I was nearly 8 years old when my baby sister was born. This was quite fortunate since I was well adept at reading. I was tired of my name. Nancy. So plain. The Sunday comics included a comic strip called Nancy. She hung out with her stupid little boyfriend named Russell, was very boring and cried all the time. Why would parents who love their child name her such a boring name? I assumed they had run out of originality by this point. I was, after all, their third child. There was Mike, then Suzy, after me they had Joey (short for Joanne) and finally Jene Marie. The "j" a soft French slur. It was fitting. We had a French surname. But clearly Jene Marie was their crowning glory. Do I hate for taking all the love from my parents and hogging it for herself? Of course not. She's my sister. She's my baby sister. But if I happen to feel the need to speak to her when she's at work, I always ask for her by using both names; Jene Marie (with the schwa). I don't want her...
Aren't all economies people driven?
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Interesting video. Thanks for posting it.
Boooo! I can't watch videos way over here in the backyard of nowhere!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you were lovely if you were in it or that it was fascinating either way. Hmph!
I am one who buys into it I'm afraid. I google everything, get my recipes online, blog, facebook and use Youtube, play games online and read scriptures online. I still email however and rarely text. Bye, I am going to Hulu to see what I've been missing. Stupid?
ReplyDeleteFascinating. However, wikipedia isn't ALWAYS very accurate. Mostly, yes, but I can't trust it without verifying. Two of my kids schools prohibit them from using wikipedia because of the false information that gets posted on it.
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