What is the "story" behind your nickname?
#203376 - 08/07/05 04:28 PM
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My belly was never "poochie" before IBS! 
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I have IBS but it doesn't have me!
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My father's side of the family is Portuguese.
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Carol
nós somos o que nós somos e o descanso é merda
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My first name is Melissa, and I took Latin for 5 years in middle and high schools, and dabbled in some ancient Greek as well at points. Melita (though I've also seen it spelled with two l's) is my first name in ancient Greek. When I was coming up with my first email address in high school, I tried using melita, but somebody had already used that, so I used melitami to stand for melita (a)m i. And it's stuck as my username for most things I do that are not school related.
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Melissa
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I'm full of air and a breath of fresh air.
Wind is my challenge; air, my favourite element. Breathing correctly, from the hara, is my current project. I tend to constrict and suspend breath when I'm anxious. I'm working on a more meditative mind, one that is more pranically connected.
And then, of course, there's the "gas" joke. When I break "Wind" it's all air, sometimes fizzle...hopefully not a squirt gun.
If I were a character in a sf/f novel, I'd call myself "Wind."
Kate.
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I have (almost) 3 year old twins and they are certainly double trouble. When that one's taken I generally go by wildtigercubs as they are as rowdy as 2 young tiger cubs 
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Snorkie is one of my husband's nicknames for me. I figured it sounded better than Snorkelhead, Snork, or SnorkieBear. (Yes, he's a bit odd...but it takes one to know one. )
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Being Asian/American I was a "hapahoulie"...."houlie" stands for American.
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I have IBS but it doesn't have me!
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When I was in high school my friends always said I had the complexion of a china doll... pale and clear with bright red cheeks. Hence, chinagrl (chinagirl) was taken.
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Mine is pathetic!
I'm spicey because I was obsessed with the spicegirls when I was 15 and made my name up.
since then all my screen names etc have been spicey so its stupid to change them because everyone knows them. 
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It is just one of many nicknames my bf has for me Betharoo, Roobit, Roo. The newest addition is "beth-an-elbow" instead of bethany (beth-a-knee) hmm maybe I should change it??
There was another Bethany on here when I joined so I thought I would save the confusion
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Bethany, Ontario, Canada
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~~I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell-I know right now you can't tell~~Matchbox 20
IBS-D,pain.
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Have a blessed day!...Rachel
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I have IBS but it doesn't have me!
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Mine is a mix of my kids names. "Ka"ylie, "Ry"lee, "Ash"ley = karyash
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How fun that everyone got their nicknames in such different ways! My friends have called me Kree since high school. It started when my friend Sara began calling me "Kree-sten" instead of Kristen, then eventually it was shortened to Kree. My roommate in college also picked it up, so it's been my nickname for over 8 years now! 
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Don't have the ego to be Yoda, and HanSolo was the guy that hang around with all the cool people, so there you go.
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Formerly HanSolo. IBS, OCD, Bipolar, PTSD times 3.
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Have a blessed day!...Rachel
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I have IBS but it doesn't have me!
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To be honest, it's the same as another e-mail address I have. At the time, the service only allowed 10 characters for the name, and I really wanted Computer in there somewhere. But, when I coupled it with my birthday (8-21), it was 11 characters. So I just took out the 'e'. Unfortunately, that's created so many missed e-mails over the years, but it's too late to change it.
Avidan
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Mine is stupid. My husband's name is Tory but everyone calls him Torbo. He used that for his online name and then eventually it was torbette, so I took the feminine form of it. What can I say? I don't have creative bone in my body.
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When I first joined it was "Shell1970" same as my email. But then my signature was Shell Marr.... so I later changed it to match. Shell is short for Shelley, has been so since Shane started calling me that when we met online in 1998
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www.myspace.com/shellmarr
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Mine is because my name is Lisa and I'm 5feet tall and weigh 94lbs----------pretty much all my life I've been called some form of "Little". Little one, Little thing, skinny minnie, you name it I've been called it if it relates to small. ONe thing though that pissed me off growing up is everyone accused me of being anorexic. I HATED that. I'm VERY emitaphobic and there is no way that I could force myself to vomit. That's just horrible and even when I told people that I wasn't, they never believed me. 
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~~~Lisa~~~
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I should really go by my real nickname which is "ChickenLady." I used to do (well, I still can do) a meeean chicken impression. I was then asked to do further impressions and earned the nickname "Barnyard" from others. Not as cute. I can do a good horse, donkey, and turkey and sheep too.
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I have a Kayleigh!
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Mine is kinda silly...my Dad made it up when I was younger and he first got me the internet...wanted me to have an original screen name. It's a combination of my middle name (Victoria) and last name (Cameron). It's hardly ever taken when I'm signing up for screen names and stuff so I kept it
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Hurray for August 21st birthdays!!! Always good to find another one out there.
