Gregor’s Sister
I just found out that my estranged father and his mainlander wife had a baby girl a week ago
today. He took my advice and named her Greta.* I picked it because
it evokes strength; it’s not a prissy girl name. I like names that end in “a,” and it has
been in the back of my mind ever since I read The Metamorphosis. I
find it odd that she’s going to be one of those Chinatown fob babies,
strapped to her mom with one of those crude scarves, yet she’ll bear
the name of a Kafka character due to a whim of her yuppie, 4th
generation half-sister. Let’s hope that she turns out fine and
that I do not turn into a giant insect.
*My dad rejected my second choice, Ella because he thought it sounded too much like “Aiya!” in Spanish.
Saruchiegrrrrlllll
April 5, 2005 @ 3:47 pm
I would be so weirded out to acquire a little sister at this point. The one I have already is wayyyy too much work. Congrats to your ed (estranged dad).
🙂
echan
April 5, 2005 @ 8:37 pm
Well, fortunately, for me SG, none of my younger sisters has threatened to pay for school via stripping. Fortunately for you, I don’t think your pd (professor dad) will have another one.