Blog : what's in a name?

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11/15/2022 5:46 am

what's in a name?

When it comes to thinking up catchy names for things like bands or<b> songs </font></b>I’m not half bad at it because they can be quirky, obscure, or even mildly off-color and offensive, but the same does not apply for more serious endeavors. When it came time to name my video editing and production company back in 2007 I chose ORL inc. with the ORL standing for Our Ruinous Love which was the name of the site I was running at the time. It had to do with my girlfriend, our sexy love story, time spent the BDSM world, forays into pornography and so on. The love story was intense, and very real, so I decided what the girlfriend and I were sharing was going to ruin us for any future love relationships if we were to ever break up. The deviant love story I was sharing with the world was Our Ruinous Love and so that became our “name” everywhere. On websites I was K, she was Catherine de Sade, and this was / we were Our Ruinous Love. It was neither extremely catchy, nor terrible, just sort of meh.

It’s no longer important to me that people refer to me as K or anything like that. I still write 3rd / third person style when I’m putting up descriptions of the adult movies I am releasing, and refer to myself as K, but that’s pretty much it. On places like TikTok where hashtags are important I am using my first and last name, and I believe it’s also that way on my Tumblr page. I was never trying to hide before but now more than ever I want who I actually am to shine, versus some persona or stage name. Short of changing my performer name ( K ) I could also change things like Facebook and Twitter, but that’s not important just yet. What I want to establish and give attention to, more than my actual name, is the name I hope to give to the animal rescue and sanctuary I want to spend the rest of my life running. For this, I am almost certain I need to rise above mediocre and mostly forgettable, when it comes to the name of it. I want to do this right.

So far the only idea I had was “Rainbow Bridge animal Rescue and Sanctuary” but that’s sort of already taken, and not fully appropriate. Rainbow Bridge refers to animals crossing over to heaven and I think referencing death in the name of my business might give off the wrong impression. I want to take in animals (including birds) that need a home, pure and simple. They don’t have to be abused or abandoned, or even remotely close to death, they just need to be desperate for a place to live. I’m sure I’ll get more specific and set up some guidelines but the basic idea is that if a living creature needs someone to provide food, shelter and love I want to be that person. They don’t have to be domesticated, they don’t have to be cute and lovable, they only have to fit into the budget. The only way I’ll ever get a budget worthy of this task is if I crowd fund, or something similar, and when you do that you need a catchy business name. I don’t yet know what mine is going to be, so right now all those poor animals I could be saving are suffering. If only people would help me by making suggestions, maybe those defenseless creatures would have a fighting chance.

Yep, laying on the guilt trip a bit thick there.

But anyways, I am in fact trying to think up a good name for my animal rescue and sanctuary - or sanctuary and rescue if it sounds better in that order. If I get really stumped I might just name it after my , but haven’t gotten her permission just yet. I don’t even have a motto yet, but in my head I just think, “Every creature deserves a happy / better life” and know that isn’t witty or catchy enough. Happy Life animal Rescue and Sanctuary? That’s far too meh for me so I’m asking if any of you out there have any suggestions at all. Just spit them out; I won’t mock you or anything like that. There have to be some animal-loving creative minds reading this who could help me come up with something that is worthy of the task I hope to undertake. Anyone?


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