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Aug. 30th, 2002 at 1:35 PM

weather	:	sunny
outside	:	20°C
mood	:	okay

Today is, co-worker, A's last day. He was a developer on the PDF project and the QXP project with me. He did some great work. His girlfriend is moving back to Montréal to do her Mechanical Engineering degree, so he's going with her. He's going to be a mooch/bum for a while.

Anyway, I have inherited one of his cactus plants. It's just a little thing about the size of a golf ball. He had two and he gave the other one to another person.

So, now I think I should name it to give it a better chance at survival... knowing my black thumb and all. Suggestions?

[Update - 1439h]

Suggestions:

Neville (suggested by: ntang) - in Harry Potter-lore, Neville Longbottom was a round, pudgie boy and kinda "green". A golf ball can't help but be round and pudgie.
Hedgewig (suggested by: aliasa) - I know it's "Hedwig and the Angry Inch", but "Hedgewig" subtley alludes to the fact that it's a plant... it might be lame, but hey...

More choices, people! More choices =)

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ntang

Aug. 30th, 2002 02:39 pm (UTC)

Neville. Neville the cactus. Or "Neville, the golfball-sized cactus" the cactus.

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bride

Aug. 30th, 2002 02:40 pm (UTC)

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Neville... as in Longbottom? =) That's cute. =)

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bride

Aug. 30th, 2002 02:42 pm (UTC)

And how do you know it's a boy? Are all cacti boys?

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ntang

Aug. 30th, 2002 02:54 pm (UTC)

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Well, they've got pointy things sticking out of 'em.

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I'd assume that scientifically they'd be both, as they're flowering plants.

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bride

Aug. 30th, 2002 03:27 pm (UTC)

Well, they've got pointy things sticking out of 'em.

*snorf* hahaha =)

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trigeekgirl

Aug. 30th, 2002 03:51 pm (UTC)

I think Neville's good. It's the kind of name that you don't really want to have, which might thus make you prickly.

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bride

Aug. 30th, 2002 10:31 pm (UTC)

Yeah =)

I was thinking of Neville Longbottom from Harry Potter-lore =) Neville was a round, pudgie boy and kinda "green". And a golf ball can't really help but be round and pudgie =D

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aliasa

Aug. 30th, 2002 08:06 pm (UTC)

Lol. I was going to suggest a Harry Potter character type name but the first thought that popped in my head was:

"Hedgewig."

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aliasa

Aug. 30th, 2002 08:08 pm (UTC)

if you're wondering, yes, i was thinking of 'hedgewig and the angry inch.'

i have odd thoughts when i'm exhausted.

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bride

Aug. 30th, 2002 10:33 pm (UTC)

Hmmm... Google says it's "Hedwig and the Angry Inch". But "Hedgewig" would kinda work too =)

I wanted to get a few more choices though. I think I'm going to post a picture for inspiration because it has some pretty interesting colouring in the needles, it looks quite punky =)

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ugly_boy

Aug. 30th, 2002 11:59 pm (UTC)

It's Hedwig. Good movie. My thoughts: Neville.

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bride

Aug. 31st, 2002 12:55 am (UTC)

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Yeah, but "Hedgewig" very subtley alludes to the fact that it's a plant.

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ugly_boy

Aug. 31st, 2002 01:18 am (UTC)

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Aaah, but Neville is such a cute name.

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(Anonymous)

Sep. 2nd, 2002 09:43 pm (UTC)

Hedwig movie

Bride has the title right. And hey, remind me before dinner Wed. and I'll bring my DVD for you to borrow/watch. A good movie, very off, but if you like offbeat movies like "Snatch" and "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" you'll like this. Oh, or "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert", but that just may be because of the Abba. ;)

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