Michelle
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I have managed to survive almost 30 years without a nickname, its hard to come up with something to use other than the standard first initial and last name. Fortunately Zilisch isn't a common name I am usually pretty much okay using it.
My fiance and I love to be out on the water in our sailboat it seemed like the perfect fit for me here since my tummy doesn't act up usually when I am on the boat since I am actually relaxed!!! Course that was until last week when he sold the boat to allow him to move up to a bigger boat. We go look at our possible new boat on Saturday!!! At least it has a bigger head (bathroom) than our previous boat.
Michelle
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You too, Alicia?!!!
When the going gets tough, I think in YODA-isms. There is so much, indeed, to be unlearned.
Of course, Harrison Ford is a babe and one of my favourite actors of all time. I love him in "Bladerunner." And of course...as Indiana Jones!
Carrie Fisher ("Princess Leia") is bipolar, incidentally. Have you read any of her novels? They're pretty funny.
Hugs to you once again for seeking support. How's it going re-orienting yourself into life, etc.? You're brave and have GUTS and COURAGE and dare I say "balls?"!!!
One of the bonuses of bipolar is that we're generally a whacky creative bunch...so consider yourself in good company!
May the FORCE always be with you; indeed it is within you.
Kate.
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I'm doing OK. Have a checkup on the meds next week. I've got a wedding to get through this weekend - one I'm standing up in.... in a snug dress that makes me uncomfortable and self conscious, my fingers are so fat I can't get my wedding rings on.... the list goes on...
Anyway, thanks for asking!
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Formerly HanSolo. IBS, OCD, Bipolar, PTSD times 3.
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No...
#203822 - 08/09/05 08:24 AM
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It was taken on Yahoo or something six years ago when I was getting an email account. So since I had to use chinagrl on one site, I just use it everywhere now for consistancy.
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#203824 - 08/09/05 08:28 AM
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Have you ever done Kundalini yoga? It has a lot of breathing exercises which you might enjoy. It's great.
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You'll look great! Are your meds. causing fluid retention? My meds. cause the opposite problem, but I know that a lot of bipolar drugs can cause weight fluxuations/fluid retention, not to mention either D or C!
I'm just curious re: what med/meds. you're taking.
Kate.
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Re: Tina
#203860 - 08/09/05 09:39 AM
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Wind
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Tina, I think I'm going to have to put that on my adgenda. I've been reading alot about it. Do you do any kundalini yoga?
What's you're take on it/experience of it?
Kate.
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LOL!
#203904 - 08/09/05 11:28 AM
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kate, you are a fresh of breath air!
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#203967 - 08/09/05 01:32 PM
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cailin
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Cailin means girl in Irish (gaelic)and I'm Irish, living in Dublin.
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Valporic Acid, Luvox (for OCD) and Wellbutrin.
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Formerly HanSolo. IBS, OCD, Bipolar, PTSD times 3.
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Kate
#204122 - 08/10/05 06:28 AM
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I have taken 2 Kundalini yoga classes back to back. I enjoyed them tremendously! I recommend it to everyone as it is both energizing and relaxing.
I also have a Kundalini dvd that I do that's quite good. Here's a link to it:
www.gaiam.com Type in "Kundalini Yoga DVD"
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I come from a huge extended family, and all my cousins and aunts and uncles used to call me AmandaPanda. I HATED it! Especially when I was about 13-15, I really wanted everyone to see me as an adult, and I couldn't stand the stupid nickname. Nobody really cared that I didn't like the name, and they all kept calling me Panda. Well, then my cousins had kids, and they all started calling me Auntie Panda. Having a 2-year-old call you Auntie Panda is pretty much the cutest thing ever. So, I re-embraced my nickname. My cousin's little four-year-old, Abby, said to me last month, "Auntie Panda, I know your real name is Amanda, but I'm gonna call you Auntie Panda anyway." It was so cute. I really want to take her home to live with me -- she's my favorite kid (except that she's tied with all the others).
So, that's the story behind AmandaPanda. I also get called Manderbeth (my middle name is Beth), Bethiepoo, and all kinds of other silly ones, but now my brother has a baby girl named Bethany, so she's getting all the Bethiepoos now! It's okay though -- I really don't mind giving that one up!
My favorite uncle, who just passed away this summer, used to call me Salamander (I guess it sort of sounds like Amanda?) and then Sally for short, then Silly Sally. He probably called me Silly Sally for my entire life. I really couldn't stand it when I was a teenager but then I totally came to love it. He was really the silliest, most annoying person ever, but we miss him so much! I really try hard now that he's gone to look at everything with the same lightheartedness and sense of humor that he always had, and not take myself too seriously!
xo,
AmandaPanda Bethiepoo Silly Sally
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Amanda
I live in the Big Apple, but I don't eat the skin
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and I called her MandaPanda...she loved it. Then came a friend named Chrissy...ChrissyPissy didn't sound very nice so we had to come up with something else!
