Know Your Local Goddess
Feb 20th 2008
Nicole JordanGoddess Classics
During our anniversary celebration last week, when I found myself studying the statue on our Goddess Blogs button, I realized that our mascot is a trifle bare – in more ways than one. She’s not only wearing very little, she doesn’t have a name or a past or a future or any sort of a life.
Maybe it’s because I’m starting a new book that I have character development on my brain just now. But I would love to be able to give our statue mascot a life story that makes a statement about who we Mount Oly Goddesses are.
Usually when I develop my main characters, I decide on names and personalities first, then figure out their stories and conflicts. To me, our mascot looks like a Lulu. But that is hardly a Greek name. Then again, the Goddesses here aren’t Greek, either. And I certainly don’t want to do this alone. So may we have a little fun today brainstorming possibilities and developing our TGB button mascot?
As a novelist, these are the sort of questions I would ask:
What name should she have? What’s her profession? Appealing personality traits? Character flaws? What’s her backstory? Any emotional baggage that made her who she is today? Where is she headed? Why’s she wearing a bikini top and carrying a purse, and are those designer duds or the latest fashion lines from Walmart? What’s her biggest life goal? Does she have a man in her life? If not, why not? Has she spent time looking for men in a Moroccan jail the way Ellen is sure to be doing this week? (See Goddess Blog “We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby” from 2/14 if you want that one explained.)
I’m gonna make this simple for myself since I’m tired of being a glutton for punishment. Anyone who participates will have an equal chance to win a copy of my Courtship Wars Book 2, TO BED A BEAUTY, which will be out next Tuesday. But this will be a random drawing, not a contest, cause it’s just too dang hard to choose from all the clever, entertaining entries if we make it a contest! (As usual, although not eligible to win, resident Goddesses and Handmaidens are encouraged to participate, especially since they have a stake in the outcome this time.)
So does our mascot look like a Goddess Lulu to you, or someone else? Any ideas about who she is, where she’s come from, and where she’s going?
63 Comments »
Patty L. on 20 Feb 2008 at 8:11 am #
Lulu is nice, but I think she looks like a Jasmine. I don’t know it just seems kind of different. I think she should be from Hawii, exotic and warm and would go with the lei.
Gannon on 20 Feb 2008 at 8:24 am #
Hmmm, I’d say she looks like a Layla. She’s definitely from the warmer climes, perhaps the Caribbean, and she’s on her way to another beach party. Looks like she’s already started, with her drink in hand! A Goddess must always be prepared!
Kim on 20 Feb 2008 at 9:10 am #
Can Lulu be her nickname? I’m thinking her full name is Lulabelle. She’s from upstate NY where its currently freezing and there is 6 feet of snow. Her long time boyfriend is Hank and last week was their 5th anniversary. A date she was positive Hank was going to propose to her. Instead he sat her down at the fanciest restaurant in town and over creme brulee told her that he’s gay and in love with her hairdresser Enrique. Hank and Enrique are heading to Canada to get married.
So, now our Lulu is devastated because this is the 5th time this has happened to her! She’s doubting herself as a woman. Then her Grandpa Earl tells her his retirement home might have to cancel their trip to the Florida Keys because their activities director just got arrested for smuggling illegal viagra. Grandpa Earl convinces Lulu to be their “babysitter” for the trip.
Once down in the Keys, Lulu meets the extremely handsome, Eddie, who runs the resort they’re staying at.
Kim on 20 Feb 2008 at 9:12 am #
cont…
By the slew of different bimbos Eddie is seen with everynight he’s definitely into girls.
Then the retirement group starts getting robbed and its up to Lulu and Eddie to find the culprit. But how can they find a thief if Eddie keeps looking at her with bedroom eyes and pulling her into closets with the excuse “someone’s coming!”.
How’s that Nicole?
KariE on 20 Feb 2008 at 9:39 am #
Wow Kim!! Rock on!!
I think she looks like a Berta. I dont know why. Up close she doesn’t look very feminine. If it wasn’t for the ity bity bikini top, I’d think she was a dude (some dudes carry purses so that wasn’t the clincher). And that hair style. Our girl needs help.
But I’m sure she has a wonderful personality!!
cail on 20 Feb 2008 at 9:40 am #
whoa, KIM!! Thats … quite… a story!
KariE on 20 Feb 2008 at 9:42 am #
(I totally lost track of time and I am super excited that I only have 6 days to wait for To Bed A Beauty!!! This month is FLYING!!)
