The pen name came about so people could say my last name if I ever got published and to separate myself from teaching if it happened as well since I have no idea what I'd end up writing at this point. Yeah, I do that lately (haven't touched Twitter in a while, actually). There's some people you just don't want reading that stuff.

I liked that song as a kid. Haha. Now I definitely wonder what he was thinking. ...And then Demi Lovato covered it. ~_~ Which means someone thought it was a good idea.