If it had been her name, I'd have looked so ridiculous. It's cool, but it never seemed like it would be on somebody's birth certificate.
Illyria: We cling to what is gone. Is there anything in this life but grief? Wesley: There's love. There's hope...for some. There's hope that you'll find something worthy...that your life will lead you to some joy...that after everything...you can still be surprised. Illyria: Is that enough? Is that enough to live on?
'Shells'
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erikaj - Apr 29, 2010 3:21:37 pm PDT #8074 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
beekaytee - Apr 29, 2010 3:52:23 pm PDT #8075 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I met a woman named Alia once and was both awed by the coolness of naming your child after a character in a Frank Herbert novel (eta: no less, a much maligned David Lynch flick) and appalled at naming your child after an "Abomination." Fortunately, she came down on the cool side of the equation and was impressed that I knew the reference.
Baby naming from pop culture, and pseuds for that matter, can be tricky!
Polter-Cow - Apr 29, 2010 4:26:58 pm PDT #8076 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I know an Alia too. She's great. I don't remember whether we covered the potential geekiness of her name.
beekaytee - Apr 29, 2010 4:38:18 pm PDT #8077 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Speaking of geekiness, I was especially pleased that her parents pronounced it 'right.' Meaning, AHlia vs. aLEEa, of course. (Scott Brick, who reads the Brian Herbert sequels does it wrong and it burns.)
Sean K - Apr 29, 2010 4:43:14 pm PDT #8078 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
You horse people know you're the only ones who have the slightest clue, right? The rest of us just go "horsie!"
megan walker - Apr 29, 2010 4:46:48 pm PDT #8079 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm pretty sure Alia exists as a regular girl's name in other languages. Arabic for one, also Hebrew maybe?
Polter-Cow - Apr 29, 2010 4:49:08 pm PDT #8080 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
You horse people know you're the only ones who have the slightest clue, right? The rest of us just go "horsie!"
Ha, yeah, that's what I was thinking too. I can't tell the difference at all.
Juliebird - Apr 29, 2010 4:58:58 pm PDT #8081 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I remember being so bothered at the end of Cold Mountain when I thought the flowers on the table were a clever indicator for the season, and then it turns out that it was all backwards (Goldenrod in the spring: WRONG!) and they didn't have the convenient excuse of modern florists.
P.M. Marc - Apr 29, 2010 5:28:25 pm PDT #8082 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Bays have black points. The foal they show in the trailer has black points. Secretariat was a bright-ass chestnut. Think the color of Christina Hendrick's hair. All over.
Sean K - Apr 29, 2010 5:31:40 pm PDT #8083 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Anthony Hopkins doesn't look a damned thing like Richard Nixon.