Karen Rose on 20 Feb 2008 at 9:45 am #
Kim, I love it! Eddie is, of course, an undercover CIA agent and all the girls are just part of his cover. He’s been waiting for someone like Lulu, who, despite her bad luck in men, is a very talented physicist with a patent on a device that might just allow time travel.
The five past boyfriends who’ve left her for other guys have been part of an elaborate plot to keep her working on her Way-back machine, because when she’s depressed after getting dumped, she alternately scarfs down chocolate and works on her machine. She’s getting close and getting dumped by Hank was supposed to send her over the edge - and back into the lab.
But nobody counted on Grandpa Earl!
Eddie doesn’t think the Way-back machine works, but one time he pulls her into the “wrong” closet, in which she’s hidden the machine. (She never leaves home without it.)
Suddenly they find themselves catapulted back into Regency England, where Lulu’s Florida clothes are decidedly out of place.
Karen Rose on 20 Feb 2008 at 9:46 am #
Ack, must get back to revisions! On the other hand, I could use a cup of coffee… or a muffin…. NO, NO, revisions!
cail on 20 Feb 2008 at 9:50 am #
LuLu, short for Lucille, lives in FL near some of the other Godesses. Her clothes are from Walmart, which she gets with the employee discount from another one of her dear goddess friends. She and another Goddess lust after Hugh, and with another after Johnny. She can tell stories about the ‘great lawn debacle’ that she witnessed while on a road trip. From time to time, she’ll visit southern cali and NYC to visit other goddess friends. When her lovely pets get sick, she consults another goddess for questions about her lovely stallion, and others for her dogs, and her cats. She raises money for education, and promotes awareness for children and adults with learning disabilities- enlighting the world that they are the same as any other child. But most of all, she loves to curl up with the new Goddess books on release day and get her dearest friends onto the NYTimes best seller list.
SnikyWhite on 20 Feb 2008 at 10:00 am #
The Goddess LuLu (short for Lulistopholes) was raised in a poor village outside of Greece. Her father was one of the great thinkers of the age, and she lived in the shadow of his greatness. being a woman, she was not able to speak her mind and was often shunned for her opinions. She secretly began writing scrolls under a surname (remember Socrates? oh yeah, I went there). Not able to reveal her true identity but unable to keep the secret any longer, she fled the small village and made her home on a small island in the bahamas. While living there, she met a pirate who turned from his wicked ways once he looked upon her beauty and she lived on the island with her man until the end of her days. After her death, her true identity could finally be revealed and a stunning statue of her (in her favorite beach attire) was erected in her honor and forever immortalized on a button. So here’s to Goddess LuLu, the first among us to follow her dream, blazing a trail for the Goddess in all of us.
DebMarlowe on 20 Feb 2008 at 10:01 am #
Hmm…Her name is Mariposa. She’s in love with Narcissus, but he won’t look away from his reflection long enough to notice her. She tries to attract his attention with exotically named drinks, brightly flowered undergarments, and designer bags, but to no avail.
Dejected, she has retired to Mt. Olympus, where she hopes to convince one of the Goddesses to craft her an equally beautiful hero, one who is not so self absorbed. In the meantime, she is enjoying the clever company, the witty conversation and the pee soup. She passes the time reading Goddess releases and learning how to bring her eventual hero to heel.
Nicole Jordan on 20 Feb 2008 at 10:07 am #
Love these other name possibities, y’all! I never would have thought of Jasmine, Layla, Berta, Lulistopholes, or Mariposa! And I knew you would come up with some great ideas from your vivid imaginations, lol.
Can we settle on one thing for certain now? She likes animals? Dogs, cats, horses, giraffes, even goldfish?
Gannon on 20 Feb 2008 at 10:33 am #
ROFLMAO!! These stories are great!
Nicole, of course, she’s an animal lover. In fact, I think it’s safe to say she’s into animal rescue.
Lisa H on 20 Feb 2008 at 10:39 am #
Our goddess’ name is actually Venetia. She lived in Greece thousands of years ago, a special friend to the bat. You see, Venetia and bats both had something in common, their intense dislike of the daylight.
Venetia was rendered virtually blind by the sunshine, and spent her days inside her home, her windows draped with the blackest silk from the orient.
Well, one night, as she strolled through her moonlit garden, bats flying about her, she stumbled on a handsome male named Ponti. Venetia and Ponti fell madly in love, and Ponti begged to see her in the morning.
Venetia explained about her aversion to light, and explained they could only meet beneath the blanket of darkness. Ponti promised to meet her again the next night, and as they parted, an idea began to form in his love entranced mind.
