“When you touch my weary head
And you tell me everything will be alright
You say ‘use my body for your bed
And my love will keep you warm throughout the night’
You’re my castle, you’re my cabin
And my instant pleasure dome
I need you in my house
‘Cause you’re my home.”
–Billy Joel
1. Is the name you have now the same name that’s on your birth certificate? If not, what’s changed?
It is exactly the same. Olavia Kite was a later addition, or rather than that, an alternative.
2. If you could change your name (first, middle and/or last), what would it be?
I would be called Jessica or Brittany. HAHAHAHA GOTCHA!!! By no means I would change my name… except if my family name were to change to Honda.
3. Why were you named what you were? (Is there a story behind it? Who specifically was responsible for naming you?)
Okay, here it goes. My mom was a diehard fan of Little House on the Prairie, and her favorite character was Laura Ingalls. Don’t laugh. It’s serious. I found out many years later that Laura Ingalls Wilder was a writer, so I’m proud of that. On the other side, my paternal grandparents always wanted to have a daughter named Camila, but they didn’t have another daughter after my aunt, I think, so I got to be Laura Camila. I love my name.
If you want to know why I’m Olavia as well,… it just popped up in my mind. I was going to use it for a character on the next story I wrote, but I ended up adding the last name Kite after the Beatles song Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! , and I liked it so much I adopted it for myself. I even have a fountain pen with the name engraved.
4. Are there any names you really hate or love? What are they and why?
I met people with super cool names in Dubuque, Iowa. Here are some examples:
Minori Honda, Kotaro Takizawa, Foo Chi Tao, James Pollock, Brian Ellis, Mary Ask, Kaoru Maeda, Yusuke Kanaguchi, Yoichi Shimizu, Ryan Hanlon, Andy Rosenbaum, Matthew Parsons,… I’ll keep adding if I remember. Some of these people weren’t really nice (like Mary Ask), but the names are still cool.
Oh, and I hate the name Carlos.
5. Is the analysis of your name at kabalarians.com / triggur.org / astroexpert accurate? How or how isn’t it?
Well I don’t believe in that stuff…
Throw out the ghosts of the past
Forevermore
There is no need to regret
No, nevermore
He keeps a picture of me
There was another me there
But I don’t need to recall
The storms that struck last night
For I have
The Sunshine in my eyes
He scratched my name out
And bled and kept a scar
He thought I would feel the same
Living so far
But I wake up to see
The brightest, bluest sky
And my heart irradiates
So much warmth
For I have
The Sunshine in my eyes
And there will be no cloud
No storm
No torment anymore
It’s not just to forget
it’s no past, no regret
‘Cause if I think of someone
Somewhere
Something
It can only be you
The Sunshine in my eyes
Is sparkling everywhere
And if I think of someone
Somewhere
Something
Happiness
It can only be you
Shine, shine for me
Shine inside me
It can only be you
1. What housekeeping chore(s) do you hate doing the most?
I hate drying and storing the dishes. I don’t know why, I simply can’t stand doing that. Well it’s not that bad, but if anyone other than me can do it, much better for me.
2. Are there any that you like or don’t mind doing?
I like washing the dishes. I don’t offer myself all the time to do it, but if I must do it, I really don’t mind.
3. Do you have a routine throughout the week or just clean as it’s needed?
Just clean as it’s needed.
4. Do you have any odd cleaning/housekeeping quirks or rules?
Uh… no. If things are clean, and nothing gets lost, I’m happy.
5. What was the last thing you cleaned?
I guess my room? Oh no, it was the cleaning lady who did it. Oops!