So one time when I was 8, and bored, I made two lists. one list was a list of what I wanted to name my future son, the other was a list of what I wanted to name my future daughter. The daughter list is still MIA, but I found the son list yesterday...I was appauled. Now the names are actually fairly normal names for an 8 year old girl to come up with. But being the 18 year old girl I am now, I have some serious problems with the names on the list, especially names 1 and 2. Now because I have nothing to do until my dad picks me up from campus today so I can do some shopping for my cosplays, I'm going to sit here and write out the list and specifically explain why I wouldn't use these names for my son(s), besides the fact that I might have to explain their namesakes to them and some of them just don't have a good enough reason to be the name of my kid that's gonna come along in the next 10 years or so.

1. Matt (Yes, name number one on my list, that I made when I was 8, EIGHT, is Matt. At the time I knew like...I dunno 2, maybe 3, Matt's. One of them was really cool and the other one was a total douchebag. But the cool one's coolness outweighed the douchebaggery of the second one. Since I've been 8, I've met about 6 other Matt's, 2 of which were actually my friends and one of which carried my books for me a lot after I had fractured my right shoulder...playing tag...>.> ANYWAYS, the reason I can't bare to name my son Matt now is because 1. I know way too many Matt's for it to be healthy at this point. Like my God people choose another name for your sons, God! 2. The 4 Matt's that have had a considerable amount of influence in my life are completely and utterly insane. The first one, the cool Matt who used to live across the street from me, made his sister climb to the top of their swingset, causing her to break her neck, and tried to sell ME to some creepy guy down the block from us. The second one, the douchebag Matt, bullied me for most of elementary school and left me mentally scarred for the rest of my life. The third Matt, the one who would help me carry my stuff, well...to be honest he's actually kinda normal now that I think about it, but since his sisters and I made him the bad guy in one of our comics...I just can't...XD it was funny, not serious at all, can't take the name seriously anymore. And finally number 4, the Matt that I only call Matt occassionally because of Matt number 3 and because everyone calls him by his last name, I have a feeling if that name is used and I tell my son he's partially named after this 4th Matt...yeah I'm pretty sure he'll become convinced he's Batman or something...idk alright? XD)

2. Brandon (Yup, name numero dos was Brandon. At the time I didn't know any Brandon's. I wasn't even entirely sure it was a name. Then I got to freshman year of high school and I met this Brandon in some of my classes. He was a smart, upstanding gentleman and a good example to list as a namesake for any future child...then I met my two friends named Brandon. :P The first one I met is...I'm not saying he's the reason I don't wanna name my kid that but I mean in all honesty talking to my kid, who has the same name as one of my friends is just awkward in general. The second Brandon who's my friend...he's my ex...that'd be really weird to name my kid and it have the same name as my ex, you know? For more explanation on why I don't wanna name my kid after an ex, see Ryan its like...number 11 on the list or something. Edit: Brandon is also the name of my friend Meg's boyfriend...the end.)

3. Gannon (Actually not only did I get this name from the Legend of Zelda, its also the only name on the original list I'm still considering.)

4. Tyler (There's only room for one Tyler in this world, and that's Tyler Houston...as in my friend from Viator with the "Tampico never forget." Or something like that. I DUNNO, I WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL! >.<)

5. Peter (Ok so Peter, at the time I made this list I knew one Peter, one, and he was pretty nice and stuff. Also a gentleman, and dare I say classy. But um...as time went on, I got to know more Peter's...some less tolerable than the others. There was one Peter though, that kinda saved the name for me. My friend Erin's little brother Peter. He's awesome! But then I thought "wait...Peter has to be one of the most adorable younger siblings on the planet...also he does seem to have a habit of getting injured either on his own or by people...what if my son ends up like that? I DON'T WANT THE GLASS DOOR TO TRY TO GIVE HIM A FACE MASSAGE!(See Erin's fb profile for statuses on that.)

6. Jeff (Just...no...)

7. Anthony (Well I mean the name was just kinda thrown in cause I thought it was cool, but here's the thing, I've only interacted with about 5 Anthony's on a "ok we're gonna be having more than one conversation in our entire lives." basis, and most of them were not so good. For one, I have a cousin named Anthony, he and I are pretty close...now...when we were younger we had absolutely nothing in common so we either didn't talk or we fought with eachother, then the show Xiaolin Showdown came around and we bonded, when it was canceled we stopped talking again. We weren't extremely close until I dated a guy who had gone to middle school with him that he didn't exactly like or trust, and over this past summer he spent a lot of time planning people's deaths for me, even though I told him not to but whatevs. Two Anthony's bullied me for most of elementary school adding to the mental scarring caused by Matt #2 and others. One is my cousin's ex husband who has done some terrible things that I'm not allowed to talk about on the interwebz :3 and one is another person who I refer to by last name, he's like a little bro to me. All in all, considdering only 2 out of 5 of the Anthony's I talk(ed) to on a regular basis are nice...that name can go bye bye.)

8. Chris (whenever I think of the name Chris I think of a really tall and skinny guy obsessed with screamo music...basically my college friend XD)

9. Sean (I haven't had any bad experiences with people named Sean, I just don't see a good reason to name my kid Sean, especially when I've already got a buddy named Sean, one's enough kthx.)

10. Danny (Though I do have a very very awesome friend with the name...I also have some very very evil enemies with this name. MENTAL SCARRING!)

11. Ryan (Ryan's a cool name, got a buddy named Ryan that goes to school with Matt #4, Ty, and one of teh Brandon's. It's just again...dated a guy named Ryan...having a kid with the same name as your ex is just awkward. O___O I mean I suppose it doesn't have to be if you don't act like its awkward, but not acting like something is awkward is hard. :P)

12. Mark (I knew a nice kid named Mark from my church, didn't know him when I made the list because the only Mark I really knew was an asshat, but even so I just don't wanna name my kid this.)

13. Dylan (Already have a son (read: friend) named Dylan. He is one of mah bffls! X3)

14. Connor (The origins behind this name are creepy...because you see, I had a friend named Connor who I'd known since I was 3 and I had an extremely obvious crush on him...ask Mk, it was dreafully obvious. DX Oh my God, I mean its still kinda obvious now when I like a guy...and it should be extremely obvious when I don't like a guy (but I won't get into that rant now), but it was worse when I was younger. But I digress, he moved away in the 7th grade so I was like "Oh I can name my son that in his honor." When I found the list, then I was like, wait I'm in contact with him on fb. >.> That was the end of that.)

15. Aaron (I'll confess, when I thought of the name it had no meaning, except for that one singer, but I can't use it now because it has too much meaning...like July 3rd 2005 too much meaning...)

16. Brian (...Uhhhhhhhh...Let's never speak of this again, shall we?)

17. Jack (Jack...I have some friends named Jack...only one of them is sane, he goes to school with Ty and such. One of them thinks he's Captain Planet. One's a twin. One took a picture of him and a friend as they ran through our high school hallway with nothing on but some pizza boxes. And one was not my friend and tortured me for various reasons through all of elementary school.)

18. Mike (Tooo maaaany Miiiiiiiiike's)

19. Cody (The only one I know is the twin of one of the Jack's and he once joined in, on saying I needed to "Flap my wings like a beautiful, graceful, gazelle." O___O)

20. Jeremy (Actually scratch what I said in my Gannon comment, this name is still on the list. I only know two Jeremy's well and one of them was cute and nice. X3)

So then, after I found this list I burned it...the end...>.>