My best friend's name is Heather. I have nicknames for her but they're just between us and have nothing to do with her name. Even back in high school she mostly just nicknamed herself anything that was a riff off of her own name. Like when her jeans were too tight, she called herself "Heifer". I shortened it to just Hef and then when she was pregnant with her first daughter, she changed it to Hef & Calf. Which, fun for *us* to say but not your average nickname. If anyone else called her that, she'd have probably killed them.
Monty: Whaddya mean she ain't my wife? Mal: She ain't your wife... cause she's married to me.
'Trash'
Spike's Bitches 29: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[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.
Nicole - Apr 03, 2006 10:11:41 am PDT #7065 of 10001
I'm getting the pig!
vw bug - Apr 03, 2006 10:13:25 am PDT #7066 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
I go off for a couple of hours, and you guys get CHATTY!
For the record, anybody who wants to put money in my account is free to do so.
I’ll keep that in mind.
I loved answering "And who may I say is calling" with "his daughter".
Bwah!
Welcome home, Sail!
I think forced nicknames are arrogant and contemptible, and will therefore never call someone something they've asked me not to call them, even in jest.
I think ita might have just become my favorite. Don’t tell Emily or msbelle. I used to HATE it when I was waitressing, and I’d introduce myself as Valerie, and people would automatically call me Val. As my brother says, Val is not my professional name (which makes me kind of sound like a hooker or stripper, but anyways…). You don’t call me Val unless you’re in my social circle or my family. It’s one of my biggest pet peeves.
Today sucks...total sucktastic Monday.
Poor erika! {{{}}}
In mememe news, ‘cause I can’t seem to post without it, the DigiTrace will take 10 to 14 days for the results. Blah. I’m impatient. In the meantime, we just wait. Waiting sucks.
But, in better news, some of you are very, very evil. You know who you are, and I am very grateful.
Nicole - Apr 03, 2006 10:31:16 am PDT #7067 of 10001
I'm getting the pig!
the DigiTrace will take 10 to 14 days for the results.
Wow. That is a long time. If I can order The Magic Bullet off of my tv and be using it to create the bestest egg salad you've ever seen by the following week, results for the DigiTrace should be faster. ijs.
vw bug - Apr 03, 2006 10:34:41 am PDT #7068 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
If I can order The Magic Bullet off of my tv and be using it to create the bestest egg salad you've ever seen by the following week, results for the DigiTrace should be faster. ijs.
Isn't the Magic Bullet the Best. Thing. EVER?! Now I need a smoothie.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 03, 2006 10:40:45 am PDT #7069 of 10001
What is even happening?
I used to HATE it when I was waitressing, and I’d introduce myself as Valerie, and people would automatically call me Val.A stranger calling you "Val" just seems so overly familiar. Most of the people I'm close to call me "Cin" in real life, but I don't think Strangers ever do.
WindSparrow - Apr 03, 2006 11:02:06 am PDT #7070 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Isn't the Magic Bullet the Best. Thing. EVER?! Now I need a smoothie.
Ok, I know it's wrong, wrong, wrong, but my mind does NOT go to a foodie place reading that sentence.
In Other Spring News, I put a load of laundry out on the line in the backyard. It's not a foregone conclusion that it will be completely dry before dark, but it is a strong possibility. Also? I raked a bed of flowers. I'm pretty sure I didn't savage any of the new baby tiger lilies coming up, but some of the wooden blocky things that bordered the flower bed came out. I may have roughed up some grape vines, but I think they are ok. Not a foregone conclusion that the job was done thoroughly. I think it may need another going-over. But, this is, like, the first bit of yardwork I've done here independently. Hope I didn't muck it up.
§ ita § - Apr 03, 2006 11:03:22 am PDT #7071 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Off the top of my head I can't think of an actor or athlete or otherwise famous person who regularly goes by "Rache" but I can think of bunches of the others.
Off the top of my head I can't even think of any Rachels. However, I think the difference for me is that Sue is regarded as a "real" name, and Rache is not.
The only Rachel I know now is nicknamed Ray Ray, which is hard for us to say without smiling. But past Rachels have been Rache, and the first famous Rache that comes to mind is Jennifer Aniston's character on Friends. Which is a lot of exposure.
sumi - Apr 03, 2006 11:05:37 am PDT #7072 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Trudy Booth - Apr 03, 2006 11:08:57 am PDT #7073 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
and the first famous Rache that comes to mind is Jennifer Aniston's character on Friends. Which is a lot of exposure.
Right, but if someone asked you to name the characters on Friends you'd say "Chandler, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Ross and Rachel"
You wouldn't say "Rache" nor, actually, would you say "Joseph."
What my folks were trying to avoid is a social re-engineering of the given name. We were at various times called Peanut or Squirt or Concrete, but our names were what our parents had picked.
ChiKat - Apr 03, 2006 11:12:23 am PDT #7074 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?
Ok, I know it's wrong, wrong, wrong, but my mind does NOT go to a foodie place reading that sentence.
You are not alone in that place, WindSparrow. Oh no, you're not.