posted January 25, 2010 12:04 PM            

Maybe it will be a good thing when January is finally over.

I hope you have a better February..

posted January 26, 2010 12:08 PM            

1. John is the best normal western male's name (in my opinion). You really can't go wrong with it.

posted January 26, 2010 08:18 PM            

And, wow, I was just thinking of making a thread about what we each think we should of been named. You know like some Indian tribles let their children name themselves when they are old enough.

There was a book put out in the 80's called 'Beyond Jennifer and Jason,' because those two names held the record for a decade as top boy and girl names in the 70's. I have a brother named Jason, and a sister in law named Jennifer, and know tons of both.

Names being so cyclical though...It's tough naming a kid. They go from the bizarre, back to the biblical, to "old lady names," etc.

I thought I was being very original in naming my children. During my daughters graduation, there were 8 Amanda's, and 3 of them were Amanda Maries!!! I'de never heard of anyone called Amanda when I chose it. I chose it from the Boston song.

posted January 27, 2010 02:59 PM            

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One rule of thumb when naming a child, try saying it over and over a thousand times. Then yell it over and over at the top of your lungs, cause that is exactly how it will be in real life!!

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Seems like we spend the first two years with our kids teaching them to walk and talk and the rest of their lives telling them to shut up and sit down!

I always hated my name because it is so common. I remember going to school and someone behind me would shout Kim or Kimmie and I'd turn around... 9 times out of 10 it would be someone else.

So I wanted something different naming my daughter Caitlyn. I had read an article in Reader's Digest while I was pregnant about a baby born 25 weeks in gestation and how it survived. The baby's name was Caitlyn. I hadn't heard of the name before and thought it was beautiful. I swear that before the year was up, they were everywhere. Different spellings, but same name.

Gypsee... my neice is Amanda lol.

And the guy who works in the desk next to me is Jason :-D

posted January 27, 2010 07:39 PM            

Seriously, my friend does this as well. He plays this super loud techno crap all the time, in the car, house, whatever. Everyone is always shouting, "What, What??"

posted January 27, 2010 08:04 PM            

I had plenty of opportunity, too. It's not like I wasn't exposed to it. With the speed metal, it would just make me more tense. It's enough of a struggle to relax as it is. With techno it's probably more that it's boring. I grew up in the 80's with all of it's extraordinary use of the keyboard (synth). Why would I enjoy it dumbed down into techno?

posted January 27, 2010 10:43 PM            

I grew up in the 70's. I still like disco. I like mostly everything. but, I do agree. When I'm getting dressed to go out, I play alot of metal music, it DOES give me energy.
At night, I'll listen to my playlist on myspace, which I've named, "Lullabyes for Insomniacs." You'd think I was 90 years old if you saw those playlists, but I can't sleep to Motley Crue, or whatever.

Personally, I like working or shopping in places where they have that sort of mixed piped in music. It kind of fades into the background, but every now and then, You'll hear something you really liked and forgot all about, you know what I mean?

posted January 27, 2010 10:53 PM            

Juan
Max
Freddie
Chuck
Damien (LOL @ myself)
Ernest
Dustin
Fernando
Zack
Preston
Ziggy
Xavier
Corey
Louis
Brandon
Tristan
Crazy Horse
Shawn (the French version of John, just trying to give you some flare, here)
Elijah
Greg
Donald
Andre'
Phil
Barnaby
Romeo
Jacob
Teddy
Bruce
Fabio??

I could go on and on, and on....but you know that.
Actually, (you're gonna hate this) in my head I call you, "Aggie." Not very manly, I know, but it's affectionate. I like to add the EEEEEE sound to peoples names that I like.

posted January 28, 2010 01:45 AM            

I'll have to admit liking Fernando if only because quirky songs are written about him.

posted January 28, 2010 05:22 PM            

It does get to me a little. I now watch hockey, which I didn't prior to living there, and our team is doing awesome once again this year. Could be the year they finally go all the way. It's strangely difficult for me to watch it now without thinking of him. I'm so NOT a sports guy with that single exception that he created. He turned me on to a sport I could actually bear watching.

I haven't shed any tears for him. Not out any macho notions or anything. I just have faith that his demise was less painful than the pain he was going to endure in his life otherwise. There was very little hope even on his own part that he was ever going to escape a date with disaster.