'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.

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[pixel39.livejournal.com]

My username is pixel39 because pixel was already taken, it's been my nickname since high school because there are a million and one Jennifers out there. The 39 was arbitrarily assigned by an ISP, and I've just kept it for various and sundry ids and addresses, especially those that are required to be six characters or longer.

My birth name is Jennifer, my use name is pixel, for the abovementioned reason of a million and one Jennifers (THE most popular girl's name in the US from 1970 until 1984). My birth name, IIRC is what it is because Mom liked it. I do self-refer as Jen, though.

My journal is "Infrequent Lucid Intervals", which is a play on a quote from Don Quixote. Sancho Panza observes that his master is "a muddle-headed fool, with frequent lucid intervals,". Mostly it's because I frequently only make sense to me, or so everyone assures me. I think they're just afraid that if I explain, I might make sense to *them*, and that scares them.

My friends page isn't titled specially either.

My default icon is a b/w shot from a photo shoot I did with the Consort a few years ago. I'm wearing my signature black fedora in it, a hat which I would wear more often if it didn't moosh down my bangs so much.