While Venetia spent the daylight in slumber, Ponti built solid coverings for the windows of his home out of heavy mahogany. He labored all day, covering his windows, until nighttime
Lisa H on 20 Feb 2008 at 10:41 am #
came, and he could meet with her again.
Well, at last he saw her coming across the garden toward him. They embraced and melted into each other’s arms. As they held each other, he told her of the special coverings he had made for his windows, so that she could come and live with him forever.
She was ecstatic, and they retreated to his home where they made love and lived and long and happy life together.
And that is where the term “Venetian Blinds” originiated.
Mia Rose on 20 Feb 2008 at 10:42 am #
HaHa Gannon I was thinking Layla too! I’m going to have to force my brain to wake up!
So instead, I’ll go with Tallulah, which was actually her stage name before she got married while she was on Broadway. Of course, her new husband made her quit Broadway to be a stay-at-home-goddess-trophy-wife which she was content to be until a week ago when she walked in on him with his legal secretary playing hide the salami. Her fellow goddess friends rallied around her in support and while her lawyer’s are planning how to wipe her soon to be ex-husband out, they will all be in the Tahitian Islands on a girls trip. Everyone knows in the case of a cheating husband, you celebrate the divorce like you would a wedding. In a Bachelorette-Party-esque celebration in Bora Bora, a tall dark and handsome stranger splashes up from the water next to her at the swim up bar and offers to buy her a drink. She eyed him carefully, through eyes that have been eating up jello shots all afternoon…
(cont)
Mia Rose on 20 Feb 2008 at 10:51 am #
(cont)
and shivers in pure appreciation of watching the water droplets slide down his tanned, rippled chest. She shot him her best smile, which she hadn’t had to use in a long time, but used to get her most anything she wanted, and ordered herself a 7&7. He raised his eyebrows, obviously expecting her to go with a foo-foo girly pink drink to match her bikini, but he didn’t realize she was from a small town in the country and whiskey is what she’ll always love. She noted that the bartender simply nodded confirmation at the man and brought out their drinks and after asking questions (she’d never admit she was nosy, just overly curious) discovered this was only one of the many resorts her mystery man owned. He admitted he had just been passing through the lobby, on his usual check up tour, and upon seeing her had to stay in hopes of getting to know her. She conceeds that she’ll allow him to try….
Mia Rose on 20 Feb 2008 at 10:53 am #
P.S.
The next day he throws his weight and money around to rescue her and her fellow goddesses’ from the Tahitian jail… which they were all very grateful for since they had all shaved and were wearing bikini’s, covered in food from a food fight but were afraid to shower. Tahitian’s don’t have soap on a rope.
Sabrina Jeffries on 20 Feb 2008 at 10:56 am #
Lulistopholes, ha ha ha ha…
Claudia Dain on 20 Feb 2008 at 10:56 am #
Oooh, love the name Tallulah, Lulu to her exclusive set.
She loves animals, the larger the better.
Tallulah is very much the athlete, hence the trim and muscular frame, though not a tomboy. She was the adored only daughter of her Greek father and is used to getting what she wants, hence the Prada handbag.
Kim on 20 Feb 2008 at 10:59 am #
Awesome stories, Goddesses! I love them.
Claudia–ohh, Prada. Like it. Do you think Tallulah will share? *g*
KarenR–LOVE IT!
Nicole–I am SO glad we’re not judging these. I couldn’t pick just one, no way. Whew!
Sabrina Jeffries on 20 Feb 2008 at 11:14 am #
Our goddess is actually the siren named Raidne, who escaped the island because she was tired of singing to sailors all the time. Plus, she couldn’t take the sight of blood, which is really a disadvantage for sirens. In exchange for spending one night with Zeus, she was freed her from her siren state, retaining only her beauty and her beautiful voice. She’s been trying to get into the Muse clique ever since, but they won’t have her, so instead she comes and sings in OUR ears and we write her words.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
SnikyWhite on 20 Feb 2008 at 11:36 am #
LOL cail! I love it…
Lisa is killing me with the Venetian Blinds
and Kari….If I can’t have Gerta, you can’t have Berta. Its Trixie!
Nicole Jordan on 20 Feb 2008 at 12:17 pm #
All these stories are making me laugh out loud!
Definitely I think she should be into animal rescue, but…. bats? Has anyone ever had a bat for a pet? Do they even make good pets? Or is it just because of human superstition that bats have gotten a bad rap?
