How'd you pick your user/screen name?

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SHINYGOODGUY

Sunday, October 4, 2009 7:13 AM (P)

I always wondered why folks here picked the user or screen names that they have. Just curious.

I'll start -

After Serenity was released, I was most happy Joss's reveal of River's story. But what stuck out to me most was Jayne's line that kind of said it all - Shiny, Let's be bad guys.

I originally wanted Shinybadguy because of what I thought Joss was saying about our BDH. To me it meant something more than whats' on the surface. But that pseudonym was taken (at least that's the message I got) and so I re-thought it and settled upon SGG. Somehow, I think it means even more now.

We know, from watching the series, that these guys are anything but bad (meaning evil) and that our makeshift dysfunctional family has something more to offer. On the surface, they are bad guys, but underneath their just naughty men slipping about.

Hence, shiny good guys.

SGG

Tawabawho?

TUJIAOZUO

Sunday, October 4, 2009 7:30 AM (P)

I was going to me super clever and take RabbitCalledAsh (born during the year of the rabbit and named Ash) and translate it to Chinese. It was Tu Jiao Zuo Hui. And when I registered, I accidentally forgot the Hui. Hence Tujiaozuo.

Ah my handle... a faux pas

Your Indian Pirate Lord,
Ash

DUN

Sunday, October 4, 2009 8:48 AM (P)

My Brother gave me the Movie whereupon I bought myself the Boxset of the Series.The whole Family went on Holiday together as my mum was sick and I use too be number one babysitter,in duncannon.Hence the"dun"which also means brown.

THESOMNAMBULIST

Sunday, October 4, 2009 9:36 AM (P)

Contrary to opinion I chose The Somnambulist not from the 'Angel' episode of the same name but from a little known obscure 1920's German expressionist film called "The Cabinet of Dr Caligari" In the film a mad Dr has a 'sleepwalker' (Somnambulist) in a cabinet that he releases at night to wreak havoc upon the small unsuspecting town.

ZZETTA13

Sunday, October 4, 2009 9:44 AM (P)

Funny and sometime strange how people come up with their screen names. Mine is no exception and really has nothing to do with Firefly or Serenity.

My SN comes from a science fiction/fantasy artist that I like named Frank Frazetta. In one of the art books that has come out about him (ICON) it has that his original last name used to be Frazzetta and that later in life he dropped one of the “Z”s. I took this and dropped the “FRA” and retained the “zzetta” part. The 13 comes from the day of the month I was born on…….hence zzetta13.

Told you it was strange……LOL

Z

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, October 4, 2009 12:18 PM (P)

I'm a fan of the online Halo machinima Red vs Blue, and partway through the series the Blue Army hires a freelancer (mercenary) named Tex to help them. She's awesome, so I figured I'd show my RvB colors :P plain and simple

KATESFRIEND

Sunday, October 4, 2009 1:08 PM (P)

When I was younger, sci fi was pure pleasure for me. But after college and my career, fun and sci fi in particular went on a very far back burner. The I met a remarkable lady named Kate who reminded me how much I loved sci fi, how much it could teach us about the human condition and about ourselves, and that I was way too focused on career and not enough on having fun. Then she died one afternoon of a brain aneurism at the age of 42. I'll never forget her, so whenever I'm here to have fun and soak up some sci fi I'm reminding myself that I'm Katesfriend.

BRIGLAD

Sunday, October 4, 2009 1:46 PM (P)

Mine's not so creative... Just a contraction of my first and last names.

BRIan GLADden

My LJ handle is a little better being VT_Browncoat

Bri

ECGORDON

Sunday, October 4, 2009 2:02 PM (P)

E. C. Gordon is the main character in Robert Heinlein's science-fantasy novel Glory Road. I have used it or a variation of it on almost every forum I've joined in the ten years since I got my first computer. I am "easygordon" on the scifi.com forums, and on one devoted to Heinlein that no longer exists I signed up as "Oscar." You'd have to have read the book to understand how that is one of his nicknames.

