Meet Shiloh.



Okay, well, honestly I do not have any pictures of my friend's dog, but I assure you that her name was Shiloh and she looked exactly like that.

There is also a children's book about a dog called Shiloh. Well, actually it's a trilogy.

There was a movie made about Shiloh the dog based on the book.

And a direct-to-video sequel.

Shiloh is not a "person name."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13006217/">

Angelina Jolie gives birth to baby girl in Africa:
Parents name child Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt at Namibian hospital

I kinda always thought that naming part was probably the only fun of having a baby, at least in the beginning. Because unless you have a really cool name for your poo-factory baby, all you're really left with is the poo. Because, much like my friend Josh, babies are poop factories. And although our speculation on the subject has supplied us with great fun in the form of reindeer that poops gumballs:



The Albert Pujols (pronounced poo-HOLES) statue:


As well as the dog shakers that poop salt and pepper to your satisfaction:


And we cannot forget the infamous odes to poo gods courtesy of Mahatma Lorie... in all honesty, contrary to our delight at the word poo, feces are not fun. Okay, well, the cleaning of feces is not fun. Exhibit A: Our friends Josh and Lorie are the ones who bought us each of these these wonderful poo-gifts (and yes, they are all displayed throughout the apartment), but Lorie refuses to clean her cats' litter box. Exhibit B: Well, I don't really have an Exhibit B. But you're welcome to look at all the cool poo paraphenelia.

So like I said, unless you have a really cool name for a baby, all you're left with is the poo.

And like I have proven, Shiloh is a dog's name, and thus that is not cool.

Labels: books, children, news, parenthood

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at May 31, 2006 6:07 PM  Anonymous said...

Hmm. I don't think you proved any such thing. You're just rambling about shit you don't like. LOL.

 

at June 1, 2006 2:32 PM  Samantha said...

Your name must be Shiloh then.

 

My pirate name is:

Iron Jenny Bonney

A pirate's life isn't easy; it takes a tough person. That's okay with you, though, since you a tough person. You can be a little bit unpredictable, but a pirate's life is far from full of certainties, so that fits in pretty well. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from fidius.org.

Labels: pirates, quiz

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at May 20, 2006 11:29 PM  Anonymous said...

Your pirate name is:
Iron Davy Flint
A pirate's life isn't easy; it takes a tough person. That's okay with you, though, since you a tough person. Like the rock flint, you're hard and sharp. But, also like flint, you're easily chipped, and sparky. Arr!

Sparky? Go get mom, Sparky! Timmy's fallen off the cliff! *rolls eyes*

 

Because both Lorie and Desmond did.

Step 1 - Post a list of up to 20 books/movies/anime/TV shows/video games/etc. that you've had an obsessive fannish love of at some time in your life.
Step 2 - Have your friends list guess your favorite character from each item.
Step 3 - Post in your own journal.

1. The Fear Street Series by R. L. Stine.
2. My Little Pony.
3. Fraggle Rock.
4. The Henry & Ribsy books by Beverly Cleary.
5. Deadwood.
6. Seinfeld.
7. Friends.
8. 24.
9. Battlestar Gallactica (not the original, but the recent adaptation).
10. The Weetzie Bat books by Francesca Lia Block.
11. A Nightmare On Elm Street.
12. Pirates of the Caribbean.
13. X-Men (comics, the cartoon, the movies... all of it just so good).
14. Kabuki by David Mack.
15. Animaniacs.
16. Care Bears.
17. The Longest Journey.
18. Out Of This World.
19. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
20. Kung Fu.

I made links to articles on Wikipedia for convenience. I don't know if it's quite fair because most of these I have more than one favorite character.

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I was notified today that I am to be the recipient of $2300 from the Literature and Creative Writing Middleton Creative Writing account. "We appreciate your hard work and academic excellence here at USC and hope this award will be beneficial to you as you continue with coursework and closing in your quals exams." The check will be mailed June 23rd. This is coming just in time because I wasn't going to be paid for June or July since my assistantship only runs 10 months out of the year (and no, there's no way to rearrange the payment schedule to receive less each month so I could be paid in those months).

Now I don't have to worry about scrambling for freelance jobs. I can *actually* use this money to work on my novel!

Hahaha! I'm getting paid to write my novel!

This is so freakin' awesome!

Labels: grad school, real life

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at May 11, 2006 5:31 PM  Jack's Shack said...

That is pretty damn cool.