Lisa H on 20 Feb 2008 at 12:30 pm #
Bats do make good pets, especially if you are a gardener because they eat the insects that ruin your garden. Many serious gardeners keep “bat boxes” outside their homes to draw bats, and the bats do come. Another advantage to the “bat boxes” is it tends to keep them from trying to get into your home.
Why do I know this? I don’t remember…alas I am over 40!
Lisa H on 20 Feb 2008 at 12:32 pm #
Snicky - you stole my pirate idea!
Nicole Jordan on 20 Feb 2008 at 12:38 pm #
>>>Lisa H
Bats do make good pets, especially if you are a gardener because they eat the insects that ruin your garden. Many serious gardeners keep “bat boxes” outside their homes to draw bats, and the bats do come.
Wow, I never knew this, LisaH! Okay, if our goddess mascot lives in warm climes such as Tahiti (I could go for that!), then she obviously needs a bat to chase away the insects. They probably have big insects on warm islands.
Nicole Jordan on 20 Feb 2008 at 12:41 pm #
Lisa H on 20 Feb 2008 at 12:32 pm # edit this
Snicky - you stole my pirate idea!
LOL. I think it would be very appropriate for her to have a pirate in her past or present, esp since there are so many JohnnyD fans here.
SnikyWhite on 20 Feb 2008 at 1:08 pm #
Lisa - I was thinking of you when I wrote that! I almost named him Jack, but since I know you will beat someone down for getting near your Johnny, I changed my mind haha
Lisa H on 20 Feb 2008 at 1:12 pm #
Thank you Snicky. I’m sorry. I know I have a problem…
My name is Lisa H and I’m a Depp-a-holic…
ladydawgfan on 20 Feb 2008 at 1:12 pm #
I am Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love,
And there’s a story behind my appearance.
Like any good Goddess, I look for the bargains.
I found the purse and bikini on clearance.
And as for the wine glass you see in my hand
Well, I’m toasting my shopping finesse.
I’m also toasting the release of Sabrina’s new book-
May it be an enormous success!!
As for the man in my life, well, M’dears,
As a statue, it’s a strange tale to tell.
When we tried to get frisky, both our arms fell off
(And more important appendages as well)
When we were through making mad monkey love
Our one attempt to assuage our lust
Had cost us more than just arms and legs.
My love was left a pile of dust.
SnikyWhite on 20 Feb 2008 at 1:16 pm #
LMAO MiaRose!
Ellen will be so proud when she returns to know that we all ended up in jail together…it might also help explain why it took us so long to bail her out.
SnikyWhite on 20 Feb 2008 at 1:18 pm #
Lisa- no apologies necessary. I have loved him seeing him in a short shirt in the original Nightmare on Elm Street. It was the first time I remember having a crush on an actor…imagine my shock and dismay when they killed him…i literally cried.
SuzyQ on 20 Feb 2008 at 1:33 pm #
I think her name should be Demi, which means half or small in Greek. Since she is our mascot it seems fitting. I can’t come close to all your stories, but I will add she only carries the essentials in her purse – credit card, cell phone, ipod, and sunscreen (for protecting that dewy skin of all the goddesses)
Mia Rose on 20 Feb 2008 at 1:46 pm #
I have to agree that bats could definitely be helpful as our Tahitian bug bodyguyards… and they have the added convience of staying awake all night while we’re doing more important things.
Sniky, You know the saying “A good friend will come and bail you out of jail… but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying ‘Damn, that was fun!’”
Ellen will understand that if we’re ALL locked up for varying degrees of Tahitian law breaking
(I’m thinking massive food fight started over Hugh, Jonny and Brett and the various improper advances made towards them, mixed with tiki torches, wet sand and tanning oil…)
we’ll at least send a hunky half naked rich man to help us with her bailing out.
SnikyWhite on 20 Feb 2008 at 1:56 pm #
LOL sounds like a good plan Mia, plus I think Ellen MIGHT just appreciate the wealthy hunk slightly more.
ct009ct on 20 Feb 2008 at 2:09 pm #
Ladydawgfan,
BRAVO!! *Cathy clapping* BRAVO!!
What a delightful Poem!! It’s Perfect!!
LMAO!!!
Nicole Jordan on 20 Feb 2008 at 2:11 pm #
Excellent poem, Ladydf! ROFL. I think we’ll have to find a way to post that somewhere permanantly on the Forum. We can call it Ode to a Grecian Button.
Definitely dewy skin protection, SuzyQ!
