So I don't use my full name on here. I don't want my so-called 'real' life overlapping with this blog; I write about myself and other real people on here, and don't want it to bite anybody (especially ME) in the ass. Honesty shouldn't do that -- hence the nicknames. Plus it was fun to do
However, I am now hoisted on my own petard; my desire to preserve dignity and privacy might not be so easily facilitated by shortening a Hawaiian name. Because, as someone with a brain might note, the shorter version means something very different. Ideally it would mean "shortened version of my name," but that is not the case.
So I now have the exciting task of choosing which of the SEVEN meanings of the word I'd like to ascribe to myself:
- Multiples of ten - Yeah, I round up. That's how I roll.
- Extremely/limitlessly - The adverb leaves it nice and open, I like it. Plus it gives me like one degree of name-separation from Hyperbole And A Half.
- Support beam - Boring. Structurally sound, but BORING.
- A way for one nobleman to hit another during a match - Iiiiiiiiiyuh just don't think so. Not much for the Marquess of Queensberry's pugilistic fisticuffs. Lame sauce.
- A demigod best known for being a combination of Mr. Fantastic and Apache Chief - Not quite appropriate, I feel. I've never had to save my mother the moon from a giant mountain turtle.
- Shooting something - No. No. A thousand times no.
- A ton, aka 2,000+ lbs. - This one's just hurtful.
So, I think I'm gonna have to go with exaggeration. Maybe I'll even start actively living up to the moniker -- not that you poor fools will know! Muahahahahaaaaaaa!!
However, I am now hoisted on my own petard; my desire to preserve dignity and privacy might not be so easily facilitated by shortening a Hawaiian name. Because, as someone with a brain might note, the shorter version means something very different. Ideally it would mean "shortened version of my name," but that is not the case.
So I now have the exciting task of choosing which of the SEVEN meanings of the word I'd like to ascribe to myself:
- Multiples of ten - Yeah, I round up. That's how I roll.
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| Self-depiction of Allie, author of Hyperbole And A Half |
- Extremely/limitlessly - The adverb leaves it nice and open, I like it. Plus it gives me like one degree of name-separation from Hyperbole And A Half.
- Support beam - Boring. Structurally sound, but BORING.
- A way for one nobleman to hit another during a match - Iiiiiiiiiyuh just don't think so. Not much for the Marquess of Queensberry's pugilistic fisticuffs. Lame sauce.
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| Apache Chief hangs with Superman, c/o Kidz WB |
- A demigod best known for being a combination of Mr. Fantastic and Apache Chief - Not quite appropriate, I feel. I've never had to save my mother the moon from a giant mountain turtle.
- Shooting something - No. No. A thousand times no.
- A ton, aka 2,000+ lbs. - This one's just hurtful.
So, I think I'm gonna have to go with exaggeration. Maybe I'll even start actively living up to the moniker -- not that you poor fools will know! Muahahahahaaaaaaa!!
