1) Username: it's probably best to just c&p from my journal "Well, let's see how to explain this-- it's a little bit of a long story. I'm cautious about using my real name online these days, but I can tell you that it rhymes with "iguana" (but not with banana). When I was a child, many people attempted to rhyme my name humorously with "banana", which invariably involved mispronouncing something. This offended my youthful sense of proper English, so I deliberately gained "iguana" as a nickname. Anyways... this led to the nickname of "lizard girl" or variations thereof. As you can guess, I enjoy playing with words, so I changed "lizard" to "lyzard" on analogy to the term "wyrm" (for dragon-- one of my most-beloved mythological creatures). The full name "Queen Lyzard I of Commaedia 11" refers to a sci-fi/fantasy world that I spent most of my childhood playing with mentally. I doubt there's enough material for actual stories, but I've written numerous descriptions of the world itself. I also use "Lyzard_42" as a screenname, in honor of the incomparable Douglas Adams.
2) Real Name (which I do not use in my journal, ever): is Aiyana, because my mom found it in the "New Age Baby Name Book" and liked it. It's listed there as a Native American name meaning "eternal bloom." In hunting about online for more specific roots, however, I've run across articles claiming that it is in fact Indian (not Native American), and also shows up in Africa, which explains why most people who hear my name before they meet me assume I'm not white :)
3) My journal is titled "None of this Nonsense, Please", because it's the sign posted outside Morwen's house in Patricia Wrede's Enchanted Forest Chronicles. Favorite quote of favorite character of one of my favorite books :)
4) My friends page is currently called "friends" because I was boring and didn't think of anything else and didn't even think about the fact that I could change it. Now that you mention it, I may do so.
5) My default userpic is a picture of my roommate's dog (whom I adore), because he is cuter than I am!
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timeasmymeasure
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Date: 2008-04-19 02:27 pm (UTC)"Well, let's see how to explain this-- it's a little bit of a long story. I'm cautious about using my real name online these days, but I can tell you that it rhymes with "iguana" (but not with banana). When I was a child, many people attempted to rhyme my name humorously with "banana", which invariably involved mispronouncing something. This offended my youthful sense of proper English, so I deliberately gained "iguana" as a nickname. Anyways... this led to the nickname of "lizard girl" or variations thereof. As you can guess, I enjoy playing with words, so I changed "lizard" to "lyzard" on analogy to the term "wyrm" (for dragon-- one of my most-beloved mythological creatures). The full name "Queen Lyzard I of Commaedia 11" refers to a sci-fi/fantasy world that I spent most of my childhood playing with mentally. I doubt there's enough material for actual stories, but I've written numerous descriptions of the world itself. I also use "Lyzard_42" as a screenname, in honor of the incomparable Douglas Adams.
2) Real Name (which I do not use in my journal, ever): is Aiyana, because my mom found it in the "New Age Baby Name Book" and liked it. It's listed there as a Native American name meaning "eternal bloom." In hunting about online for more specific roots, however, I've run across articles claiming that it is in fact Indian (not Native American), and also shows up in Africa, which explains why most people who hear my name before they meet me assume I'm not white :)
3) My journal is titled "None of this Nonsense, Please", because it's the sign posted outside Morwen's house in Patricia Wrede's Enchanted Forest Chronicles. Favorite quote of favorite character of one of my favorite books :)
4) My friends page is currently called "friends" because I was boring and didn't think of anything else and didn't even think about the fact that I could change it. Now that you mention it, I may do so.
5) My default userpic is a picture of my roommate's dog (whom I adore), because he is cuter than I am!