Yeah, I think I forgot to mention that I talk a lot. So what? You’d try to find the best way to clarify the correct pronunciation of your name too if your name, spelled J-A-N-A, was pronounced with an uncommon-in-the-English-language short ‘A’ sound. I removed the first category name simply because I wanted my husband (whose name - conveniently - is John) to understand the reference. He didn’t get the play on Destiny’s Child’s “Say My Name.”

I wage a daily war to correct those who address me as “Jaaaaana” or “Joan-uh.” Heck! My elementary school principal once announced me as “Joanna” when presenting me with a trophy. But I have to say, I’m comforted that I’m not the only one in this fight.

So for all of those who understand the importance of branding, my name is Jana - JOHN-UH. Jana. And if you think that’s difficult, you should meet our girl Zsavonne…

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jana’s category names. for those of you that didn’t see, she previous category name was “Say my name, say my name, Jana = John-uh” now if you look up and to the left you will see that it is “aka Jana “My name’s pronounced ‘John-uh’” Sanders Perry”!!!!

apparently she is competing for the title of longest blog category (and not telling anyone else that there is such a contest. so! i will play “police officer” (or maybe more accurately “hall monitor”) and keep a running tally of jana’s category names and their character count and maybe a few other things. here we go:

i wonder what the next one is gonna be? maybe “jana, jana, bo-bana, banana fana fo-fana, fee fie mo mana, jana” which would be 53 characters long.

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A recent question of the day on our white board read: Would you rather fly or be able to read other people’s thoughts? Several of my co-workers responded that they already fly in their dreams so they would rather read other people’s thoughts. Since I also take flight in my dreams, probably as often as once a week (I’m able to remember most of my dreams), it made me wonder what that means.

According to Dr. Gail Saltz, Today show contributor: “Dreams of flying can reflect a sense of control. This includes wishing you had control over something you don’t, struggling to stay in control or fearing that you wield too much control.”

Sure I may have control issues, as most of us do, but could it also be that I really wanted Chick-Fil-A during my dream and flying was the fastest form of transportation? Hmmm.

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So, the America’s Next Top Model finale is tonight and we’re down to three contestants: Whitney (left), Fatima (center) and Anya (right). I, personally, am rooting for Whitney, the so-called “plus-sized” model. I put plus-sized in quotes because if you look at Whitney, there’s nothing plus-sized about her. To me, she looks like a healthy size 10. The typical American woman is a size 14, not the size 0 or 2 that the other girls are. Now I’m not taking anything away from Fatima or Anya, who have both taken amazing photos, but I think it’s about time that a normal-looking woman win this competition. Go Whitney!

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Let me be clear: This post is not about the contestants. This post is about the plethora of signs I saw in the crowd last night. It might just be me, but when did AI become a WWE event?

Best: “Simon, you’re my 3rd favorite judge”

My feedback: Held by a little girl who can’t possibly be out of elementary school yet, I found this sign to be quite clever. Especially for a sixth-grader! Yes, it was a knock on Simon, but its subtle and non-threatening approach was refreshing. I give her high marks for its passive-aggressive nature.

Worst: “Cougars 4 Cook”

My feedback: I found this to be utterly disturbing. IMHO, it was just… creepy. Merlot’s resident Cook, Robert Cook, and I downloaded this morning about the cougar reference (BTW, “Cougars 4 Cook” was his favorite sign of the night, for obvious reasons) and I received an education into the various classifications of Cougars. And it is now my expert scientific opinion that we were dealing not with a cougar last night, but rather a coyote.

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