Snarky? Yes, But It Has To Be Said.

Today while getting a mani/pedi I got to listen in as the couple to my right (also getting a pedicure) talked about the preparations they were making in anticipation for their first child.

So here's the man, his pants pulled up to his knees while his feet soaked in the salon's special foot-bath, chit-chatting with the woman who was painting the toes of his 4-month-pregnant-wife. Fine, no biggie, men in LA get pedicures all the time so that in and of itself didn't faze me. Besides I heard him and his wife talking about their union, AFTRA, which means that they're actors and we all know that actors like to have cute feet.

In fact I didn't really give them much thought until I heard their pedicurist ask what they would name the child now that they knew it was going to be a girl.

"Everest," the wife said, without a moment's hesitation. I did a quick double take, hoping to catch her winking in jest or SOMETHING. I just needed some sign that they weren't really going to do that to their little girl. But it was clear from the woman's expression that she was completely serious.

"And we've picked out a middle name too," her husband chimed in. "It's going to be Luna! Everest Luna, isn't that beautiful?"

You know what? It's not beautiful. I realize that maybe a name like Everest Luna may not sound all that unusual in a city where celebrities like to give their kids names like Apple and Bronx but what if their little girl grows up and does something radical like, I don't know, LEAVE CALIFORNIA? How do you think the people of Milwaukee are going to receive someone named Everest Luna? Not to mention all the high school boys who are going to taunt her by asking how many guys have been able to climb on top of Mt. Everest. I honestly do think that a guy might be able to carry off a name like Everest. And a girl could carry off a name like Luna. But Everest Luna? Really?

I haven't heard anything that distressing since I was introduced to Warlord Walker in San Francisco. Although I did get to talk to some guy named Lucifer when I lived in New York but that seemed oddly appropriate. I mean, doesn't it just seem right that Lucifer would be living in New York working as a bouncer at a cheesy night club? If I was Lucifer that's exactly what I'd be doing.

I wonder what Everest Luna will end up doing with her life. Will she be a doctor? Lawyer? Astronaut? Maybe a rock-climbing instructor?

Maybe she'll become an actor like her parents. And if she becomes famous people all over the world will start naming their little girls Everest Luna.

Wouldn't that be a kick?

Kyra Davis
Bestselling Author of:
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