trying to picture you as spencer...
are you for hire?
I kissed him, and I told him that I loved him. And I killed him.
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Spike's Bitches 37: You take the killing for granted.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
omnis_audis - Sep 06, 2007 8:14:35 pm PDT #4510 of 10001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
DCJensen - Sep 06, 2007 8:15:17 pm PDT #4511 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
meara - Sep 06, 2007 8:15:51 pm PDT #4512 of 10001
I was always impressed by people who managed to change their names--I knew a girl in elementary school who was Beth, and we went to different middle schools. By the time we went to the same high school, she was Liz. I was so jealous of having multiple nicknames to choose from!
I decided when I went to college, I'd go by my middle name (or, a diminutive of it--Catie, for Catherine). Because I didn't know anyone there, so it was all in how I introduced myself, right?
Yeah, and then I introduced myself to the first fifty peopel I met as my real name, and went "Doh!"
Ah well.
tommyrot - Sep 06, 2007 8:16:28 pm PDT #4513 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My middle name is John. Just John. Pretty boring.
In high school my nickname was Tommy John.
§ ita § - Sep 06, 2007 8:18:02 pm PDT #4514 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wait--is women dropping their middle name what usually happens if you keep your last name and take his?
How odd, if so. I mean...I guess it's one of those things that's normal if you knew the whole time but looks strange in isolation when you're 38.
I just figured you'd have the same first and middle names, and just more surnames. Then again, my mother is named Norma Delores Delrio MaidenName MarriedName. Losing names is not in our family tradition unless you're running away from it. Just ask Wentworth Harry Hugent Sylvester Constantine George Augustus St Elmer Mundle.
Liese S. - Sep 06, 2007 8:19:19 pm PDT #4515 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Isn't it? If not maybe that explains why they were so upset. Hee.
NoiseDesign - Sep 06, 2007 8:21:13 pm PDT #4516 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
are you for hire?
You couldn't afford me.
DavidS - Sep 06, 2007 8:24:43 pm PDT #4517 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I am now finding that hyphenating is considered outre or weird most of the time.
It's a bitch to fit onto a personnel label. Consequently, I hate hyphenated names, and tend to mutter "I don't care about your love and commitment! Choose something shorter!"
But that's only when I'm making labels. Sometimes I do push for hiring Koreans though, simply on the basis of short surnames.
Burrell - Sep 06, 2007 8:24:59 pm PDT #4518 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I didn't drop my middle name, I'm still legally FirstName MiddleName Last-LastName, but I don't include it in my signature.
tommyrot - Sep 06, 2007 8:25:52 pm PDT #4519 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What happens when two people who already have their parents' hyphenated names get married and want to combine names?