What's my name again?

[roxybisquaint]

Last night, the man and I went to the Christmas train garden at the local volunteer fire department. Since it's also a fundraiser, we bought some raffle tickets. While we were filling them out, we had this exchange:

The Man: "I started to write my work number for the home phone."
Me: "That's nothing. I started to write 'Roxy' for my name."
The Man: "You're brain damaged."

I'm not sure I can argue with that. In my defense, though, I've written the name Roxy Bisquaint a lot in recent months on sticker order packages and customs paperwork.

Comments

[terrasj.livejournal.com]

Ohyeah... I can sympathize with that... Your not brain damaged.

I myself have got 3 nicknames I'd easily respond to. Names that have been a part of me for the past 10-15 yrs.

Why? We live in a world where we have to manage alternate aliases and identities day in and day out... Those identities become a part of us. No different than a singer who's adopted a Diva name from the very start. Could you imagine it being any different for an actor or actress that has been playing the same role / character on a long standing series of 7yrs or more? ;)

Just some food for thought there.

Btw, actually signed up for a LJ account just to comment on this. ;)

[roxybisquaint.livejournal.com]

I have a few usernames I've used for many years, but this one has really dug in for some reason. It does feel like a part of me. Maybe it's because it's a full name instead of a typical user name, like "allergygal". I can't imagine ever writing that down on a raffle ticket by accident :P

Nice to see you on here, terrasj and I couldn't be happier that it was a post of mine that prompted you to sign up :)

[terrasj.livejournal.com]

Yup

Much like for me, TerrasJ is truncated from Terras Jadeonar, from which used to be Terras Jadeonar & Raven. Those being a full first and last name of my namesake Star Wars rpg character from 2001.

I'll try out the blogging thing again. Last time was via myspace, which had little to no reception. Have a few ideas for it. Will have to see how it goes. I usually prefer forums more as the format geared for topic discussion rather than a diary type entry. Worst case scenario, at least I can drop by and reply with a comment. (suppose theres an upcoming web page coding project i'll be working on, so here's a good excuse to grease some rusty html & css page skills) ;)