I also answer to Easy, Flash and Scar.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

LWAVES

Sunday, October 4, 2009 2:05 PM (P)

Many, many moons ago when the www was just an ickle idea in someone's head and everything on the internetty was typed and graphics were in the form of ascii, I had to come up with a username. I was a big fan of 3D graphics programs at the time and always wanted to get hold of Toaster for the Amiga. This was the program that created Babylon 5 and part of the package was the 3d program called Lightwave. So to always inspire me to aim towards getting it I chose Lightwave as my username as a constant reminder.
But that was taken. So I picked Lwave. That too was taken, so a little miffed I just added the 's', figuring that I'd change it later.
I never did.

So there you have it. And I did eventually get Lightwave. Eventually.

I must add that I also have another username. As a joke I made a t-shirt with the 'wideload' banner you see on big vehicles (I am a big guy btw) across the back. I wore it when I went round a collector's fair. It raised a few looks and giggles (and I liked the name) so that is usually the one I use now for signing up for something.

"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

WAKEUPSOON

Sunday, October 4, 2009 2:09 PM (P)

Mine comes from my email address, which comes from my last name, Wakeman. Its also the pseudonym which I use on most websites. :)

~WuS

This is not my signature, I have to write this every time I post.
Smile && Nod, it makes it seem like you know what's going on.

NCBROWNCOAT

Sunday, October 4, 2009 2:45 PM (P)

Well, this was the first forum I ever signed up for. In a panic when I realized I had to have a name I just put down the first thing that occurred to me.

I live in eastern NC, I'm a confirmed Browncoat since I first saw the movie and ordered the DVD set that night.

I also use the variation NCB on www.fanfiction.net and at the KNTR forums. I'm Fireflyfainc on LJ but I'm thinking about making things standard there as NCB too. Any thoughts on that?

http://fireflyfaninnc.livejournal.com/

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Sunday, October 4, 2009 2:53 PM (P)

I'm an Old Guy, and I'd just become a New Browncoat.
I don't have a regular name I use to register- this is one of about 4 places I've ever bothered to register, or to revisit if it required me to register.

TDBROWN

Sunday, October 4, 2009 4:16 PM (P)

It's my name. Yes, not very imaginative, I grant you.
But I was a Brown long before I was a browncoat, so it
seemed to fit. -That, and it's easy to remember.

"Might have been the losing side, still not convinced it was the wrong one." -Mal

CHRISISALL

Sunday, October 4, 2009 4:42 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Katesfriend:
whenever I'm here to have fun and soak up some sci fi I'm reminding myself that I'm Katesfriend.

That's really sweet.

This was the second site I ever registered on. The first was an Airwolf board, where I was "Rarebutafact." But this reference would mean nothing to anyone who was not a fan of the series, so when I came here, I thought of how Mal would sometimes end a sentance in "is all."
So, it's simply Chris, is all.

The laughing Chrisisall

HOBBLEIT

Sunday, October 4, 2009 5:07 PM (P)

my screen name is the nickname my friend gave me after i sprained my foot 6 years ago.

because i'm short like a hobbit (according to him) and i was hobbling around for weeks, so hobbleit

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http://www.myspace.com/muddy_waters
http://www.freewebs.com/hobbleit

PHOENIXROSE

Sunday, October 4, 2009 6:28 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
Contrary to opinion I chose The Somnambulist not from the 'Angel' episode of the same name but from a little known obscure 1920's German expressionist film called "The Cabinet of Dr Caligari" In the film a mad Dr has a 'sleepwalker' (Somnambulist) in a cabinet that he releases at night to wreak havoc upon the small unsuspecting town.

I thought for awhile that it was a reference to Mr. Universe's 'somnambulant public.' Interesting that your name can tie into two Joss fandoms, and neither one is the reason for it

Quote:
Originally posted by Katesfriend:
reminding myself that I'm Katesfriend.

That's such a sweet story.

When I first started being a 'presence' online, I had been going through a troubling time (I was a teenager, what wasn't a troubling time?) and was very into the myth and symbology of the phoenix. Since my name is Rose, which is not only a pretty powerful symbol on its own, but also a past tense of rise, I thought it fit with Phoenix quite well, and this became my semi-permanent handle. Unfortunately, it seems I wasn't the only one who had the idea, and I have several doppelgangers on the world wide web. So, sometimes, I have to come up with a variation or totally different name. On this board, PhoenixRose was available when I signed up, so hooray.
Funny side note, a few years after I started using this screen name, my aunt had a daughter. She named her Phoenix.

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JAMERON4EVA

Sunday, October 4, 2009 6:31 PM (P)

Jameron4eva, how did i come up with it?

