Looking back – how history will interpret the MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I have too many names! My Korean name, my baptismal name, and Hazel. It’s weird because Hazel is the only name that’s not officially on any records, yet almost everyone calls me that nowadays, except for my parents and my childhood friends. (Long story.) Sometimes my mom calls me by my baptismal name.

In Korea people consult shamans to name their children. Also, traditionally in the aristocratic families, all males of the same generation must share a common syllable in their name (the syllables are written down in the family records and go in cycles). So in my father’s generation all the men’s names end with “poong,” which means “successful,” and my brother’s generation all the men’s names start with “joon” (can’t remember what it means), etc. Girls get stuck with any old name. :stuck_out_tongue:

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My first name is actually on Rigs’ list of plain Jane (no, that’s not it) classic names. And I tried to give both my kids names that couldn’t be turned into weird nicknames. I partially succeeded; some people still insist on shortening snowbunny’s first name, even though it’s not really designed for shortening and just sounds stupid that way. But I have a very basic name. And my middle name is Ann without an E. I have yet to forgive my parents for giving me Ann without an E as my middle name. Because Ann without an E is just plain wrong.

I love Anya, too, but not Anyanka – I’m of the opinion it’s better not to give kids names that can be easily mangled and mispronounced. Anya is a lovely name, though.

As the day progresses, I have determined that I am apparently coming down with some form of Teh Sick. It’s not a cold, thank heaven, but I feel like 100% pure crap. Kind of like the acres of cow poo that Mike Rowe was standing in on this week’s Dirty Jobs. I’d really prefer just to go to bed; alas, my workload simply won’t allow it. Unless I can magically manage to produce two days of a board meeting that’s due by midday Friday. It’s my favorite job and goes easily, but even so it’s long enough that I just don’t dare give in to Teh Sick. I curse thee, oh stupid Sick! Go away! A pox on you (but not on me)!

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My baptismal name is Anne. I remember my mom choosing it (I was eight when I was baptized) and how I INSISTED it MUST HAVE AN E. :stuck_out_tongue:

:: blows get-well kisses ::

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I think McUne and I shouldn’t talk to you anymore. :mad: :stuck_out_tongue:

Well, I took about an hour’s nap and then I did get another lunch order. Hooray!

Not so hooray is that I’ve been extremely light-headed all day. Sometimes to to the extent of not even walking properly. I thought that napping would help, but it didn’t. Actually, I’ve been dizzy all week, but today is definitely the worst. If I’m still this way tomorrow, I may go to the doctor. :dubious: This is an option that does NOT make me happy since I’ve been to the doctor at least every other week for the last 2 months. Also, I’m concerned because TVMan and I will be driving to Columbus this weekend.

ETA: I’m sorry but I just keep seeing the ‘Yank’ in Anyanka, and that’s it.

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Hazel Shirley!

I wish I could insist that my name has an E, but due to Southern Pronunciation it’s often elided out. So I hacked off the first three letters. There. No more pesky vowel to confuse you rednecks. (Note: Spaz is a proud descendant of rednecks. The good kind, not the trashy kind.)

McUNE, my Sainted Grandma’s pre-marriage initials were M.E.S. Then she got married and her initials were M.E.S.S. She had a good sense of humor about it. “I’m just a mess,” she’d say.

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I bought another car today. Another 5speed Ford Escort wagon, just burgundy instead of Canes red(Can’t have everything).

Haze, so your middle name isn’t “Nut”? I’m disappointed.
My name is horribly common, “Chris”

:checks phrasebook: “Hätscheln Sie bitte meine Hinterteile!” :smiley:

Hirebo,gladyoucoulddrivethrough!

Pie, I like J names. How ya doin’?

