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Phoenix Psaltery

Ninja Wizard

Join date: 25 Feb 2005

Posts: 2,599

05-13-2005 20:27

...because I actually *am* an ancient stringed instrument. I just hide it well.

Eboni Khan

Misanthrope

Join date: 17 Mar 2004

Posts: 2,133

05-13-2005 20:37

From: wuvme Karuna

I choose KARUNA, because i used to play there.com
and there was a place called "KARUNA PLAZA" i did not see that there was a "Therian", but i think Wuvme Therian would have been stupid...

I wanted LOPEZ

since its my last name.

OMG Wuvme, you are not JLo, give it up!

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Vudu Suavage

Feral Twisted Torus

Join date: 27 Jul 2004

Posts: 402

05-13-2005 20:42

I originally intended "Vudu Yudu," for personal reasons, but when I realized last names were multiple choice, "Suavage" seemed to work best.

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Torley Linden

Enlightenment!

Join date: 15 Sep 2004

Posts: 16,530

05-13-2005 20:43

I didn't see anything better at the time... I mean, heck, TORley TORgeson, or "TORTOR the TORTOISE" as a children's book might go -- I got a good laugh out of that!

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Dan Rhodes

hehe

Join date: 5 Jul 2003

Posts: 268

05-13-2005 21:26

Furniture store down the street , Rhodes furniture lol

When I started I was just checking SL out. I decided to stay and just kept my name

Ursula Madison

Chewbacca is my co-pilot

Join date: 31 Jul 2004

Posts: 713

05-13-2005 21:33

I don't know why. <shrug>

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Stymied Ennui

Real Life Custom T-Shirts

Join date: 19 Apr 2005

Posts: 85

05-13-2005 23:15

I decided to use Stymied as my first name, as I've used it before online, although it's not the name I usually use. It just went well with Ennui, which I chose as my last name. I actually like my SL name.

Stymied means to be held back, or kept from doing something you want to do. Ennui means boredom.

blaze Spinnaker

1/2 Serious

Join date: 12 Aug 2004

Posts: 5,898

07-17-2005 20:00

Spinnaker .. because I love to sail!

(Btw, have you checked out the Sailboat races lately! They roooock!)

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Garnet Psaltery

Walking on the Moon

Join date: 12 Apr 2005

Posts: 913

07-18-2005 01:59

Psaltery because I like mediaeval pictures of angel orchestras. Garnet because I like garnets.

Erm, that's it really.

Gabriel Psaltery

Registered User

Join date: 16 May 2005

Posts: 3

07-18-2005 02:06

Because my landlady got me into this game and I have no imagination.

Erin Psaltery

Registered User

Join date: 20 Jun 2005

Posts: 3

07-18-2005 02:08

Because I live with the eejit above and we have to use our landlady's pc being poor.

Garnet Psaltery

Walking on the Moon

Join date: 12 Apr 2005

Posts: 913

07-18-2005 02:12

Go and earn some money so you can pay the rent, the both of you.

Roseann Flora

/wrist

Join date: 7 Feb 2004

Posts: 1,058

07-18-2005 06:15

flora get it

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Zuzu Fassbinder

Little Miss No Tomorrow

Join date: 17 Sep 2004

Posts: 2,048

07-18-2005 08:43

I wanted a name that few people would pick, I like being unique. Plus Fassbinder is German and goes with my hertiage.

I was aware that Fassbinder was a filmmaker, but I'm embarressed to admit that i've never actually seen any of his films. I do plan to fix this, but it really sucks to live in a town without a good foreign movie video store (I miss living in a university town, I got spoiled in graduate school with the culteral diversity). I really only knew of him from a Laure Anderson song where she mentions him.

Euterpe Roo

The millionth monkey

Join date: 24 Jan 2005

Posts: 1,395

07-18-2005 08:52

Roo--in RL I am a very small jumping marsupial. If I have enough coffee, I can clear 12 feet

Actually, I very much enjoyed the "Tao of Pooh" and the "Te of Piglet" by Benjamin Hoff. Roo appealed.

FlipperPA Peregrine

Magically Delicious!

Join date: 14 Nov 2003

Posts: 3,703

07-18-2005 08:56

I played in a really lame high school band called PEREGRINE FLYING so I went with it. Besides, they're very cool birds. I also projected to the future and knew Psyra would be proud of my avian spirit.

