Because I just read "What Thumbelina Meant to a Young Girl/The artist Celeste Mountjoy, also known as filthyratbag, retells the story of the very tiny lady, and how sympathies can shift as one grows older" (NYT).
Imagine having a name as cool as Celeste Mountjoy and coming up with a second name for yourself.
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That second name is a giant mistake.
I know a woman whose maiden name was Lane Stapleton. Such a wonderful, rolling-off-the-tongue name. It's the cellar door of names, really. A soap opera name. Lane. Stapleton. She's a beautiful redhead.
Then we heard she was engaged and my first thought was "Oh no, her name." She was risking fucking up her wonderful name by taking her new husband's last name as her own.
Then I heard her new name. Lane Degenhart. And I thought that might be even cooler than Stapleton.
A good Bond girl name. Not a great invented one but that it's real makes up for it.
I do like the name Celeste. That's a lovely name.
Nebraska has a football player this year with the name DiCapro Bottle (Boot ul).
Years ago Nebraska had a running back with the name I.M. Hipp. He broke a player's neck in practice. The player was from the Porter family from Nebraska City. His dad and grandfather all played for UNL.
She has some standard-issue 'white people are bad' and 'women reject men' comics here, "calling us[sic] out on our[sic] shitty behavior". They'd be cute if she could draw better.
Known Unknown, re Lane Stapleton:
"Then I heard her new name. Lane Degenhart. And I thought that might be even cooler than Stapleton."
Ever read tvtropes.org?
Because both of those get filed under Awesome McCoolname.
Am I the only one that scrolled past the comics to see pictures of the girl?
Filthyratbag...
Made me think of Foreigner at the end of the 1970s.
DirtyWhiteBoy
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=81-ph0YYLOE
I dated a woman named Melody Smith Lane.
I.M. Hipp broke Budge Porter's neck. Budge was a nickname.
Nebraska had a baseball player with the nickname Mojo. Mojo Hagge.
sympathies can shift as one grows older
People generally become more conservatives as they get older. Experience leads to wisdom. Thumbelina here learned that just because someone may have percieved disadvantages in life doesn't guarantee that they're worthy of your sympathy or companionship.
Sounds like direction in girl-on-girl porn.
My parents named me Boromir, son of Denethor buy I changed it to NCMoss.
I'm really struggling at the moment... apparently with feline proportions.
Someone is impersonating me. Probably Chuck or penQuin.
Is it just me, or is being a poor artist a criteria for doing New Yorker cartoons?
I went to high school with a girl named Gladys Rachel Schmuck.
Many years ago in Lil' Abner a girl named April Mudhen married the movie star Tyrone Showers.
9/6/19, 9:22 AM
Someone is impersonating me. Probably Chuck or penQuin. They created a profile today--that's the tell.
What was the name of that dark comedy, a family full of eccentric geniuses? Each one mad in their own way? This reminds me of that.
What was the name of that dark comedy, a family full of eccentric geniuses? Each one mad in their own way?
Royal Tenenbaums?
It had a artsy Cannes Festival kind of flavor to it.
Family's name may have been in the title it was a bizarre name
"Royal Tenenbaums?"
Yes! Yes!
Damn. You're good.
Long ago I was working for a Wall Street law firm and met a gorgeous 20 Something lawyer from another state who stuck out her hand and introduced herself (in the office) " Hi, I'm Candy Cummings". I have never worked so hard to exercise self control.
"calling us[sic] out on our[sic] shitty behavior"
It would be so cool - so different! - to see an artist or entertainer who didn't feel the need to do this.
Wouldn't it?
Wow, looks like a honey, and a multi-tasker! (Look at the stuff behind her.)
Narr
CM&MW, ummm . . .
Speaking of filthyratbags, I give you Lena Dunham, now with piercing.
Celeste Mountjoy sounds like a bond villainess.
TickTock said...Long ago I was working for a Wall Street law firm and met a gorgeous 20 Something lawyer from another state who stuck out her hand and introduced herself (in the office) " Hi, I'm Candy Cummings". I have never worked so hard to exercise self control.
I once spent a season as a customer service temp at a well-known children's magazine. I thought it would be fun; it was nightmarish. The worst part was the angry calls due to whatever the marketing jerks were doing this week to manipulate people into renewing. A few times a day I'd get a call from someone about correcting account information. Sometimes a bored data entry person would put a joke name on the address label and they'd be pissy about it. The worst (though rarest) was when some abused customer service rep would "punish" an abusive caller by putting an obscene name on their account.
One day I got a call from a woman and when I pulled up her account, it was in the name of "Seymour Butts."
Oh crap!
I paused a moment and asked, "Am I speaking to Ms. Butts?"
"Yes."
The call went fine.
J. Farmer said...Celeste Mountjoy sounds like a bond villianess.
Or a porn star.
But I can't help thinking of Theon Greyjoy.
Then I heard her new name. Lane Degenhart. And I thought that might be even cooler than Stapleton.
And what were the odds (assuming the accent is on the first syllable still) they would have the same rhythm?
That artist is interesting. There's a lot of people using new media to express niche art. I wish I had more time to spend, not waste spend, scrolling through more stuff like that. Maybe when I retire.
Mountjoy is just another angsty attention seeking teen using a crude Aussie epithet to appear edgy to an American audience. Barry Humphries pretty much tapped out the ratbag humor vein 40 years ago.
Brings a tear to my eye. Filthyratbag is what I used to call Mom.
rehajm said...
A good Bond girl name. Not a great invented one but that it's real makes up for it.
9/6/19, 9:01 AM
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J.Farmer said...
Celeste Mountjoy sounds like a bond villainess.
9/6/19, 12:09 PM
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tim maguire said...
J. Farmer said...Celeste Mountjoy sounds like a bond villianess.
9/6/19, 12:19 PM
Original thoughts, three hours later. No credit where credit is due.
Reminds me of the Monty Python skit with a character named Sniveling Little Ratfaced Git.
Mountjoy was the name of the French herald at Agincourt in Henry V.
"She has some standard-issue 'white people are bad' and 'women reject men' comics here, 'calling us[sic] out on our[sic] shitty behavior'. They'd be cute if she could draw better."
Actually, her drawing is fine. It's charming and perfectly suited for what she's trying to convey.
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