in trying to set this blog up i wasn't having a whole lotta luck. between the playboy bunny and the porn star my name was pretty much taken up. seriously, there is a porn star named kendra kay. greeeeeeat. what's really messed up is that some of you are probably opening up a new tab right now to google "kendra kay". really? can't just take my word for it?
ya back? cool.
about 6 or 7 years ago i dropped my last name on my business cards and just went with kendra kay. handing a client a business card had begun to turn into a 5 minute convo every time.
-"oh, cool name. is that uh, is that hawaiian?"
-"yes it is."
-they stare blankly at me until i say, "my husband is hawaiian".
-"ahhh...i was gonna say you don't look hawaiian." chuckle-(why is this always the next line and why is it funny?)
-"so how do i say this uh last name here" holding my card up to the sky as if that will be helpful in the pronunciation process
-"oh, it's actually really easy just sound it out like pa-hu-koa"
-"pakaloka-very cool." (here we go again)
-"no, no, pa-hu-koa. you just say it phonetically and its perfect."
-"oh, right, pahowkooa."
-"um, closer, but ya know, just break it down".....(agggh...how did my husband explain this his whole life???)
get it now?
and i love my last name, c'mon, it is pretty cool sounding. i recall it was maybe my second year of marriage where this newspaper article came out about my husband shane and the headline read, "the one that beats the drum". I read it and was like, "ohhhh, cool but you don't play the drums, do they know that?" well, that's the day i learned what our last name meant. i couldn't believe i had never asked. all the books i had poured through in naming our firstborn and i had never asked about our last name. every hawaiian name means something really beautiful and "the one that beats the drum??" how kick ass is that?!!
if you close one eye, stand on your head and squint real hard don't
we kinda look like kendra and hank? no? nothing? dang- tough crowd.
so i may have to share my first name with a bunny and a porn star but i get to chill out next to this hot hawaiian man and share his slammin' cool last name for the rest of my life. whose complainin'?!
you are now free to go google the porn star but do come back and check in once in awhile okay?
Way to go with the new family blog! Kendra, maybe one day they will teach you how to do it all on your own... hope someone teaches me! Thanks for the chuckles... I remember the first time I tried to pronounce the family name of Pahukoa... Wayne, Donna, Jeff & Shane was much easier... but I finally mastered it! Hugs to you!
ReplyDeletethanks sue!
DeleteThey are "borrowing" your name temperarily while trying to find their path in life. As people go through life it is common to use many names, and as each chapter in their life closes and a new one opens up...The old name is left behind and a new name is chosen. Just as they leave one chapter in life to being anew. Consider it a complimant. It is. And those who matter would probably not even notice who is borrowing it... Your name means nothing unless you choose it to mean something. And that is all up to you. If it makes you feel better my Mother went back to her maiden name in the late '90s. Within a couple years she moved to Arizona. At least she's the only Virginia Mason around there. But up here? She had to share her name with one of the largest Medical Facilities and Medical Conglomerates in a very large area! Makes using Directory Assistance to find her number a HUGE chore. They always get mixed up...
ReplyDeletethis was really funny. you know those things that are out where you can find out what your porn star name would be? yeah... and why would anyone WANT to know that? dunno. that's what it made me think of though. and also does your hubby coach at u dub or something? you two are Cuuute, he's Giant too I see.
ReplyDeletehaha-who knew i had such a 'special' name!
Deleteshane went to college at uw and played football for the huskies. yep, we bleed purple and gold here in this house and at any given time there is the occasional barking escaping from the man cave. during football season when the man cave is filled with a large group of men i like to go out and start talking about my plans to change it into my craft cave...its a fun game.....
Ha ha ha... this was really funny. Made me think of all those games they have where you can find out what your porn start name would be. which I never really understood WHY anyone would want to do that, but whatev! Also does your hubby coach at Udub or are you guys just really big fans?
ReplyDeleteI didn't google the porn star...I'll take your word for it :)
ReplyDelete~dawn
haha- yep you can take my word for it because your eyes will NEVER be the same.
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