Timelies all!
I changed my name when I got married. Felt like the right thing for me. I still sign for packages at work with my maiden name, since the credit card I use for work purchases is still under that name.
Zoe: Don't think it's a good spot, sir. She still has the advantage over us. Mal: Everyone always does. That's what makes us special.
'Serenity'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sheryl - Nov 30, 2006 12:31:34 pm PST #3854 of 10007
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
sarameg - Nov 30, 2006 12:32:18 pm PST #3855 of 10007
If you can sew...
Scrappy - Nov 30, 2006 12:41:31 pm PST #3856 of 10007
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I always hated my last name. Loved my dad dearly, just really hated his name which was hard to spell and harsh sounding (Schram--does anyone want that name ON PURPOSE?). I took my ex's name and chose my mother's maiden name as a middle when I got married and kept it because it was euphonious. I decided to change my last name to Jason's because I like it and it felt weird to have my ex-husband's name still hanging around. I still haven't changed it officially, so I am in name limbo right now. None of my name choices have been political--thay have all been based on how the sound of the names made me feel.
brenda m - Nov 30, 2006 12:42:29 pm PST #3857 of 10007
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Alobama!
ION, I posted some t-day pics in my lj. No turkey shots yet, oddly, but some of you will be amused to see that they came up with a novel means of getting me to actually go to church. [link]
Cass - Nov 30, 2006 12:44:44 pm PST #3858 of 10007
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Here's how you know I have internet problems: I was thinking "Alayne's not a boy's name!" Oh. Right. That's not your actual last name.I did this as well. And then went to Allen before I realized that I was using the wrong last name to figure it out...
I swapped my maiden to my middle. Didn't like my original middle, it had the same initial and, at the time, my stepsis had the same name as I did.
I like the new version. And had it long enough that I kept it post-divorce. Plus I finally like my initials now. I think the initials are what swayed me to just keep it. Well, and email addresses that I wasn't interested in changing. That too.
P.M. Marc - Nov 30, 2006 12:44:50 pm PST #3859 of 10007
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I have a battery-powered hubris alarm on my belt. And it’s set on vibrate, and it’s going crazy.
Man, non-Candidate Gore is funny and sexy.
Schram--does anyone want that name ON PURPOSE?
Seriously? Schram like cranky Seattle news celebrity Ken Schram?
That's actually kind of cool.
Scrappy - Nov 30, 2006 12:46:09 pm PST #3860 of 10007
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Yes, but try spelling it 500 times and it won't seem so cool. Also it doesn't sound mellifluous.
eta--we're probably related to that Ken guy. My grandfather was one of 11 kids. I don't know any of that side of the family, as he only spoke to 3 of them.
Trudy Booth - Nov 30, 2006 12:47:38 pm PST #3861 of 10007
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
I just couldn't change my name. There is just no way. It's, you know, MY name.
Cass - Nov 30, 2006 12:51:15 pm PST #3862 of 10007
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
None of my name choices have been political--thay have all been based on how the sound of the names made me feel.Yeah, my decision lacked politics. It was the realization that I could finally not have the same name as my sis. And have a "could be anyone" name instead of an "ah, related" name.
Actually got an email from my dad today and thought he'd copied a really old email address of mine. Nope, my uncle (with whom I share a birthday and a first initial) has my old AOL address... And my stepmom could only get her personalized license plates when the same uncle's exwife gave them up.
I wanted a little anonymity. And it's my middle name now, so it is still there to hug and pet and call George.
P.M. Marc - Nov 30, 2006 1:02:59 pm PST #3863 of 10007
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Yes, but try spelling it 500 times and it won't seem so cool. Also it doesn't sound mellifluous.
I get this problem, honest!
And it really doesn't, does it? Not with your first name, at least.
eta--we're probably related to that Ken guy. My grandfather was one of 11 kids. I don't know any of that side of the family, as he only spoke to 3 of them.
I find him fascinating: [link]
Paul used to work with him, and back in the day, when I'd go collect our car from the lot, he and the news director were almost always out there smoking and cracking dirty jokes to each other.