John Connor and Cameron 4 eva!= Jameron4eva!!!!!!!

BRING BACK TSCC FOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CURSES BLACK SQUIRRL!!!!!!!!!

SAVEWASH

Sunday, October 4, 2009 7:21 PM (P)

I came to this place after I'd just seen the BDM and I was still upset about a certain plot development that involved my favorite character. I saw a lot of posts by FollowMal at that time, so I followed her lead and signed up as SaveWash. (And no, I'm still not quite over that plot development.)

"We need to keep our heads so we can ... keep our heads."

RAHLMACLAREN

Sunday, October 4, 2009 7:55 PM (P)

The what and why of my user name is in my profile. Go on, read it. I dare you to.

Hey, SAVEWASH -

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=22&t=39682

Near the bottom of my post is a possible explanation to save Wash. What do ya think; plausible or firefeeder?

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Find here the Serenity you seek. -Tara Maclay

TRAVELER

Sunday, October 4, 2009 8:00 PM (P)

I spend my vacations motorcycling across the United States and Canada. Thus, I am a traveler.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Sunday, October 4, 2009 8:53 PM (P)

Because I believe in putting what you want out into the universe so it comes to pass. Which it will cause I am awesome and my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

Yes We Did!

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” Mahatma Gandhi

ANONYMOUS1

Monday, October 5, 2009 12:29 AM (P)

Watched Firefly when it first aired. Loved it and then it was gone. Watched it again when it aired on the Sci-Fi channel before Serenity came out. Saw Serenity so many times. Got the Firefly DVDs.

Found this place. Lurked for a while. Scared. Finally, decided to get a screen name and post something. Still scared. I think I tried GUEST and it was taken. Tried ANONYMOUS and it was taken. Whoo-hoo! ANONYMOUS1 was available.

Joined http://serenitymovie.org, http://whedonesque.com/ http://boards.nbcuni.com/universalHD/index.php?showforum=4 too as ANONYMOUS1. Tried to join SciFi's boards and never could get their system to work and give me a password that worked.

Got a myspace when Nathan joined myspace...but the URL http://www.myspace.com/anonymous1 was taken...so I did not set a URL and just had a number and waited...kept checking and finally http://www.myspace.com/anonymous1 was free...grabbed it. Now I have http://www.myspace.com/anonymous1.

When Nathan added a twitter account and I wanted to twitter somebody had anonymous1 and so I got http://twitter.com/anonymous1tweet If that person ever leaves twitter, I don't know if I'll be able to change it. Only really have twitter to follow http://twitter.com/nathanfillion and Richard Castle http://twitter.com/WriteRCastle

Nathan Fillion's Castle ABC

2nd season starts Mon Sep 21 10/9c

MSA

Monday, October 5, 2009 12:38 AM (P)

Y'all are so creative.. I feel kinda lame with mine Ms.A it's just my name... and what all my students call me:)
Maybe I should change it to browncoatmommy:)
Nah I've been her almost 5 years you're all kind of used to me by now:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, October 5, 2009 12:51 AM (P)

I don't think it's un-creative :P my cousin has the nickname "Miss B", though I don't know why, her name is Kate. I grew up thinking the Miss/Ms + initial was cute.

Brig: *way late response* see, I always divided your name into Brig Lad, not Bri Glad. Always wondered what Brig Lad possibly could've meant :P lol

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, October 5, 2009 12:52 AM (P)

*OOPS double post* Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

KINGEICHOLZ

Monday, October 5, 2009 12:57 AM (P)

I like this qustion i call myself king well first I could call myself GODEICHOLZ because thats what all the girls say when they see me is "oh god there he is".Or i could have used my youtube name EICHOLZ THE EXPERT because i am an expert on anything or hoteicholz or hotbodyeicholz but i picked KING because a few years ago in Cleveland there was place downtown called the flats it a was place were there were dance clubs strip clubs resterants it was a place were you went on the weekend to have fun hang out well I was king down there at least thats what the hot chicks called me there KING.Yes i did rule down there girls would fall at my feet bouncers would run in fear of me strippers would pay me to strip for them. Yes those were the good old days but that place is gone now the clubs are all tore down being replaced but apartments but to all the hot chicks I talked to took out i will always be in there heart because to them i was and always will be there KING.

