Christening
In blogsphere these days, it is deemed appropriate to give a reason for the christening of your blog.
The reason for my title is acutally quite simple. One of my favorite literary works of all time is Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Of the four girls, it seems that my career choices fall most in line with Jo–the literary mind of the family. Growing up, whenever I would get into one of my writing modes, my mother would pop her head in the door and ask, “Does genius burn, Jo?” This was a direct reference to what the authoress’ favorite sister would do, while Jo holed herself up in the attic with russets, pen, and paper.
Thus my blog name.
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May 24, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Random House Dictionary:
“genius” – “an exceptional, natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work. . . ”
“burn” – “1. to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat and usually, light.”
Hmmmmmm. I guess that works. But this next usage might be more fitting.
“8. to feel strong emotion or passion”
I definately look forward to reading this blog, where your “exceptional, natural capacity of intellect will illuminate us through your passionate expression of thought!”
In mom language, I’m excited to read what you are thinking about! You always get my own wheels turning, although mine are square and don’t move so quickly as yours. But I like to at least try to keep up.
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Love you!
Mom
May 24, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Youve got ANOTHER one now . . . geeeesh . . . you are ridiculous . . .
May 25, 2009 at 8:33 am
I THOUGHT it was from Little Women! I guess that is one thing we can agree on…Little Women is awesome.
May 25, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Welcome back to the blogosphere.
May 25, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Jessica-
So glad you’re blogging! Write well and as often as you need to!
May 26, 2009 at 4:00 am
So you are calling yourself a genius…
May 29, 2009 at 8:26 am
I like the blog title. I hope you blog often!