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Nola - I think Anya is a pretty name, but Anyanka makes me think of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Anya does too but not as much) Do you have slavic blood? Anya sounds like a slavic name. Ultimately, it doens’t matter what anyone else thinks - what do you and Mr Bel like?
I have a friend who, while she was pregnant, any time anyone asked what the baby’s name was, she’d answer “Oatmeal”. She disliked having to deal with everyone’s opinions since she and her Mr had already picked out names they liked. Once the baby was born, her name was revealed (and promptly forgotten by me sigh)
My older nephew got to pick out his younger brother’s middle name.
A high school friend’s mom was enamoured of 19th century literature, so her name was Nicole Victoria Francesca. We called her Nikki Vicki Frankie.
I hated my name because in grade school the kids rhymed it with baloney (it has the same number of syllables and ends with the same vowel sound but that’s where the similarities end). But my name is unique and I quite like it now, even if it is frequently misprounced.

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TagFree I agree with just Anya. It’s purty just by itself. I also got giggly over “Brandy Alexander”. :smiley: My first name is not a common one but every three or four generations somebody in my family gets it. Lucky me.

I feel ick. Not teh sick ick, just ick. Maybe I need a glass of wine and a soak in the whirlpool tub. Yeah, that sounds nice.

I had a minor (ok at the time major) panic re: pool today. I noticed this mornin’ when I went out to drop some tablets in the chlorinator before work that the water level was a little low which it shouldn’t be. I immediately panic (hence the major) and decide sump’n drastic is wrong, like with the brand new liner and that the pool was losin’ water. :eek: I called pool place all panicy like. Pool guy came out and looked at it then called me at work. It was not the liner. The Polaris (pool cleaner thingy) needed adjusting. See, Polaris works on pressure and when it was runnin’ (does so automatically every other day for about an hour in the early mornin’) it was suckin’ out more water than it should. So he adjusted it and now everything is fine (hence, the turnin’ from major to minor panic). I did have to add some water though. All this and I haven’t been in the dang thing this year yet. Like Puggy I’m all wussy about it until the weather starts stayin’ consistently mid 80s or above. It’s May now (will be tomorrow, shut up!) so that will start happenin’. Mayhaps I’ll try it out one day next week.

MOOOOOOM one roll of TP left! :eek: :eek: At least I’m glad you didn’t wait until you were all the way out. :stuck_out_tongue:

BioTigs those green beans sound nummy. I shall have to do this soon, bein’ as green beans are one of my favorite veggies of all time.

Ok, off to bathe whilst sippin’ on wine. Sounds all grown up and sophisticated don’t it?

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I forgot, I like Anya! But not the longer version.

Rigs my name is Amber. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Are you a stripper? Hmmmm? You can tell us, be honest now… I bet you’ve stripped paint before. :smiley: (I actually like the name Amber, except for the tragic Amber Alert thingie). Ok, I should have used Bambi. Sorry!

Is Pie’s name Amber too? :eek: What are the odds? I’m not the Arbiter of names for all time, either–although that would be a cool title to have.

I also like Anya, but I also like Anyanka. IIWY, I’d name her [conventional name] Anyanka Smeethers or whatever your last name is, and then (radical thought coming up. Brace yourself) call her Anya! That’s what my parents did with my brother–Carter is his middle name.

Chances are you’ll go through all this and then an older sib will nickname her Boo and it will stick for all time. :slight_smile:

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Nope, rigs, not Amber, but it starts with a ‘J’. :smiley:

ETA: Also, not a stripper. :stuck_out_tongue:

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The name thing is a no win situation. For the record, though, I like Anya, but not the long version you wrote about.

I hate, hate, hate my first name. My Dad picked it out. He wanted an American sounding name, but not one that could be shortened or turned into a nickname. Unfortunately, kids are cruel and there were a few made up nicks for my name. Suffice it to say, there used to be a Mickey Mouse Club member (from the 50s or 60s) that had my name. No one ever uses the name I have now.

My middle name is both my mother’s and my Oma’s middle name. It comes from a German saint. I don’t really like it either.

Oooh, gotta go! I’ll pop in later. Hugs to all.

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Yup I’m a stripper. For my husband anyway. Oh and I strip paint too. :stuck_out_tongue: No offense taken Rigs, I just thought it was funny.

