A Question

How did everyone choose their screen names?

Mine is from a holly: Ilex aquifolium "Silver Queen". See, I like plants and I thought that was a good name.

silver_queen

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RIP Dexter...
<font color=red>The best dog ever!!!</font color=red>

<font color=green>In the real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning.</font color=green>
- F. Scott Fitzgerald

a very special friend calls me angel and I thought of him when I was signing up.
I usually use something history or archaeology related but not this time.
yours is pretty cool.
take care
tina

Did ya ever think, maybe, that you're not the one who's crazy?

Just read my signature line, that's about the best explanation I've found!
Mark

"Though my soul may set in darkness,
it will rise in perfect light;
I have loved the stars too fondly
to be fearful of the night."

I just made mine up. Actually, I did it for a Lord of the Rings chatroom, went for something elf-like. Chose T because that's what my name starts with, and it needed to sound feminine, so I looked at Tolkien's elf names and came up with this.
It's not my normal screen name, but I was kind of afraid of someone happening across here and recognizing me, I wanted to be more anonymous, so I used it.

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Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.</font color=green> Sounds good...

The name I usually use is MezzoJo, because I'm a mezzo-soprano, and my name is Jo. I shortened it to mj here, and added 14 because it's one of my numbers.

its a lyric in a song, it just caught my attention and i love it.

*~in my field of paper flowers, candy clouds a lullaby, i lie inside myself for hours, and watch my purple sky fly over me~*

I have Bipolar II disorder. No one ever accused me of being creative....

Greg



"Beauty is truth, truth is beauty - that is all you know on earth, and all you need to know"

The resemblance is uncanny.

<font color=purple> The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated--Gandhi

Sometimes I lie awake at night in bed and I ask, "Is it all worth it?" And then a voice says, "Who are you talking to?" And another voice says, "You mean, ' To whom are you talking?'" And I say, "No wonder I lie awake at night."--Charlie Brown </font color=purple>

My older sister used to call me kim-bo-boo-bop-lee. I have good memories associated with that name.

Kim

Good question; it's been too serious in here lately.
I should have gone more anonymous with my name as I'm normally a very secretive person, but decided my depression and PTSD is nothing to be ashamed about. Jon is first name, Alexa from last name+Alexander; I have used it for years as email addresses, normal for me to use it in here too.

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I have always considered myself somewhat 'crazy' and my first name is Chris so I came up with 'KrzyKris' only it would not let me leave it at that so I had to add the 101 so I beacame krzykris101.

Best Wishes-
~KRIS~

If you think you have totally gave up, you haven't, because you are here!

Mine was the answer to a baby name in a trivial game. I wanted something different and totally anonymous and it is both. I have however become attached to it as my name.

Dalila

Nerak = Karen easy huh


Take time just for you.

Karen

Quite simple. Most days that's exactly how I feel, lost and lonely. It's a perfect fit.

When I first started here, it was PlanningtoDie for exactly what it said................then I started feeling cared about here and getting close to people and I thought that PlanningtoExist was better. Some days I wonder though.

Just seems that whenever I "look up" the Sky b dark.... I wanted just sky but it wouldn't allow so short... I will fly someday... into the sky... it's gonna be timing as to whether I plummet to earth, or continue upward.<font color=purple>

PS I have almost "enjoyed" this thread, tks! I will refer to it often (as I forget more often) and wait for all the rest to reply.

<font color=blue> meditation is a true way to connect to the Source </font color=blue>

Mine is so original eh?


Heather

Rapunzel fits me on more than one level. The first time I used that name was for a retreat (a bunch of fiber artists hanging around together for a few days), and we all had to have an alias. I couldn't think of one, so they named me Rapunzel because of my hair. When I first joined this site I started out using my real name, and then it started to bother me that I was sharing pretty sensitive information about myself, and I was afraid that someone who knew me would find this site and recognize me too easily, so I had to change my sn. The whole rapunzel story fits me too - an overprotective, controlling mother, and being rescued from the tower by a prince. Rapunzel, or Rap feels like a better fit to me now than my real name, and I answer to these nicknames in real life too.

My real name fits me better than I like to admit though. Wendy means wanderer. My maiden name is Reiersen. Reiser, or å reise, means travel (in Norwegian - as the name is also). I never had a chance with a name like that, did I? I was an Air Force Brat, so never stayed anywhere long enough to put roots down.

<font color=orange>"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill "</font color=orange>

I've been using "dexter" as an online name forever. People think it is from the cartoon "Dexter's Lab," which would actually fit me, but I had the nick long before the cartoon began.

I was teased a lot as a kid, a lot of different names used, but some kids called me "Poindexter" I guess because I was smart and wore glasses. As teasing went, Poindexter was a name I thought was kind of funny and sometimes even encouraged.

That popped into my head for some reason when I began working online. At the first Star Wars charity line for Episode One everyone referred to one another by the screen names they were using on the messageboard where the event was planned. So at that point it became a "real life" nickname officially as well.

When I went to register my own domain, dexter.com was an obvious choice, but taken (a textile firm) so I was thinking of "e-dexter" or other alternatives. Luckily someone suggested "idexter" which I liked because it isn't as cliche as "e-", I liked that it could stand for "information" as in knowledge as well as refer to information technology, and finally it is a sort of play on "I, Robot" one of my favorite books (Isaac Asimov) and favorite albums (Alan Parson Project).

And for the record, the image that "Poindexter" always conjured in my head was indeed from a cartoon... not the contemporary "Dexter" but a character from the old Felix the Cat cartoons. There was a villain named "The Professor" and in some episodes he was more of a friend to Felix than a villain, and in those he had a nephew named "Poindexter" who helped him in his lab.

That's the character that was in my mind when I decided to use "dexter" as a screen name.

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--http://www.idexter.com

That's a pretty complicated answer, dexter!

And for everyone else, I'm glad you're answering this thread. Some people's names are obvious when they're explained eg Skybdark, but for example, Nerak, I would never have said, 'Oh yes, that's "Karen" backwards!'

I'm finding this really interesting, and I hope you others are too. Please keep the replies coming!

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RIP Dexter...
<font color=red>The best dog ever!!!</font color=red>

<font color=green>In the real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning.</font color=green>
- F. Scott Fitzgerald

I chose the name "inkblot" because people are so individual and different from each other, and we can all see the same picture (like an inkblot) as something different. I think psychology is fascinating!

Mine's simple. I was born on a September morning, plus I used to be Neil Diamon's greatest fan.

I'm also very attached to my SN. I've had it for about 6-7 years. It's like looking at my own name when someone calls me "Sept."




<font color=blue>"Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt" --Shakespeare</font color=blue>

Hmm, I was signing up and thought about my basic struggle and that's it. I am a wise mature woman for all but me. I am great at taking on the probs of the universe but stink at me. So, wisewoman it is and I am hoping to share my wisdom with my inside self.

It's a name! And it's your name. How about these people that go by numbers? Don't know what to call them!

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<font color=blue>"Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt" --Shakespeare</font color=blue>