Date: 3/23/2004 2:00:00 PM
From Authorid: 3688
a friend of mine called me a dreamer poet and it stuck :)  |
Date: 3/23/2004 2:05:00 PM
From Authorid: 15677
When I first came to usm I had only been to one chat room and didnt like it at all, so I tried to find a name that kept me anonomus and nothing worked until I spelled Apparition wrong hehe.  |
Date: 3/23/2004 2:07:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 28989
They're both cool-sounding names--kind of mystical!  |
Date: 3/23/2004 2:10:00 PM
From Authorid: 8817
mine was an accident. I joined usm over 4 years ago and was just typing in whatever and Alissa went through lol i didn't know I would be stuck with it. My real name is Crystal.........  |
Date: 3/23/2004 2:13:00 PM
From Authorid: 57579
My cat's name is Misty and I'm into the paranormal so I got Spirit I put them two together to get MistySpirit  |
Date: 3/23/2004 2:13:00 PM
From Authorid: 58334
Well, mine is actually Nimue, who is Lady of the Lake. But to make it my own I created my own spelling :-)  |
Date: 3/23/2004 2:19:00 PM
From Authorid: 14780
Mine is a variation of my first name and my last name..when you take the first three letters of them both (kathy) KAT and (lastname) SHO..you get Katsho..since, everyone calls me Kat or Kats..I added the cat to the end **which I love cats too** :D  |
Date: 3/23/2004 2:21:00 PM
From Authorid: 11097
I really am not sure... I joined when I was about 15 so being a girl I thought of princess and then I picked light because I associated it with my faith :) cool story and good post! I am interested to see everyone else's answers :)  |
Date: 3/23/2004 2:35:00 PM
From Authorid: 57640
Well I play a lot of sports, i ride horses, do fieldhockey and basketball, so I thought up LilSportQueen.. the name just stuck.. Boomer Sooner the other part of my name well Oklahoma Sooners are my favorite team(Most of you know that!!) :)  |
Date: 3/23/2004 2:43:00 PM
From Authorid: 55297
My story is simple... A simple person with a simple stroy to tell! I love to write poetry, most of my stuff on here is poetry... Anyways, I think of my talent for writing as a gift from God, so thats where the Heavenly came from. And since I love to write poetry, thats where Poet came from. Put them together and you get, "Heavenly Poet"  |
Date: 3/23/2004 2:59:00 PM
From Authorid: 48250
When I Lived Up North Near Boston, Massachuetts, Several years Ago... A Friend Started Calling Me Kentucky...Then From There It Was Kentucky Blue And Then Kentucky Bluebird...True Blue Gen-U-ine...lol...It Brings Back Fond Memories Thinking About It...Great Post.... And Loved Your Story .....T/C......  |
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Date: 3/23/2004 3:05:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 28989
Aha, I thought you all had good stories to go with your names! It also makes me realize how much we identify with our names as a way to show who we are. We have our birth names chosen by someone else, but we really want to have our own identity, chosen by us. Don't know if that made sense.... Thanks for your comments and stories! |
Date: 3/23/2004 3:15:00 PM
From Authorid: 62273
Lara Croft is my hero. lol.  |
Date: 3/23/2004 3:28:00 PM
From Authorid: 44960
I do construction work. When I was going through my transition, I showed up for work one day dressed as a woman! My co-workers started calling me Miss Priss! That nickname has stuck with me ever since. :) (((PrissieHuggzz)))  |
Date: 3/23/2004 3:33:00 PM
From Authorid: 62423
There is no meaning behind my tag.  |
Date: 3/23/2004 3:37:00 PM
From Authorid: 20750
Well I have always been in love with the moon & the 7 different stages it goes through, and I am a female, so I have Moon Girl! :D  |
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Date: 3/23/2004 3:37:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 28989
That's interesting, Miss Priss! I just saw a show on network TV (like 20/20 or 48 Hours--one of those shows) about similar transitions that people were making, and it was amazing what they were going through--the courage they showed, etc.. I hope your fellow construction workers were pretty cool about it. |
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Date: 3/23/2004 3:39:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 28989
That's okay, 4 Moon, your tag sounds cool! Anything with the word "Moon" in it. |
Date: 3/23/2004 3:48:00 PM
From Authorid: 26363
