Naming Things

This is my first blog.

I have to admit that I'm already a little stressed from having to think up a blog name, a pen name and an address - it was NOT easily done considering I'm apparently the last person on earth to create a blog. I don't know if you know this, but practically ALL of the names ever thought of have been taken - even the really weird ones. I had to resort to cheating and used "Disrecognized Space" a couple of times. (Thank God for rarely used AeonFlux references)

It reminded me of that day I spent 2 hours (of my company's valuable time) on Citibank's website racking my brain for a password with letters and numbers in a sequence that no one else had used. Sadly, due to a lack of imagination, I was never able to log in and pay my bill.

Though it was looking bleak near the end of my blog naming spree, Furry Pumpkin just popped into my head. I don't care if it's stupid...it wasn't taken.

Speaking of naming things...normally I'm pretty good at it. I have a friend that is about 3 weeks away from having a baby. This friend and her husband still have no name for their nameless baby, which is bothersome to people that know them. Most of their friends want to know who the creature is, before they direct conversation to her belly.

There has been much discussion on what to name baby what's-her-face, however, my friend and her husband do not seem to agree on one particular name. However, after several months of deliberation, they did decide on a paint color for the baby's room.

I knew another couple with the same dilemma a while back, but the child was a nameless boy. They had asked me and a few other friends to come up with some ideas for a name. I got to work and came up with several, unique and iconoclastic names. I finally culled out the best ones to present to the new parents. My top three were; Lumpy, Ludwig, and King Smedley. I thought King Smedley was definitely the best, kind of classy... They agreed it was the best too.

Even thought they didn't pick King Smedley as a final name, they did refer to him as the King and do still call him the King on occasion, which I must say fills me with pride.

Ironically, they had no trouble finding a name for the second baby, even though I had offered to help them out again.

So, I thought I might be able to do the same for my other friend and help her come up with a name for her soon-to-be baby girl. This time, a great name just came to me with no problem at all - it just popped into my head. It was a strong name, a magical name, a unique name, a name that I believe will be in the top 10 most popular baby names this year. Brunhilda.

Though Brunhilda is currently considered a "place holder", my pregnant friend had to admit, and I quote, "It's as good as anything else at this point." Which sounds to me like a top contender.

I'm feeling quite confident that this couple will never agree on a name....ever and if that is the case, Brunhilda will win out by default.

To seal the deal, I've given the baby a personalized sun hat that says, "Brunhilda" in bright pink letters. Seriously, how can you not name it Brunhilda when the kid has a personalized sun hat?

I defy them to go with a lesser name.