Okay, so in high school I had a friend named Ariel. Her mother had only had two daughters, so she had all these names she would have used if she'd had more children. So Ariel's mother named Ariel's and my friends some of these names. It was like a game--you got a first name, such as Chloe, from Ariel's mom, then your middle name was your mom's middle name. Well, Ari's mom didn't name me anything, so my friend Jackie and I spent a car trip back from vacation in NC with her family thinking up a name for me. I really wanted "Heather"--no joke--but Jackie vetoed that, and finally we settled on Tess. Then Louise is my mom's middle name. And I've just used that as my screen name ever since. It's my e-mail address and it's my screen name here and anywhere else I'm online.
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