I am a macho man

CHRISISALL

Monday, October 5, 2009 1:26 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by KingEICHOLZ:
strippers would pay me to strip for them.

King? Should I call you King?
Or just the Sad Prince Of BS?

The laughing Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Monday, October 5, 2009 1:31 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by traveler:
I spend my vacations motorcycling across the United States and Canada. Thus, I am a traveler.

I am with you in sprit, if not on wheels.

I miss my Suzuki 550E so much.

The laughing Chrisisall

MOOSE

Monday, October 5, 2009 2:02 AM (P)

Longtime nickname and also my handle on a few other boards.

TRAVELER

Monday, October 5, 2009 2:08 AM (P)

It has its moments. The storm in Nebraska that blows down your tent. The sparkplug wire shorting out in the rain. Then seeing the Sun set through the clouds, making bands of gold across the sky. The smiling faces of children that respond as you wave at them as their car passes you by.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

SHINYGOODGUY

Monday, October 5, 2009 5:44 AM (P)

....seeing the Sun set through the clouds, making bands of gold across the sky. The smiling faces of children that respond as you wave at them as their car passes you by.
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Like Chrisisall said, I'm with you in spirit.

Shiny doesn't come close.......

SGG

Tawabawho?

SHINYGOODGUY

Monday, October 5, 2009 5:46 AM (P)

LOL..............

SGG

Tawabawho?

SHINYGOODGUY

Monday, October 5, 2009 5:51 AM (P)

duncannon.Hence the"dun"which also means brown.
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First of all, is that in Ireland?

And B) Dun means Brown - positively Shiny!

You were meant to be a Browncoat.

SGG

Tawabawho?

SHINYGOODGUY

Monday, October 5, 2009 5:58 AM (P)

Hey Sleepy,

Studied The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari once for a film class 100 years ago. My film teacher looked like Dustin Hoffman - I sh*t you not.

Very weird film.

Also studied the Potamkin, a Russian film from that era, which has a very familiar scene whereby a baby carriage rolls down a long flight of stairs while a battle ensues (it was used in The Untouchables with Kevin Costner).

SGG

Tawabawho?

SHINYGOODGUY

Monday, October 5, 2009 6:00 AM (P)

Hey Sleepy,

Studied The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari once for a film class 100 years ago. My film teacher looked like Dustin Hoffman - I sh*t you not.

Very weird film.

Also studied the Potamkin, a Russian film from that era, which has a very familiar scene whereby a baby carriage rolls down a long flight of stairs while a battle ensues (it was used in The Untouchables with Kevin Costner).

SGG

Tawabawho?

SHINYGOODGUY

Monday, October 5, 2009 6:00 AM (P)

Hey Sleepy,

Studied The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari once for a film class 100 years ago. My film teacher looked like Dustin Hoffman - I sh*t you not.

Very weird film.

Also studied the Potamkin, a Russian film from that era, which has a very familiar scene whereby a baby carriage rolls down a long flight of stairs while a battle ensues (it was used in The Untouchables with Kevin Costner).

SGG

Tawabawho?

SHINYGOODGUY

Monday, October 5, 2009 6:03 AM (P)

Frank Frazzeta happens to be one of my fav artists of all time. His artwork is incredible, but he also did some work for the rock group Yes. Very Shiny indeed.

SGG

Tawabawho?

SHINYGOODGUY

Monday, October 5, 2009 6:05 AM (P)

Right away, when you said mercenary, I thought Tex was a dude. Don't worry, I'm slapping my own hand - bad browncoat!

SGG

Tawabawho?

SHINYGOODGUY

Monday, October 5, 2009 6:06 AM (P)

Dude, you made me think of my baby sister. Thanks.

SGG

Tawabawho?

SHINYGOODGUY

Monday, October 5, 2009 6:15 AM (P)

Hi Rose,

Somehow I get the feeling were you ever to find yourself on a spaceship, you'd make a good crew member.
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a few years after I started using this screen name, my aunt had a daughter. She named her Phoenix.

You know, someday she'd make a good browncoat.

SGG

Tawabawho?

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Monday, October 5, 2009 6:16 AM (P)

Jewel's role in the series is what drew me into it, looking for it on the cable channels, finding a mini-marathon, and buying the DVDs so I could see the rest. Without her in the series I may not have ever seen it, and Serenity would have been the last I saw of the verse. I owe her all th is enjoyment.

