Usernames

[onceagain]

Some of us have intriguing usernames. Maybe a thread explaining why folks chose their usernames may be fun and interesting. My username is "onceagain". I was formerly "myturn". After one change of this web site, my usename no longer worked. I tried changing to two other usernames, but I got the messge that those names were taken. Frustrated, I said to my DH, "Once again[/B], my username is not good. Now what?" My DH suggested '"onceagain". I liked that idea!

[Jennyfoo]

My little sister couldn't pronounce my name right when we were little. She loved the "Little Bunny Foo Foo" song. One day, she started calling me Jenny Foo Foo instead of attempting Jennifer any longer. I HATED the nickname as a kid. I HATED the song even more. Of course, my brothers shared it with my friends and antagonized me with it because I hated it so much. I just kinda grew to accept it, and many variations of Jenny Foo Foo as I grew older. My first email acct I signed up for in 1995, bears my nickname and I still use it to this day.

[JoanFrances]

mine isn't cool or fancy

but the reason I use it is I can remember it cause it is my name. LOL

I used to use different names, but it got the point I couldn't remember which site was which name.

So for as long as I have my mind, I will know how to get on the site LOL

[Shashi]

Like, Jennyfoo, my user name, Shashi, is a nickname that I grew up with. I started off being "Sissy", since I was the only girl in my family (I have one brother.) Well, when I was a teenager, my parents started keeping foster children. One of them was an 18-month-old baby named Stoney. Stoney couldn't say "Sissy", it always came out "Shashi", so the rest of the family soon started calling me "Shashi" too.

I helped my mom take care of little Stoney, and we grew to love him. He was with us for about a year, and became part of our family. We even inquired into adopting him. However, his caseworker got angry at my mom one day because we were having to make an emergency trip to Tennessee when my grandpa had a stroke, and Mom had asked about getting someone to look after the foster kids while we would be gone. She took Stoney away from us permanently. We never saw the little guy again. But everytime I see or hear the name Shashi, I remember my precious little brother.

So, that is where the name "Shashi" originated.

[Sequoia]

I grew up among the redwoods in Northern California, hence my username.

[WillyNilly]

" We even inquired into adopting him. However, his caseworker got angry at my mom one day because we were having to make an emergency trip to Tennessee when my grandpa had a stroke, and Mom had asked about getting someone to look after the foster kids while we would be gone. She took Stoney away from us permanently. We never saw the little guy again. But everytime I see or hear the name Shashi, I remember my precious little brother."

That is so sad! Some of those foster care caseworkers NEED to be in a different line of work.
Is there any chance of finding your little bro again?

[CasinoKathy]

My user name used to be GrammaTrip. Our son has triplets, BGB. After awhile I just decided I needed a more fun name- and I love going to the casinos- hence CasinoKathy

[fuzzywuzzy2]

Well mine isn't what everyone thinks..i'm not a bear and im female and i haave lots of curly hair on my head...all natural i must add!

Mine was chosen in part because I was fuzzy in HS and my best friend was wuzzy! We are still friends too.

My original name people just didn't get, it was after a song from the eighties...and must found it depressing..that was not my intent. I liked the group and the song....long forgotten by now....so you all are stuck with Fuzzywuzzy!

[LaDeeDa]

Can my name, 'Dee', be any plainer? So I dress it up -- LaDeeDa.

[StillOkay]

When I first started my MS journey, when people asked me how I was, I'd say "I'm good". When I started having more symptoms, I started saying "I'm okay." Positive thinking made me choose the name "StillOkay."

[kudos]

I was hungry when I joined this site and started craving a kudos bar out of nowhere. I don't even think they make them anymore I haven't had one since I was a kid.

So basically my user name is from a random craving...

[Shashi]

That is so sad! Some of those foster care caseworkers NEED to be in a different line of work.
Is there any chance of finding your little bro again?

I've done a few online searches on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and Google, but haven't found him. He had an unusual first name too, Stoney.

It's been 34 years though, so I doubt he'd even remember me. I've never forgotten him though.

Oh, and his caseworker was an alcoholic, which I believe is why she was so mean and made such a poor decision. She ended up passing away from complications from her addiction not long afterwards.

[rawksea76]

Rawksea76 user name

Well Before I started this journey, I was in the process of rebuilding a 1976 F250 Ford Highboy with my son he's 12.

I am a Female and my husband was the one to "oversee" the project. We had named the monster size truck "Roxy" Having that name on all personalized plates we had to come up with something different and hence Rawksea76 came about.

The reason for the name as a user is because I was already having many symptoms but the type that could be easily explained away. Until one day I couldn't feel either foot while I was moving her. (didn't realize it at the time though, seems you get so used to things)

And was pushing the clutch not the brake pulling into my slightly sloped down driveway YELLING at my husband "The brakes don't work!!!" and proceded to riquocet off of my brick divider between my house and my garage!

No damage except a tweeked frount bumper, she now looks like she is smililng. Then my husband realized I was pushing the clutch with my Right foot. Emergency Brake works great!! Once I realized to use it.

So this keeps us all laughing when at times we forget we need it and have wonderful memories made and yet more on the way!!! Thanks guys!

[Krysalus]

what's in a name?

My username is my old D&D character from High School. She was a half elf priestess for those of you who played.

Fun days those...

Since a butterfly emerges from a chrysalis... I guess that still fits. lol

[Domino]

With my very first flare up, which put me in a wheelchair, I had months and months of rehab in hopes that I might be able to walk again.

Each day they would work with me, Id get this mental image of a domino when standing up but teetering on the edge of falling.

As the months went by, there were days that I pushed too far or exceeded my limit and those were the days that I felt like I was the domino that fell down. The many days in bed that followed were like the rows of dominos that fell after being knocked down by the first one.

So Domino kinda seemed to fit.