Word: jona
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Jona" is the first nickname I can remember. I never objected when Mom or Dad said "Jona," for they wee shortening my name in an affectionate sort of way. But it sure did drive me bonkers when my two little sisters teased and pestered me with it. Soon, relatives an family friends joined the part. Oh well. I decided to grin and bear...
That is, until my folks decided they liked the name so much that they printed it on the back of a couple t-shirts. What a mistake. I vividly remember arriving at camp one morning, only to hear the bullies chanting "Jona and the whale! Jona and the whale." Poor Jonathan cried all the way home and never wanted to returned to camp again. Of course, Mom shoved me onto the camp bus the very next day, and little Jona has lived with the name ever since...
...course, my father had to cal me "Jona" on the first day of Freshman Week--so one of my best friends at school picked up on that and has never let go. I actually love it when my buddy calls me that--it gives me a sense that I'm not too far from home. But I hated it when my former girlfriend said "Jona." She sounded like my annoying little sisters from years past, so I forbade her from using the nickname...
...School for Wives, like Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid, deals with the themes of romantic intrigue and thwarted intentions. The play tells the comic story of a wealthy old suitor, Arnolphe (Jona Sacks) whose efforts to marry the lovely young Agnes (Carolyn Rendell) are bested by Horace (Chris Javornik), the handsome charmer whom Agnes adores. Unfortunately, Horace does not know that he and Arnolphe share a common interest, and he unwittingly confides in his wealthy opponent. Arnolphe, stubborn in tradition and beliefs, sequesters Agnes and attempts to sabotage Horace's plans...