Comments on: Welcoming Chihiro

By: anne

anne — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:11:36 +0000

Aww…. enormous congratulations, Hugo - she is a doll. I bet you’re really glad to have a furry friend back in the house. I don’t know what I’d do without mine.

By: wolfa

wolfa — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:53:54 +0000

Aww. Congratulations. She’s adorable.

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 23:34:25 +0000

Hmm, Gdr and Amba, I thought “-hiro” was a suffix for (generally) masculine Japanese names. And yet there’s a female character in one of Miyazaki’s films named Chihiro. Interesting.

Anyway, Hugo, congratulations on the new addition to the family! Kawaiiiii desu neeeee! (’Very cute indeed.’)

By: Hugo

Hugo — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 23:33:55 +0000

I’m betting the “Swept Away” reference too… now we really have to see the movie.

Yes, “Pango Massionfruit”. It’s a poignant inside family joke. In my father’s final weeks, as he was slipping away from cancer, his one pleasure was very sweet, sugary sodas and juices. He loved one particular passionfruit mango blend by Ocean Spray, except he called it “pango massionfruit.” In a quirky way, the name is to honor him.

Papa died eleven days after our little Matilde died, and he loved chinchillas almost as much as my wife and I do…

By: Mermade

Mermade — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 23:32:18 +0000

AwwWWwWwwWwW!!!!!!!!!!

By: Noumena

Noumena — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 22:55:23 +0000

Too cute!

Oh for a lease that allowed roommates small and fuzzy … le sigh.

By: evil_fizz

evil_fizz — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 22:53:24 +0000

Pango Massionfruit? Really?

By: Amba

Amba — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:56:10 +0000

The protagonist of Hayao Miyazaki’s delightful (and feminist-friendly) movie Spirited Away was named Chihiro; perhaps your new chinchilla was named after her?

By: Jendi

Jendi — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:25:59 +0000

Mazel tov!

By: Christy

Christy — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:28:03 +0000

Glad it worked out and I hope you and your wife and Chihiro are all very happy together!