urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1 The Jen-Files & Records Jeneva 2009-12-12T16:38:13Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:167765 2009-12-12T16:38:13Z 2009-12-12T16:38:13Z <b>Girl:</b> Yasmeen Poppy<br /><b>Boy:</b> Ander Elliott Spencer<br /><b>Siblings:</b> Meadow, Willow & River urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:167482 2009-12-07T02:03:10Z 2009-12-07T02:03:10Z Ever stumbled across movies that you used to have on tape as a kid, sat back and watched them only to discover that you have no idea what your parents were thinking letting you watch them? Not only that, I marvel that I not only watched but REWATCHED them repeatedly as a kid--which means that I (or my 3 years younger sister) found them:<br />a) funny<br />b) compelling<br />c) meaningful<br />d) full of songs that we wanted to sing and/or dance along to.<br /><br />Just today I checked out "All of Me" (1984) starring Lily Tomlin and Steve Martin. This one, in particular, I'm befuddled by. Okay, so "The Dark Crystal" was nominally for kids. "Dirty Dancing" had the tunes and the moves--as did the original "Grease." But this one was about souls transferring bodies in an attempt to cheat death, and then two souls inhabiting the same body (Martin's) and displaying genderized traits while Tomlin does voice-overs. There bulk of the movie is about inheritance and money and class-distinctions. Guess I mostly wonder how these ideas ultimately worked their way into my psyche and how they manifest now. If at all... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:167251 2009-12-05T15:53:23Z 2009-12-05T15:53:23Z <b>Girl:</b> Diem<br /><b>Boy:</b> Dagney Bell Macdonald<br /><br /><br />This week there were a few beautifully crafted sets of siblings:<br />Conall, Eamonn & Malachy<br />Quinn, Killian & Lachlan<br />Ailsa, Isla & Finlay urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:167089 2009-11-21T14:24:35Z 2009-11-21T14:24:54Z <b>Girl:</b> Anja Sabine<br /><b>Boy:</b> Daxin Ryan<br /><b>Siblings:</b> Chloe, Marquis & Rosalie urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:166904 2009-11-20T01:31:54Z 2009-11-20T01:48:44Z It's almost as though the Powers That Be <i>planned</i> this. &lt;/facetiousness&gt; There was no way on earth that the <b>Vampire Diaries</b> people weren't aware which episode they'd be airing on the release date of <b>Twilight: New Moon</b>. And of all things, they decided to go for an almost anti-Twilight. I write as someone utterly unspoiled about any rumors, speculation or spoilers to come, and as someone who has no intention of ever reading the source material for the tv show. More behind the cut...<a name="cutid1"></a><br /><br />1) The moment that stands out for me is Elena getting angrily out of the car and calling Stefan out when he attempts to head into the house after declaring that he does intend to leave to protect her. To me, this was the entire Vampire Diaries writer's room actively re-writing one of the most egregious moments in the Twilight series and the one celebrated in the movie being released tonight. When Edward leaves Bella catatonic in the woods and then we simply turn pages through 3 months of her life, I was aghast, appalled, and disgusted. Tonight, Elena did what I WANTED Bella to do. She stood up for herself, informed Stefan that she knows who she is, she knows what she wants, and he has no business misleading himself by pretending he's trying to protect her when he's really trying to protect himself. Stefan <i>acknowledged</i> Elena's point, and ultimately surrendered himself to it. <br /><br />2) VD (and I'm sorry but that just begs for the shirt slogan to follow it) VD: Stefan gave me vervain! But I digress.... Vampire Diaries makes actual attempts at foreshadowing, and, indeed, storytelling