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So… The naming quest has begun, and it appears that the choice had been made, before much debate.

Although we considered various names, the short list was really down to two.

We have a good tradition of non-standard names (Sample size of one). Kosh, our previous German shepard dog was named form the Vorlon ambassador from Babylon 5. If you don’t understand that sentence, I’m not going to explain it to you now. Suffice to say that explanations seemed to be a continuous thing. So, with that in mind, we immediately hit the video archives for inspiration (shortly after I acquiesced on the acquirement).

Vash – this one is from Trigun – A Cute, utterly lovable character that goes well and far out of his way to prevent anyone from being hurt, even to the point of taking the pain himself. Of course, the other side of this is that it seems that for some strange reason, entire towns and regions are utterly devastated and destroyed whenever his presence is even rumored to be in the area. I thought this would be extremely fitting.

It has everything – Great back story, meaning, Cuteness, short…. Uncommon. I still like this.

And on the other hand we have this rag-tag bunch as well as a decidedly NORMAL name.

We have Jack Skellington – Nightmare before Christmas being the classic at our house for two holidays as well as good general watching.

Jack Sparrow. The Pirate, played by Johnny Depp (Which was probably Jeff’s deciding vote)

Of course, the actor Jack Nicholson, which strangely enough, gives him the FULL name.

Several other names have floated through… Vlad – Remember the sharp little baby teeth?. Meathead – ceremoniously dropped without discussion. Alucard – From the Anime Hellsing, another Vampire that has been known to shift form into a very large dark black dog. Fitting.

However.

Normality has won the day. Vash has been vanquished, Jack has won. Mary has chosen, and it seems that a bop on the nose, and, a stringent evocation – currently, ‘NO JACK’. It will be interesting to determine if his name stays at ‘NO Jack’, or if it makes the eventual shortening to the original expected ‘Jack’.

So, in summary, it would appear that “you just don’t know Jack.” Neither do we, but it appears that we are going to have fun finding out.

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