June 22, 2008

• What's in a Xanga name?

  I sometimes wonder how you choose your Xanga name.  Some are pretty obvious “John” is well,
  John.  By the way, did you know he
  subscribes to 800 Xanga blogs?  I
  subscribe to a bit over a hundred although some are dormant.  ZSA_MD – when I first saw that name, I
  wondered if she was a doctor.  Well – she
  is!  I wonder if her children ever told
  her “I don’t feel well – I can’t go to school.” 
  Brent has AppsScraps – hmm… I wonder if somewhere in there is his
  name.  Sheldon’s Brooklyn2028 – I wonder
  if that was from some movie.  Rob’s
  Fatcat723 – from what I remember is from a jazz singer.  I like Mike’s Love_Eternal_Desire – pretty simple
  & straightforward message. 

  When Albert becomes a successful lawyer and a published
  author – I wonder if he will still use spacerboi?  JonasApproved – well, it’s got his stamp
  of approval so it must be good.  Zozoyork
  – now there’s an interesting one and a bit mysterious.  Blizzardi – I have this image of a rum based cocktail.  CareyGLY – apparently it’ll take ages to
  explain what GLY means.  It can’t be his
  initials – perhaps it’s from a place or something to do with his gang of
  friends. 

   Bennykan – I think his is the only Xanga that I know of with
  his real name.  Bleuzeus – a blue Greek
  god?  *scratches head*.   Gary’s
  curry69curry – either he likes curry while doing ahem… no, that can’t be
  it.  Maybe Gary in Cantonese sounds like curry
  (ga-lay?)  But what could that naughty 69
  be?  Christao408 – the Chris is obvious,
  but I wonder if he is Taoist?  And
  408?  *shrugs*.  Criticaldamage15 – here’s a mouthful and I
  think it’s from some game.  Ambrose’s
  abcyeung – perhaps the ABC are his initials? 
  Kevin has a slightly naughty one – Devilzgaysainboi.  Perhaps he’ll change it now that he’s
  older.  Dolphin27 – perhaps Patrick was
  27 and thinking of a dolphin when he thought of this name.  Jason’s gyjcwang – could the other letters be
  part of his name?  Benson’s imagination
  probably was responsible for mmmgination. 
  Lcfu – it’s fufu’s name!  Kunhuo42
  – I think this was Aaron’s Chinese name but I don’t remember what the 42
  is.  That’s probably how many degrees he’s
  going to get.  Stevew918 – I’m sure the
  918 is how many flights he takes in a year.

  Trendyhedonism – now that’s a catchy name.  ZenPaper – the name always intrigued me but I wished he updated more often.  Vsan79 – I
  think Vsan is a play on his name and 79 is for 1979.  Franco’s Tomatoboi – well he simply explains
  that his name in Cantonese sounds like tomato.  GracePrince - an elegant name.  And who knows how whonose came up with his name.  I can see Tim in Apocatim but what does the rest mean?  Twistedoff - hmm... I wonder what got twisted off? 
   

  As for me, ElusiveWords was simply me trying to describe one of my many writer’s block. And the former Onetonman – was simply a play on wonton mein, one of my favorite meals. 

   Ok – enough silliness for tonight.  I know I miss quite a few names and there wasn't any slight intended.  So how did you come about your Xanga name? 

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