Did I ever tell you how I came up with the name Green Rascal Design? It all started with the six chicks we got about a year ago. We were hoping they'd all be girls, but two of them turned out to be boys. So one of the roosters was behaving very badly, and I made him start living in the house to keep him from killing my hens. He became my little buddy for a while, and I made him my mascot. When I wanted to create a brand for myself it had to be GREEN. I spent some time thinking about other words for GREEN, but they were too intellectual I felt. I wanted to use ROOSTER, but somebody already used Green Rooster Design. Well, that just stank. And I wanted to use DESIGN instead of Architecture or some other highfalutin term. So then one day when my rooster was behaving badly I called him a little rascal, and it stuck. Before I knew it he was rascal-ing all over the place and Green Rascal Design was hatched.
Now a while back I read a friend's blog about his name. I bet nobody ever spells it wrong though! I rather like his name, too. It has great alliteration.
I have a grudge against the letter Y. Everybody in the world starts out spelling my name with a y, even my really good online friends! (where there are no verbal interactions, only type-written ones) It makes me disappointed that people don't pay attention enough to properly address me. Am I chopped liver? I bet nobody ever spelled Mies wrong! And what about Le Corbusier? Forget about Frank Ghery! Those difficult names are always spelled correctly, but HOLLIE? Can't be bothered to spell Hollie correctly! This is very frustrating because compared to Hollie, Holly does not fit me at all! The letter Y (actually the lower case y) has bothersome geometry. Y is irregular and unruly. Its defining points are all over the place. I and E are much more stately, tall, regular, orthogonal... Y just cannot compare.
{ Thank goodness for my new last name also. I loved my old name because it was unique, but nobody could spell it and it was hard to say quickly as in introductions. Now I too have great alliteration! }
Now a while back I read a friend's blog about his name. I bet nobody ever spells it wrong though! I rather like his name, too. It has great alliteration.
I have a grudge against the letter Y. Everybody in the world starts out spelling my name with a y, even my really good online friends! (where there are no verbal interactions, only type-written ones) It makes me disappointed that people don't pay attention enough to properly address me. Am I chopped liver? I bet nobody ever spelled Mies wrong! And what about Le Corbusier? Forget about Frank Ghery! Those difficult names are always spelled correctly, but HOLLIE? Can't be bothered to spell Hollie correctly! This is very frustrating because compared to Hollie, Holly does not fit me at all! The letter Y (actually the lower case y) has bothersome geometry. Y is irregular and unruly. Its defining points are all over the place. I and E are much more stately, tall, regular, orthogonal... Y just cannot compare.
{ Thank goodness for my new last name also. I loved my old name because it was unique, but nobody could spell it and it was hard to say quickly as in introductions. Now I too have great alliteration! }
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