How did you pick your username?

[Wapsie B]

The one I have just came to me. But I'm at a loss to what it should be after this.

[Haole Girl]

1. How about one that describes you?

I got it... you could change your name to bushwentbyebye!

[Wapsie B]

3. LOL!

I love it!

[charlie and algernon]

2. how 'bout Obama_on_the_job?

[Wapsie B]

4. I'd like something that kinda rolls off the tongue for a change.

[Chan790]

7. I know nothing rolls off the tongue like...

flan.

[bicentennial_baby]

5. It's what my Mommy always used to call me

[Wapsie B]

11. That would make sense.

I always thought you were probably born that year.

[ghostsofgiants]

6. It's what I've been using for a while elsewhere on the internets.

I originally came up with it by just picking two words that I really like aesthetically.

[DarkTirade]

8. All the usernames I use have something to do with things I've created in the past.

Mostly characters.

[Wapsie B]

13. Yeah I can understand that

or people who use literary characters.

[DarkTirade]

18. It's best if you find something that's definitely YOU.

In this case, not only is it a character I created, but it was my attempt at making kind of an anti-Mary-Sue character in my stories. Someone who was s'posed to represent me, but who wasn't going to be the most awesomest talented prettiest character there.

... okay, well, maybe the prettiest.

[Taverner]

9. Phillip K Dick "Flow My Tears the Policeman Said"

I am Jerry Taverner

Hear me roar

Honestly, there's a certain complexity to that character that I've never seen in Western Lit.

He's an asshole, but he's the main character.

He's suffered a tragic twist of the universe, yet he turns out alright.

Yet, what draws us in deeper past this, is the introduction to two more characters.

And these characters lead this book, but only in reference to Jerry Taverner. He never leaves the "stage" of this book.

Pure genius that Phillip K Dick

[MrCoffee]

12. Flow My Tears is the only PKD book I was unable to finish.

I've started it a couple of dozen times, and somewhere around page 40 it just fizzles.


But, you get bonus points for using a PKD character. I thought you were a bar owner!

[Taverner]

24. Nah I wish

Or rather - I don't wish!

No that book is my favorite - but its not an ordinary novel by any means

Try reading it as several books in one

There's Jerry Taverner's story

There's the cop's sister's story

Then there's the cop's story

[Wapsie B]

14. So that's where you got it.

With all your beer posts I thought it might be for the love of suds.

[Taverner]

35. Well I do love the suds

But it came from PKD

A genius, trapped in the modern world...

[blueraven95]

112. I was wondering if that was what it was based on.

I really like Phillip K. Dick.

[justabob]

10. character I read in a book a while back and

it is nice and generic, though people often mistake me for a male person.

[Wapsie B]

15. Yeah I certainly would make the same mistake.

[justabob]

17. yes, very understandable

I don't mind about the mistake when it happens and it adds an additional level of anonymity really, which is usually a good thing.

[Deja Q]

16. Well, I always wanted "Q" but it was taken... (dreary story to follow)

I tried 'tadpole of hypnotoad' as it sounded cool, but too late I realized there was more room for insult than creativity as everyone would just call me "Tadpole".

"Q" was taken, but given the concept of "Déjà Vu", I went for "Deja Q". Which is not only a cool pun on DU's "Q" but the name of a Trek TNG story featuring Q that's one of his better ones. Or even the typo, "Deva Q".

Plus, Q's personality fits mine and I wasn't going to choose "Doctor Who 6", though that thought crossed my mind...

[Wapsie B]

20. I knew there was already someone named Q here.

But I haven't seen them around in a long time, although I don't get to a lot of forums here. Yours is very unique. I like it.

[Deja Q]

28. Squeeeeeeeeeeeeee, thanks!!

(I knew of "Q" here as well, but the "Deja" part is a pun of many levels, which adds to the ubiquity of it's uniquity... )

[madinmaryland]

19. In May of 2004 John Kerry was being slammed by the Swiftboat Liars.

I'm happy with Obama being President, but there are still so many things that need to be changed and until then..

"madinmaryland" stays.

[Wapsie B]

21. Yes unlike mine your name is timeless.

[TZ]

22. my name is a nickname

given to me by some fellow (and now ex) loungers that I'm fond of..its short for turtlezoot

[Wapsie B]

25. I liked your other one too.

[TZ]

26. thanks

but I needed to get rid of it for personal reasons..

