tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575989757843585029.post8172408223694158200..comments2023-03-26T00:44:51.777-07:00Comments on Best. Resume. Ever.: So you got stuck with a rotten name...Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10620572459122648293noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575989757843585029.post-69231615060934087512013-01-17T19:41:47.959-08:002013-01-17T19:41:47.959-08:00I had the opposite problem. After considering such...I had the opposite problem. After considering such original possibilities as Sarah and Jessica, my folks decided on Kate. Mum got ticked at me when I asked whether they knew that there were more than three girls' names from which to choose. I am a child of the late 80s, when a bumper crop of girls were given those names.<br /><br />Fast forward 20 years... I began graduate school in a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575989757843585029.post-43929403243132243872012-09-12T08:04:36.207-07:002012-09-12T08:04:36.207-07:00@Sharon- you are clearly in the south my friend! A...@Sharon- you are clearly in the south my friend! As is evident from the names you just listed. Although I got a guy last week named Sixto. Not sure where THAT lovely name hails from LOL.Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10620572459122648293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575989757843585029.post-56225700458624860122012-09-08T15:56:19.383-07:002012-09-08T15:56:19.383-07:00I recently had the pleasure of meeting a woman who...I recently had the pleasure of meeting a woman whose name (no lie, saw the records where she enrolled her son William in school with his aunt, my BFF) is Bojangles Lamonde (no middle)... She has a sister named Tomorrow. ??? Hopped up hippies much???<br /><br />& while working in the glass industry I got all sorts of fun and interesting clientele for automobile glass replacement & home a24hrmo... eh, getting old... Sharonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575989757843585029.post-59098527889285236452012-01-18T22:23:16.580-08:002012-01-18T22:23:16.580-08:00I feel I have to point out that while "Sam&qu...I feel I have to point out that while "Sam" may be mainstream, my true joy in it comes from the fact that my last name is "Wise".<br /><br />I thought I should share that some brilliant child managed to come up with my sister's most hated nickname, "Vicdorkia Weinie", thereby managing to mock both first and last names.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10077202219133877437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575989757843585029.post-12162422094394753142012-01-18T19:27:21.178-08:002012-01-18T19:27:21.178-08:00@Crystal- thank you for sharing your unique story....@Crystal- thank you for sharing your unique story. I imagine it gets incredibly old having to discuss your name every week (day?) even if they are being kind.<br /><br />@Sam- my lurker- thank you for "unlurking" yourself. (What? That's totally a word cuz I just made it up.) I applaud you for choosing a mainstream nickname, even though your real name is quite beautiful BTW.<br /><brStephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10620572459122648293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575989757843585029.post-59089690116808618752012-01-18T11:42:49.329-08:002012-01-18T11:42:49.329-08:00I am pretty sure my parents never even considered ...I am pretty sure my parents never even considered the "Jenna-talia" taunts I would later endure when they named me, so I mostly forgive them.jenna mccarthyhttp://www.jennamccarthy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575989757843585029.post-34212730715916899582012-01-18T10:15:20.046-08:002012-01-18T10:15:20.046-08:00Amaranth Davinia. Amaranth is the grain that, in 1...Amaranth Davinia. Amaranth is the grain that, in 1980, was supposed to end world hunger; Davinia is a family name, but nobody actually knows which relative or which side of the family. The first words out of my mouth are usually "Just call me Sam, it's easier all round".<br /><br />Normally I only lurk, but you put David Mitchell up, which officially makes this the greatest website Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10077202219133877437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575989757843585029.post-4029420953653785972012-01-18T10:06:09.078-08:002012-01-18T10:06:09.078-08:00It gets old when people comment on your name, even...It gets old when people comment on your name, even if it's complimentary. And it makes it harder to be anonymous. Four years after I graduated high school I ran into somebody who heard my name and said, "I don't know you, but I clapped for you at graduation because I liked your name."<br /><br />For the record? Crystal Bleu Waters<br /><br />Could have been worse - my dad wantedCrystalnoreply@blogger.com