Friday, March 18, 2005
What's in a Name?
So I'm teaching sixth grade art today and I realize that one of the female students has the same name as a pornstar. I'm sure this says more about me than any of you wanted to know, but it struck me as odd. There're a few possibilities here, of course. First off, I suppose it could all just be innocent, her parents have no idea what they did. Second, her parents could really be into porn and thought it would be "neat" to name their kid after someone famous. Third, the girl was absent so I never got a look at her, but since most pornstars have the brains of a sixth grader anyway, it could have been the actual pornstar just finishing up her schooling.
And that's the thing about women in porn, they just don't last that long. Even if her parents did name her after a pornstar on purpose, most porn girls will be "used up" by the time the girl is old enough to be teased by other kids at school about her name.
Then again, does a name have any bearing on a potential career? Jerry Seinfeld used to do a bit about naming your kid "Jeeves." If you do that, he's probably going to end up being a butler. Not much chance that he'll be a mafia hitman. I suppose it would be the same thing if you named your daughter "Seka," or "So-Horney Weaver." OK, the second one was just silly, and besides, she'd probably end up being a stripper.
On the way to my folks house after work, I drove on Swallow Drive. Yeah, I know it's probably named after the species of bird, but imagine being a high school girl, you want to give directions to your new boyfriend, you tell him you live on Swallow Drive. Hey, I was once a high school boy, I'd have had wood the whole way over to her house. Don't even get me started about a girl who lives on Easy Street.
BOJ
And that's the thing about women in porn, they just don't last that long. Even if her parents did name her after a pornstar on purpose, most porn girls will be "used up" by the time the girl is old enough to be teased by other kids at school about her name.
Then again, does a name have any bearing on a potential career? Jerry Seinfeld used to do a bit about naming your kid "Jeeves." If you do that, he's probably going to end up being a butler. Not much chance that he'll be a mafia hitman. I suppose it would be the same thing if you named your daughter "Seka," or "So-Horney Weaver." OK, the second one was just silly, and besides, she'd probably end up being a stripper.
On the way to my folks house after work, I drove on Swallow Drive. Yeah, I know it's probably named after the species of bird, but imagine being a high school girl, you want to give directions to your new boyfriend, you tell him you live on Swallow Drive. Hey, I was once a high school boy, I'd have had wood the whole way over to her house. Don't even get me started about a girl who lives on Easy Street.
BOJ
# posted by Blind Orange Julius @ 5:28 PM 
