So how come you came up with Anne? (btvs 3:1)

[cordelianne]

I'm taking advantage of the 3 day weekend and am visiting my family in Kingston. It's weird to be back in Kingston because there's always small things that have changed (a road where there wasn't one before), but basically it's the same. I'm very very thankful that my brother has wireless internet access set up in the house and that I brought my laptop. *clings to laptop* Of course, I'm now behind on my LJ reading because I've only just logged in now that my mom's gone to bed. We talked and talked, and then watched Moulin Rouge.

I did the worst thing today, and it was totally unintentional but I still feel really bad about it. I was up really late last night doing laundry, gathering my tax info (so my dad can do my taxes), packing, and organizing my tv recording schedule. Even though I had set my two alarms so I'd have plenty of time to get ready and meet my friend, who was driving me (and a friend of hers) to Kingston, I completely slept in. Not only did I sleep in ridiculously late, but the ringer was turned off on my phone (because I work late nights, I frequently turn the ringer off so I'm not woken up and it was still turned off from the previous night). So, not only did I keep 2 people waiting, I also caused my friend to really worry about me because she couldn't get a hold of me. I still feel really guilty even though my friend and I worked it out, and she was really understanding about it. I just hate being irresponsible and inconveniencing people.

In the car ride we did have a fun discussion about whether we'd sleep with Sawyer or Jack from Lost. The unanimous agreement was Sawyer. My friend suggested that Jack would probably cry, or be really clingy afterwards. We were torn about Jin and Sayid, but I think we all leaned more towards Sayid. I also noted that I'd sleep with Ana-Lucia because I think Michelle Rodriguez is HOT!!

Changing topics entirely, I've seen the username meme floating around and have enjoyed reading how everyone chose their username. I love talking about how I came up mine so I had to do it as well.

Write a little paragraph about your name, why you chose it, what it means to you, etc.

Many years ago (pre-Buffy fandom & LJ), I needed a username that wasn't my real name and a lot of ones I wanted were already in use. While brainstorming I thought about my various interests and, of course, my thoughts turned to L.M.Montgomery and Anne of Green Gables. So, long before the horror of combo names like Bennifer, Brangelina and TomKat, I decided to combine Cordelia and Anne into one name. It's inspired by this passage in Anne of Green Gables:

"Will you please call me Cordelia?" she said eagerly.

"CALL you Cordelia? Is that your name?"

"No-o-o, it's not exactly my name, but I would love to be called Cordelia. It's such a perfectly elegant name."

"I don't know what on earth you mean. If Cordelia isn't your name, what is?"

"Anne Shirley," reluctantly faltered forth the owner of that name, "but, oh, please do call me Cordelia. It can't matter much to you what you call me if I'm only going to be here a little while, can it? And Anne is such an unromantic name."

"Unromantic fiddlesticks!" said the unsympathetic Marilla. "Anne is a real good plain sensible name. You've no need to be ashamed of it."

"Oh, I'm not ashamed of it," explained Anne, "only I like Cordelia better. I've always imagined that my name was Cordelia--at least, I always have of late years. When I was young I used to imagine it was Geraldine, but I like Cordelia better now. But if you call me Anne please call me Anne spelled with an E."

"What difference does it make how it's spelled?" asked Marilla with another rusty smile as she picked up the teapot.

"Oh, it makes SUCH a difference. It LOOKS so much nicer. When you hear a name pronounced can't you always see it in your mind, just as if it was printed out? I can; and A-n-n looks dreadful, but A-n-n-e looks so much more distinguished. If you'll only call me Anne spelled with an E I shall try to reconcile myself to not being called Cordelia."

A few years later when I became a Buffy fan, I loved that cordelianne also connects to two characters in BtVS/AtS. It particularly amuses me that Buffy used Anne as a pseudonym because that name is now part of my pseudonym. [Interesting historical sidebar: I used to use Anne as my pseudonym at one of my jobs, long before I discovered BtVS. Anne is an excellent pseudonym because it doesn't encourage discussion.] I also like that Cordelia is a character in one of my favourite Shakespeare plays, King Lear.

