"Dog Days, Always"
Looking at naming a boat.
Would love thoughts, feedback, but also just whether it portrays / projects what I think it does.
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I'm considering "Dog Days, Always"
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Etymologically "Dog Days" refers to the Greek and later Roman high summer weeks, when Sirius the "dog star" would rise and "add" it's heat to the sun, creating the hottest 40 days of the year.
In those cultures those tended to be considered the worst days of the year. The oppressive Mediterranean heat meant food spoiled, animals went crazy, infection and dying were more common.
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However, this negative connotation has kind of wandered into a more positive one, or at least a more nostalgic one. Especially in American culture, where it is strongly associated with the American "summer break" and the childhood nostalgia associated with it.
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It rhymes. 😁
It says, "Never let that summer break end!" It's a launch boat that will mostly be parked in summer bays somewhere, anchored up, relaxing, with no where particularly to go.
But It's more deeper meaning is, "Never let those tough days go". Tough days are where the growth is. Tough days are where the value is. This speaks to a core value of mine. I've had a particularly tough life. But the Army also taught me to "love the suck". And those tough days birthed success.
But then there's the juxtaposition "Always want the tough days"; says the guy with his feet up, on an expensive launch, drinking beers with his buddies. Lol.
I don't really expect people to get more than points 1 and 2.
Point 3 is more for me.
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Modern cultural landmarks do include things such as
a) The "dog days of the pennant race" of baseball. Associated with the grinding August American heat, on the often deciding stretch in the baseball season. Were team stanima trumps team talent. Gruelling but deeply romantic, synonymous with the last days of the American summer break.
b) The 2008 Florence and the Machine song, "Dog Days are Over". Florence uses the negative connotation of Dog Days, here. However, the song is more complex than a simple liberation song. After living in Dog Days for too long, when release and happiness do eventually come, there is a part of you that wants to flee from it, to run from the destabilizing force. Because even though good days are better than dog days, it's still a process that not only introduces change, but also requires one to throw off the familiarity that has grown around those long Dog Days.
c) The Lumet / Pacino film, "Dog Day Afternoon". About a man who robs a bank on an afternoon during the high heat of summer, wanting money to finances his partners sex change. Not really the connotation I'm after. Lol.
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Thoughts welcome.