…I’m just kidding.
Tears turned to rage as she attempted to reach over the counter and grab me. I leaned back, dodged her outstretched arm, and made a b-line for the break room. Not giving up, she worked her way to the end of the counter where my manager, Bob, stopped her. He apologized to the lady, and she left (without ordering anything I might add). Bob came up to me, and instead of chewing me out, gave me the nickname Kemo. It’s been with me ever since. Am I an a-hole? If you want to call me one, I’m good with that.
Y2kemo. I bought my first PC in 1999 for $1,000. It was, by today’s standards, a POS. Back then, it was pretty awesome. It had a 1GHz processor, 128MB RAM, 1GB drive, 3.5″ floppy, CD-ROM, 8-bit soundcard, and a 16MB video card. As a bonus I got Windows 95 on 12 3.5″ floppies! NOICE! About the time I got the compu was about the time the y2k bug came around. It was also the time I was setting up my first e-mail account – AOL (cringe). You know. From the annoying AOL CDs that came in the mail? This dude needed a screenname. Chris was taken. Go figure. Kemo was taken. WTF? Ah ha! I took the paranoia that surrounded computers and the Internet and merged it with my nickname [cue infant crying] BAM! A handle is born.
Question: So why did you title your blog Today is Tomorrow’s Yesterday?
Answer: In high school I was a bit of a pain in the ace. You see, I was one of those who excelled without really trying. Because of that, I got bored easily. My biology teacher knew this. He watched as I doodled on my notebook during class as if I wasn’t paying attention and later aced my exams and labs. I think he was a bit intrigued (and annoyed). One day he took a gander at my notebook and saw that I had written a bunch of quotes. He asked me if I would write a quote on the board each day to start things off. In retrospect it was a good teaching strategy. I started paying attention more, even though it didn’t help me do better since I was already making straight As. Well, one of the quotes I wrote (“came up with”) was “Today is tomorrow’s yesterday.” It’s actually not as original as I had thought back then, but it stuck with me. In another life, when I taught fifth grade, my students were mystified by the quote.
THEM: What does it mean Mr. D?
ME: Today won’t matter come tomorrow because it’ll be in your past. Let’s focus on what we’re going to do tomorrow instead.
THEM: Oh snap! So we’re all livin’ in the past?
ME: In a sense. So let’s always look to the future.
THEM: Word.
And that was sort of our class motto through the year.
Question: OK, so why are…
Answer: No more questions. I’m Kemo. I’m y2kemo. I live today as if it is tomorrow’s yesterday. Nada mas.
Have any questions? Any thoughts on the origins of the site or life in general? If so, leave your comments below or send me an e-mail at TiTy@y2kemo.com.
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