Just getting this blog up and running and thought people might want to know, “Why Guitar Goonie?”
My name is Jeff or for the purposes of this site the Guitar Goonie. Why Goonie? Well, its hard to come up with a unique name to describe yourself, that is also available as a URL to purchase for branding, etc. soooooo. To be honest, there are plenty of guitar “Guys”, “Dudes”, “Fellas” and “Geeks”, I don’t really identify myself as a “Goober” (my brother would say differently) and I am definitely not a “Guru”. The Goonies is one of my favorite movies from my youth and it has a nice alliterative quality, so I went with it.
So what is a “Goonie”. Well, there are many answers to that question. A cool piece of trivia I learned about the movie from this process is the kids called themselves the “goonies”, because they were from the “goon docks” neighborhood of Astoria, Oregon. Another definition is “stupid, foolish or awkward”, but that is spelled “goony”. A goon, as I learned from an Indian friend of mine years ago is a hired thug (he had to hire goons to get rid of squatters that were trying to claim some of his families land back home). A Goonie can also be one of several types of albatrosses.
The definition that resonated with me the most is from Urban Dictionary:
A person whom is likable but also an oddball, outcast, nerd, dork and/or weirdo, who are often are seen in and part of a group of other ”Goonies”. Likable but can agitate just as easily.
My friends are definitely ”Goonies”, I have always been a bit of a nerd and my fiancé tells me I am weird on a regular basis (and although she won’t admit it, I am fairly certain I can be a bit agitating as well).
So there you have it…after about 5 minutes of thought, searching for available URLs (that didn’t cost $1000’s of dollars to acquire), the Guitar Goonie is officially born.