Posted by spoc on May 17, 2004, at 12:55:50
In reply to Re: HELP!! Name change? Poll endorsed by KK 'n Dinah!! » spoc, posted by Dinah on May 17, 2004, at 10:42:07
> It's a highly individual decision, based on your own assessment of who you are and how you'd like to be perceived. >
<<<<<< Oh, I'm *positive* I *want* to change it; I never did "like" it. It wasn't a meaningful choice, just a ...er... spoc-like logical one (if that barely obscured point is hitting its mark yet!!). I really didn't realize I'd end up hanging around [tee hee, you guys are my "first..." This is the first board I've ever posted on for more than some isolated matter(s). So yes, the five pounds are *YOUR* fault!]. And, does this really surprise anyone, I DO have some names in mind (i.e., I'm leaning towards BountyOnKKsHead at the moment).
So it's more about whether I should now just grin and bear "spoc" -- you know, just like the rest of you do. Even though I don't like it at all for these purposes. Because to some extent I'll be a stranger again when I start over (let it go, it's too easy. Just like I keep telling Kid about KK). For example, I lost my sense of humor at 10:58 AM this morning; so anyone meeting that new me wouldn't have any way of knowing I ever had one. AND!! I am...
PROCLAIMING THE LIKELY EVENTUAL CHANGE FROM THE ROOFTOPS IN ADVANCE (HI!!!),
...so if/when I do it, it won't look like anything mysterious is going on. And what complicates things a bit is that I may start disappearing for various intervals (yeah yeah you've heard it all before), so I might be relatively gone for awhile and then come back under another name! Of course I'd post it on Admin, and maybe an (NM) thread on each board (or maybe stop flattering myself that it even matters!)?
So. Declaration/warning; thinking out loud and welcoming opinions; AND! Also thinking that possibly, if people told me that my current name sounds hands-down like either SPOCK Spock (what about the missing "K," people, geez, I thought that would save me), OR something really creepy, gross or with tentacles, I might not procrastinate so long! A decision like this could send someone like me into a holding pattern forever, possibly ending in a breakdown and never being seen again! So here's your chance, insult me (gently)! KK's preceding input was well-received, under this limited-time-only offer. ;- )
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