And for the record, I don’t mind my name. Though there is another Amber with the exact same name as me, at least of my maiden name. She was born in the same hospital as me even. Though I’m older. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Well, thank god for that, Pie–I was thinking, my god–I so blew this… but see below.

I like longer versions of names, so I like Michael more than Mike; Daniel, but not Dan; I like Christopher, but not Chris (sorry, Chris). I hate the name Christian. (these are just opinions, folks. If your name is Christian, I promise to not dislike you, really). Mostly, I dislike J names: Justine, Jordan, Justin, Jason, Judith, Jaime, Jesse, Jennifer, Jamal, Jamaila, Jeffrey, Jake, Jacob etc. I like Joshua, James and Jane and that’s about it. I think my aversion to J names came about because for a short time there, everyone got a J name–around 1998 or so. #2 son had swimming lessons in 2002. He had 11 kids in his class:

Jacob, John, Joey, Jamal, Jerome, Jeremy, Janyka, Jennifer, Justin, Jordan (girl) and Sam. Poor Sam.
Come to think of it, though, #2 son’s name is John. Hmmmm. How’d that happen? Oh, yeah–The Husband wanted it. I wanted Nathaniel, so we compromised on Johnathan (the spelling an accepted alternate and there’s a story but it’s too inane to share).
But I freely admit to being both capricious and arbitrary here–bet you all are, too. There are just some names that either remind you of people and so are beyond the pale or that just don’t roll off your tongue in a pleasing way.

[The Sure Thing] Elliot? Elliot’s a kid in kindergarten who eats paste. Now, Nick-that’s a cool name. Nick’s your buddy/ Nick doesn’t mind if you throw up in his car. [/The Sure Thing]
:smiley:

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Hey all, got a few minutes here. Names. I agree with almost everyone here, Anyanka no, Anya yes. I associate Anyanka with Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
When my brother and his wife were picking names for their daughter, none of us really liked anything they mentioned, then, when she was born, they said “her name is Amaya” and we all said “yes, perfect”. See, they wanted something unusual that actually sounded like a name, not a made up trendy thing. They came up with that, then found out it really was a name.
I like my name, it is just uncommon enough that I am usually the only one in a large group, but not so unusual that people go “huh?”. It was originally going to be Diane, but mom’s friend named her daughter that 2 months before I was born, so Dawn it is. I recently found out that my middle name roughly translates to light, in Greek, so that is a fitting coincidence. I got my middle name from my Dad’s best friend.

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I’m all clean and relaxated now. Just thought I’d share that. :smiley:

I think one more glass of wine is in order before beddy bye. Just cause. It’s nice out right now so I think I’ll sip upon it whilst lounging on the back porch.

I’m gay. I’m allowed to sip whilst lounging. It’s in the handbook.

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Someday I’d like to see this gay handbook. :dubious:

Off to do nothing–I dont’ have a handbook; I make the rules up as I go along. :wink:

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Don’t be a hater. :wink:

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So wait… sipping one last glass of wine whilst lounging before bedtime is gay?

Crap. I guess I’ll have to break up with The Boy now.

Dinner was wonderful. We tried out this recipe for the N.O.T. and it’s definitely a keeper. I added some cayenne, though, because I figured that the whole dried chilis wouldn’t add that much heat on their own. We also subbed regular mustard seed for the black mustard seeds, because that’s what we happened to have on hand. Highly recommended, with or without our tweakings.

Which reminds me… I really should get around to renewing my Cooking Light subscription. It’s one of the few magazines that provides me with recipes I consistently enjoy and wouldn’t necessarily have dreamed up on my own (unlike, say, Everyday Food, which we were getting last year courtesy of a well-intentioned but not very gourmand friend).

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I have to write a friggin’ WRITING SAMPLE for this ESL job application? I TEACH COLLEGE ENGLISH, BITCHES!

Okay, sorry, I had to get that out of my system. It just really annoys me that all the ESL schools are skeptical when I try to convince them that I am a native English speaker.