Saturday, August 27, 2011

Thank you, Bloggling Brains!

Anthropomorphism! Yes! Thank you for your help!

And in case you were wondering why I suddenly had the pressing need to know that word, it's because of a conversation I had with my parents. We were chatting via Skype and I had to go so I could take my dog outside before Morris and Adolph came out. Naturally, my folks asked who Morris and Adolph were. They expected me to say the neighbor's dogs, or maybe the random cats that sleep in my yard. No, Morris and Adolph are spiders. Morris spins his web in the corner of the overhang by the back door, and Adolph spins his huge web between the trees on either side of the path to the backyard.

My parents think I'm weird. Of course, then I had to tell them about Cassandra, the spider who spins a web in the backyard from the branches of the big tree to the ground. And Lewis, who has a permanent web in the holly bush out front (all the others take down their webs in the morning).

I don't know if it's a writer thing, or just me, but I name all sorts of things. My car is Ruby. My KitchenAid mixer is Kitty. My blender is Oscar. My grill is George. My computers are Trinsyn, Chionne, and Arra. My toilet paper doll is Nancy. And that's just a small sample.

Tell me, do you name things?

4 comments:

j. said...

No! I don't name things - well, my kids have names & my pets... but beyond that, nope, no names. I think it's a control thing or maybe you think if you name things, they serve more of a purpose in your life? well, IDK, but it's kind of a random thing to do.. my question is - how do you remember all the names? Do you become easily attached to things? lots of questions.. sorry.
hey, name me. hahaha! Happy weekend .. :)

Elisa DeLany said...

When things get a name from me, it's usually in the form of several curses and an emphatic smack from my fist. I had an iPod named Thalia at one point though, but no one ever called her that.

Joe Robinsmith said...

LOL, I didn't actually know the word, I cheated, googled, then dictionary.com..... but glad to help.

Hannah said...

Oh gosh, I name everything.
The snake that lives on our farm is Wilfred.
The small flower bead on our front porch is named The Blue Bead.
My slippers are Rubeus and Hagrid.
My Flashdrive is named Drucil.
Don't you just love naming things?