I got mine from a fella I used to work with. We were great friends always hammin it up. Anyhow, each morning he would come into work via the warehouse where he would pick up the microphone and say gooood morrrrrrning gloooooory! we remained friends for several years after. MorningGlory  |
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Date: 3/23/2004 3:50:00 PM
From Authorid: 44960
Canoe, one things for sure, we go through more things in life than most people can even imagine. I have had to live a life that very few people can even comprehend. A lot of people tell me it took courage to go through what I went through. Maybe so, but I think it is an overwhelming desire to live and be free. For a person, such as myself, to ever get a life, we must first live through one. A lot of us never make it and fall victim to suicide. Oh, those co-workers, they didnt understand it to start with, but as time went on, they tolerant and more accepting. Today, I have no problems with anyone. Much love to you and may your blessings be many. Donna (((Huggzz))) |
Date: 3/23/2004 3:52:00 PM
From Authorid: 12133
I was leaving a club one night, and was backing up, and my foot slipped off the clutch, causing the truck to go back further than I intended, and it hit part of the building. The people in there started calling me "Crash" and I liked it, so I kept it. The skull, well, that's a LONG story, and its basically used to mess with closed minded people. Works well, too:p  |
Date: 3/23/2004 3:55:00 PM
From Authorid: 50499
Haven't got my tag yet but the name was giving to me by my daughter because I have a huge dragon collecton and keep adding to it. DragonFlyer  |
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Date: 3/23/2004 4:02:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 28989
Crash, I always thought you had one of the best tag names and that there was definitely a good story behind it. My name sounds kind of wimpy in comparison. |
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Date: 3/23/2004 4:04:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 28989
Dragonflyer, I used to make origami dragons, and I always wanted to name my business Paper Dragon something-or-other (whatever the business would be). I've always had a fascination for them. |
Date: 3/23/2004 4:07:00 PM
From Authorid: 6867
I was obsessed with the movie Gia @ the time. I think it was more because Angelina Jolie played Gia C in the movie. Love, Peace, and Happiness, well, thats all I want in my life, and it's what I hope for others:) Love Yourself,  |
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Date: 3/23/2004 4:09:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 28989
Thanks, Miss Priss, for the love and blessings. I'm glad your co-workers came around. People usually overcome their fears or misunderstanding of people once they get to know them and their situation better. |
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Date: 3/23/2004 4:11:00 PM
From Authorid: 62617
I loved that movie GIA! HAHA anyway. My real name is Kendrick and i Prince Kendrick is birth. My family came from Luxembourg and my great great great great grandfather on my fathers side was the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, which is considered a King. Well, if my family would have stayed there in Lux. then i would be a prince, and heir to the throne. Well that didnt happen so therefore Prince Kendrick is stuck with me and will always be stuck there. Birth title that i probably will never take effect. |
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Date: 3/23/2004 4:14:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 28989
Gia, those are the best sentiments you can have! Great name and tag, too. |
Date: 3/23/2004 4:17:00 PM
From Authorid: 36967
My tag is my real name without the vowels. Derek Peters  |
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Date: 3/23/2004 4:18:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 28989
Interesting, Prince Kendrick! I was born in Germany, and most of my family is from Koenigsberg in East Prussia, which no longer exists except as a historical footnote (Koenigsberg means "City of the King"). However, I come from a long line of peasants, as far as I know, lol! |
Date: 3/23/2004 4:20:00 PM
From Authorid: 49132
Frisky is the name of my first cat.  |
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Date: 3/23/2004 4:22:00 PM
From Authorid: 49132
oh and dreamerjoy's dream came from that my moms Id is Dreamerjoy.So since im her daughter I put dreamerjoys dream. |
