A rose by any other name

I'm not sure about the name Anna. It's been bugging the hell out of me, to be honest with you. I want her name to be palindromic, but Anna feels too close to my name, and while this character and I share a very intense and personal experience, she's not me.

So this is why I love the Internet: I googled 'palindromic names' and within about 2 seconds was reading a list of all the palindromic names out there. Ava? Emme's a pretty name, but I don't really want to ride on the coattails of Jennifer Lopez.

Ava might be good, though. Hmmm.

I've always taken exception to Shakespeare's assertion that a name doesn't mean anything. I don't disagree with the Bard on much, but the whole 'rose by any other name' thing is a crock of shit, in my opinion. I doubt that he really believed it himself; I think it was just a rhetorical device.

In other news, I've been getting my writing playlist set up - had to load up both discs of Telltale Signs on my laptop. I might put some selections from Golden Vanity on there too.