nancy.

[this blog is dedicated to my mother, who is a princess and a rock star.]

my middle name is nancy. YUP. [those of you that are laughing - SHUT IT]. i used to hate this middle name - especially in the bowl cut years. but now i've started to kind of..well..love it. i guess i've always been pleased with the first name rachel because it's generic enough that it's not weird, but unique enough that there aren't 40 girls with the same name in my class. but now i'm just kinda like..meh. it doesn't give me much personality - although i think i'm about 99% similar to rachel on 'friends', so that's a plus. *wink.

back to nancy. i can name probably 6-7 friends (including myself) that have a mother named nancy. bdobs, brenda, kayla, zach, okay well, maybe only 4. but i have ZERO friends named nancy (although i would like to think that nancy flynn and i are kindred spirits). i did a facebook search of the name nancy and there is only one (!) at bethel. and ironically her name is 'nancy walters' which is quite similar to my mom's married name. hmm.

the word nancy has always been associated with 'wuss'. why is this? i personally think patricia is a much more wussy name - no offense to any of you.

also - who came up with the term 'negative nancy'? that's not fair. why couldn't it be negative natasha? or negative nick? most of the nancys are know are quite positive and delightful in nature. [with a few exceptions...].

shall we take a look at some famous nancys throughout history? okay.

nancy reagan: first lady/obscure actress
nancy kerrigan: ice skating legend/guest star in 'blades of glory'
nancy pelosi: speaker of the house
nancy grace: CNN correspondent
nancy travis: of "three men and a baby" fame
nancy botwin: drug dealer/dysfunctional hott mother on 'weeds'
nancy drew: awesome detective (childhood hero)


also, i appreciate the recognition that the name has received from childhood books [both series of which my mother owns]:

random nancy fact: there is a city in france named nancy. so yes, i will be moving to nancy, france.

that is about all i can come up with about nancys. but they're awesome. every last one.

happy thursday!