Um, so. BABIES!
Jen did not have a week this month where she turned into a shark (her words, not mine) so has decided that she's pregnant. She's kidding (99.99943% sure) but it led to a discussion of baby names. She has determined that she should name her firstborn son Agamemnon. She then turns to Anne Charlotte and Will, who have been going out since something like the third week of freshman year, and asks for Anne Charlotte's preferred first-born-son name. Anne Charlotte comes up with Thor. (Will does not quibble.) Jen then turns my way and asks what my first-born is going to be named.
See, I don't want my kids to have issues learning how to spell their names in Kindergarten. Or go through life with people being confused as to how to pronounce their names. So I fended off the question with 'something boring'.
Jen then turns to Kevin and he comes up with Quetzlcoatl (which may be spelled Quetzalcoatl, but either way is entirely impossible as far as English conventions for vowels and consonants goes).
I agree with this option... possibly through the mental image of a little baby with brightly colored hair and feathers coming out of his hair. (And if she was a girl, Quetzie is cute. Could possibly shorten for a boy to Quetz?)
[Also, the other option at this point was Methuselah... and as AC's Thor is being born with a war-hammer - she's swallowing it - don't ask, I wasn't up for birthing an old man... or a mouse. Yay Redwall!]
So Jen and AC and I decided that we would have a playgroup with our kids... preferably with t-shirts for the moms that say 'Mother of Thor' (etc) and for the kids that say 'Don't Mess with Me, I'm Agamemnon' (etc).
The question of the day is: if you joined my playgroup with your firstborn child, what would his/her name be and would you help us take over the world?
See, I don't want my kids to have issues learning how to spell their names in Kindergarten. Or go through life with people being confused as to how to pronounce their names. So I fended off the question with 'something boring'.
Jen then turns to Kevin and he comes up with Quetzlcoatl (which may be spelled Quetzalcoatl, but either way is entirely impossible as far as English conventions for vowels and consonants goes).
I agree with this option... possibly through the mental image of a little baby with brightly colored hair and feathers coming out of his hair. (And if she was a girl, Quetzie is cute. Could possibly shorten for a boy to Quetz?)
[Also, the other option at this point was Methuselah... and as AC's Thor is being born with a war-hammer - she's swallowing it - don't ask, I wasn't up for birthing an old man... or a mouse. Yay Redwall!]
So Jen and AC and I decided that we would have a playgroup with our kids... preferably with t-shirts for the moms that say 'Mother of Thor' (etc) and for the kids that say 'Don't Mess with Me, I'm Agamemnon' (etc).
The question of the day is: if you joined my playgroup with your firstborn child, what would his/her name be and would you help us take over the world?