Sunday, August 23, 2009

First Sunday back from school...

And already I'm procrastinating on homework. LeSigh. I'm sure I'll get it done eventually, but my time seems better spent on memorizing my newest monologue (Adriana from Comedy of Errors) and reading Antigone, which I have an audition for next week.

So, while I'm building up the energy for homework, here are some names. I've been using the BtN (www.behindthename.com) BabyNameGenie to find boys' names, and here are some new ones:


Alpin
- I've had Alban on my list forever, but this is seems so refreshing to me. Scottish, which is a good thing to me these days. Am I becoming a tryndee?
Anzo- Means "giant," which any child of mine is very unlikely to be. But...it's Anzo. The sound makes me so happy.
Arrigo- Italian form of Harry, and I'm crushing on it so much right now. The -go ending in general is fantastic.
Astrophel- It means "star lover." Yes, it's pretty ridiculous on an actual child, but the meaning keeps on drawing me back. Maybe coupled with something a little more realistic, like Joseph Astrophel (you're kidding yourself, Sofie...you wouldn't go for something that tame up front no matter what the middle name. ;-))
Aubin- I think it's OH-bin. This has such a friendly sound, probably because I have a dog named Oberon "Obie."
Bela- Seriously, why do all of my names mean "white?" That's not intentional, I promise. This is so incredibly handsome on a boy...
Benedek- I've recently loved the sound of Benedick (Much Ado About Nothing), but the "dick" is a bit...prominent, I'm afraid. So I found this one, which seems infinitely more usable.
Carlo- How I love "o" names. The "carl" sound is awesome as well, but Carl is a bit middle-aged and dated these days.
Constantin- *Swoon.* How romantic can you get? This has the most amazing collection of sounds (nst-nt-n...fabulous.)
Ezio- The "o" ending, means "eagle," and it gets even better. Ezio Pinza:

of South Pacific fame. His voice is seriously one of the most beautiful things in the world, methinks. I wuv him. I don't know why this name hasn't taken off, but that's okay. I can keep it for myself. :-)
Gillespie- I thought it was only a surname, so I was thrilled to learn otherwise. It has the most whimsical sound to me, but I'm going to have to find a better nickname than "Gil." Gus could work, I suppose..
Jago- Another "J" ending, another one that's prime for the US Popularity Charts. But, for some reason, it hasn't gotten popular. I'm stealing this one away for myself as well.
Klemens- A new one for me, but it's just undeniably handsome. It's got the "surname" thing going for it as well.
Lennart- A less mobster-ish version of Leonard? Awesome. Although this rules out the dashing Leo nickname, I am rather fond of Len. And who says Lennart needs a nickname?
Neirin- Welsh, meaning "noble." The sound is so gentle and the whole name reminds me of the sea.
Raoul- There's just intense handsome-ness here...you would never think it was connected in any way with the pedestrian Ralph.
Ruarc- Until BtN reaches a consensus, I'm using the "ROO-arc" way, with the "w" sound sliding into the "a." The "rainstorm" meaning is fascinating as well...don't see it very often.
Torsten- Could get trendy, but I'm including it because I just love the "Tor" and "st" in there. It's a less prissy version of Tristan, which is always a good thing.
Vivek- Sanskrit is a great deviation from my normal European span of names, and the name sounds so "alive" (despite not being derived from the same root as the actual "alive" names; Vivian, etc.) The "k" at the end makes it sound distinctly masculine.
Yago- I'm pronouncing it YAH-go, which makes it a great alternative to the malevolent Iago. Another go-go name, always a favorite of mine.

So those are my boys right now. I'm going to try and go through the same process with my girls, but that usually doesn't produce such lovely results (my girls are generally pretty stagnant.)

Okay...off to clean the kitchen and (hopefully) get some homework done before tomorrow!

Friday, August 14, 2009

I feel a bit guilty for not blogging for so long, so here's a name post!

Since I'm bored, I decided to go through some online birth announcements and write down my favorites. Yay. These are from different states across the US....I'll write down particularly bad ones as well.