[KamaAina]

23. There were, and are, very few Hawai'i posters here

(unless You-Know-Who is lurking...), so I claimed the name (which means "local person" as opposed to malihini, visitor or foreigner), though I had been here less than a year before delurking right after Nineleveninelevenineleven.

edit: punctuation

[Wapsie B]

27. I was trying to think of something from Iowa

but corn cob and pig pen just don't flow with me for some reason.

[abq e streeter]

29. I'm a proud member of the E Street nation, and live in Albuquerque (Abq)

[Wapsie B]

30. I like Albuquerque. Very nice place.

[abq e streeter]

34. Gotta agree; 60 degrees ,and bright sunshine today(& I was in Chicago for the -18 night last week)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

31. I'm Italian, and Amerigo Vespucci was the first famous Italian that came to mind

[Wapsie B]

38. Yes I remember buying a book about him in elementary school.

We donated it to the school library.

[Lady Effingbroke]

32. It reflected my life situation, and still does to an extent.

Plus, I like it!

[Wapsie B]

40. Yes it does have a certain ring to it.

[NightWatcher]

33. Mine is who I am and what love doing.....a PI

[Auggie]

37. You're a real PI?

[Wapsie B]

42. Consider yourself fortunate to have a job you love.

Not a lot of people can say that.

[NightWatcher]

92. I dont have any clients right now and am working in a pizza joint to survive

but I still have my professional license

[Wapsie B]

95. I hear ya.

Success doesn't come easy for many of us, myself included.

[Auggie]

36. Beloved family dog

And do I miss him

Winebrat does not correctly describe me. To be a true Winebrat in Wine Country you should be a second or third generation winemaker, a Boomer or of Generation X, who delights in bucking trends and demystifying wine. Since I am not a winemaker I can't really call myself that. Winesnob is a very accurate description, but I will never admit to being one publicly.

Oops...

[Wapsie B]

44. Yes it's hard to lose a pet.

Duchess or Tippy or Max doesn't quite work for me though.

[mwooldri]

39. University of Dundee chose mine for me...

Plus the Unix naming convention.

First email address [e-mail] (sadly, no more)

Dundee may be gone but mwooldri lives on.

Mark.

[Inchworm]

41. I don't want to embarrass myself

or feel small so I'll not say.

[Wapsie B]

43. .....

[jobycom]

45. Mommy gave it to me when she met me.

It's actually not on my birth certificate, but it's created from what is on my certificate of live birth. First name Joseph, middle name starts with B. Last name starts with Com.

My dad's name is also Joseph, so where I grew up, I'd have been called Junior, Bubba, or worst of all, Little Joe (Bonanza was big then), so my mother, having vision and intelligence, came up with Joby. And I thank her.

[mnhtnbb]

46. It's what my Dad used to call me--50 some years ago. It's my birthplace

combined with my initials.

[mcctatas]

47. Mine is an old nickname...

I actually didn't even think about the significance of 'tatas' until kind DU'ers pointed it out (which is strange because it actually started with some guy who could never remember my first name {it is admittedly a doozy} calling me 'that chick with the Irish name and the nice tatas')

[PaddyBlueEyes]

67. How the hell can

anyone not remember your first name after hearing it once? I can see forgetting a common name....But not yours..

[mcctatas]

68. That's fraternity boys for ya...

better than the guy who kept calling my sorority house and asking to talk to 'Camaro' and then bitching at me for having my sisters tell him I didn't exist when actually he just had the name WAY wrong

[PaddyBlueEyes]

70. Here we go with the Fraternity boys

again.. You should have been dating Marines

[Wapsie B]

72. Yes leave it to another DUer to know the significance of tatas.

But other than that I thought you might like McDonald's or something.

[Initech]

48. I quote Office Space all the time

[Initech]

49. I quote Office Space all the time

[Drunken Girlfriend]

50. My user name

I co-write for a site called Drunkenstepfather,and derived my name
from that.

Plus,I am single,and suck at life.

So I figure if someone is going to date me,the best he will
get is a "DrunkenGirlfriend".lol

[blockhead]

66. welcome to DU

eh!

