I was born John Cosmos Aller But for most of my life I called myself Jake Cosmos Aller Nowadays, I call myself J Cosmos Aller or Cosmos As my pen name the name Cosmos has nothing to do with me being born in Oakland growing up in Berkeley no one buys that story though Cosmos being such a Berkeley like name My great-grandfather wanted an English translation of the family last name Aller looked it up in a German English dictionary had two choices Cosmos or Universe chose Cosmos and thus I am the last of the Cosmos Aller's Universe would have been an equally good Berkeley name But I have had other nicknames The kids nicknamed me Allergy And pretended to sneeze When I passed them by The name came about From a dream I had As a boy scout I was riding a horse Named Jake I would scream Whoa Jake Slide aside Clyde Turn around Verdiack I started saying these words When I walked about Campus And people thought I was a bit mental So, people simply started calling me The Whoa Jake kid, Later simply became Jake After I left school I liked the name, Jake Better than John Too many Johns In the world, I thought When my wife became an army officer We would sometimes get invites To things addressed to Captain Lee and Mr. Lee Got tired of trying to explain That we had different last names So, I became Jake Lee Later when I was in the military hospital system As a dependent getting operations The doctors just assumed I was a major And called me Mayor Aller I did not correct them Liked having been promoted To the rank of Major! When I started trying to become Professional writing and blogger I thought using my middle name Would be a nice pen name So now I am either J Cosmos Aller Jake Cosmos Aller John (Jake) Cosmos Aller or just Cosmos No longer Jake Lee Or Major Aller though. |