Curtis Sittenfeld

posts about #curtissittenfeld more →
Trade Secrets
Matchmaker, Matchmaker: Why Playing Cupid's A Bad Idea
What Will Laura Bush Reveal In Her Memoir?
This Week We Discovered You Can't Spell Palin Without PAIN
Social Awkwardness, Long Odds & Sarah Palin: A Chat With Curtis Sittenfeld

The Chick Lit Cat Fight Chronicles.... Might Be A Witty Title For A Pink Book, No?

Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.

Dsmvwl Admin Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×

Tart of Darkness
04/10/09

In reply to Trade Secrets
It just occurred to me to wonder how Curtis Sittenfeld came up with "Cross Sugarman" from the Social Security Index.
Reply

Tart of Darkness was starred Tart of Darkness was unstarred

Tart of Darkness
04/10/09

In reply to Trade Secrets
I swear that when I named my daughter I was thinking only about my grandmother and a famous aviatrix. Everyone is going to think she's a couple of years younger forever because her name became popular in a big explosion a couple of years after she was born.

But she does have an unusual middle name at least.
Reply

Tart of Darkness was starred Tart of Darkness was unstarred

clevernamehere
04/10/09

In reply to Trade Secrets
I love baby names and collected baby name books when I was a kid.

Its really funny now that my friends are having kids. They are all "I'm going to be different and name her Ava!" with no idea that is a top 5 baby names. Everyone tries to be unique and ends up with the same name.

But I really hate when writers make every charecter's name unusual. Common names are common, very few people know an Esmerlda and Esme but not one John or Juan.
Reply

clevernamehere was starred clevernamehere was unstarred

Flackette Goes Retro
04/10/09

In reply to Trade Secrets
I was a 1979 baby. About half of my graduating class was named Amanda, Jennifer or Jessica. Boys were Jason, Josh, Chris and Matt.

And I swear there were only three acceptable middle names for girls that year: Lynn, Renee or Marie.
Reply

Flackette Goes Retro
04/10/09

@Flackette is a bored flack: Oh! I forgot the Julies.
Reply

vamusical
04/10/09

@Flackette is a bored flack: My brother was an 81 baby and is one of those names!
Reply

vamusical was starred vamusical was unstarred

thesciencegirl
04/10/09

@Flackette is a bored flack: ha ha. I was born in '83, and you've listed both my first and middle names.
Reply

thesciencegirl was starred thesciencegirl was unstarred

SkipToMyLou
04/10/09

@Flackette is a bored flack: My high school graduating class of 150 students had five Jennys and six Bens. No, the 1980 was not a creative year for baby naming.
Reply

SkipToMyLou was starred SkipToMyLou was unstarred

ElleL
04/10/09

In reply to Trade Secrets
I have been the only Luci (with an i) I've ever known, until college when I met another Lucy (with a y), and we lived together. Our birthdays are only 1 day apart too. It's pretty weird, as we are on the same wave length a lot. We constantly show up wearing similar outfits/say the exact same thing.
Reply

ElleL was starred ElleL was unstarred

Pocahaunted
04/10/09

In reply to Trade Secrets
My brother's name is top for this year?! That is really surprising.

I always thought my mom did a great job naming us. We sound cool as a set - 'Georgia, Scarlett and Jacob'
Reply

Pocahaunted was starred Pocahaunted was unstarred

Majrhoulihan
04/10/09

@CocoBambi: I am naming my first daughter Georgia.
Reply

Majrhoulihan was starred Majrhoulihan was unstarred

devilchyld22
04/10/09

In reply to Trade Secrets
There has been a huge spike in "Finley" in my mommy friends. I know two people who have kids named Finley.
Reply

devilchyld22 was starred devilchyld22 was unstarred

hkcd
04/10/09

In reply to Trade Secrets
Ooh my name (Hilary) is not even in the top 1000 apparently. I like that.
Reply

hkcd was starred hkcd was unstarred

opalmarie
04/10/09

In reply to Trade Secrets
It's a huge pet peeve of mine when adult characters have names that are totally out of synch with their generations and trendy now. This happens constantly in books and TV. Yup, Olivia and Ella and Madison are hugely popular now, but these oldest people with those names are like 12. Not 45.
Reply

opalmarie was starred opalmarie was unstarred

NellMood
04/10/09

@opalmarie: That's funny, because the only Olivia I know is in her 50s, and only Ella is in her 30s. However, I have yet to meet an adult Madison, Brayden, or Jackson.
Reply

NellMood was starred NellMood was unstarred

skellywelly
04/10/09

In reply to Trade Secrets
I'm just thrilled the name Jayden isn't in the top 10.
Reply

skellywelly was starred skellywelly was unstarred

TurtleWexlerKickedMe
04/10/09

@skellywelly: it probably will be next year. I know babies named Jayden, Caden, Aidan, and Brayden. Awful.
Reply

Maulleigh
04/10/09

In reply to Trade Secrets
That is a great site.
Reply

Maulleigh was starred Maulleigh was unstarred

hkcd
04/10/09

In reply to Trade Secrets
I used to use baby name books to name my Sims.

Um, yeah.

...Used to. Totally. Not anymore. No no.
Reply

hkcd was starred hkcd was unstarred

Maulleigh
04/10/09

@hkcd: I don't play SIMS either....*shifty eyes*
Reply

Maulleigh was starred Maulleigh was unstarred

EKane
04/10/09

@hkcd: Me too :(
Reply

EKane was starred EKane was unstarred

samethingwedoeverynightpinky
04/10/09

@hkcd: I had to delete the sims from my computer in the interest of effective productivity (for myself and the computer.) I regret it, and I miss them.
Reply

EkaterinaBallerina
04/10/09

In reply to Trade Secrets
I use baby name books for my characters. And I chose really unusual, quirky names. I want my characters' names to stand out.
Reply

EkaterinaBallerina was starred

SomeAuthorGirl
04/10/09

@EkaterinaBallerina: So do I. Also because I like to infer something with the meaning of a name.
Reply

SomeAuthorGirl was starred SomeAuthorGirl was unstarred

NowhereGirl
04/10/09

In reply to Trade Secrets
It's interesting to look and see the popularity of your own name in the year that you where born, and then to see the other popular names in that year and realize how many of your classmates names are there. I wonder what influences a name's popularity like that?
Reply

NowhereGirl was starred NowhereGirl was unstarred

LBB
04/10/09

@NowhereGirl: Television, music, current events. Even if people didn't actually deliberately name their daughters Michelle after the Beatles song, when a name is everywhere it tends to creep into people's brains like that.
Reply

LBB was starred LBB was unstarred

ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox)
04/10/09

In reply to Trade Secrets
If you go to your birth year you can see exactly why there was always a Jessica A., Matthew T. and Jason D. in your fifth grade class. Maybe thats my 1981 names but transfer yours and ye shall see.
Reply

Mary McCarthyite
04/10/09

@ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox): Um, hi: I am a Jessica A. from 1981.
Reply

Mary McCarthyite was starred Mary McCarthyite was unstarred

Ipomoea
04/10/09

@Mary McCarthyite: DUDE there was totally a Jessica A from 1981 in my high school!
Reply

Ipomoea was starred Ipomoea was unstarred

Mary McCarthyite
04/10/09

@Ipomoea: Ha! Probably not uncommon. But we should talk if you grew up in a small town in coastal Connecticut...
Reply

Mary McCarthyite was starred Mary McCarthyite was unstarred

Earlier threads | All threads | Show hidden threads | Show featured threads only | Start a new discussion

SUBSCRIBE TO Jezebel

Login

Reset Password

Register

Submit Your Comment