It is bright and happy!
I don't loathe
Samantha anymore, I used to think it was fat and lame, but now I like it as - okay it is a bit rebellious, but since it's the "el" that means God in hebrew names
Samantha is like
Samuel but with Antha instead of
El, it is a bit like - it reminds me of
Shelley's sinful Ode to the West Wind, in which slyly replaces traditional religion with images of
Spring and Wind. "name of
Flower" or "
Flower has heard."
For some reason Thessy prn Tessy is appealing to me. ???
Tessy's cute but a bit too cutesy for me. Of course all nicknames are too cutesy for me as full names, so there you go. Tessy
Samantha is lovely.