Ethan, this one’s for you. Funny thing happened last night. I was out somewhere on the Corner, and I introduced myself to a woman who made it really clear, really fast, that she wasn’t a college student. While I was flattered that she thought I was in college and felt the need to tell me this (thanks mom and dad for the genes), I realized I do the same damn thing when I’m on the Corner. I was like, “I graduated the same year as you, so we’re older than everyone else together! Yay for us!” Not really. But WHY? As a friend would say, “it’s a real bitch move.” We’re saying older is better, on the Corner. Should I set up an office in the corner of the place for career counseling? Give a little “birds and the bees” advice?
Anyway, I have a question, please answer it. When someone with a hyphenated last name (”John Doe-Smith”) marries and has a kid, does the kid have three last names? Do the parents make an anagram? Will it fit on the kid’s driver’s license? Dare I ask what happens if two hyphenateds marry and spawn?
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I think they choose to take their father’s name, correct?
Well, I don’t think it’s age as much as association. For better or worse, UVA undergraduate students DO have a reputation. I know a number of graduate students who did their undergraduate studies elsewhere, and they are quick to reject their ties to the general undergrad population. There just seems to be such a negative stereotype that even a number of undergrads recognize it, even though the purveyors of it are in the minority.
It’s a long standing tradition in most Spanish-speaking countries for *everyone* having a two surnames hyphenated: one from their father and one from their mother, written in that order. When a couple marries they combine the paternal surnames into a new hyphenation, which their kids inherit. Example: if John Doe-Smith marries Jane Jones-Parker, their (and their eventual offspring’s) last name becomes Doe-Jones. Of course this male-centric process kind of goes against the more egalitarian reasons behind its resurgence in these parts, but maybe this’ll be what happens if/when the practice becomes more commonplace.
(*cue NBC’s “The More You Know” jingle*)
Why does anyone still go tot the corner, other than for Wednesday Night Music showcase at Orbit or a quick lunch? I haven’t hung out on the corner since I bartended there YEARS ago. What’s the point? Same kids, same drinks, same ridiculousness…..
VIVA WEST MAIN STREET!!
The Corner is still the best place to go people watching. Also, Halloween is good for some live action softcore porn (I can say this because I’m not too old to be there). It’s the only holiday the undergrads seem to celebrate. Mardi Gras, St. Patrick’s Day, and all the other big drinking holidays are incredibly boring on the Corner.
Yo E- (as said in Entourage)- right on. I had to crash a Mardi Gras private party this year the city was so dead. St. P’s: just leave. Go anywhere but here. But Halloween? Bring on the slutfest! I’m referring to men, too. Grown men in superhero costumes made for small children: I think that’s the only time I think Spandex is okay. Tarzan? Statue David? Adam, of Eden fame?
St Patricks- go to Savannah. You can thank me in April.