that many shows simply aren't even trying for anymore. Both last week's ep (History Repeating) and tonight's (The Turning Point) both made use of lingering camera shots to convey what I assume is either intentional misdirection or deliberate foreshadowing of things to come. Last week we lingered on Alaric Salzman's ring...and yet as of this week we still are not sure whether he's a vampire or not. The clues point to yes--he asked to be invited into the Gilbert home, but was denied and did not enter. But perhaps there are other folkloric or mythological beings that can also make use of the jewelry? At the same time, we've been treated to lingering shots of the full-moon in tonight's episode, an iconic backdrop of the school gym with a giant "Timber-Wolf" jumping out at us, and Mayor Lockwood exhibiting signs of emotional freak-outedness, while his son Tyler appears edgy and has drawn an illustration of what could be construed to be his father morphing into a vicious-looking creature. Are werewolves a potential on the horizon? <br /><br />3) On the Vampiric Scale of Sex/Sex-is-Bad as originally developed, constructed, executed and perfected by Joss Whedon back in "Surprise" & "Innocence", Elena's discovery that she is physically identical to Catherine was rather underwhelming. We knew it was coming--and since it was a surprise for her, but not for the audience, I felt a little cheated that they chose that moment for the cliffhanger in their relationship to leave us on for the winter hiatus. I kinda wish that the resemblance had been a surprise for us at this point. But that's what happens when no one knows whether their show will be picked up or not--you have to reveal intriguing and gut-wrenching plot-points from the get-go. <br /><br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:166634 2009-11-13T14:22:13Z 2009-11-13T14:22:13Z If, as an elementary school librarian, I have ONE gigantic publishing complaint it is this: for some reason school boards, governments, consulting groups, secretariats, etc. all seem to think that loose-leaf and binders are the way to go with teacher resource materials. NO! No one actually looks at these documents. They take up space, gather dust, and are a b**** to shelve because they also send cds, videos, dvds, pamphlets, posters and associated materials WITHOUT A MULTI-FORMAT BINDER TO PUT THEM IN. <br />ARGH!!!!<br /><br />Can you tell it's a PD Day and I'm trying to organize this sh*t? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:165949 2009-10-31T14:54:13Z 2009-10-31T14:54:13Z <b>Girl:</b> Waverley Frances<br /><b>Boy:</b> Kaelim Ross<br /><b>Siblings:</b> Emike (g) & Arren (b) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:165814 2009-10-24T17:14:25Z 2009-10-24T17:14:25Z <b>Girl:</b> Reid Jessica<br /><b>Girl:</b> Draice Patrick Robert urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:165130 2009-10-18T20:23:44Z 2009-10-18T20:23:44Z <b>Girl:</b> Ivory Michelle<br /><b>Boy:</b> Hollis Joseph<br /><br />~ <br />A set of siblings were pronounced this week with names that should not be allowed as a sibling combo. They were sisters Emily and Emma. Now really. If you have a third child will they go with Emery, Emerson, Emmeline, Emmett? Be distinctive. