PS, lest any Toms feel dissed, I got over my issues (which are totally related to how freakin' many there are in my family, and shit, I was forgetting all about my cousin Tom in that count--no, really, there's a fuck of a lot of Toms), and the Chosen Boy Name that doomed us to having a girl per the ultrasound tech was Gabriel Thomas.
Mom! Dead people are talking to you. Do the math!
Buffy ,'Showtime'
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.
P.M. Marc - Sep 09, 2005 2:27:36 pm PDT #2107 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
DavidS - Sep 09, 2005 2:32:24 pm PDT #2108 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That's hilarious.
It was all Eunice Shriver's fault. Imagine my obnoxious 14 y.o. self saying, "Eunice! What a shriveled up old lady name. What a prune sucking name." as Mrs. Mateau's left eyebrow got higher and higher on her forehead.
Once when I was sleepy, I mentioned that I really wasn't fond of the name Thomas, which is sprinkled liberally throughout all branches of my family tree (there's like, ten or eleven of them last count)... to a friend/semi-family member named Tom. Short for...
My friend Brad came up to before Prom and said, "Did you hear about the girl in our class who did a wet t-shirt contest in Key West?" [nudge nudge wink wink]
Me: "That would be my date."
erikaj - Sep 09, 2005 2:34:29 pm PDT #2109 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I like Eunice Shriver, but I'd never name anyone that.
DavidS - Sep 09, 2005 2:35:29 pm PDT #2110 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I like Eunice Shriver, but I'd never name anyone that.
Mrs. Mateau (who was actually a relatively young and attractive woman) explained that it sounded prettier in her native Spanish.
erikaj - Sep 09, 2005 2:40:23 pm PDT #2111 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Probably so.
Susan W. - Sep 09, 2005 2:40:46 pm PDT #2112 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Eunice is my middle name. Growing up, it embarrassed me, though I couldn't say I hated it, as it was my grandmother's name. Now I think it at least has the virtue of being distinctive, unlike Susan, which is boring, frumpy, and sounds 20 years older than I am.
DavidS - Sep 09, 2005 2:43:42 pm PDT #2113 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Eunice is my middle name.
Sorry!
I'm never talking about names again.
I apologize to all the Eunices and Alistairs in the world.
dw - Sep 09, 2005 2:47:01 pm PDT #2114 of 10001
Silence means security silence means approval
I still think my middle name is worse.
I'll see you at the game, dear.
Susan W. - Sep 09, 2005 2:49:56 pm PDT #2115 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I'm never talking about names again.
Don't worry about it--did you see my edit? I got picked on for it as a child (over the Carol Burnett character), so it's not like it surprises me that it's a tease-target name.
Someday, when I'm published, I'll get to be a Susannah. So much less frumpy than Susan.
Zenkitty - Sep 09, 2005 2:58:47 pm PDT #2116 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I don't think Susan sounds frumpy at all. I always think of pretty women when I hear of a Susan.
And Emmett is a great name.
My hypothetical daughters will be named Abigail, Lydia, and Genevieve. My hypothetical sons will be named William, William, and William. I'll call them Will, and Liam, and Jack.