Name my nephew!

Not my nephew exactly, but my cousin’s baby; she and her husband asked me to pick out an English first name for their son (who will arrive in mid-October up in Nor Cal).

So! I need as many suggestions as possible.

Limitations: name must be easy for Mandarin speakers to pronounce, as the baby’s mom, dad, and paternal grandparents do not speak English. Therefore it should not end with a consonant, and if possible, it should not have F, L, R, or V sounds. (worst possible name I can think of: Roland)

My mother impressed upon me the importance of picking out an auspicious name, with strong, prosperous connotations. So the name’s meaning should have something to do with wealth, intelligence, strength, good luck, etc.

Woohoo I’m excited!

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Holiday aftermath

1. A slightly achy jaw from all the crunchy food. I never suspected that one could eat too much crunchy food, but there ya go. In the last week or two, I have gorged on: carrots, cashews, peanuts, broccoli, tortilla chips.

2. A deep reluctance to do anything at all productive for school, short of purchasing some new pens and notepads.

3. A habit of sleeping in until 10AM.

4. When I was a wee one, during holidays, I would peek out from under the avalanche of new toys to watch my parents happily receive shoes, planners, jackets, and other shockingly boring items from Santa. I marveled at how terrible adults’ gifts were, and vowed never to request anything dull. Well; this Christmas, I asked for and received such gifts as a salad spinner, a desk chair, and a file cabinet. I am become adult, destroyer of fun.

5. On the other hand, Mr. P finagled his way into finding me a Nintendo Wii! I am becoming rather expert at bowling and tennis, although baseball still escapes me. He purchased Resident Evil 4 for himself; while he slashes and hacks away at Spanish-speaking, scythe-wielding zombies, I cower at the computer reading the walkthrough aloud. I prefer tennis.

6. A most hearty love of napping.

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new year 2007

happy new year, everybody. I spent the last few minutes leading up to midnight playing backgammon with Mr. P and Dad and drinking Martinelli’s. Good times were had by all.

It’s almost time to return to grad school and the accompanying sweet sweet taste of idiocy! That is, me feeling like a tongue-tied idiot in class. I don’t really understand why discussions are so darn important in grad school when it is well known that nerds are not exactly the most eloquent people around. Well. I usually drift off after making the required 2-3 comments anyway to dream of a naked Takeshi Kaneshiro frolicking in a pool of jello. So I guess it’s not a major worry.

Almost time to return to the books…to the library…to the sad-eyed legions of grad students. Eh. More Takeshi for me. Bring on the new year!!

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best boyfreend evah

just because flowers.

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