So I was watching parts of a King of the Hill episode the other day which got me thinking about names. In this particular episode one of the characters just had a baby and was planning on naming it (it was a girl by the way) Lasagna…because they just thought it was a pretty name. It made me laugh endlessly…because it’s true. Now, I don’t claim to be a naming expert…in fact, I have yet to actually name any living creature…and so am fully aware of my un-expertise in the area. But I do live in the plane of reality and am sometimes appalled, confused, or just taken aback by the names that people give their children. For those of you who may not know, I work in a pediatric clinic and therefore see an abundance of ridiculous children’s names. I blame this phenomenon on celebrities (as I like to do with most of the world’s problems and absurdities…Pilot Inspector, Moxy Crimefighter…really?!?!). I don’t know when it became trendy to pin your child with a name that is just asking to be used as a weapon for endless taunting. I remember an old episode of full house where Stephanie wanted to change her name because the kiddies were calling her Step-on-me (this is yet another useless trivia that fills the wasteland that apparently is my brain). I am not opposed to the name and know that any name can be twisted by a clever 6 year-old but some people don’t really think about the social aspects of a name like Lasagna. I encourage creativity but not absurdity. And as a soon to be teacher, I implore you to make sure that the name is pronounceable without the implementation of clicking or other linguistic measures.
On a different note, I saw a trailer for the Race to Witch Mountain for the first time last night! I might add the Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is looking mighty fine. I hope you are all as excited as I am!!! Whoo-hoo!
A final thought for the day…I stole this one from my cousin-in-law Melissa. She had it on her blog and it made me happy today. So, I’m going to steal it to share with you. Hope it makes you happy too!
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On this note, when I was pregnant with Shaylee I was substitute teaching and had every class from kindergarten up try to think of ways to make fun of that name. I was so concerned with sticking her with a name for life. But all in all I'm happy with my choice Shaylee Austin Owen. Although she recently realized usually only boys have her middle name but oh well lol :-)
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