How to name a kitten:

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How to name a kitten:

-Wait for a personality to emerge!
Me: Well, she cuddles and purrs a lot.
Donna: Let's call her Purrfection! Get it? Get it?
Me: No.
Donna: You don't get it?
Me: No, I mean I'm not calling her Purrfection.
Donna: How about Purdle? Get it?
Me: No.
Donna: It's a combination of Purr and Cuddle. Get it?

-Pick a name from the phone book!
Me: Milosivich?
Alice and Donna: No.
Me: Ngyuen?
Alice and Donna: No.
Me: Scoresby?
Alice and Donna: No.
Me: O'Shaugnussy?
Alice and Donna: No.
Donna: This isn't working.

-Random thoughts!
Donna: Let's call her Skiddy Row.
Me: No.
Donna: What about just Skiddy?
Me: No. When I was ten I had a rat, and through lack of imagination I just ended up calling it Scat all the time, even though I lengthened his name to Scatacus. I really don't want this to be a pattern in my life.
Donna: And she won't be a kitty forever. Eventually she's going to be a cat.
Me: I am not having two pets named Scat. It's indecent.

-Hurray for the internet!
Alice: Let's do a search on Babynamers. *pulls out laptop and does stuff on it* Pick a letter.
Donna: P.
Alice: Now what should it mean?
Me: *scrolls down list* Huh, they have one for birds.
Alice: She looks kind of like an owl.
Donna: See what it comes up with.
Me: Huh. There's only one that begins with P.
Donna: What is it?
Me: Paloma. It's Spanish for dove.
Donna: Paloma.
Alice: We can call her Pally if we wanted.
Me: Or Loma. Or... Ma.
Donna: She's gray like a dove.
Me: *pokes kitten* Paloma?
Kitten: *flicks ear*

So kitten is now Paloma. Yay! And she's eating dried food. And pooping in the litter box. She farted really loudly today and it was cute.