Sunday, December 27, 2009

New way to waste collossal amount of time!


I love my factory-installed GPS system so much she needs a name. I have the Garmin and she has always been "Garmina." But this one has no obvious name and I really can't address "someone" who is so helpful and enjoyable as "that thing," or "the GPS system." It's wrong.

With a car full of people listening to her melodic voice announcing that there would be traffic ahead (as we sat in traffic) we tried to pinpoint WHO she sounded like. Glinda? There were others, but I didn't like them. None of them seemed right.

Then over Christmas someone came up with the name "Trixie," and I thought we had it. "Come on Tricks, tell us where to go." But no. I listened to her today and she's just not a Trixie. She sounds more dignified. And yet ... you can't name your GPS system Queen Elizabeth either ... or can you?

No. I'm the queen, and I'm not abdicating my throne for the ... woman in the car.

So, I decided to do what I do best: look it up online. I typed in "do you name your GPS," and came across several threads where people had indeed, named them! The most common was Sally, and I will admit that crossed my mind. But a long time ago during a Colorado ski trip, a bunch of us started using "Sally" as a way to describe a weenie. As in, "You're such a sally," and well, it won't work in this case. There was Lola, LuLu, Gertrude, Judy (lots of Judy's) and apparently Lola is from some Robin Williams movie where the RV he was driving was named Lola. The three I have written down are Gertie, Millie and Fiona.

What do you think?

Or, Journey?
Penny?

I have just spent scads of time looking up potential names. I've gone through Greek Goddesses, Saints, Celtic Goddesses ... Nehalennia is the goddess of guardianship and offers protection to travelers ... and Jizo (jee=-ZOH) is the Japanese diety guardian of women, children and travellers.

OH I don't know. Jizo is a male thing, I don't want that. And it's not a male voice. I think I am liking Journey. JorNEY.

Carry on my wayward friend ...

Hmmmm.

5 comments:

It Rhymes With Witch said...

Diana ... goddess of the crossroads. That's what I call mine, at least. Glad to know I'm not the only one who names things.

Jessica said...

My family used to vacation up in Elkins when I was much younger. I was just randomly googling the things I remembered about it & came across your blog. I can't believe someone actually lives in the Freedom Acres house! I vaguely remember going there, I just remember there was a great view! I always wondered what happened to that place...great blog BTW :)

Lisa said...

Yep! We live in the Freedom Acres house! The view is under debate at this time due to the "tree"problem! My husband is a diehard advocate of letting trees live (guess because he is a landscape architect). I, on the other hand, love a good view! It is amazing how much of the view we've lost in the 14 years we've been here. It hasn't changed in that it is still a special place :) Thanks for commenting.

Jessica said...

Welcome! 14 years...I guess it's been longer than I thought since I've been up there. Can I just ask you something - do you know why they went out of business?

Anonymous said...

Howdy,
I need some advice
I'm Looking to purchase [url=http://www.milesgershon.com/tv-stands.html][b]TV Stands[/b][/url] or TV [url=http://www.milesgershon.com][b]Wall Units[/b][/url] For a loft I'min the process of buying.
Can you peoplegive me a good recommendation of where is the leadingdeal on these? I live in New York and I heard that the big thing about these [url=http://www.milesgershon.com][b]tv stands[/b][/url] is the cost of shipping and installation.
I also found this great article about wiring your entertainment center: http://www.helium.com/items/1577888-how-to-wire-your-home-entertainment-center

Thanks

[url=http://www.milesgershon.com][img] data:image/jpeg;base64,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 [/img][/url]

A