My username makes me very happy because I feel that it accurately reflects me: romantic and dramatic, yet also practical and sensible. It also wonderfully connects to three things I love: L.M.Montgomery and Anne, all things Buffyverse, and Shakespeare.

(I'm too lazy to do the other parts of the meme.*g*)


One last thing: If you haven't already checked out earth_vexer's new icons here, they're wonderful!! I'm now heading off to grab lots and lots, and exclaim with glee.

Comments

lots in a name

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

That's a truly fun and interesting story, and I loved the connection it makes between AoGG and BtVS. I also think Anne had a very advanced understanding of the importance of names.

I also found your discussion of how things have changed interesting; it's the reason I haven't gone back to my grandparents' home in Kentucky. Some of the old ancestral buildings have been torn down, and they've strip mined the mountain that towered right across the road, dominating everything in sight. I'd prefer to remember it as it was. On a related note, at least half the buildings up and down the street I live on have been replaced or completely remodeled in the last 20 years; if I'd been gone that long I wouldn't recognize the place.

[lillianmorgan.livejournal.com]

Oh those icons were fantastic weren't they? :)
I'm glad you did the meme. I didn't remember that scene from AoGG and so it was nice to know how you came to choose your name. Mine is also a pseudonym too, but I kinda regret choosing such a name that could so easily be my real name, as it were, because so often people think it *is* my real name. I never even considered using my real name on LJ yet once I got here so many people do! Have people thought that you were Cordelia or Anne? :) And how nice that it connects two fannish pursuits :)
because I think Michelle Rodriguez is HOT!!
No way. Stephanie Romanov is hotter ;)
I hope you have a fun time with your family though you must be pleased to still be connected :)

[kittyzams.livejournal.com]

OMG, don't feel guilty! We all do things like that at one point or another. And everything worked out okay in the end, right? It sounds like you're having a blast with your mom, and the car ride up there seems like it was so much fun! I'm definitely with you on the Sawyer boat. I think Michelle Rodriguez is hot too, especially in Girl Fight. Hmm, although it seems like just about every girl on Lost is very good looking. I'm more of a Kate girl, myself. I think for some odd reason that I tend to navigate more towards people who look like me (dark hair, blue eyes, light skin). I always wonder why that is. I know a lot of people that go for the complete opposites of themselves. I am so curious as to what motivates us to choose certain partners. Anyway, here (http://kittyzams.livejournal.com/5747.html#cutid1) is a link to a pic!spam post of me so you can see what I look like. But I must warn you, that I'm a wee bit embarrassed of all the posing going on there. I really prefer natural shots. It's my sister's fault I tells ya! She's made me model for her photography experiments way too many times! Do you like knowing what LJ people look like? I'm such a curious Betty that I want to know. I want to know EVERYTHING! Anyway, the point to all my rambling is to ask you if you tend to go for people who resemble you or not. Geez! I am full of the blabber. But wait! There's more...

I am completely in love with how you chose your username. Soooo cute! And how awesome that you can fit it into three different fandoms that you love. My username annoys me because I didn't put any thought into it and just used one of my cat's names. Do you have a username nickname that you like to go by? I go by KZ or Miss Kitty, although, that's mostly by LM. ;D What would your UN nickname be? OMG, I cannot shut up, can I? I am done spamming your journal now. I've been working on a paper of the interactionist perspectives on deviance all day, and obviously I needed a break or something. Hee. KZ, over and out! ;D

[earth-vexer.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's really cool. I had assumed that your name was derived from Cordelia Chase and something else (?). I don't remember the part about Anne Shirley wanting to be a Cordelia (of course, back when I read the book/saw the TV movies, I had no reason to remember). I do remember the Anne with an 'e' thing, of course.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

I already heard the tale of your username, but I just wanted to say again how much I love it. It just always seemed so ironic to me that I would fall in love with a show that had someone called Cordelia after my whole Anne obsession. Especially when the gal named that was a shopaholic snob turned visionary hero turn possessed scary mom lady.