So one other pesky question - is Gail Alexander significant or just sounds nice? I mean was it your grandmother's name? Or the name of your best friend and a favorite cat? or...?? Or just rang on the ear nicely?
When I first started minoring in music at my first college, I had a teacher with a really good reputation to start, but who was dying of cancer. This lady "decided" on the first day of class she didn't like me because I was late (I was doing shift work and my relief was late...sigh). Halfway through the semester, she died, and the music department chairman took over the class. Somehow when she died, all her records went with her.
On the second day of class, the new teacher was trying to learn our names. He looked at me and said, "I can't remember your name, but it's four letters, and it isn't 'Gail.'" Needless to say, for the rest of my tenure at that school, within the music department, I was "Gail."
At the same time, I was majoring in Communication Arts (Broadcasting and Journalism) and was very active at the school radio station. A bunch of us were hanging out, picking out air names "just in case we'd ever need them." We either started out with our real name or, if we wanted a drastic change, picked out another one with some significance, and then opened the phone book and plunked down our finger to find a last name.
I opened up the Nassau County White Pages and landed on Alexander's Department Store. Since "Gail" had already been "chosen" for me, I had "Gail Alexander" in the wings as my "air name if I need it," since, let's face it, "Lynn Gold" is a really terrific air name.
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Date: 2004-09-22 06:33 pm (UTC)When I first started minoring in music at my first college, I had a teacher with a really good reputation to start, but who was dying of cancer. This lady "decided" on the first day of class she didn't like me because I was late (I was doing shift work and my relief was late...sigh). Halfway through the semester, she died, and the music department chairman took over the class. Somehow when she died, all her records went with her.
On the second day of class, the new teacher was trying to learn our names. He looked at me and said, "I can't remember your name, but it's four letters, and it isn't 'Gail.'" Needless to say, for the rest of my tenure at that school, within the music department, I was "Gail."
At the same time, I was majoring in Communication Arts (Broadcasting and Journalism) and was very active at the school radio station. A bunch of us were hanging out, picking out air names "just in case we'd ever need them." We either started out with our real name or, if we wanted a drastic change, picked out another one with some significance, and then opened the phone book and plunked down our finger to find a last name.
I opened up the Nassau County White Pages and landed on Alexander's Department Store. Since "Gail" had already been "chosen" for me, I had "Gail Alexander" in the wings as my "air name if I need it," since, let's face it, "Lynn Gold" is a really terrific air name.