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Satchmo Prototype

eSheep

Join date: 26 Aug 2004

Posts: 1,323

07-18-2005 09:06

Because we are all Prototypes in the early metaverse.

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Ghoti Nyak

καλλιστι

Join date: 7 Aug 2004

Posts: 2,078

07-18-2005 09:21

Nyak -- because the last name I wanted was not available.

-Ghoti

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Seldon Metropolitan

Zen Taxi Driver

Join date: 20 Jun 2005

Posts: 376

07-18-2005 09:41

because transmet is my bible

Cristiano Midnight

Evil Snapshot Baron

Join date: 17 May 2003

Posts: 8,616

07-18-2005 09:47

From: FlipperPA Peregrine

I played in a really lame high school band called PEREGRINE FLYING so I went with it. Besides, they're very cool birds. I also projected to the future and knew Psyra would be proud of my avian spirit.

Yeah but then you hobbled it with the AOL-like first name of FlipperPA.

What is the story behind that? Granted, you're no Edkc56, but then who could really live up to that but the big guy himself?

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Dueling Banjo

Some Random Guy

Join date: 9 Jan 2005

Posts: 76

07-18-2005 10:32

I chose my name because I like the movie deliverence, and once I saw Banjo as a last name, all I could think of was I had to be Dueling Banjo, so here I am!

Aimee Weber

The one on the right

Join date: 30 Jan 2004

Posts: 4,286

07-18-2005 10:34

I wanted a name that is like every prom queen and yearbook diva you loved to hate -- the "Aimee" is definitely the kind of name that has a "heart" drawn in thick felt-tip pen over the i, and the two "ee's" are definitely not in my birth certificate name (my strait-laced New England parents called me "Amelia" and probably saddled me with some great-aunt's middle name like "Prudence" as well). "Weber" is the kind of name that makes you think "ordinary" and "normal" and "lots of them in the phone book" and "WASP".

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Beryl Greenacre

Big Scaredy-Baby

Join date: 24 Jun 2003

Posts: 1,312

07-18-2005 10:44

I used the name Beryl for the four and a half months I was in There.com beta, so I intended to use it in SL, too. Since a beryl is a gemstone that is often green, I thought Greenacre was an apropos surname. I would have preferred just "Green" or "Greene," but, oh, well.

Incidentally, I chose Beryl because it sounds more sophisticated and unique than my real given name, Molly. Oh, and also because my birthstone is an emerald, which is a beryl.

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FlipperPA Peregrine

Magically Delicious!

Join date: 14 Nov 2003

Posts: 3,703

07-18-2005 10:48

From: Cristiano Midnight

Yeah but then you hobbled it with the AOL-like first name of FlipperPA.

What is the story behind that? Granted, you're no Edkc56, but then who could really live up to that but the big guy himself?

I came about the nickname of Flipper in 5th grade at age 10, in RL. I've been FlipperPA on the INTARWEBS until about 1994 or so. I was Flipper before that on the INTARWEBS and BBSes, and at Yahoo! as well. Then someone in Yahoo's Feted Inner Core got to take Flipper and I was forced by them to switch my user name. Not wanting to have different usernames, I decided FlipperPA would work nicely, which is what I use everywhere now...

...except for Yahoo. Someone ELSE in Yahoo's FIC decided they wanted FlipperPA. So, once again, Yahoo instructed me to change my user name again. So now there, I'm FlipperPhillyPA. VERY exciting!

I've been FlipperPA for about 11-12 years, and while I'd prefer to just be Flipper Peregrine here (due to last names), I've given up requesting that feature as I've been told its not possible for 18 months. Even though a friend's alt was required to change her name and it was done successfully.

I've given up that crusade.

My alt accounts have much more humorous names. My RL name really sucks... Tim Allen. But at least I'm google-proof!

Regards,

-Flip

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Psyra Extraordinaire

Corra Nacunda Chieftain

Join date: 24 Jul 2004

Posts: 1,533

07-18-2005 10:57

So what's the PA stand for, she of wonderous avian spirit?

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Your last name and why you chose it...
Phoenix Psaltery Ninja Wizard Join date: 25 Feb 2005 Posts: 2,599	05-13-2005 20:27 ...because I actually am an ancient stringed instrument. I just hide it well.
Eboni Khan Misanthrope Join date: 17 Mar 2004 Posts: 2,133	05-13-2005 20:37 From: wuvme Karuna I choose KARUNA, because i used to play there.com and there was a place called "KARUNA PLAZA" i did not see that there was a "Therian", but i think Wuvme Therian would have been stupid... I wanted LOPEZ since its my last name. OMG Wuvme, you are not JLo, give it up! _____________________
Vudu Suavage Feral Twisted Torus Join date: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 402	05-13-2005 20:42 I originally intended "Vudu Yudu," for personal reasons, but when I realized last names were multiple choice, "Suavage" seemed to work best. _____________________ Cthulhu, spiders, and other artfully crafted creatures are available at Gods & Monsters in Zoe, as well as Limbo and Taco.
Torley Linden Enlightenment! Join date: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 16,530	05-13-2005 20:43 I didn't see anything better at the time... I mean, heck, TORley TORgeson, or "TORTOR the TORTOISE" as a children's book might go -- I got a good laugh out of that! _____________________
Dan Rhodes hehe Join date: 5 Jul 2003 Posts: 268	05-13-2005 21:26 Furniture store down the street , Rhodes furniture lol When I started I was just checking SL out. I decided to stay and just kept my name
Ursula Madison Chewbacca is my co-pilot Join date: 31 Jul 2004 Posts: 713	05-13-2005 21:33 I don't know why. <shrug> _____________________ "Huh... did everything just taste purple for a second?" -- Philip J. Fry
Stymied Ennui Real Life Custom T-Shirts Join date: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 85	05-13-2005 23:15 I decided to use Stymied as my first name, as I've used it before online, although it's not the name I usually use. It just went well with Ennui, which I chose as my last name. I actually like my SL name. Stymied means to be held back, or kept from doing something you want to do. Ennui means boredom.
blaze Spinnaker 1/2 Serious Join date: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 5,898	07-17-2005 20:00 Spinnaker .. because I love to sail! (Btw, have you checked out the Sailboat races lately! They roooock!) _____________________ Taken from The last paragraph on pg. 16 of Cory Ondrejka's paper "Changing Realities: User Creation, Communication, and Innovation in Digital Worlds : "User-created content takes the idea of leveraging player opinions a step further by allowing them to effectively prototype new ideas and features. Developers can then measure which new concepts most improve the products and incorporate them into the game in future patches."
Garnet Psaltery Walking on the Moon Join date: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 913	07-18-2005 01:59 Psaltery because I like mediaeval pictures of angel orchestras. Garnet because I like garnets. Erm, that's it really.
Gabriel Psaltery Registered User Join date: 16 May 2005 Posts: 3	07-18-2005 02:06 Because my landlady got me into this game and I have no imagination.
Erin Psaltery Registered User Join date: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 3	07-18-2005 02:08 Because I live with the eejit above and we have to use our landlady's pc being poor.
Garnet Psaltery Walking on the Moon Join date: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 913	07-18-2005 02:12 Go and earn some money so you can pay the rent, the both of you.
Roseann Flora /wrist Join date: 7 Feb 2004 Posts: 1,058	07-18-2005 06:15 flora get it _____________________
Zuzu Fassbinder Little Miss No Tomorrow Join date: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 2,048	07-18-2005 08:43 I wanted a name that few people would pick, I like being unique. Plus Fassbinder is German and goes with my hertiage. I was aware that Fassbinder was a filmmaker, but I'm embarressed to admit that i've never actually seen any of his films. I do plan to fix this, but it really sucks to live in a town without a good foreign movie video store (I miss living in a university town, I got spoiled in graduate school with the culteral diversity). I really only knew of him from a Laure Anderson song where she mentions him.
Euterpe Roo The millionth monkey Join date: 24 Jan 2005 Posts: 1,395	07-18-2005 08:52 Roo--in RL I am a very small jumping marsupial. If I have enough coffee, I can clear 12 feet Actually, I very much enjoyed the "Tao of Pooh" and the "Te of Piglet" by Benjamin Hoff. Roo appealed.
FlipperPA Peregrine Magically Delicious! Join date: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 3,703	07-18-2005 08:56 I played in a really lame high school band called PEREGRINE FLYING so I went with it. Besides, they're very cool birds. I also projected to the future and knew Psyra would be proud of my avian spirit. _____________________ Peregrine Salon: www.PeregrineSalon.com - my consulting company Second Blogger: www.SecondBlogger.com - free, fully integrated Second Life blogging for all avatars!
Satchmo Prototype eSheep Join date: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 1,323	07-18-2005 09:06 Because we are all Prototypes in the early metaverse. _____________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Electric Sheep Company Satchmo Blogs: The Daily Graze Satchmo del.icio.us
Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	07-18-2005 09:21 Nyak -- because the last name I wanted was not available. -Ghoti _____________________ "Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Seldon Metropolitan Zen Taxi Driver Join date: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 376	07-18-2005 09:41 because transmet is my bible
Cristiano Midnight Evil Snapshot Baron Join date: 17 May 2003 Posts: 8,616	07-18-2005 09:47 From: FlipperPA Peregrine I played in a really lame high school band called PEREGRINE FLYING so I went with it. Besides, they're very cool birds. I also projected to the future and knew Psyra would be proud of my avian spirit. Yeah but then you hobbled it with the AOL-like first name of FlipperPA. What is the story behind that? Granted, you're no Edkc56, but then who could really live up to that but the big guy himself? _____________________ Cristiano ANOmations - huge selection of high quality, low priced animations all $100L or less. ~SLUniverse.com~ SL's oldest and largest community site, featuring Snapzilla image sharing, forums, and much more.
Dueling Banjo Some Random Guy Join date: 9 Jan 2005 Posts: 76	07-18-2005 10:32 I chose my name because I like the movie deliverence, and once I saw Banjo as a last name, all I could think of was I had to be Dueling Banjo, so here I am!
Aimee Weber The one on the right Join date: 30 Jan 2004 Posts: 4,286	07-18-2005 10:34 I wanted a name that is like every prom queen and yearbook diva you loved to hate -- the "Aimee" is definitely the kind of name that has a "heart" drawn in thick felt-tip pen over the i, and the two "ee's" are definitely not in my birth certificate name (my strait-laced New England parents called me "Amelia" and probably saddled me with some great-aunt's middle name like "Prudence" as well). "Weber" is the kind of name that makes you think "ordinary" and "normal" and "lots of them in the phone book" and "WASP". _____________________
Beryl Greenacre Big Scaredy-Baby Join date: 24 Jun 2003 Posts: 1,312	07-18-2005 10:44 I used the name Beryl for the four and a half months I was in There.com beta, so I intended to use it in SL, too. Since a beryl is a gemstone that is often green, I thought Greenacre was an apropos surname. I would have preferred just "Green" or "Greene," but, oh, well. Incidentally, I chose Beryl because it sounds more sophisticated and unique than my real given name, Molly. Oh, and also because my birthstone is an emerald, which is a beryl. _____________________ Swell Second Life: Menswear by Beryl Greenacre Miramare 105, 82/ Aqua 192, 112/ Image Reflections Design, Freedom 121, 121
FlipperPA Peregrine Magically Delicious! Join date: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 3,703	07-18-2005 10:48 From: Cristiano Midnight Yeah but then you hobbled it with the AOL-like first name of FlipperPA. What is the story behind that? Granted, you're no Edkc56, but then who could really live up to that but the big guy himself? I came about the nickname of Flipper in 5th grade at age 10, in RL. I've been FlipperPA on the INTARWEBS until about 1994 or so. I was Flipper before that on the INTARWEBS and BBSes, and at Yahoo! as well. Then someone in Yahoo's Feted Inner Core got to take Flipper and I was forced by them to switch my user name. Not wanting to have different usernames, I decided FlipperPA would work nicely, which is what I use everywhere now... ...except for Yahoo. Someone ELSE in Yahoo's FIC decided they wanted FlipperPA. So, once again, Yahoo instructed me to change my user name again. So now there, I'm FlipperPhillyPA. VERY exciting! I've been FlipperPA for about 11-12 years, and while I'd prefer to just be Flipper Peregrine here (due to last names), I've given up requesting that feature as I've been told its not possible for 18 months. Even though a friend's alt was required to change her name and it was done successfully. I've given up that crusade. My alt accounts have much more humorous names. My RL name really sucks... Tim Allen. But at least I'm google-proof! Regards, -Flip _____________________ Peregrine Salon: www.PeregrineSalon.com - my consulting company Second Blogger: www.SecondBlogger.com - free, fully integrated Second Life blogging for all avatars!
Psyra Extraordinaire Corra Nacunda Chieftain Join date: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 1,533	07-18-2005 10:57 So what's the PA stand for, she of wonderous avian spirit? _____________________ E-Mail Psyra at psyralbakor_at_yahoo_dot_com, Visit my Webpage at www.psyra.ca Visit me in-world at the Avaria sims, in Grendel's Children! ^^

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