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:165104 2009-10-10T15:14:45Z 2009-10-10T15:14:45Z <b>Girl:<b> Lorelei Rose Pauline<br /><b>Boy:<b> Casper Benjamin</b></b></b></b> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:164582 2009-10-03T14:08:35Z 2009-10-03T14:08:35Z <b>Girl:</b> Lilith Leanora<br /><b>Boy:</b> Oakes Baden<br /><b>Siblings:</b> Latham & Alton (both male) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:164173 2009-09-26T15:52:04Z 2009-09-26T20:30:27Z <b>Girl:</b> Kendalyn GraceAnne<br /><b>Boy:</b> Elito Aaron<br /><br />~ <br />The 2009 Buffyverse-Baby-Boom seems to be complete with a trifecta of little ones sporting pink! <br />Bardot Vida Boreanaz<br />Satyana (Hannigan) Denisof<br />Charlotte Grace Prinze<br /><br />These three meet up with other Jossian-alumni babies:<br /><br />Jayden Raine Boreanaz (dad: David Boreanaz)<br />Jackson James Carpinello (mom: Amy Acker)<br />Ava Grace Carpinello (mom: Amy Acker)<br />Donovan Charles Hardy (mom: Charisma Carpenter) <br />Emily Rose Head (dad: Anthony Stewart Head)<br />Daisy May Head (dad: Anthony Stewart Head)<br />Sullivan Marsters (dad: James Marsters)<br />Eleanore Pankow (mom: Kristine Sutherland)<br />Arden Whedon (b) (dad: Joss Whedon)<br />Squire Whedon (g) (dad: Joss Whedon) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:163932 2009-09-13T19:23:45Z 2009-09-13T19:23:45Z <b>Girl:</b> Layla Hollywood<br /><b>Boy:</b> Dragon Risen Wayne urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:163771 2009-09-05T14:18:05Z 2009-09-05T14:18:05Z <b>Girl:</b> Evon Isla<br /><b>Boy:</b> Hening John Cyril urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:162883 2009-08-24T16:13:49Z 2009-08-24T17:07:44Z These stats are ongoing. The UK will announce their's in December. The Canadian provinces seem to ad theirs ad hoc. Why Ontario doesn't post their results is bewildering to me because I think their results would balance out those of Quebec--which I think is skewing the results currently. Numbers for Canada are current as of today's date.<br /><br /><b>2008-Girls</b><br /><table border="2"> <tr> <th>Ranking</th> <th>Canada</th> <th>U.K.</th> <th>U.S.A.</th> <th>Australia</th> <tr> <td> 1 </td> <td>Sarah</td> <td> </td> <td>Emma</td> <td>Ella</td> <tr> <td> 2 </td> <td>Emma</td> <td> </td> <td>Isabella</td> <td>Emily</td> <tr> <td> 3 </td> <td>Emily</td> <td> </td> <td>Emily</td> <td>Mia</td> <tr> <td> 4 </td> <td>Olivia</td> <td> </td> <td>Madison</td> <td>Isabella</td> <tr> <td> 5 </td> <td>Sophia</td> <td> </td> <td>Ava</td> <td>Chloe</td> <tr> <td> 6 </td> <td>Chloe</td> <td> </td> <td>Olivia</td> <td>Charlotte</td> <tr> <td> 7 </td> <td>Ava</td> <td> </td> <td>Sophia</td> <td>Olivia</td> <tr> <td> 8 </td> <td>Elizabeth</td> <td> </td> <td>Abigail</td> <td>Sophie</td> <tr> <td> 9 </td> <td>Sophie</td> <td> </td> <td>Elizabeth</td> <td>Lily</td> <tr> <td> 10 </td> <td>Maya</td> <td> </td> <td>Chloe</td> <td>Sienna</td> </table><br /><br /><br /><b>2008-Boys</b><br /><table border="2"> <tr> <th>Ranking</th> <th>Canada</th> <th>U.K.</th> <th>U.S.A.</th> <th>Australia</th> <tr> <td> 1 </td> <td>William</td> <td> </td> <td>Jacob</td> <td>Jack</td> <tr> <td> 2 </td> <td>Nathan</td> <td> </td> <td>Michael</td> <td>Joshua</td> <tr> <td> 3 </td> <td>Samuel</td> <td> </td> <td>Ethan</td> <td>Lachlan</td> <tr> <td> 4 </td> <td>Alexander</td> <td> </td> <td>Joshua</td> <td>William</td> <tr> <td> 5 </td> <td>Thomas</td> <td> </td> <td>Daniel</td> <td>Thomas</td> <tr> <td> 6 </td> <td>Jacob</td> <td> </td> <td>Alexander</td> <td>Riley</td> <tr> <td> 7 </td> <td>Zachary</td> <td> </td> <td>Anthony</td> <td>James</td> <tr> <td> 8 </td> <td>Lucas</td> <td> </td> <td>William</td> <td>Cooper</td> <tr> <td> 9 </td> <td>Noah</td> <td> </td> <td>Christopher</td> <td>Ethan</td> <tr> <td> 10 </td> <td>Ethan</td> <td> </td> <td>Matthew</td> <td>Noah</td> </table><br /><br />Canadian data compiled from official provincial results.<br />All other countries gathered from official national statistics. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:162669 2009-08-24T16:03:49Z 2009-08-24T16:16:01Z <b>2007-Girls</b><br /><table border="2"> <tr> <th>Ranking</th> <th>Canada</th> <th>U.K.</th> <th>U.S.A.