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[vaznetti]

Some of you may know that I call my son Spartacus here in part because A. lobbied hard for us to actually name him Spartacus (for variants of "lobbying hard" that involve knowing that I would never let that happen). Somehow this came out at dinner the other night, and now Spartacus is demanding to be called Spartacus in real life.

You can imagine my attempts to explain this to his nursery school teacher, after he told her that he had a different name now.

Comments

[veejane]

Ah ha ha. On the upside, now you have a child walking around going, "I AM SPARTACUS!"

You must film this and intercut it with footage of Kirk Douglas in a diaper, for maximal embarrassment later in life.

[vaznetti]

You are right -- I will have to film him, because he does in fact announce "I am Spartacus" at random times. Luckily for him my natural sense of privacy would keep me from posting it on youtube for all and sundry.

[loligo]

AWESOME.

[vaznetti]

Do you think I could make this a Halloween costume?

[musesfool]

That's awesome! Does he say I AM SPARTACUS?

[vaznetti]

Yes. Yes he does.

(His nursery teacher's response was, "Well, at least he's easy on the eyes." I didn't get a chance to ask whether she meant the old one, the new one, or the other new one.)

[flea]

My 9 year old knows her nom de internet and tends to use it when naming toys & imaginary characters. She has a lego mad scientist named Casperia.

[vaznetti]

I think he thinks it's his real name, or at least that it might be his real name.

Is Casperia a mad scientist made of legos, or one who uses legos in her experiments?

[flea]

Casperia is a lego minifigure who is a female mad scientist. She gets elaborate labs built for her.

[rhi]

::laughing:: It does seem somewhat inevitable...

[vaznetti]

Unfortunately, Spartacus is just as stubborn as, uh, Spartacus, so my attempts to suggest that his alternate personality might be more helpful (in putting toys away, getting dressed, etc) are not working out.

[cofax7]

::facepalms forever::

[vaznetti]

His teachers will hate me for the rest of time, if this catches on.

[k2daisy.livejournal.com]

That is AWESOME.

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

No, I am Spartacus!

[vaznetti]

No, I am Spartacus! (This was A's great argument for the name: years and years of homeroom chaos.)

[vaznetti]

He does in fact now say, "I am Spartacus!"

[bardsmaid.livejournal.com]

This is too funny. Life imitates web.

[muridae-x.livejournal.com]

*snort*

Good luck explaining it.

[vaznetti]

Her response was "Well, at least he's easy on the eyes." I didn't get a chance to ask which one she meant.

[muridae-x.livejournal.com]

If in doubt, just assume all of them I guess. :-)

[midnightsjane.livejournal.com]

LOL.
Years ago, one of my friend's sons decided to change his name..to Strawberry. He was five or six at the time. Being the free spirited hippies that we all were, we embraced the change and he was Strawberry for about 4 years, until he got bored and changed it again.
His younger sister decided that if he could do it, so could she. She wanted us to call her Rabbit.
;)

[vaznetti]

That's very cute! Although I'm amazed he managed to keep the name for 4 years. I think if we let Spartacus rename himself he'd be much less consistent.

[fourteenlines.livejournal.com]

ADORABLE.

My sister was seriously considering naming her son Atticus.

[aceofkittens.livejournal.com]

I know of two little boys named Atticus.

[aceofkittens.livejournal.com]

One child is the son of two attorneys who, yes, named him for Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird.

[vaznetti]

Atticus is at least a real name. Sort of.

[kerlin.livejournal.com]

My little brother decided one day that he would only respond to "James Bond, Jr." because of his obsession with the eponymous afternoon cartoon. He was quite firm on it for about two years.

[vaznetti]

That is actually kind of scary.

[aceofkittens.livejournal.com]

This is brilliant!!! I love it.

[vaznetti]

He is kind of a weird child, which is not unpredictable.

[se-parsons.livejournal.com]

This is about eleven kinds of awesome.

You need to teach him to bellow "I am Spartacus!" at various times.

[vaznetti]

Oh, he's well on the way to that. Have no fear.