The Name Game

[catscradle]

So Madonna thinks she's Jewish because she studies Kabbalah. Heh. Heh, heh... Madonna reinvents herself as Esther. Yeah. Nice and modest. She chooses to name herself after a queen. That Madonna, she's something, isn't she?

"I did spend, you know, at least a decade taking my clothes off and being photographed, saying bad words on TV, and, you know, that sort of thing," she told ABC's Cynthia McFadden. "I don't regret it, but it's just ... I mean everybody takes their clothes off now. And then what? You know? And -- and then what?"

And THEN what, damn it! Well then you study Jewish mysticism and change your name to Ester, ya stupid git. Though maybe she should have called Cat Stevens before she went and changed her name.

But you know, this got me to thinking. Maybe I should change my name. Stephanie's nice and all, but that's my old life. That's my name from the days where I studied philosophy and literature, flashed for beads and bashed people in the head with umbrellas whilst in a drunken haze in the French Quarter. Stephanie's just not me anymore. Now I'm more mature. I find myself having mystical experiences in downtown Denver amidst strange clouds of sweet smelling smoke in tattoo parlors. I've read Hunter S. Thompson's Hell's Angels, so I'm qualified to be a biker chick now.

My new name is: Sally Demonskull

Comments

[thebratqueen.livejournal.com]

Wait wait wait - since when have you stopped flashing people?

[wiebke.livejournal.com]

Much as I LOVE Madonna, when I read this yesterday I thought it was pretty lame.

[catscradle.livejournal.com]

Well. . . somethings we never out grow. . .

[catscradle.livejournal.com]

You know, I can pull out the 80s Madonna CD and wail with the best of them. I have, in fact. It's fun. But I think she picked up some major Britney cooties or something, because she's just been a total flake lately. . .

[versailles-rose.livejournal.com]

I am so disappointed in Madonna.

I really wanted her to go 'Fluffy-Pagan' and change her name to "Misty-StirFry-Butteryflywing-Robin'sBreath" or "Apricotbottom Appledorn" or something in the fluffy-name ilk.

[wiebke.livejournal.com]

I followed her through the 90s and loved her Ray of Light album and the videos that went along with it. She had (of course) changed her persona for that one and obviously being a mother changed her, but this entire period since she's been living in England and had another kid, she has been a little harder to figure out than usual. Maybe she's just getting scatterbrained and flakey like most moms seems to. (God knows my mom was a total flake, from having 5 kids, and didn't recover until I was a teenager.)

[vasiliki.livejournal.com]

My new name is: Sally Demonskull

:D Heheh, you're funny!

Well, it's her right to change her (beautiful) name, if she somehow feels she's in danger of following on her mother's footsteps and dying of cancer like her (many ppl believe in the power of names, and if it makes her feel better, well!), but why not choose to be called with one of her other names? i.e. Louise or Veronica?

I was named after my grandma, btw, but this doesn't make me believe I'll die in my 90s like her! (I wish!)

Stephanie is a beautiful name. The garland(ed) girl. Lovely.

[gairid.livejournal.com]

*waves to Sally Demonskull*

Wonderful post...I think it belongs in Metaquotes. May I?

[catscradle.livejournal.com]

Hi Gairid! Sorry it took so long to get back to you - ill and having computer problems =P But yeah, sure, go ahead and metaquote if it's not too late :)