</th> <th>Ireland</th> <tr> <td> 1 </td> <td>Emily</td> <td>Grace</td> <td>Emily</td> <td>Sarah</td> <tr> <td> 2 </td> <td>Sarah</td> <td>Ruby</td> <td>Isabella</td> <td>Emma</td> <tr> <td> 3 </td> <td>Emma</td> <td>Olivia</td> <td>Emma</td> <td>Ella</td> <tr> <td> 4 </td> <td>Ava</td> <td>Emily</td> <td>Ava</td> <td>Katie</td> <tr> <td> 5 </td> <td>Sophia</td> <td>Jessica</td> <td>Madison</td> <td>Sophie</td> <tr> <td> 6 </td> <td>Chloe</td> <td>Sophie</td> <td>Sophia</td> <td>Ava</td> <tr> <td> 7 </td> <td>Hannah</td> <td>Chloe</td> <td>Olivia</td> <td>Aoife</td> <tr> <td> 8 </td> <td>Madison</td> <td>Lily</td> <td>Abigail</td> <td>Emily</td> <tr> <td> 9 </td> <td>Elizabeth</td> <td>Ella</td> <td>Hannah</td> <td>Grace</td> <tr> <td> 10 </td> <td>Sophie</td> <td>Amelia</td> <td>Elizabeth</td> <td>Kate</td> </table><br /><br /><br /><b>2007-Boys</b><br /><table border="2"> <tr> <th>Ranking</th> <th>Canada</th> <th>U.K.</th> <th>U.S.A.</th> <th>Ireland</th> <tr> <td> 1 </td> <td>William</td> <td>Jack</td> <td>Jacob</td> <td>Jack</td> <tr> <td> 2 </td> <td>Nathan</td> <td>Thomas</td> <td>Michael</td> <td>Sean</td> <tr> <td> 3 </td> <td>Samuel</td> <td>Oliver</td> <td>Ethan</td> <td>Conor</td> <tr> <td> 4 </td> <td>Jacob</td> <td>Joshua</td> <td>Joshua</td> <td>Daniel</td> <tr> <td> 5 </td> <td>Noah</td> <td>Harry</td> <td>Daniel</td> <td>James</td> <tr> <td> 6 </td> <td>Alexander</td> <td>Charlie</td> <td>Christopher</td> <td>Adam</td> <tr> <td> 7 </td> <td>Ethan</td> <td>Daniel</td> <td>Anthony</td> <td>Ryan</td> <tr> <td> 8 </td> <td>Matthew</td> <td>William</td> <td>William</td> <td>Luke</td> <tr> <td> 9 </td> <td>Benjamin</td> <td>James</td> <td>Matthew</td> <td>Cian</td> <tr> <td> 10 </td> <td>Logan</td> <td>Alfie</td> <td>Andrew</td> <td>Michael</td> </table><br /><br />Canadian data compiled from official provincial results.<br />All other countries gathered from official national statistics. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:162518 2009-08-24T15:52:53Z 2009-08-24T16:17:05Z <b>2006-Girls</b><br /><table border="2"> <tr> <th>Ranking</th> <th>Canada</th> <th>U.K.</th> <th>U.S.A.</th> <th>Ireland</th> <th>France</th> <tr> <td> 1 </td> <td>Emily</td> <td>Olivia</td> <td>Emily</td> <td>Sarah</td> <td>Emma</td> <tr> <td> 2 </td> <td>Sarah</td> <td>Grace</td> <td>Emma</td> <td>Emma</td> <td>Lea</td> <tr> <td> 3 </td> <td>Emma</td> <td>Jessica</td> <td>Madison</td> <td>Katie</td> <td>Manon</td> <tr> <td> 4 </td> <td>Ava</td> <td>Ruby</td> <td>Isabella</td> <td>Aoife</td> <td>Clara</td> <tr> <td> 5 </td> <td>Olivia</td> <td>Emily</td> <td>Ava</td> <td>Sophie</td> <td>Chloe</td> <tr> <td> 6 </td> <td>Hannah</td> <td>Sophie</td> <td>Abigail</td> <td>Ava</td> <td>Ines</td> <tr> <td> 7 </td> <td>Madison</td> <td>Chloe</td> <td>Olivia</td> <td>Grace</td> <td>Camille</td> <tr> <td> 8 </td> <td>Elizabeth</td> <td>Lucy</td> <td>Hannah</td> <td>Ella</td> <td>Sarah</td> <tr> <td> 9 </td> <td>Sophia</td> <td>Lily</td> <td>Sophia</td> <td>Leah</td> <td>Oceane</td> <tr> <td> 10 </td> <td>Abigail</td> <td>Ellie</td> <td>Samantha</td> <td>Ciara</td> <td>Jade</td> </table><br /><br /><br /><b>2006-Boys</b><br /><table border="2"> <tr> <th>Ranking</th> <th>Canada</th> <th>U.K.</th> <th>U.S.A.</th> <th>Ireland</th> <th>France</th> <tr> <td> 1 </td> <td>William</td> <td>Jack</td> <td>Jacob</td> <td>Sean</td> <td>Enzo</td> <tr> <td> 2 </td> <td>Nathan</td> <td>Thomas</td> <td>Michael</td> <td>Jack</td> <td>Mathis</td> <tr> <td> 3 </td> <td>Samuel</td> <td>Joshua</td> <td>Joshua</td> <td>Conor</td> <td>Lucas</td> <tr> <td> 4 </td> <td>Jacob</td> <td>Oliver</td> <td>Ethan</td> <td>Adam</td> <td>Hugo</td> <tr> <td> 5 </td> <td>Matthew</td> <td>Harry</td> <td>Matthew</td> <td>James</td> <td>Matheo</td> <tr> <td> 6 </td> <td>Ethan</td> <td>James</td> <td>Daniel</td> <td>Daniel</td> <td>Nathan</td> <tr> <td> 7 </td> <td>Noah</td> <td>William</td> <td>Christopher</td> <td>Luke</td> <td>Theo</td> <tr> <td> 