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Date: 3/23/2004 4:29:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 28989
Drkptrs, I thought it stood for Dirk or Dark and that it had something to with the spider in your tag! I just realized that I should have also asked people to tell why they have the tag picture that they do. Mine is simple: a canoe in a lake. I guess it also represents my love for nature and just kind of wandering into the wilderness. |
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Date: 3/23/2004 4:31:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 28989
That's cute, Frisky! I've come to realize how many families and spouses and brothers and sisters use USM. |
Date: 3/23/2004 4:32:00 PM
From Authorid: 54570
OK I smoked since I was 15. Step-father caught me smoking Camels and since then I have gone by that alais since. its my email, my cb handle you name it.  |
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Date: 3/23/2004 4:44:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 28989
Smokin'Joe, just about everyone in my family smoked except for me. I tried it when I was 18 and was working as a bartender (back when the drinking age was 18). I smoked for about a month, but it didn't agree with me at all, so I quit. (I kept waking up every morning and crinkling up the pack of cigarettes that I bought the night before.) My parents even encouraged me to smoke, but I refused! (I'm kidding about that last part...) |
Date: 3/23/2004 4:50:00 PM
From Authorid: 44321
I have always loved mythology and I loved the movie Clash Of the Titans...plus I happen to have Medusa hair when I wake up in the morning LOL so I decided to use this name here and when it was time for the tag of course I wanted her on there but instead of the normal haggy looking Medusa I asked for it to be a cuter version of her :)  |
Date: 3/23/2004 4:55:00 PM
From Authorid: 30051
My mom:)  |
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Date: 3/23/2004 5:03:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 28989
Medusa, that was my favorite part of that movie. The Medusa (Gorgon) always scared me, even if she was stop-motion animation! |
Date: 3/23/2004 5:23:00 PM
From Authorid: 58809
I was really obsessed with Anne Rice and her books when I chose this alias. Devil's Road is a term used to the describe the path a vampire must take in their life. Some people seem to think it means I practice black magic, lol. Way off, buddy!  |
Date: 3/23/2004 7:10:00 PM
From Authorid: 56293
Ummm ... Not really sure. LOL. I've had it for so long. I think it was just something I thought of ..  |
Date: 3/23/2004 7:15:00 PM
From Authorid: 62136
ZooKeeper translates to...I have 5 kids, its like tending to a zoo around here. Sooo, therefore I am ZooKeeper :)  |
Date: 3/23/2004 7:18:00 PM
From Authorid: 62367
I came up with my USM name by combining my birthstone, peridot and my favorite pet, cat. Peridot + Cat = Peridotcat.  |
Date: 3/23/2004 8:08:00 PM
From Authorid: 24924
You can easily figure mine. :)  |
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Date: 3/24/2004 9:32:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 28989
Thanks for all your answers! Devil's Road, I've read a lot of Anne Rice books, too, and remember that term. Her vampires struggle with the issues of good and evil just like humans do, which makes them pretty interesting characters. Social Slacker, that name could describe me sometimes! Peridot Cat, I learn something new all the time. I thought I knew all the birthstones, but I had never heard of peridot before, and I don't know what it looks like. Is that the small object in your tag? I grew up with a million cats (slight exaggeration), so I can relate to that. And Thinker, your posts and comments always sound well-thought-out, and they always make me think! I like the Liberty for All part of your tag, too. |
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Date: 3/24/2004 9:34:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 28989
Zookeeper, I never had kids of my own, and I grew up with one brother and one sister, which was chaos enough for me. Five kids must be quite a balancing act! |
Date: 3/24/2004 10:36:00 AM
From Authorid: 10344
The stork brought mine.  |
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Date: 3/24/2004 12:43:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 28989
Lol, I didn't know that storks have razor talons! |
