tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078765833344570131.post1219163407961792644..comments2023-11-26T03:52:14.703-05:00Comments on The Candy Pitch: The Name Game Part TwoKelly DiNardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972738421940710191noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078765833344570131.post-51515505994741354402007-09-27T16:52:00.000-04:002007-09-27T16:52:00.000-04:00Hi Kelly. awesome blog. Never saw it until recen...Hi Kelly. awesome blog. Never saw it until recently.<BR/>If you hotlink images from my website, please at least include a link to it (vivavavoom.com)<BR/>as web hosting is not free and I'd like my galleries to be seen!baltsplainerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11045213204782398417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078765833344570131.post-61517584413418738282007-08-09T13:34:00.000-04:002007-08-09T13:34:00.000-04:00The Burlesque Forum had a discussion topic on this...The Burlesque Forum had a discussion topic on this a little while ago:<BR/><BR/>http://burlesqueforum.blogspot.com/2007/07/whats-in-name.html<BR/><BR/>I'll re-post what I wrote there:<BR/><BR/>My first burlesque name somebody else gave me. I didn't like it, it didn't suit me, so I got rid of it.<BR/><BR/>I wanted something subtle, that sounded like an actual person's name, but was, in fact, something deadly - hence Paris Green.<BR/><BR/>Paris Green is an extremely toxic poison. It was also used as a pigment in paints and fireworks because of its extremely bright green/greenish blue color. Impressionist painters were very fond of it; it was Cezanne's favorite color. (It is also strongly suspected to have caused Cezanne's diabetes, Monet's blindness and Van Gogh's madness.) It was also widely used in wallpaper designs, but would poison people once the room started to "breathe out" the arsenic in the pigment. Death by design...<BR/><BR/>People of a certain generation know what Paris Green is because it was widely used as an insecticide on crops (fruit, I think). Also, people in certain professions get it right away. Others don't, and I'm okay with it. I like that some people get what my stage name is and some just think it's a stage name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com