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katallisonI've been really enjoying the comments on my earlier post about names, and find myself moved to follow up by tossing out a few questions for anyone who feels like responding:
1) Your LJ user name--how did you come up with it, where did it come from? And do you have a different pseud for writing/lists/whatever? How do you decide when to use which?
2) Any stories about how your family chose your RL first/middle names? Is there something you were *almost* named until saner heads prevailed?
3) What's the coolest name you've encountered (either real or pseud), one you really wish you had?
Answering for myself: (a) Kat Allison is simply a slight revision of parts of my RL name; it's the only name I've ever used in fandom. (b) My mother once told me that, if my father had had his way, I would have been named "Ariel," which ... well, let's just say I'm very glad he lost that one; it would have been wildly incongruent with both my RL last name and my basic temperament (I'm not remotely ethereal and poetic enough to be an Ariel). And (c) there are two public figures whose names I've always envied: Tai Babilonia (figure skater) and Moon Landrieu (former mayor of New Orleans). Those are just ... *cool.*
1) Your LJ user name--how did you come up with it, where did it come from? And do you have a different pseud for writing/lists/whatever? How do you decide when to use which?
2) Any stories about how your family chose your RL first/middle names? Is there something you were *almost* named until saner heads prevailed?
3) What's the coolest name you've encountered (either real or pseud), one you really wish you had?
Answering for myself: (a) Kat Allison is simply a slight revision of parts of my RL name; it's the only name I've ever used in fandom. (b) My mother once told me that, if my father had had his way, I would have been named "Ariel," which ... well, let's just say I'm very glad he lost that one; it would have been wildly incongruent with both my RL last name and my basic temperament (I'm not remotely ethereal and poetic enough to be an Ariel). And (c) there are two public figures whose names I've always envied: Tai Babilonia (figure skater) and Moon Landrieu (former mayor of New Orleans). Those are just ... *cool.*
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Date: 2003-07-05 05:16 pm (UTC)I've been using it mostly for fanfiction type stuff because I didn't want my RL getting mixed in with my internet life (?) during college. Now I don't care so much and also use "julesumr" and "jules492," which are variations of my first name. I figure if someone is going to stalk me using the internet, they'll probably find out what they want eventually anyway (since I reference my RL so often on the internet and vice versa), so there is no point in being paranoid.
2) "Julie" is the name of some actress my father had a crush on when he was in high school. "Edith" is the name of one of my great grandmother's children. She died when she was only a few days old and apparently appeared in a dream to my mother when my mother was pregnant. I think all their thinking went into naming the first three. I was just a happy accident 15 years later.
3) I really like the name "Veronica." My mentor in high school had that name, although she didn't use it. And if I find a cool nickname to use online, I'll probably steal it, because I'm only going to be in my parents' basement for so long. :)