8 </td> <td>Benjamin</td> <td>Samuel</td> <td>Andrew</td> <td>Cian</td> <td>Noah</td> <tr> <td> 9 </td> <td>Joshua</td> <td>Daniel</td> <td>Anthony</td> <td>Michael</td> <td>Matteo</td> <tr> <td> 10 </td> <td>Liam</td> <td>Charlie</td> <td>William</td> <td>Jamie</td> <td>Thomas</td> </table><br /><br /><br />Canadian data for 2006-2007 compiled from Provincial Statistics <br />Data for the UK, USA, Ireland, Australia gathered from their published National Statistics urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:162258 2009-08-24T12:54:57Z 2009-08-24T12:54:57Z <b>Girl:</b> Indianna Alexis<br /><b>Boy:</b> Viggo Declan Derion urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:162040 2009-08-15T20:52:11Z 2009-08-15T20:52:28Z <b>Girl:</b> Rosalynd Irene<br /><b>Boy:</b> Maximus Johan<br /><br /><b>Alliteration Nation!</b><br />Kylie, Kloe & Kara<br />Xavier, Xander & Xane urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:161685 2009-08-04T14:20:30Z 2009-08-04T14:20:30Z <b>Girl:</b> Anoushka Reva <br /><b>Boy:</b> Axl John<br /><b>Twins:</b> Holly & Penny<br /><b>Siblings:</b> Draven, Dallyn, Desmond & Dexter urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:161411 2009-07-25T14:23:24Z 2009-09-26T21:20:18Z <b>Girl:</b> Aira Alice-Marie<br /><b>Boy:</b> Sylvain Samuel<br /><b>Twins:</b> Paxton John & Emmett Peter<br /><br />Rather a lot of people this week who have embraced the "change-it-up" movement in baby naming and applied it well to ALL their children. I love these sibling combos because their parents didn't lose any imagination with each successive child:<br /><br /> - Hamish, Clementine, Matilda & Susannah<br /> - Leif, Gideon, Micah (g), Noa (g) & Bronte (g)<br /> - Mackinnon, Ashlyn & Addisyn (g)<br /> - Roma, Gigi & Hugo urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:161181 2009-07-22T14:01:26Z 2009-07-22T14:01:26Z <b>Girl:</b> Tavia Juliann<br /><b>Boy:</b> Anson James Henry urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:160793 2009-07-18T21:00:45Z 2009-07-18T21:00:45Z Given the following circumstances: a) it's summer; b) I have time to kill; c) I have an affinity for names; d) <b>General Hospital</b> is being watched alongside almost every other soap; e) GH has an affinity for alliteration, I find myself considering what might happen if Jax is FINALLY allowed to have progeny and Carly manages not to miscarry another baby. As a consequence, I find myself thinking about potential name contenders for baby Jax. Yes, Carly's other kids both start with "M", and "J" is not a currently trendy letter for names, but Jax's kids simply MUST begin with J. The storyline seems to be actively desirous of a baby girl.<br /><br />Jacey (hey, it's almost Jason)<br />Jadyn <br />Jade<br />Jamie<br />Jana<br />Janae<br />Jaya<br />Jenna<br />Jersey<br />Jillian<br />Joely<br />Joni<br />Josephine "Josie"<br />Jordyn<br /><br /><br />Odds for "Jean" making the cut, given that Barbara-Jean is Carly's mom? Odds that they somehow honor brother Jerry? Both NOT HIGH. However, Jeri-Jean, known as "JJ" is right up there in style with Lulu's nickname.<br /><br />As for the PLEASE GOD NO names--all the perennial Js: Jennifer, Jessica, Julia as well as the EWWWW names that bring back memories we don't want...I'm thinking primarily of Jasmine Island here. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:160745 2009-07-16T13:12:32Z 2009-07-16T13:12:32Z <b>Girl:</b> Mieka Allison<br /><b>Boy:</b> Sajan Nanak<br /><b>Siblings:</b> Trayden, Tanner, Tyrum & Taylyn <i>(first 3 are boys, last is a girl)</i> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jeneva1:160261 2009-07-04T14:18:00Z 2009-07-04T14:18:00Z <b>Girl:</b> Giada Gabriella Marie<br /><b>Boy:</b> Bourne Jones<br /><b>Siblings:</b> Otto & Max