We’ll have to remember to alert Ellen when she gets back so she can read all your wonderful ideas. I think she would be proud of us.
cail on 20 Feb 2008 at 2:14 pm #
Great poem LadyDF!!! That totally had me snorting my water out my nose!
Cookiedough/Kathy on 20 Feb 2008 at 2:36 pm #
you all put so much thought into this! I am so jealous I just came on now!
Ann in IL on 20 Feb 2008 at 3:10 pm #
How about Cunnigundus Prisabilla?
It’s an honest-to-god name. She went to school with my MOM (graduated in 1936). No one has heard from her since. Wonder why?
KariE on 20 Feb 2008 at 3:44 pm #
She probably changed her name or went into hiding, Ann. I would.
cail on 20 Feb 2008 at 3:49 pm #
i really hope that there was a good reason to name a child that. can you imagine the various misprounciations?
Claudia Dain on 20 Feb 2008 at 3:55 pm #
I love bats!!! They eat something like twenty times their body weight in insects in a single night (is that right, Lisa?) This I do know for sure: bats need two separate bat boxes, one for girls and one for boys.
I think that works for a goddess who wears a bikini top.
Julia London on 20 Feb 2008 at 5:02 pm #
ladydawgfan, the poem ROCKS! Excellent!
I’m with Claudia — I love Tallulah who is known as Lulu to her fellow goddesses
Freedom Writer on 20 Feb 2008 at 5:41 pm #
Tallulah is my favorite as well. I call my daughter Lulu. Her real name is Lydia, but I used to say that she was little Lyddie Lu Who who is no more than two. You know like in the “Grinch Who Stole Christmas” except she was Cindy Lu Who. Anyway, I nicknamed Lydia, Lulu. So I like that nickname as well.
Karen Hawkins on 20 Feb 2008 at 6:23 pm #
Ann in IL, that is NOT a real name! NO WAY!!!!!! Man, think about the complex that poor woman had to have. That’s worse than a boy named Sue. It even sounds very naughty.
Wow. That’s a form of child abuse. I’m sure of it.
Nicole Jordan on 20 Feb 2008 at 6:59 pm #
I agree! That’s child abuse, poor lady.
Love your story about your daughter, Free. Very loving!
Girl and boy bats? Boy, I learn something new every day when I hang with you goddesses!
So if our goddess mascot has a pet bat, is it a boy or a girl, and what do we name him/her? Wonder Bat? Bat Babe? I’m Not Batty?
Ann in IL on 20 Feb 2008 at 7:39 pm #
Karen H,
I agree some names could be considered abusive. However, I think this girl was an immigrant and it was a family name.
I may have posted this before, but I remember two little twin girls being brought to our hospital with croup. Their names were Tampaxa and Kotexa. Now THAT is abuse. I’ll never understand how that mother could do that to her girls.
Gannon on 20 Feb 2008 at 7:56 pm #
Ladydf, your poem ROCKS!!!! I agree with Nicole; there should be a permanent spot for it on The Forum. Ode To A Grecian Button *snort* Love it, love it!!!
Karen Hawkins on 20 Feb 2008 at 8:01 pm #
Ann, Tampaxa and Kotexa … NOOOOOO! That’s sad.
I never would have thought Prisabilla was an immigrant family name! That should have occurred to me, but it just seems like a mix of common language words. I had a great aunt named Priscilla Belle so . . . it was close!
And LadyDF — great poem!
Nicole Jordan on 20 Feb 2008 at 8:10 pm #
Woah, Ann, that truly is sad!
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So y’all, we have some nods for Tallulah, aka Lula.
And some for Lulistopholes aka Lula.
And quite a few individual suggestions.
Anyone want to chime in on those? Or pitch any more?
Kelly Ann on 20 Feb 2008 at 8:42 pm #
I do like Talluhlah, but I want to add one too, just for fun!
I did a little research for mine. I think her name should be Kallisto, which means most beautiful in Greek. She was a nymph who was loved by Zeus. She was eventually changed into a she-bear by Hera and became the Great Bear constellation. However, instead of being changed by Hera…….
Kallisto was very beautiful, she received many gifts from all the gods who were in love with her beauty. Zeus wanted the nymph but she fell madly in love with Apollo, who was the son of Zeus. They tried to run away together but Zeus followed them and turned her into stone, forever immortalizing her as his true love. Apollo, vowed to do all in his power to bring her back to him swearing to always love her. He placed her prized treasures on her. In life she was never without a glass of wine sweetened with honey or her sassy brassiere, which was the envy of all the other nymph’s and her favorite handbag, a gift from Apollo.