SHINYGOODGUY

Monday, October 5, 2009 6:17 AM (P)

MSA

....naw, it's shiny! They've all got stories.

-Kaylee Frye

SGG

Tawabawho?

SHINYGOODGUY

Monday, October 5, 2009 6:19 AM (P)

Long live the King.

SGG

Tawabawho?

SHINYGOODGUY

Monday, October 5, 2009 6:27 AM (P)

Airwolf!? Rarebutt - a - fact!?

......Ahhhh, I got nothing!

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Seriuosly, Airwolf? Jan Michael Vincent as Stringfellow Hawke. The David Hasselhoff of the 80's.

OK, I was an Airwolf geek. Cool copter!

SGG

Tawabawho?

PHOENIXROSE

Monday, October 5, 2009 6:31 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:
Somehow I get the feeling were you ever to find yourself on a spaceship, you'd make a good crew member.

Xie-xie, that's one of the nicest things anyone's ever said to me

I plan on introducing Phoenix to Firefly once she's a little older. So far, she's followed me pretty closely on likes and dislikes, so I have a feeling she'll like it

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THESOMNAMBULIST

Monday, October 5, 2009 7:18 AM (P)

Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:

Quote:
Hey Sleepy,

Studied The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari once for a film class 100 years ago. My film teacher looked like Dustin Hoffman - I sh*t you not.

Very weird film.

Also studied the Potamkin, a Russian film from that era, which has a very familiar scene whereby a baby carriage rolls down a long flight of stairs while a battle ensues (it was used in The Untouchables with Kevin Costner).

Holy space monkeys sounds like we might have done the same course! I studied Battleship Potemkin too. That famous scene is the 'Odessa steps' scene. A classic by Sergie Eisenstein and our lecturer looked like Groucho Marx! Seriously! No bull!

Hey did you message me three times to wake me up?

DId you also study - Ivan the Terrible?

THESOMNAMBULIST

Monday, October 5, 2009 7:21 AM (P)

Originally posted by PhoenixRose:

Quote:
I thought for awhile that it was a reference to Mr. Universe's 'somnambulant public.' Interesting that your name can tie into two Joss fandoms, and neither one is the reason for it

I know

it is funny isn't it. It's just one of those odd words that suits gothic horror I think

ZZETTA13

Monday, October 5, 2009 11:20 AM (P)

Good morning fellow browncoats!

ShinyGoodGuy…..glad to see that there are other folk onboard the good ship Serenity that are Frazetta fans as well.

Don’t know that many people will remember, or even know that Frank Frazetta painted the first three paintings for the original Battlestar Galactica series back in 1978. They could be found in that years TV Guide and even though they were in B/W the images were still impressive. Here’s a look

Also a pic of Apollo and Starbuck
Richard Hatch & Dirk Benedict

“Your coats are a brownish color…..”

I was a fan, but not a big fan, Z

THESOMNAMBULIST

Monday, October 5, 2009 12:06 PM (P)

Always loved Battlestar Gallactica. Loved the Cyclons, the lights on thier heads and their fighter ships. The cyclon fighter ships were so much cooler than the vipers! Great show!

Did you ever see the episode where Starbuck crash lands on a lifeless planet and finds an old cylon droid there too? Pure frikkin genius!

Great TV

Oh and great artwork ZZETTA13

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, October 5, 2009 12:30 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:
Right away, when you said mercenary, I thought Tex was a dude. Don't worry, I'm slapping my own hand - bad browncoat!

SGG

Tawabawho?

LOL!!! That's okay, because every character in Red vs Blue thought the same thing as well XD part of the point. She even had a voice modulator for the first couple of eps to make herself sound like a guy :P silly Tex.

KC5F

Monday, October 5, 2009 12:46 PM (P)

Mine was assigned to me by the FCC in 1980, and is unique in the world in context. I've always felt I should never say anything I wouldn't say in person, so this is how I'm known on almost every board I'm on. (On the others I just use my full name.)

CHRISISALL

Monday, October 5, 2009 3:04 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:
Airwolf!? Rarebutt - a - fact!?

......Ahhhh, I got nothing!

"Daddy's Gone A Hunt'n"
Season one, ep # 1

Hawk
"I guess that means I talk too much."
Archangel
"Rare, but a fact."

