Whats In A Name

[TheAstronaut]

where did everyones nick come from? to be honest, i have NO idea where i got the name Astronaut from! i think i just picked it because it sounded like a good name i guess? ;D

[Orange_Sherbert]

An Austin Powers Line.

"I'm going to go across the street! And get you some Orange Sherrrrrberrrrt!"
-thats also why I put the extra r in sherbet. (ie, berrrt!)

[TheAstronaut]

now that you mention, i never noticed the extra r!

[larry emdur is my hero!]

eddie was singing on the mp3 playing when i signed up...

[Sonic Death Monkey]

I always panic when it comes to putting in a nick name in these types of things, i find it a difficult task having to put in a name that is somehow representative of who i am and not coming off as some stupid fan boy. So going for a song that you are listening to is always a good choice. It happened to be the very excellent Elliott Smith song, Junk Bond Trader.

junk bond trader

the imitation picks you up like a habit
writing in the glow of the tv's static
taking out the trash to the man
give the people something they understand
a stickman flashing a fine line smile
junk bond trader trying to sell a sucker a style
rich man in a poor man's clothes
the permanent installment of the daily dose
and you tell off when you tell it like it is
your world's no wider than your hatred of his
checking into a small reality
boring as a drug you take too regularly
the athlete's laugh; the broken crutch
the first true love that folded at the slightest touch
brought down like an old hotel
people digging through the rubble for things they can resell
"happy holidays," said sick savior
the leaving love i still favour
i won't take your medicine
i don't need a remedy
to be everything i'm supposed to be
i don't want nobody else
i can do it by myself
we're meant to be together
now i'm a policeman directing traffic
keeping everything moving, everything static
i'm the hitchhiker you'll recognize passing
on your way to some everlasting
better sell it while you can
better sell it while you can
better sell it while you can
better sell it while you can

[Glen]

My friends used to call me it to tease me...but I've grown out of that

[spongeboy]

mine is a nickname from universtiy hockey.

[Tiberius]

My name comes from the Roman tribune Tiberius Gracchus. We were studying him for my ancient history class in school about the same time I first came on the internet. I started playing a mud called After Hours around then, and since Tiberius seemed liked a fairly noble and determined person whom I admired, I used the name Tiberius.

A while ago, I made a website for After Hours, the mud I used to play:

homepages.ihug.com.au/~duval/

I don't expect anyone here will actually understand much of what's on that site, eh *shrug* make of it what you will.

[loux2]

mine's pretty simple
my name's louise
i get called loulou
loulou was taken on some other thing i signed up to
so loux2 was made
(ie the 'x' is not the letter, it's the multiplication sign, in hindsite maybe lou*2 would have been better..)

[TheAstronaut]

i think loux2 is cool ;D

[spongeboy]

(tries to out do astronaut...)


i think loux2 is really awesome nic ;D ;D

[singingcirclesaway]

well, i was listening to everclear when i signed up i guess. heartspark $, not half obviously. people seem to think i'm some big everclear fan now, but i'm not really, i just like their stuff. i've been trying to think of another nickname for a while now, but it would be weird changing it i figure. maybe i'm doomed to be with it forever.

[TheAstronaut]

but wait mel
ur original sign up was exit_wound....??

[left]

Well my name is from chapel st etc. (you don't say! ;D)

I also picked it because I have a slight tendency to ramble and explain things in great depth. Therefore etc, etc, etc.......just like blah, blah, blah.............

[singingcirclesaway]

yeah, i don't know where that came from deane. i was using it for my livejournal at the time, and i usually stick to one word for a while. i had no idea what to use at the time, so i used that, then noticed i hated the underscore - so picked heartspark. happy?