And she was born on Christmas Day:
(Um, anyone not from the UK who may not get it, it’s after a brand of tea, PG Tips, my favourite. And also is very me since I am clumsy and trip up a lot.)
The derby name thing is something that I initially got excited about, and then became a bit of a chore as I tried to come up with something that a) was fitting and b) was not already taken. Coming up with puns is reasonably easy, but finding that unique one that will be accepted felt almost impossible. Some names I considered and then rejected (or just thought of but would never have used myself):
Tea N Tea
Tea Total
Calamitea Jane (I’m a fan of the tea related names, as my final one shows)
Thugsy Malone (Not taken, and a contender for a while, but not quite right)
Violent Hill (For the Coldplay fans)
Rio Speedwagon (I like Power Ballads… Also, there are Rio Rollers skates)
Jammer Dodger (Who doesn’t love Jammie Dodgers?! Could get confusing though)
Starbuck Rogers (For the Sci-Fi geeks. Although anything with ‘rogers’ in can be risky)
Optimism Prime (Stupid, but amused me)
Cosmic Shove (Matches my initials!)
Iowa A. Smack (Prob best if an American takes that one)
Pacey Hitter (For I still love thee Pacey…)
Anyway, my derby name is official. I have the merch and it’s on the website. I am glad about this, but I am not terribly attached to the name. It is more the faff you have to go through to get it (it took seven months) and that I had merch printed with the name on it already. If it had been rejected I don’t think I’d have bothered with another one. Anyway, yay!
