Quote of the Day

[kyra_ojosverdes]

From a coworker who doesn't know me all that well (meaning we don't hang out and chat much because she's insanely busy and rarely in the front office), regarding Hurricane Katrina: "When I first heard the name I thought 'how weird, because Katrina is such an uncommon name, and so what are the chances that I'd know someone with the same name as this incredibly destructive hurricane'... and then I thought 'well, it is somehow fitting, because you're definitely a force of nature to be reckoned with.'"

... I ... uh?

I'd actually been eyeing the "Reflections of a Sentient Tornado" (credit for phrase goes to kahnman) link text on my LJ and thinking it might just be time to change that.

Comments

[claire.livejournal.com]

Is Katrina really an uncommon name where you are?

I am only asking because it's not that uncommon here. I mean, it's not common, but also not particularly strange either.

[gryphonwing.livejournal.com]

I said that too, once upon a time. :)

And... you *are* a force of nature, but you're the nurturing sort of force.

*love*

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

No, that's pretty much it. It's pretty rare that I know/interact with someone else named Katrina, but I have met lots of other Katrinas if that makes sense.

[sir-cat.livejournal.com]

I've got a 3rd cousin named Katrina. Haven't seen her since '83. Her family lived in New Jersey, and we went to visit once a year. My dad and hers are cousins.

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

There is actually another Katrina [my last name here] ... her middle initial is different from mine, I can't remember what hers is. She's about 8 years younger than me, as I recall. It was pretty wild finding (via kahnman) someone who shares both my somewhat-unusual first name AND my somewhat-unusual last name.

[sir-cat.livejournal.com]

I don't know if she's married/divorced/single, unfortunately I/we didn't keep in touch with the extended cousins when we moved out here. Maiden name is Guetherman.

There's a woman by the name of Gutherman in Missoula. A counselor of some kind. Ran across her name in an article about kids on a work project at Yellowstone I think it was. Don't know if she's related or not...there's 4 different spellings to our last name.