What's in a name?

Some of you might be wondering about the name of my newly minted blog, "Le Blog de Fanny." The first bit is pretty simple, its french (which seemed appropriate considering my destination. Fanny, however, is a longer story. As part of my most recent french class, each student chose a virtual person (or avatar if you will). That virtual person was then used in various writing assignments throughout the course of the class. Consequently, my virtual person was named Fanny Pack. This catchy name took hold, and pretty soon even my french professor occasionally referred to me by it. With class ending and the Fanny Pack chapter of my life (with all its literary adventures) nearly closed I could not help but give the student from New Zealand one last tribute. As a result I have named my blog le blog de Fanny (translation: Fanny's Blog).