i'm so in love with you / i'll be forever blue

[themeletor]

a.k.a. some good news and some bad news, with just a splash of self-pity (because, really, it's my journal and I'll cry if I want to):





R.I.P. Black Pearl



July 18, 2006 - November 26, 2008
nb: the scratches & the weird edges/corners are courtesy of my brother; in addition to taking REALLY BAD CARE of the iPod (direct quote: "it got slammed in a few doors") he apparently also thought it would be clever to RUN A LIGHTER AROUND THE EDGES, thereby bubbling, burning, and generally fucking up the clear plastic. WHAT THE HELL. ASSHOLE.


HOWEVER, a beloved friend had an (older, but well-treated and very well-behaved) iPod Photo that she has graciously allowed me to adopt, the only stipulation being that I give him an OUTSTANDINGLY AWESOME new name.



ETA: MEET GRETA! thank you, kinetikatrue! I am plotting as to your reward. we will be in touch. *g*

SO: help me name my new 2004 40G iPod Photo! as stated above, the main criterion is that the name be OUTSTANDINGLY AWESOME and/or TOTALLY SWEET. in particular, I am leaning toward names that are a little more dignified than your average fare. also, I am aware that I am very silly. shh.

the winning suggestion(s) will earn the person(s) who suggested it(/them) ... something. I do not know what quite yet. but something! along with the joy and warmth of knowing that you have assisted a friend in need!

...SO COME ON!

Comments

[fadedsecret.livejournal.com]

Ones I thought of on the spot include:

Sir Shuffles-a-lot (If you like to keep your music on random)
Gandalf the White (because it's white and...hey, Gandalf is fucking cool)

Not smashing ideas, but that's all I can come up with.

[jaredsexual.livejournal.com]

hmmm...

Garbanzo?

Idk, something random and...vaguely white. Haha.

[sansets]

So I am the girl who has MikeyWay the iPod shuffle and LynZ the iTouch. I suspect that I am not the person that you want naming your beautiful new iPod. BUT IT IS SO PRETTY! ♥

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

her name is ~GRETA! *beams*

and she IS pretty, isn't she? ♥ ♥

[captain-molly.livejournal.com]

How old is your brother? Like 12?!

Anyway. Bah. Names. . . let's see. . .

Kodachrome
Collie (a la Cauliflower)
Belle
Bianka/Bianca
Coppertone
ZnO
Victoria (the iPod is all white, very Victorian-era prudeish. . . yeah)
Lord Byron popped into my head, but that's totally inappropriate, though awesome.

Have fun!

[porridgebird.livejournal.com]

Mnemosyne

(Does it have to be a "him"?)

[asemic.livejournal.com]

(direct quote: "it got slammed in a few doors")

You have got to be shitting me.

I have no suggestions for your iPod save for "stay away from me (insert brother's name here)". Mine holds the unimaginative name of LolWhut? so there you go.

[justwatchmetry.livejournal.com]

oh my god...the poor ipod. :(

let there be a moment of silence. and, perhaps, even a rendition of 'green fields of france' would be appropriate.

now that that is done, names!

make-the-brother-pay-for-an-awesome-iskin-at-the-very-least

[kinetikatrue]

. . . does it have to be a guy? 'Cos otherwise I'm really thinking Greta.

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

GRETA OMFG.

it's sweet and petite and a little curvy, and REALLY CLEVER, and FULL OF MUSIC -- JUST LIKE HER!

in conclusion, YES. I LOVE IT.

[kinetikatrue]

YAY, I'M GLAD!

But, yes, exactly re: why. *g*

ETA: Also, I discovered that you'd chosen Greta as a name 'cos you said so in a comment somewhere else, so I came back here to check that it was true. And when I went back to find the comment again it seemed to have vanished into the ether. And now I am a much confused Kat (as well as one who should be in bed).

ETA2: Never mind. It was your facebook status. I r slow, sometimes.

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

well, I also told sansets a few comments up. so you could be right on both counts!

[kinetikatrue]

No, it had to be your facebook status, because I had facebook, twitter and lj open in three adjacent tabs and was flicking back and forth between them. And I totally had lj open to some bandom fic at the time and had to finish reading it and navigate back to make sure I wasn't hallucinating that I'd seen what I thought I'd seen.

Anyway, still happy to have been of service . . . and to have figured out that I was not, in fact, crazy (on that count, anyway). May you have much joy in Greta!

[smileysweetie.livejournal.com]

Um, yeah, so if one of my brothers slammed my iPod in a door a few times and attacked it with a lighter, he'd so be paying for it.

I call BS. But yay for friends!

[kari-lea.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear about Black Pearl! :(

This may be more lame than what you're looking for, but I've always had a weird obsession with the name Schroeder (from Charlie Brown). I had a crush on him when I was little, haha! Anyways, I figured there was some correlation with music there :P

Hope you find the outstandingly awesome name!

[phurie-dae.livejournal.com]

Grace O'Malley!

*does a name-and-run-to-work*

[lordgroovius.livejournal.com]

Your brother is a douche. :(

But yay for friends with iPods! :D I wish I had friends like yours :)

[johanirae.livejournal.com]

Snowflake.

LOL sorry, in a children's book kind of mood XD

[bipagan.livejournal.com]

So... I'm happy you have one to play with but I'm equally happy to treat a certain relative of yours the way he treated your property.

[prairiedaun.livejournal.com]

Oh Greta. Pretty!