'O Wai Kou Inoa? And WHY Kou Inoa?

[bloodyrosemccoy]

For a while I’ve been meaning to ask y’all where your usernames come from, but I keep forgetting.  Then lo, this starts popping up on my friends page anyway!

 

1. My username is ______ because ______.

2. My name is _____ because ______.

3. My journal is titled ____ because ____.

4. My friends page is called ____ because ____.

5. My default userpic is ____ because ____.

 

I’ll go first:

 

1. This gets explained on my profile page, but no reason I can’t repeat it here. A padparadscha is a pinkish-orange variety of corundum (which is sapphire). It’s named after a Sanskrit term, padma raga, which means “color of a lotus blossom.”  It’s my favorite color, and I love colorful gemstones. Also, it was not taken.

 

2. Name where? My name is Amelia, because Mom’n’Dad thought I “looked like an Amelia.”  On my profile it says my name is Amuddya, which is the closest my Tae Kwon Do teacher ever got to saying my name and which I now use when talking to myself.

 

3. “The Desert Mermaid” is disgustingly rife with personal symbolism, but basically, I love the ocean and the American Southwest desert, the latter of which I grew up in, and it’s a sign that I’m a bit eccentric. Also, I collect mermaids. It seemed appropriate.

 

4. “Friends.” A lot of you are.

 

5. That would be a cropped version of this image, which Lychee drew of me after I introduced her to the Alien movies. It’s an awesome drawing, much better than a photo of me and yet still personal, and it was flattering to be thought of enough to be illustrated. And also, it serves as a warning to anyone foolish enough to cross me: anger me, and I will unleash my xenofairies upon you.

 

All righty, then. That’s me; you’re next.  Even if you don’t do this on yer blog, at least comment here and tell me what your name means.  I was ever curious, you know.

Comments

[redheaded-itch.livejournal.com]

1. I'm horrible at choosing usernames for anything. Inevitably they all end up different on whatever site I need one for, since I never like the last one I used. I wanted my LJ name to be something descriptive of myself, and I am indeed a redhead. But in grade 6, some kid in grade 9 (who was a friend of the guy that my entire friendbase had a crush on) nicknamed me "The Redheaded Bitch" for reasons I've since forgotten. How he knew that's who I'd grow up to be, I have no idea. But I figured that LJ might not let me put "bitch" in my name, and I have a few conservative friends who disapprove of the swearing, so I dropped the "b" and opted for an underscore instead. Either that or it's an allusion to Marilyn Monroe, take your pick.

2. My name is Kerrin because everyone in my family is named after another member of our extended family. I'm Kerrin after my aunt, and Alice after my maternal grandmother.

3. My journal title is "The Thought-Book" because that's basically what it is, on a digital scale. The sub-title exists because I was on a huge Pete Wentz kick and I enjoy poetic bullshit.

4. My friends page ("Partners in Time") is a play on "partners in crime". Because they are all of these.

5. My (current) default icon is a lyric from a My Chemical Romance song of the same name. All five of my icons are song titles by different artists. I chose the MCR one because a) I like the colour scheme and b) it's a song that I can listen to for hours and not get tired of.