What's in the Name: spoony driftwood

I'm rather enthralled by the title of my blog. A friend suggested to me that I should record some of my thoughts online for the pleasure of others' viewing. I don't know why anyone would want to read what I think, because quite frankly, I don't put much stock in my own opinions. Besides, if someone were to read my blog, I would feel obliged to read theirs, and I don't really want to do that. But I digress.

I thought of many possible titles for my blog, from nifty college references to poetry to clever wordplays on my name involving song lyrics. It wasn't until I was flipping through a notebook filled with snippets of some of my old lines of poetry that I came across a word list. At the very bottom was "spoony (adj): silly, foolish, especially unduly sentimental." Forget the definition for a moment, I would use that word ad nauseam because it is so similar to the culinary implement, "spoon."

You can't not have fun with a spoon.

Particularly in adjective form.

I wouldn't have assigned "unduly sentimental" as one of its meanings, but little surprises like that are what make the English language - I can't say much for other langauges, not having attained a sufficient enough knowledge in them - so interesting. "Spoony" was in the door.

I liked the idea of driftwood, because the first part of the word is similar to "drivel." Driftwood can be drivel (i.e. worthless), and indeed most of it is, but every once in a while a gem may wash up on shore. There is also a sense of carelessness entwined with chance. Although I would like to use destiny or fate, they are too strong of words to apply in this case. Maybe meandering would work. I liked the meanings that trail behind "driftwood."

And so I had it, after eliminating other less-entertaining and less-meaningful titles, like "Waiting among the Violins," "Goodnight, Elizabeth," "Looking through Three Windows," or "Spoony Muskrat." And thus, "spoony driftwood" was born.