So what made you choose you screen name?
Feb 5th, 2003, 09:20 PM
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Well previously I was just plain 'Lucy' & used the address [email protected] to indicate I'm an Aussie. However with registration meaning no more email adresses being shown I changed my name to Lucy_in_Oz...only to realise several hours later when my confirmation email still hadn't arrived that I made a typo on entering which email address to send it to (doh!) so then I re-registered & shall forever now be known as Lucy_of_Oz. Cheers all...
Feb 5th, 2003, 09:35 PM
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Well, it's just that I'm a huge lover of the Beats (Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs) that I've called myself Beatchick since I've 1st started on the internet (although there are many, many others with similar names - Beatchic, Beatchik, Beatchick1, etc.). But I'm also just plain ol' MaryC!<BR><BR>A good story? Does me meeting Ginsberg at the poetry reading at U of L in 1992 8 days before I had my daughter count? I was hugely pregnant and was obviously with my then-husband. Of course, Allen felt the need to flirt with my husband (HELLO - DUDE! - he could give 2 f***s about your writing, Allen, he's only here because of ME!). My ex is more into Fantasy & Sci Fi and has only read some of the Beats' works to please me (a common interest is the writer Harlan Ellison as he's both a SciFi author and a literary author). TMI?? But you asked!! ; )
Feb 5th, 2003, 10:26 PM
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I used to be just Melissa with [email protected] but when I signed up, my name was taken. siiigh. For lack of enthusiasm to be creative, I just added HI to the end since I am from Hawaii.
Feb 5th, 2003, 11:04 PM
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<BR>Was backpacking in Nepal. <BR>Was stopped by a border guard who, upon reviewing my passport and seeing my name was Elizabeth, asked me quite seriously:<BR><BR>"Are you a Queen?"<BR><BR>Without thinking I said:<BR>"Why yes, thank you for noticing"<BR><BR>The name stuck.<BR><BR>BTW, this guard had on bright pink nail polish. Makes me wonder if we both shared the name.
Feb 6th, 2003, 05:13 AM
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It is my childhood nickname. My younger brother had trouble with Stephanie, but he could do Nutney. The name just stuck and my parents still call me that from time to time. I am sure that I hated it at first, but now it is part of who I am and reminds me of the special friendship I have with my brother, who also called trucks "shroodins", because that was the sound they made. What a cute kid...
Feb 6th, 2003, 05:24 AM
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This is what my dad called me. He always loved to travel but never managed to make it to Europe before he died. I guess I think of him a lot when I'm in Europe and imagine he can still see things through my eyes and enjoy my trips with me.
Feb 6th, 2003, 05:30 AM
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It's my first name and initial of my last name, some of my friends call me that . . . I briefly thought about registering the name my two best friends call me but just couldn't bring myself to do it . . . Little_Missy (isn't that awful).<BR><BR>Plus, I always posted under Sandy and figured I'd stick with it so people would know I hadn't left or died. (If anyone cared.)<BR><BR>Fun thread!<BR>Sandy
