No, no it wouldn't. But can I say that I now think of "Emmett" as a Kid Name and I used to think of it as an Old Guy name?(but of course the Old Guys had parents once and one day there are gonna be Grandpa Brians, which I hope I'll still be able to have a sense of humor about, when it happens) Susan, I'm not sure why, with the strong reaction. Some movie or something, probably.
We die horribly and painfully, you go to hell and I spend eternity in the arms of baby Jesus.
Gunn ,'Not Fade Away'
Spike's Bitches 26: Damn right I'm impure!
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
erikaj - Sep 09, 2005 12:32:48 pm PDT #2071 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
dw - Sep 09, 2005 12:34:52 pm PDT #2072 of 10001
Silence means security silence means approval
And can I ask that we stop talking about the perceived attributes of Emmett's name?
I'll leave it at this: I think of Emmitt Smith, the greatest of all the running backs on the Cowboys, a team far superior to the battery-throwing evil that is the Philadelphia Eagles.
My favorite baseball name? Razor Shines.
§ ita § - Sep 09, 2005 12:37:30 pm PDT #2073 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You should call and request a pony.
I think my chances are decent.
Never, never, ever pass up keeping painkillers on hand for emergencies unless you already have a stash of a few on hand.
My Flexoril has refills, and I make sure I have an extra bottle on hand, because the moment the scrip runs out will be the moment I'm effectively mobilised by pain.
When my knee was busted, I discovered that I can't take powerful painkillers on a regular basis -- three or four days in, and they stop working. I had doctors around (family) and they'd cut me a new script on demand, insisting that removing the pain NOW was more important, and if I got addicted they'd help me get off -- and if I OD'd, they knew what to tell the EMTs. It was the only way I could make peace with the pills, despite everything the pain was doing to me. Months and months of pain.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 09, 2005 12:40:27 pm PDT #2074 of 10001
What is even happening?
I must have missed where the conversation went to drag queen and ass kicking land. Sorry it bothered you, Hec.
For what's it's worth on the Alistair track--one of the--if not *the*--most well liked kids in my graduating class ('85), and I mean that across social clique lines, and among girls and boys both, was named Eugene. Nobody picked on Eugene. He was respected, popular, and genuinely nice.
Glamcookie - Sep 09, 2005 12:42:54 pm PDT #2075 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Names totally depend on the person in question. Cool person = cool name.
Jessica - Sep 09, 2005 12:44:43 pm PDT #2076 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I know more than one Alistair. (Working where I do, it's not surprising.) So while it may not be the name of any active Buffista's child, I wouldn't call it theoretical either.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 09, 2005 12:46:03 pm PDT #2077 of 10001
What is even happening?
Names totally depend on the person in question. Cool person = cool name.
This is true. There are names I've ended up loving, because I know people by that name, and there are names that have been ruined for me, in just the same way.
Cass - Sep 09, 2005 12:48:53 pm PDT #2078 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
It was the only way I could make peace with the pills, despite everything the pain was doing to me. Months and months of pain.I think it is the unknown-ness of this pain that is also wigging me. I don't know what is causing it, so I don't know how to fix it either.
If I blow my hip out, I know that heavy painkillers are called for until I can get the cortisone shot that will work in about 48 hours. It is known.
When that happens, I won't shy from the painkillers until I can get jabbed either because I know how and when the pain will be fixed and go away.
I am also going to make sure I have Flexeril in reserve now that I have discovered. I am grateful that it doesn't make me coma girl and it rocks.
ChiKat - Sep 09, 2005 12:49:27 pm PDT #2079 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Names totally depend on the person in question. Cool person = cool name.
Absolutely. I knew a guy in college named Marvin. Ever since meeting him, I like the name because he is smart, funny, and kind. Gotta love it.
§ ita § - Sep 09, 2005 12:52:46 pm PDT #2080 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am grateful that it doesn't make me coma girl and it rocks.
I envy you. Well, not right now, since I'll need Flexoril for the (unending) flights tonight, and the sleep/pain relief combo is welcomed now. But, normally, very annoying. Still, no pain=good.
I was in snarly angry pissymaking pain (ask around here, folk'll tell ya) for over a year. Close to two, IIRC. If I'd just relaxed and taken the damned pills -- well, it wouldn't have been fun, but every little bit of non-morass of the soul would have been appreciated.
I hope to not have aimless chronic pain again, but more than that, I pray I've worked out how not to compound the misery.