We started considering the original family name, and it worked. We both feel completely right about it. It's so exciting.
That's a wonderful story.
Why is it when a repair man is around the thing that was broken stops acting broken?
Zoe: My man would never fall for that. Wash: Most of my head wishes I had.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[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.
sj - Jan 13, 2010 10:57:51 am PST #6711 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 13, 2010 10:58:03 am PST #6712 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
"Don't tell me she's going to be 'Noble-Temple'?!"
Heh. Yes. That. (We both have surnames with two syllables. Four-syllable double-barrelled names sound odd.)
Plus, as my friend said on Facebook today: "I'm sick of the double-barrelling. It's turning into the hippie gay Christian marrieds' badge of honour." And then he went on to suggest all manner of English names that are pronounced oddly. Like Leveson-Gower, pronounced loosen-gor. And Featherstonehaugh - go on, guess how that's pronounced in upper class circles.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 13, 2010 11:00:50 am PST #6713 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I got a raise! And a promotion! I knew the former was coming (though not the amount), but not the latter.
I'm also starting to get survivor's guilt, what with all the very good people we lost in the last round of layoffs. Or more of it. I was already feeling survivor's guilt the last month.
SailAweigh - Jan 13, 2010 11:01:33 am PST #6714 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Furston?
Vortex - Jan 13, 2010 11:03:34 am PST #6715 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
And Featherstonehaugh - go on, guess how that's pronounced in upper class circles.
FEStonhaw?
Ginger - Jan 13, 2010 11:05:32 am PST #6716 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Gesundheit?
Tom Scola - Jan 13, 2010 11:06:45 am PST #6717 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Feeeeeaaaaaaooooooaaaaaaahhhhhh
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 13, 2010 11:07:09 am PST #6718 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I got a raise! And a promotion!
Woot! MANY congrats!
FEStonhaw?
Nope.
Furston?
Nope. That would make sense.
Steph L. - Jan 13, 2010 11:08:54 am PST #6719 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Feeeeeaaaaaaooooooaaaaaaahhhhhh
Fishtibuns.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 13, 2010 11:11:31 am PST #6720 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Nope, nope, nope.
It's pronounced like 'Fanshaw'.
No, really, it is.