The laughing Chrisisall

WHODIED

Monday, October 5, 2009 6:07 PM (P)

This was the first forum I ever joined and I wondered at the time if there was some protocol. My initial inclination was to use my real name, but a few months of lurking had already shown me that someone else's SN (which I now know is their first name and a colloquial modifier) is almost exactly the same, so I dug through the show and came up with: MwaHaHa.

It turned out, a little more lurking showed me, that that was already a tag line on yet another person's account. That fact, combined with my real life need for an emergency email-ectomy, encouraged me to reboot.

Self, I thought, why not go all the way back to the beginning? The big bang birth pang of the Whedonverse!

So I did. The opening credits of the first (and every, sans OMWF,) episode of Buffy, as the theme starts and that filtered sun rises into the image, for the briefest of briefliest moments, the words 'Who Died' flash on the screen.

--WhoDied

_______________________

Yeah, we're mostly just giving each other significant glances and laughing incessantly.

TRAVELER

Monday, October 5, 2009 8:20 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:
Hey Sleepy,

Studied The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari once for a film class 100 years ago. My film teacher looked like Dustin Hoffman - I sh*t you not.

Very weird film.

Also studied the Potamkin, a Russian film from that era, which has a very familiar scene whereby a baby carriage rolls down a long flight of stairs while a battle ensues (it was used in The Untouchables with Kevin Costner).

You didn't happen to see the Russian film "Alekandr Nevskiy" with the battle on the frozen lake.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

KINGEICHOLZ

Monday, October 5, 2009 10:37 PM (P)

Starbuck was a cylon.

FREEBROWNCOAT

Monday, October 5, 2009 11:59 PM (P)

My part of the world.

http://fadedflannel.com/webcams/

SHINYGOODGUY

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 2:20 AM (P)

I bow down to the master.

You....you're good, yes, you're good my friend. You're good, YES YOU ARE!
-Paul Vitti

SGG

Tawabawho?

SHINYGOODGUY

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 2:24 AM (P)

[]iYou didn't happen to see the Russian film "Alekandr Nevskiy" with the battle on the frozen lake.
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No, but I got to see and review Metropolis. Ah, the movies of the 20's were really strange. Silent jammys were loads of fun.

SGG

Tawabawho?

SHINYGOODGUY

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 2:34 AM (P)

I'm picturing,in my twisted little mind, that she's a cross between Zoe and River - Warrior Woman with a heart of Gold (for me, that is. It's my fantasy so I indulge a bit.)

Ahhhh, women who kick butt.

Did I write that out loud?

SGG

Tawabawho?

MSA

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 2:37 AM (P)

NVG here:

I've been trying to get my bud to ink a Frazetta piece on me fo a while. I just can't decide which one...

Ghostrider was a handle that carried over from who knows where over fifteen or so years ago. Added the NV because I love my home state.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

SHINYGOODGUY

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 2:59 AM (P)

Hey Z,

Turns out I was wrong about the Yes album covers. It wasn't Frazzetta, but Roger Dean. Still though Frazzetta's art is fantastic. I tried to find out if Roger Dean was influenced by Frazzetta, since was born in '44, but I haven't found any evidence of that.

Take a look at Dean's stuff and you'll see what I mean. He does mostly landscapes - fantastic landscapes.

No matter.........Frazzetta rules!

BTW thanks for the art.

SGG

Tawabawho?

KWICKO

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 3:09 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by traveler:
I spend my vacations motorcycling across the United States and Canada. Thus, I am a traveler.

I am with you in sprit, if not on wheels.

I miss my Suzuki 550E so much.

The laughing Chrisisall

Funny - I *rarely* miss my Yamaha 850 Special. Bastard bike damn near killed my ass. And it DID kill two other people. :o Far's I know, I'm the only one that survived it.

So... Usernames.

Mine comes from way back when, when I bought my first Honda CRX. I'd had a little '84 Civic for a dozen years, and loved its reliability and simplicity, but when I finally killed it, I was looking for something almost the same, but with a bit more "Ooomph" and a little more fun to drive. I happened upon an '87 CRX Si (bigger, fuel-injected engine, 91hp compared to the old Civic's 62hp) that was being sold by a grad student at the University of Texas. She was Chinese, graduating and going home to China. I test drove the car, it checked out, and when I came back, we talked a bit. Her English wasn't great, but it was cute when she said of the car, "He is very... how you say?... Quick-oh." I ended up buying the car for $1600.

