In the South, tons of men (including my grandfather) go by their middle names. And as I've shared before, my grandmother was called "Pie" since childhood by everyone - friends, family, husband. It was nowhere on her birth certificate. And I was wicked pissed when the minister giving her eulogy didn't even mention that she was called Pie and only used her given name.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
smonster - Aug 03, 2011 5:24:48 pm PDT #19213 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Steph L. - Aug 03, 2011 5:26:32 pm PDT #19214 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Dude, Tep -- Seven of Nine?
Didn't watch it. There are wide holes in my geekitude.
Also, having googled, she has a lot of teeth. Like, more than Julia Roberts.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 03, 2011 5:27:28 pm PDT #19215 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Zen, in NYS all I apparently have to do is fill out a form, provide them with my certified birth certificate (which I do not have, so might have trouble getting. I have a certificate of Live Birth, like Obama) and pay $330. THey basically say that if you have no criminal record and do not intend criminal activity, they just change it. Do not know if it is the same where you are.
bon bon - Aug 03, 2011 5:28:56 pm PDT #19216 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I have no idea who she is. This is what comes from not having cable. Off to Google.
You know, indirectly caused the election of our first black president?
Jesse - Aug 03, 2011 5:29:39 pm PDT #19217 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I've just been using the non-birth cert name since I was little, and by now it's on everything including my SS card and passport, so I figure I don't have to do anything more. But that's been really consistent since I was a kid.
Jesse - Aug 03, 2011 5:29:58 pm PDT #19218 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You know, indirectly caused the election of our first black president?
I FORGOT ABOUT THAT! OMG.
SailAweigh - Aug 03, 2011 5:30:46 pm PDT #19219 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I think it's sad that as my family ages, we're losing all the cool nicknames. My grandmother was Mary Edith, but was known as Peg. My great-aunt Georgina was known as Babe. There's bunches more in there that I've forgotten now, but it seemed like so many of my grandparents generation and older never went by anything resembling their "real" names.
Zenkitty - Aug 03, 2011 5:31:28 pm PDT #19220 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
She was 7 of 9, and Tara on Leverage, and on the last episode of Warehouse 13 as Pete's ex-wife.
Vortex - Aug 03, 2011 5:32:00 pm PDT #19221 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Jeri Ryan has many of of the separate qualities that people consider attractive (sensuous mouth, narrow waist, big boobs, blond hair, square shoulders), but they come together in an odd way.
Jesse - Aug 03, 2011 5:32:10 pm PDT #19222 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wow -- I was going to wear a cute new dress tomorrow, but it's only going to be a high of 74, so maybe longer sleeves?? Bananas.