2 posts tagged “qotd”
What's your middle name? Is there a story or history behind it?
Lynn. There's no story behind it, and it's a common companion to my first name. My parents somehow lost the memo that "Jennifer" was sweeping the nation back in 19*cough*cough*...
While we're on the subject of names, though... B- has lots of nephews, 6 in fact. He has 3 brothers and 6 nephews. No sisters. No nieces. It seems the Ys are particularly robust in his family.
Everyone is speculating that we'll have all the girls, which would be disappointing for me as I'd prefer boys. Not that it matters any time soon, mind you. I need to at least get through the next week or so first.
But once you start thinking about getting married, it doesn't take long before you start speculating about your future family. Mainly the conversation comes up with us in the context of our apartment being too small, how long we'll stay in Holland, etc. etc.
To take the edge off the convo a bit, I like to brainstorm names. I'm pretty keen for one that matches with our shared family heritage, but I also want it to be cool. I knew a cool kid in the 7th grade named Zach (he also had red hair), and I always really wanted to name a boy child of mine Zach. We'll B-'s brother already used that one since before B- and I even met. Bugger.
So, Zach's out. Mine and B's tastes in child names already lack common ground, so when he suggested Xavier, I was keen. I liked that one. It begins with an X. X is cool. X says, "I can be sensitive and kick your ass." Xs are smart, good looking and also good at sports.
We told our name to no one. In fact, we only thought of it like a week ago. Yet, the aforementioned brother recently had another boy, and they named him Xavier! How is that possible?? It's eerie really.
I'm happy for them and all, but c'mon! You can't take all the good names.
What magazines do you subscribe to, and why?
I let my magazine subscriptions expire when I moved to Holland. I used to get Yoga Journal (am a yoga teacher, so good to keep up) and Climbing (for obvious reasons).
Over here, we get The Economist so we can keep up with the world a week after it happens. I'm also supposed to be getting Yoga + (AKA Yoga International) but it only shows up sporadically. I think my mailman steals it like he stole my US Men's Soccer t-shirt!
AAAAAAH!
