what's in a name?

i was at work tonight. filling in for someone whose mother is dying. and i've got a little extra time, so i start looking for a file that i can't find.

and i'm digging in this "graveyard" box of old files. actually, it's a limbo file. where files go before they are disposed of. and i'm thinking maybe it got buried there by mistake. so i'm looking through this box. and i come across a file marked last name, first name. and of course i can't give the last name out, but it doesn't matter anyway. what struck me was the first name. Latrina. as in Latrine-uh.

so seriously. who the heck names their child Latrina?

names are funny things, i think. you know how people say that person either looks like their name. or maybe they'll say "well, he looks like a Robert," or a Bob, or whatever name they think he looks like.

not once in my life has anyone ever told me that i look like my name. i guess they've never told me i don't either.

but on the other hand, i've met or know lots of people who i do think look like their names. a couple of months ago, i met the boyfriend of one of the women who i work with. and of course she introduced us. later, during the afternoon, by mistake, i called him Jeff. Well Jeff was not his name. I was embarrassed and said "duh, i'm sorry." and he said "you know? the odd thing is that i actually get called Jeff a lot. people must think i look like a Jeff or something." i guess he did.

So, do you know anyone who looks like a Latrina? i'm hoping people don't think i look like one.