henriette (yes, the one that got away; I SEE you, LIZ)

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The votes are in, with Lauren beating out Henriette by three to win Cat Name Of The Cat.

But it's not a democracy, and she's Henriette. I've been trying names on her all weekend and yesterday we almost liked Meredith (the similarity to Edith intentional) but then Rodney McKay kept confusing me and this cat is many things but not a science geek, and, anyway, Henriette.

LIFE LESSON #45:

You can't name a cat Lauren.

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How funny-- my middle initial is R (for Rile, my mother's maiden name) and the online name I still often think of myself as is Rebecca. (Another Jewish name. But, you're right, I'm not Jewish.)

I don't think of myself as Lauren, but I do identify with my initials. The L and R of my full name are important to my picture of myself (synesthetically, they are gray-black and dark purple), and most of the names I have thought I would identify with better involve those letters. Every so often I wonder how different I would be if I had grown up with a name I fit into better. I guess that being a somewhat alienated observer is a pretty central part of my, uh, stance on the world? Ha.