[ScreamingMeemie]

51. No one ever reads it but here it goes... A while ago I went to dinner

with my best friend and her family (she is a DUer too). While we were eating one of her kids asked me something and I replied with an unintentional Spoonerism,"Well that would make MrsGrumpy very Harpy..." From there I decided that MrsGrumpy would be a better user name than MrsHarpy and a username was born-although people tended to think I was a 70-something grandma, or that my wonderful husband was somehow not.

there it is for whatever reason.

[bigwillq]

52. I read it!

Good story!

[ScreamingMeemie]

54. Hey!

I have always been able to count on you.

How are you?

[Wapsie B]

57. Yes your handle is way better than MrsHarpy.

I always thought you might be a little grumpy before your morning coffee.

[tigereye]

62. Mrs. Harpy would have been amusing

but neither really describe you....



How is Texas with the shrub returned? At least he's not the Pres. anymore...

[orleans]

77. i remember you telling that before...

now, as i was reading your post (and i admit i'm a bit spaced tonight) this is what i, at first, read as a complete sentence: "While we were eating one of her kids" and i thought: wow--you must have been grumpy--or hungry!

lol!

[yellowdogintexas]

53. I wanted the rest of DU to know there was at least one yellow dog Democrat

left in Texas.

[Wapsie B]

59. Yeah somehow I think there may be more than one.

Sorry to hear you get to keep * in his golden years.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

55. A series of quick thoughts

I had just seen a rerun of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
My cousin is an attorney in Savannah who knew all those (real) people in The Book
Reminded me of the "fly guy" in the diner/jury, which recalled the joke about the lonely
man who goes to find a pet...
and all those future shoes to drop in the ongoing Booosh admin
Still misspelled but
CA Peggy always spells it right and I'll take that

[grannylib]

56. Mine's pretty self-explanatory...I'm a granny, and I'm liberal

[Wapsie B]

58. Yeah mine is too.

[RevolutionaryActs]

60. Got it from a quote:

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell.

[Fire Walk With Me]

61. ...

Through The Darkness Of Future Past
The Magician Longs To See
One Chance Out Between Two Worlds:
Fire, Walk With Me

[leftyclimber]

63. My politics + what I like to do.

Kind of boring, really.

[Wapsie B]

64. But it must do something for you to choose it.

[leftyclimber]

84. Well, they're two pretty defining features of who I am.

Just not very poetic or witty.

[struggle4progress]

65. I just made a list of all possible user names and selected the one I liked best

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and so on

[mvd]

69. I use my initials

m is first letter of first name
v is first letter of middle name
d is first letter of last name

I have no reason to change it.

[JTG of the PRB]

71. Mine's not that interesting.

My old one was my initials and one of my seven favorite numbers.

My new one is my initials and where I live.

[fizzgig]

74. now i get the prb

[JTG of the PRB]

86. And the lightbulb goes on!

[InternalDialogue]

107. Wait! I'm getting a message!

[JTG of the PRB]

118. Ha! Excellent!

I had to look at IMDB to figure that one out, but I get it now! Most excellent!

[auburngrad82]

73. I used the "Commodores" technique

I opened the dictionary, closed my eyes and put my finger down. Whatever it landed on was my username. It was easy.

[Sheets of Easter]

75. My old name was a Mudhoney song. My new one is a song by a band called Oneida,

which is a 15-minute number consisting of the same note and lyric repeated over and over.

[Eurobabe]

76. My old name was chosen in anger (2004) name anmesty

I was SO pissed that azzhole Bush "won" and I use that term loosely.

Anyhow, this time, I've been using Eurobabe for email address, and decided it was cool enough for DU.

[Lucian]

78. My last username (the one I just changed from, I should say...)

was the god of the moon in the Hobbit/LOTR series.

Now my name comes from the changes coming from inside of me, which I'm feeling like I'm changing into a rabid animal. The reason I picked the name Lucian is because he's a werewolf/lycan from the Underworld movie series (plus I just saw an Underworld commercial on tv).

[ThomCat]

91. How are we ever going to keep track of you if you keep

changing your name every few weeks?

[Career Prole]

79. I got mine from "1984".

But I might change it to My Type, in honor of Career Pierre.

