I tried for a brief while to go by "AJ" in high school. It didn't catch on.
Joyce: You don't think it's too obvious? I think I look like I have a cat on my head. Buffy: But a very well groomed cat. Joyce: Well that's a comfort.
'Bring On The Night'
Spike's Bitches 37: You take the killing for granted.
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Aims - Sep 07, 2007 4:20:16 am PDT #4538 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Sparky1 - Sep 07, 2007 4:43:53 am PDT #4539 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
I know I'm going to be completely wound for the full 3 days
And I know that T and Iris will do just fine. I do understand your worry in the abstract (not having any experience myself) and I think it's right and good to miss your family but I also think it's right and good to be able to put yourself and what you need to do near the top of the list every once in a while.
And I really should have had you take a look at one of my spots which may be changing, since it's on the back of my shoulder where I can feel it but can't really see it. My DH is sorta useless because his only reaction is, "ER! We have to take you to the ER!"
brenda m - Sep 07, 2007 4:49:37 am PDT #4540 of 10001
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
I've always thought it would be nifty to create a society in which couples would take the same name, which would be a combination of their respective family names, thus creating a new family name.
I know people who did that. She was Winters and he was Neufeld, so now they're Winterfeld.
Sparky1 - Sep 07, 2007 4:52:19 am PDT #4541 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
I know people who did that
Me, too. We tend to call my one sister's family the Murphingers, but this was never a serious thought as much as my family's habitual morphing of words and coming up with nicknames.
flea - Sep 07, 2007 5:03:38 am PDT #4542 of 10001
information libertarian
Aren't Our Nora and Tom the McWaringles? Okay, not legally.
My father suggested that family friends B. Lamb and V. Munn should acronym to Nnummbal, to be pronounced "Numb ball." They decided against this, and kept their names.
amych - Sep 07, 2007 5:04:52 am PDT #4543 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
They decided against this
Can't imagine why.
§ ita § - Sep 07, 2007 5:10:45 am PDT #4544 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Here's the bit where I chime in with my sister's friend's mother who changed her name on marriage to Moyston Cummings, and thinks that's perfectly okay.
I only know the friend, who doesn't share that last name, and I don't think I could be formally introduced to the mother without dying on the spot.
Sparky1 - Sep 07, 2007 5:13:39 am PDT #4545 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
I don't know how your friend manages to introduce her without dying on the spot.
Aims - Sep 07, 2007 5:21:55 am PDT #4546 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I tried like hell to get Joe to take "Miracleborn". He didn't go for it.
"Wayne" or "Kent" he would have gone for.
WindSparrow - Sep 07, 2007 5:45:34 am PDT #4547 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.
who changed her name on marriage to Moyston Cummings,
This is me, being 12.
A lot.
wipes off monitor.