Kelly Ann on 20 Feb 2008 at 8:43 pm #
Zeus wept for eternity because she was now lost to him forever. She was personally glad to be free of the autocratic gods who would never understand that her beauty was only half of who she was. She realized that Zeus had kept her from making a terrible mistake by marrying Apollo. She is still hoping to meet the marbleized man of her dreams that will understand her as no one else ever did. She would also like to ask the goddesses to please fill her glass with Vodka, she is tired of wine sweetened with honey!
JSL on 20 Feb 2008 at 8:51 pm #
When you said a name for the goddess, I immediately ran through a list of about 20 Classical goddesses and minor deities. (Yes, I was a classics nerd in hs- no really. You have no idea.) However, I didn’t think that would really fit… so I’m going with the outlandish.
My name pick? Petunia! (After all, she’s a marble statue wearing a bikini. It fits- really!)
Kasey on 20 Feb 2008 at 10:03 pm #
I like Lulu as a name….it is my nickname too. I got the nickname before I could even walk or talk from my uncle and it has stuck. My mom’s entire family calls me by it sometimse and it has developed many variations through the years. It is a good nickmane.
I looked up the name Lulu and it means famous warrior. So in that sense I think our goddess is a fighter and she will do anything to win at all costs. If she gets upset she is not afraid to charge up to the top of Mt. Olympus and give ole Zues and Hera a piece of her mind. Her parents think that their youngest goddess, Lulu, is perfect and think nothing of her fits of temper and tend to give into her every whim. If she wants to seduce the entire British army. Go for it girl! If she wants to capture them and let her friends have some of fun with them too, even better. She is a very colorful and intersting character that never backs down from a challenge.
doglady on 20 Feb 2008 at 10:25 pm #
You ladies have been busy! Ladydawg, that poem is a masterpiece! And I too love bats. I have a number of bat boxes on my property. During a barbecue they buzzed us on the way out of their boxes. My guests weren’t quite sure what they saw. To the question “What was that?” I answered “Pest control!”
I came up with this at work. She is the goddess Whoopsie, the goddess of faux pas. She presides over our blog because she is assured that at least once a day one of us will either talk about a faux pas we have committed or will actually commit one on the blog! Her mantra is “Did I do that?” She has a tendency to say that a lot because she keeps falling on her loyal minion FROS Hayloft God. (I would call him a demigod, but ladies there is NOTHING “demi” about our boy in the Santa hat!) Her fashion sense is one BIG faux pas and you never know what she is going to say! Her best friend is the goddess, Gabbela, known as Gabby, goddess of gossip. Her mantra is “If you can’t say anything nice about
doglady on 20 Feb 2008 at 10:26 pm #
anyone, come sit by me!” She has a nasty tendency to keep track of who is lusting after Hugh, Johnny and host of others so don’t introduce her to your husbands or worse your mother-in-laws, ladies!
Nicole Jordan on 20 Feb 2008 at 10:33 pm #
These are all great names! They would all work well.
And Kasey, I sure didn’t realize that Lulu actually means Famous Warrior. I must have had ESP or something when that popped in to my mind.
JSL, it’ good to know you were a classics nerd! Now you can be our resident scholar. And I think we’re gonna have to nominate LadyDF as our poet laureate.
Nicole Jordan on 21 Feb 2008 at 10:26 am #
So have we’ve come sort of consensus?
Our goddess mascot is probably named Tallulah, Lulu for short, which means Famous Warrior.
For now she lives in a warm climate, possibly Tahiti or Hawaii or the Caribbean.
She loves animals and even works with Animal Rescue.
To keep pests away, her faithful sidekicks are bats, a boy bat and a girl bat.
She has had quite a few men in her life…. several minor gods, a secret agent/spy, and now she’s getting it on with a pirate.
Have I forgotten anything??
Nicole Jordan on 21 Feb 2008 at 10:31 am #
Thanks to all of you who made developing the character of our TGB button statue/mascot such fun!
I had my dh blindly pick a number, which is about as random as I can make it. And Kim is soooo right. I’m really glad we didn’t have to choose a winner by merit. It would have been way too hard!
So without further ado….
The winner of a copy of TO BED A BEAUTY is.. Cail! Congrats, Goddess Cail. I’ll e-mail you to get your snail addy.
And I just have to give Ladydawgfan an honorable mention. Kim and I will put our heads together to figure out how we can keep her delightful poem for posterity.
Thank you, fellow Goddesses!!
KariE on 21 Feb 2008 at 3:35 pm #
Congrats Cail!!
KariE