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Because We Didn't Know What Else To Name Her
1 · Jun · 2007
Well we're doing it. We're meeting new people and trying to make friends and I'm even wearing makeup and waving at neighbors. But sometimes it's hard. Because there is all the explaining to do.
Thankfully, there are few questions about California, if any. I'm also sad to say no one asks me if my family are ranchers or if we still ride horses around in Oklahoma anymore. (I guess people aren't as dumb as they used to be.) But the one question - at the top of all questions that make me want to spew the stupidest answers I can imagine - is this:
Upon hearing our daughter's name....
"She was born in August then?"
To me, this is sort of like asking me if my parents were really poor when I was born or if MJ was named after the Archangel.
Do you remember that episode of the Brady Bunch when Jan invents a boyfriend for herself so that some guy named Clark would be jealous? She calls him George. But when asked for his last name she gets stumped. So she looks around the room and says the first thing she sees. "Glass. His name is George Glass."
I'm going to start telling people that something similar happened to us.
"It's a girl!"
"What should we name her?"
"Well, what month is this? We're gonna have a whole herd of babies so let's just name this one August."
:::Insert hillbilly chuckles here:::
Posted by Penny Rene at June 1, 2007 11:34 AM
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I always wondered about that. So you guys like chinese food a lot? My son's name will be March. With myself, I found that the more I was exposed to and understood (I hope) different cultures, the more I was clinging to my own. It's like when a traveler, the more and more different places he sees, the clearer becomes the definition of the concept "home".
Posted by: Gabriel Popa on June 1, 2007 12:39 PM
That deserves a HA! ...even a 'double' HA!
Posted by: Jakey on June 1, 2007 12:44 PM
Us hillbillies are considerin Moon a verb. Mike wears makeup? :-)
Some friends and I went to Callifornia and because of my accent people asked where we were from. Our response... we live near pavement.
I like August Moon, it's original and unique. All this time I thought you pulled it off.... I thought she was born on the moon.
Posted by: Jeff on June 1, 2007 02:46 PM
I'm ready to see pictures of the house and that Chinese baby of yours!
Posted by: Jordan on June 2, 2007 12:55 AM
Yeah, my parents had a similar quandary. My full name is John-Paul, so they were constantly barraged with the question, "So, did you name him after the Pope?"
It's not as if my parents were practicing Roman Catholics either. Alas, the source of my name is a much duller story.
At least you are meeting new friends and influencing people.
Posted by: JP on June 2, 2007 12:07 PM
OK, I'm jealous. Why didn't I think about marrying a web designer or some sort of technical genius? It is just so hard to know what to do all the time. I should never let their Mother name my kids. But the month thing wouldn't have worked since they are twins. August One and August Two might have topped the weirdness charts. In any case, I am happy to find out lots of people think they may be having a nervous breakdown. You might add something about trying to keep a coherent line of thought. (That's for me - you do fine.)
Posted by: Ben on June 2, 2007 04:45 PM
Also can you please post photos of the neighbor's truck in your front yard? I want to put it on eBay.
Posted by: Jeff on June 3, 2007 11:43 PM