[Corey_Baker08]

80. I Changed 04 to 08 Even after realizing this is 09

It was first 2004 because thats when I first joined DU and really getting into politics, I wanted to change it to my name with no year at the end but apparantly it was already taken. So I decided to go with 2008 because Its the year I graduated, and the year America elected Obama!

[meow2u3]

81. Mine was inspired by my cats

When my cats give me the dirty look, I say "meow to you too." They look back at me and give me that "meow to you 3" look. Hence the name meow2u3.

[Burma Jones]

82. A favorite literary character

from John Kennedy Toole's Confederacy of Dunces

[Zavulon]

83. Character in a movie I like.

Night Watch / Day Watch, Russian sci-fi available in the States. Zavulon is the bad guy. I'd sooner have gone for the good guy, but "Gesser" doesn't sound like a good username.

[My Good Babushka]

85. I used to have a store called "House of Kewpie"

Now I have one called "My Good Babushka"

[PRETZEL]

87. It's a nickname I've had since the mid 60's

got it as a young boy and it just stuck. There's still people who are long time friends of my family that don't realize that I have a real first name.

[Wapsie B]

96. Honestly I thought it was something related to *'s pretzel incident.

[mike_c]

88. you'll never guess....

xoxo
Mike C.

[lazyriver]

89. I was listening to a Grateful Dead tune when I went from lurker

to member and had to pick a username. Lazy River Road seemed a bit too long and a bit of a rip off.

[Wapsie B]

93. That does give me an idea.

Thanks.

[Iggo]

90. Well...

...it's me and my sibs' shorthand for "big dumb stupid head."

First thing that popped into my brain when I was signing up.

[Yukari Yakumo]

94. My favorite youkai

Also the source for my avatar.

[applegrove]

97. All of my ancestors whose houses I could find in my travels all had appletrees in their backyards

or the houses were built on former orchards. So I'm applegrove.

[Ptah]

98. I wanted something to do with craftsmanship. Ptah kept showing up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if7W2YGpEuk

[ClusterFreak]

99. A clever pun just came to me all of the sudden...

...after a few days of trying.

Obviously...my old name was dated and simply had to go.

Not unlike the namesake himself.

on edit: "clever" being a subjective term of course.

[denbot]

100. I used to play a lot more computer games.

Bots were computer generated players, and since this was a cyber community I thought it would fit.

denbot
A.K.A. puerco-bellies

[Lethe]

101. i really don't remember

i was at this river, and that's the last thing i remember

[Drunken Irishman]

102. Guess.

[mcctatas]

105. Because you had zogby do a poll of what your name should be?

[kentauros]

103. I Love Centaurs

Pretty simple, and I love etymology (the root meanings and histories of words: http://www.etymonline.com ) discovering the root Greek word for "centaur" to be "kentauros"

I developed the love for the form over much of my life, not realizing until recently that when I watched The Mighty Hercules cartoon as a kid, that Newton was my favorite character (that would be in the early 60s in Houston.)

[doc03]

104. My last name is the same as a famous TV

Doctor, it was my nickname in the Army.

[gardenista]

106. I used my last name at first

Learned my lesson and changed it.

[Wapsie B]

108. Well it's done.

I'm happy with it. And I got a thread with over 100 posts too. Way cool.

[In_The_Wind]

109. I'll let you know in a day or two.

I've got a new one in mind but I haven't checked to see if it's available ~ yet.

[Wapsie B]

113. Yes please do!

I hope things are going well with you.

[Lady-Damai]

110. Damai means Peace in Indonesian. I thought it sounded nice.

I'm a girl. So, I added Lady....


It became Lady Damai.

[Wapsie B]

114. Oh yeah I like!

I really like.

[BeachBaby]

111. I was dubbed a "Beach Baby" from the time I was a little girl.

And it sorta stuck.

[Wapsie B]

116. It is really eye-catching.

Every time I see your name I think of the song by The First Class:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG8MQ8f4nF4

[Beer Snob-50]

115. I am ashamed to say

that this is what I have been told I am.

[Wapsie B]

117. Well we all have our tastes. Nothing wrong with that.

Schmidt & Milwaukee's Worst are way over my tolerance level.