I really, really hate naming myself on-line. Once upon a time, it felt like an exercise in freedom - choose my own identity! Escape the shackles my parents placed on me!
Now it just makes me feel anxious.
I’m not clever. I’m not witty. I’m not brave.
And so I end up with stupid names like WhyNot, which I earned after trying for several other usernames, and finding none of them available. “Why not?!” I shouted at the SDMB. And so I was dubbed.
Help me avoid such stupidity again. It’s time for a new email acount, and I need naming help. I don’t want my IRL name to be a part of it, which is the default it keeps trying to give me when my choice is unavailable.
Given your delightful and right-thinking stance in public nudity, I feel compelled to help. What subject matter would you like your email name to refer to? Once I have that, you will have a dozen suggestions at least as clever as my own humble SDMB username.
Well, I already have a “professional” email which contains my IRL name. This is one for personal use, so it can be quirky, fun or clever. Or not. I just literally cannot think of a thing.
Yep, I support a clothing-optional lifestyle for those who would so choose. I’m a crunchy granola hippie chick leftwing flaming liberal neofeminist (except when compared with my friends - then I suddenly seem almost fascistly conservative in comparison.) I like gardening, reading, theater - performing or viewing, writing and scifi movies and genre television. I’m also a neopagan, but mix ‘n’ match pagan names like Darkwing Silvermoon Runningwolf annoy the piss out of me.
Why do I suddenly feel like I’m writing a personal ad?
Hamsterbert (jstu 'cos I used to be that cos it amused me but it was a Hotmail account and that Hamster is now dead and it might be cool to resurrect teh poor thing)
You’ve told me what you are, but not necessarily what you want to emphasize, so let’s take some shots in the dark.
GranolaGay - punning on Enola Gay, the bomber. I realize you’re technically Bi, and stuff, but it ws a good pun, so I had to put it forth. Hmm… ReplacementHippie, if you’re so inclined. DipTheWiccan - might sound self-deprecating, but it’s a sexual pun, so that’s nice. Hmm… back on the orientation subject, BiBiBirdie?
More as I think of them, though knowing what you want to emphasize would be helpful.
So far I like FlamingHippie the best. Prob’ly best not to emphasize the sexuality, as this email will be used by family, including children. But the thought of telling my far-right conservative in-laws my email address is FlamingHippie makes me tingle in a good way! Gum, what’s Abre los ojos mean? Or do I not want to know?
Like CandidGamera said: