and then i decided that i’d name all my (hypothetical) cats after shakespearean characters- that was until i came up with naming my (hypothetical) cat “ziggy stardust” after the bowie album & song
It's Aleksander :] I am transgender so i changed my name (a few times actually). At the start I had some "rules" to choose a name:
1. It should be italian (i am italian, i didn't want to stand out)
2. It should be long and have nicknames (i like nicknames)
3. It shouldn't be religious (i am an atheist and i didn't like to have a name associated with god)
4. It should have a cool meaning (i like names' etymology)
In the end i chose Stefano, but it didn't feel like me at all.
I always liked Alessandro as a name, but i felt like i knew too many people with that name (like.... 5), so i looked up the variations and Aleksander stand out. Aleksander means "defender of men", and i like to add "in a gay way" for fun. I also chose Hermes as a second "unofficial" name, so i ended up disregarding like almost half of the rules. lmao.
My current list: Carl
Thorvald (This is a family name I’m not insane)
Gustav
Willa
Dale
Georgia
Virginia/Ginny
Alice
Winifred/Winnie Freddie Wendy Some truly awful ones leftover in my notes app from when I was 15: Kendall (for a boy)
Roman
Shiv (as in… the succession characters)
…Jane Austen???
Asuka (after the fucking evangelion character??)
Genesis (after the Grimes song????)
my parents got my name from a movie (dante’s peak) after arguing about it for a long time. my dad wanted to name me blade or wolfgang… i do wonder what my life would’ve been like
like street performances or people busking on the subway - all kinds of people with all kinds of instruments and sounds. free live concerts in public spaces too! recently i was in awe of this very talented trio at delancey-essex st who were tap dancing, drumming, and DJing. i’ve seen them there more than once and they always look like they’re having so much fun!! a couple months ago i passed by the big post office across penn station and there was literally a jazz band set up with a few audience seats and everything? it was wonderful. and once in paris, i was walking over the seine and a man was playing the violin so beautifully, and it felt like i was in a movie! i really love music and i love when people perform it in public, it is definitely a reminder that life can be so beautiful
