Amanda Awesome.

 

A couple of days ago, after having painted my sister's eyes black and forced her to make "sexy faces" for the camera in my kitchen (I know, I'm weird, sorry), I decided that if she ever becomes a singer in a rock n' roll band, her stage name should totally be Amanda Awesome. Allright, I'm going to give you one very convincing example of why this girl is, in fact, awesome:

So, we're hanging out at my house, talking about all the things we're going to be doing together the following week (the party on the boat, our aunt's wedding, a movie premiere on Monday).

I say, "I'm just so glad you're willing to spend so much time with your old lady of a big sister".

Of course, being the polite and well-mannered little person that she is, Amanda argues that I'm actually not old at all.

"Oh really", I reply, matter-of-factly, "I'm ten years older than you. How on Earth is that not old?"

And my sister - my awesome sister - says: "Well, when I was two, you were already ten years older than me. So according to your logic, you were an old lady when you were twelve."

I couldn't even start the whole "but you were a baby then and now you're all grown up so it's not the same thing"-argument, that's how moved I was by her determination to make me feel all young and fresh and still in my prime.

And that, to me, settled the hypothetical future stage name question. Because if there's one thing that truly makes a person awesome, it's the ability to make other people feel like they're awesome, too.

Which also means that every single one of you who e-mail me or comment on this blog, always putting a smile on my face: your stage names should all be Totally Awesome!