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Dear Future Parents: there's more to names than letters and spaces.

Apryl and I were talking this afternoon and we got on the topic of names and how some people's parents must be a little on the sadistic side (that last part is from me). It all started because she wondered what the initials JCFS stood for in my status message. My telling her opened up an entire conversation's worth of banter about names. Some people have been graced with names like Jonathan Christopher Francis Samonas, which is long and quite the mouthful, but flows quite eloquently at the same time (I think it has something to do with the syllables). Meanwhile, other folks have been tormented all their lives long with names like Sal (Salvatore) Manella. It got us thinking ... what other crazy names exist in this world? We know celebrities like to give their kids identifiable names. For instance, Apple Martin ( of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin ), Pilot Inspektor ( of Jason Lee ), Coco ( like the gorilla? of Courtney Cox and David Arquette ), Sage Moonblood (

I miss Nhyya.

I miss this girl. Chronicly.

The Beach

The beach was awesome, but the company was awesomer. Susan, Vania, Detra and I certainly know how to have a great time.

Christine, from Minnesota

I just met a older lady named Christine. She is wearing a very light blue t-shirt with something printed on the front, khaki shorts, black velcro sneakers, and a khaki hat. She's got shorter, blond hair and fairly bad teeth. She's walking up 441 with a burgundy duffle bag, two smaller bags (one of which matches the duffle and one of which is black), and a purse. She stopped in our driveway and I watched her for a moment, and then realized it's about 95 degrees outside and I have a cooler full of ice cold bottles of water. Where ever it is she's going, it's bound to be a long way. I walked out of the office and toward her, she didn't see me coming and couldn't hear me over the highway, but I called to her and asked if she wanted water. When I finally got close enough for her to hear what I was asking her, her chest visibly heaved with relief. "Like an oasis in the desert, I can't believe you came out of no where and offered me

The thing about having nothing but amazing friends is . . .

When you least expect it, you stumble across a gift like this one: A photograph by Patrick Reilly , and one of the most beautiful photographs I've ever seen. Truly, nothing makes me feel better than knowing the people I care about care about me too.

Douse yourself in cheap perfume, it's so fitting.

And like dousing yourself in cheap perfume is so fitting of the way you are (because you can't cover it up), this quote is so fitting of the way I am. "It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust." - Samuel Johnson Now, I'm not saying that I am always a trusting person, but I do trust. However, a person can only allow so many opportunities before they just make him/herself look like a fool. And I just don't want to look that way. I went to the gym and swam laps again last night. i LOVE it. Seriously, lapping the pool is probably the best thing for me. I'm still losing pounds and that makes me tremendously happy, but what I love even more about it is that it works every part of me almost. Swimming is so good for me. Yay. Keep encouraging me, I use it as power. :) After the pool, I sat in the sauna and detoxed again. I can't explain how soothing that is. I mean, yes you sweat ridiculou

Ed, the House Gecko

He's still alive! I just saw him. He's living behind my giant cork board. Awww, I am so happy. :) Cheers to Ed, he's the best. original blog

When epics end, do worlds explode?

Some say one of my biggest character flaws may be that my heart is too often three sizes too big. I care more for the happiness of others than I do my own well-being. And that is a flaw. It's been proven to me on more than one occasion. When will I learn that I have to stop caring? Oh, that's right, I won't. For my entire life, I will always be more concerned with how you feel than how I feel. I'm selfless, and that's not conceited to say; it's factual. But how many chances do I have to give? How many times do I have to ask to be loved just a little bit in return for all the love I consistently and unabashedly give? And, as for you, when did it happen? When did your selfishness overwhelm you? When did I suddenly become someone you cared nothing for. You are not more concerned with your own well-being, you are ONLY concerned with your own well-being. How sad for you. It seems, unless you are someday reborn more selfless and somehow find th

pieces of Cake.

You know how it's different to read lyrics than it is to hear them played? I'm a fan of the band Cake. They've got a highly distinguishable sound, you know I like that. Something about each of their songs -- each one is audibly identifiable as a Cake song. But on paper, each one is poetic. Makes me wonder if John McCrea is a poet and then a musician. Honestly, it does. Here are some of his lines, some of Cake's lines. Tell me what you think. "In a cd karaoke bar By the banks of the mighty Bosphorus Is a Japanese man in a business suit singing "smoke gets in your eyes" And the muscular cyborg German dudes dance with sexy French Canadians While the overweight Americans wear their patriotic jumpsuits" -- Wheels. " Ringing stinging Jerking like a nervous bird Rattling up against his cage Calls to me thoughout the day See the feathers fly" -- No Phone " In the brown shag carpet of a cheap motel In the dark and dusty corner by the TV shelf I

The end of an error.

They say you should learn from your mistakes and the mistakes of others.They also say those who do not know or accept history are destined to repeat it. I wholeheartedly agree. It flatters me that my friends seek my advice. It's just nice to know there are people in the world who value what I have to say, who seek me for advice, and who feel my words hold merit. I'm a slight 23 years of age; there's nothing old or wise about me personally. But I have seen this world through the eyes of many people (and if you believe in reincarnation, I think I've been around awhile), and have been a person with much larger ears than mouth for the majority of my cognitive life. And your faith in my words and the fact that you willingly come to me for advice is complimenting and appreciated by me. I can't count the number of people who trust my non-bias and who feel comfortable sharing some of their darkest or lowest moments with me in order to have help carrying a burden. Love wo

A burrito is like life: a well hidden mess.

"The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have." Pet Peeves. Let me tell you what it's like... If, by chance, you are offended by what you're about to read, I may or may not apologize. You never know. I'm about to write about all the little irritants in my life, the things I see every day that make me crazy. 1. Not using turn signals and driving UNDER the speed limit make me want to calmly pull you aside and slap the shit out of you. Not using your turn signals is not only annoying, but dangerous as well. The idiot people who opt to not use their turn signals should be smacked. I mean, car manufacturers put brake lights on your car for a reason, they put headlights on your car for a reason and they put reverse lights and hazard lights on your car for a reason. And I'm pretty sure that at that rate, they didn't just put turn signals on your car for shits and giggles. There must be a

More Than Words

You know how every kid has a hero, and most kids' heroes are like Superman or Hulk Hogan (well, back in the day when he was worth something)? My hero is my sister. My sister, Susan , is the strongest young woman I know. And unlike Superman, Susan can't just turn off what makes her heroic and play the role of her Clark Kent alter-ego whenever she pleases. She has to live as her hero-self all the time; it's part of the beautiful woman she is. Susan has been living with renal failure since she was merely months old. And she first defied the odds by surviving through her early childhood without fully functioning kidneys. When Susan was in the sixth grade, tragedy struck a family in Jacksonville when a drunk driver hit and killed a young man driving home from work. In record time, only nine days after being put on the transplant waiting list, our family received the call that Susan could be the recipient of a nearly perfect match kidney. The date was Friday, Augu

Celebrate the Fourth.

Here's a little bit of history I found at TWP . In 1776 John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail: " The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. . . . It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfire and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more. " Jefferson disliked the idea of a permanent constitution, thinking it would become a "dead hand of the past" weighing on future generations. He proposed that the Constitution expire every 19 years so that a new one, more attuned to current issues, could be written. Fortunately, James Madison persuaded him not to pursue the idea. Yet Madison himself, the father of the Constitution, was not always right. Dismissing bills of rights as mere "parchment barriers,&qu