Naomi Marie
Abraham Paul
Dante Arthur
Elias Timothy-Patrick (Yes, the hyphen is stupid. But Elias <3)
Chloe June
Giovanni Agustin
Miles William
Joan Ann (So vintage and simple. Love it.)
Estella Rio (Really fascinating. Rio is a female Japanese name, and I quite like it here.)
Adrian Jacob
Brigid Ann (serious squee!)
Virginia Irene (again, squee!)
Liam Oisin (Oisin!!!)
Matthew Brynn (Brynn on a boy! Woot.)
Johanna Lyra (Seriously, my heart was all a-flutter upon seeing this one. And the mom is Julijana!)
Vivianne Lily (This is my favorite form of the masculine Vivian. Or is it Viviana? Hmmm...)
Rachel Joanna
Athena Rebecca (I babysit for a ten-year-old Athena, who's great. Glad to see there are more of them!)
Abigail Carolina
Tegan Noelle (Although Tegan has fallen out of my top names, I still love seeing it.)
Miranda Victoria
Irene
Helena Autumn Rose (Autumn's not my favorite, but I'll forgive that between the flawless Helena and Rose.)
Asa Michael (ASA! Now, please don't get popular on me.)
Jacques Leon
Louise Catherine (Really. Did you see that one coming?)
Damien Josiah
Amy Violet (I am in the minority among name-snobs, but I love Amy. With Violet? Perfection.)
Twins William Edward and Natalie Patricia. Both are perfectly nice individually, but come on. Twins always have sucky names.
Micah Jerome
Amy Margaret

Zeddalyn Raine
X'zavior Michael (Almost pedestrian enough to be ignored. Almost.)
Cohen Gary-Chike
Princess Chiso (Ew. So sickly-sweet. And Chiso?)
Flint Beau
Analeah Marie (Anally. Haha. At least spell it Annelie or something.)
Celedonio Valentino Jr16 (Jr16. Huh. Typo, please?)
Yarexzi Lizbeth
Avaurie Sincere (Avery?)
Destiny LoveAngel (*Sofie tries not to throw up*)
Saylor Ann
Y'Sarah Sunflower (What, now?)
Amerrius Cornell-Ora'Sean (Somehow, I doubt the parents actually went to Cornell.)
Anessa Morning Star (MorningStar. Like the vegan corn dogs!)
Julie Anne Turtle (Though Julie Anne is refreshing. And Turtle is sort of cute. Hmmm...)
Maverick Halen (So close to Maverick Palin. It's scary.)
Mia Monet (Good job parents, mixing an Italian word with a French surname.)
Anel (Apparently mom....or dad...is also Anel. Other parent is Jaime.)
Dream
Ripley Grace (I'll just hope she's named after Alice Ripley, and the parents' taste in Broadway is better than their taste in names.)
Aryan Dadrass (I think the awfulness of Aryan was to draw attention from the hot mess that is Dadrass.)

That's all for now, folks!

I'm Just a Bloggin...um...something

It's so depressing...my last blog post was around Hanukkah. So I'm going to have to do something to make up for it. How about...

NEW HAIRCUT!

This was partly done by myself and partly by my friend Chandler. Yesterday, I told her to cut it in spikes (as in, points at the bottom of my hair.) It didn't work out, so I she cut it in a huge angle (short on one side and long on the other.) It was pretty long yesterday:




and now it's shoulder-length-ish (I got tired of having an angle yesterday so I cut the other side off. :-) ) Fun fun fun.

My dad's visiting for two weeks (!) and we went to visit Ginger today. I had a huge amount of fun...we listened to Next to Normal and had ourselves a grand old time. I miss her so much...and the dogs...and my dad of course. :-( But I'm so glad that today happened.

Haircut tomorrow. Not sure how I'll get it cut. I'm trying not to let myself get bangs, since that never works out like I want it to. I'm thinking this Anne Hathaway thing...




I suppose we'll see tomorrow...