He's so cute! He's so fluffy! He's Giol!

Yeah, that's his name. And he's a rabbit. Some sort of miniflop... I think. I got him from the humane society so his heritage is rather vague. I know he's a little over a year old, that he's very sincerely male, and licks himself in places probably best not mentioned.

He also doesn't photograph very well. Hey, you try taking a picture of something that moves that fast.

I love my little friend! *cuddles*

How he got his name.

Giol? I named my rabbit Giol? Why not something more traditional, like Flopsy, or Muffin, or Fuzzbutt?

Or maybe a more Otaku friendly name, like Momiji, or Bun-Bun, or Ryo-Ohki?

Well, for one thing, I'm pretty sure Ryo-Ohki is female. My little guy is all male. (All original equipment and everything.)

Well, I considered a lot of things. I even thought of naming him Uncle Wiggily. ... The bunny rabbit gentleman with the red, white, and blue striped rheumatism crutch? Uh... right... moving on.

Well, he isn't anywhere near as outgoing as Momiji and I wasn't familiar with Ouran High School Host Club at the time (February 2008). I also didn't want a cliched name.

Then I thought about a character I'd made up for a story. That character had a personality much like my new bunny was showing. So I named him after that character.

Why that character is named Giol? Whole 'nother story.

P.S. The picture no longer has a copyright notice as per a request from Kittenlark. My bad. ^^;