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oh don't I know about nicknames! I have a million and they aren't all that good.
my brothers and sisters called me
AshleyTrashley.. which just turned into Trashley.. which has since evolved into Trashface. Its lovely.
My old roomates called me crashley
then my godfather and older cousins used to call me smashley which drove me up a wall when I was older.
And for some reason my mom has always called me Ali, or Alley Cat (along with my aunt as well). I guess they dervied Ali from Ashley.. I'm not sure how..but whatever.
oh and my mother also calls me Mallory alot.. and that has also evolved into AliMalli.. or AliMac.
They are ridic.. I swear, I hardly ever get called Ashley with my family.
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LOL!
#204149 - 08/10/05 08:22 AM
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my brothers and sisters called me
AshleyTrashley.. which just turned into Trashley.. which has since evolved into Trashface. Its lovely.
HAHA. Don't you love nicknames from your brothers and sisters???
Mine isn't that bad I guess....it was Cara Beara for so long....now most of them call me Beara. My dad will call me CaraLynn forever, he's not a nickname person.
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~Cara~
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awwww well your name was cute... I have equally mean names for them..
Ryan is Regina, Ryena, Ryena Deville, Ryena has no Weina Deville. I dunno where we came up with these.
Erinn- Egg, Ug (like ugly from salute your shorts on nickelodian..no one probably watched that), eggfart, ErHead.
haha we were such mature kids!
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Re: LOL!
#204154 - 08/10/05 08:30 AM
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How about Gingivitis?? My older brother also calls me Bingber. Don't ask me why, I have no idea.
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Haha....Sibling nicknames are funny...
I never call my brother Tommy, I call him Bolina...started as Tom-Bolina, now it's just Bolina...my sister and I have called him that for years, it's like his permenant name.
My sister calls me Linea - like 'Lyn-nay-ya'...for Cara-Linea....but she's the only one who's ever called me that!
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That's beter than "Carol the big fat barrel" and I was skinny then. How about "Carolina in the morning". One of the nephews called me Cal when he was little the other "Taro" He still calls me Taro when he is playing up to me because he wants something. My Dad called me skinny ass... can't call me that any more. LOL
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Carol
nós somos o que nós somos e o descanso é merda
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My youngest dogs name is Noey but she has many nicknames, one of them being Snowy. I love her so much that I use it as my screen name!
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LoL. No, never got Carol the fat barrel - haha...I never got 'Carol' anything...but I did get CaraLINE (which I hate), and that song - Sweet Caroline, my mom used to sing that all the time to me.
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Re: MEDS
#204210 - 08/10/05 10:22 AM
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WOW! That's quite the cocktail, Alicia! I just take Tegretol for epilepsy and Buspar for G.A.D./OCD and Temazepam/Lorazepam for sleep and REALLY CHALLENGING DAYS/EVENTS.
What can I say? We're living not only in a material world, but a chemical world.
Do you feel really nauseated/tired? How's the dry mouth/thirst? I am always SO THIRSTY!!! And even after all these years my gag reflex/nausea is always there!!!
Kate.
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aka....Pooh...Hooty-Pooty...Ashmo...Ashcan (that would be Papa calling her that!)...Ashley-Pashley...aren't nicknames a hoot?
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I am not sure that Ashley(Spicey) or Cara know what their real names are anymore!
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Yeah, I have lorazepam too for the same reasons. I use it very sparingly. I had massive nausea with Topomax. With these meds not so much - the gag reflex is going away.
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Nothing special just my first name and the first letter of my last name!
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Cara
#204601 - 08/11/05 11:31 AM
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Lana_Marie
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I never call my brother Tommy, I call him Bolina...started as Tom-Bolina, now it's just Bolina...my sister and I have called him that for years, it's like his permenant name.
This is the same as my sisters...Tammy - we called her Tambolina. Then Boline, and now it's Bo. It's been like that for years...people have actually thought that was her name...Bo! LOL
My childhood nicknames were Lippy Lanny, Lana Banana, KutchezRavine (which is a part of my last name) Since I have gotten married my friend still call me by my maiden name - they just can't do the switch LOL
My name was just my first name and middle name - not too creative - I always wanted something clever and couldn't come up with anything so I left it!!!
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Proud Mommy to Bentley Taylor
Born May 12, 2004 9lbs, 3oz
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We also call him Tommy Salami....but usually it's just Bolina. My little Bolina... I'm naming my baby after him! His middle name is Grant. My brother and I are really close.
I like Lana Banana
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Re: Cara
#204798 - 08/11/05 09:24 PM
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Lana_Marie
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I like Lana Banana
LOl - Thanks Cara - but honestly I am so tired of it - It has been since I was little and it drives me crazy because it's so old...I don't know - doesn't drive me crazy I guess, just kinda boring now - I am envious of people with cool nicknames...mine is so easy to figure out lOL
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Proud Mommy to Bentley Taylor
Born May 12, 2004 9lbs, 3oz
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it was because you had IBS-A...which is double the trouble!
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