What's in a Name?

...or, why does the blog have a funny name?

Not that most blogs don't have funny names.  Most of the ones I read do.  Some of them probably have better reasons.  My girlfriend has been telling me for months that I need a creative outlet, and writing is something I've enjoyed since I was a kid.  My mom has a book I wrote in the 4th grade, about some talking sneakers.  I had another about two dinosaurs and an unpublished volume about teddy bears that come to life at night.  That story I wrote in the 5th grade but never finished.  A shame.

Anyway, about the name of the blog.  My girlfriend has a cat named Guliko.  She is one of the most adorable animals I have ever met.  Don't believe me?  See for yourself!

Guliko's name means "little heart" in Georgian.  She is, as you can see, an adorable kitty.  She is also a little bit timid.

We've been talking about moving in together, the girlfriend and I, and I was saying that I thought I should get to have my own cat.  The girlfriend is a little reluctant because Guliko is a timid and careful cat and who knows how she will get on with another cat.  It's not an argument that's likely to end any time soon, particularly since we're getting ready to move to a new city, so we probably won't be getting a new cat any time soon.  But the new cat's name will be Florain.  We know that.

So the blog is named after two kitties--the one we have and the one we will someday have.  I do hope they get on okay.