I bought the car at around the same time I finally got online and joined a few of the old original Honda and CRX boards (now long gone), and I needed a username, so I became "Quicko", which just kind of eventually evolved to "Kwicko" (because in comedy, "K"s are funnier than "Q"s, and I am nothing if not a comedian...)

So that's the story. And, well, here I am...

BORIS

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 3:14 AM (P)

Boris is my Id. (Inner Dick head)named after Boris and Natasha's Boris from Rocky and Bullwinkle. I have Tourette's and when I was a kid years before I was diagnosed the only way I could deal with it was to give it a name and pretend it was an unwelcome invisible tumour I couldn't get rid of. The name seemed pertinent: small but repugnant and persistent and occasionally endearing in an odd way, but ultimately unwanted. I just use the name now to avoid the whole "name has been taken" thing. Interestingly when I'm having a bad Tourettic day, my friends also refer to Boris as a seperate entity...which is kinda nice even though I always insist on dealing with any consequences of Boris behaviour. My real name is Rosaria which is shortened to Rose.

KRALIZEC

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 3:22 AM (P)

SN from the ORIGINAL Dune, Children of Dune to be exact. I liked it mostly for the story that went with it and because I can use it on most boards. Too bad Mr. Herberts great work has been sullied.

KWICKO

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 3:25 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:
Frank Frazzeta happens to be one of my fav artists of all time. His artwork is incredible, but he also did some work for the rock group Yes. Very Shiny indeed.

SGG

Tawabawho?

I think you're thinking of Roger Dean, who did most of the Yes album covers.

Frazetta did Molly Hatchet and some Nazareth covers (Expect No Mercy comes to mind).

ETA: And now that I've read a bit further, I see you already noticed that...

Mike

The percentage you're paying is too high-priced
While you're living beyond all your means;
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams

BORIS

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 3:28 AM (P)

I'm thinking if Firefly had been around when I was young I may very well have referred to my Id as "Badger" rather than Boris.

SHINYGOODGUY

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 3:55 AM (P)

I'm not as Kwick as you (you're right it is funnier) but I do what I can.

Roger Dean, who did most of the Yes album covers.

Don't get me wrong, I really like Dean's work as well. Frazetta though rocks; his attention to detail and the women.....need I say more.

SGG

Tawabawho?

SHINYGOODGUY

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 4:00 AM (P)

You know something Kwiks, that is..........something.

It just gave me inspiration for a character and story I'm developing. If you don't mind, may I use it someday.

SGG

Tawabawho?

KWICKO

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 11:30 AM (P)

By all means, SGG - go right ahead.

By the way, that car DID prove to be quite "Quick-oh" - it was the car I learned to autocross in, and it won tons of events, several best-in-class trophies, and a few season championships. I sold it in January of this year, and it's getting a complete makeover, and will soon see life on the track again in a higher competitive class.

ZZETTA13

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 11:53 AM (P)

Mornin all!!

ShinyGoodGuy,Kwicko.....I love Rodger Dean’s work. I have an art book of his around my house somewhere, along with 4 or 5 of Frazetta’s art books.

Ok, since you’ve mentioned girls / Frazetta…….here’s another BSG painting he did back in 1978.

NVG that would be cool to get your friend to do a Frazetta ink for you. Even better to have a Frazettaish style Ghostrider done. Frank Frazetta turned 80 last year so the guy ain’t doing much anymore. I don’t blame him….time to retire and enjoy the fruits of his wonderful art.

Kwicko……nice pics!!

Boris…..at first I thought that you were going to post that you got your name from Boris Karloff or Boris Vallejo ( another fantastic fantasy artist)

Z

FREELANCERTEX

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 1:19 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:
I'm picturing,in my twisted little mind, that she's a cross between Zoe and River - Warrior Woman with a heart of Gold (for me, that is. It's my fantasy so I indulge a bit.)

Ahhhh, women who kick butt.

Did I write that out loud?

SGG

Tawabawho?

lmao. take a look at RvB (they're on youtube) and see what you think XD I personally think she's a more psycho, artificially enhanced (she's got an AI unit) mean-hearted bitch--as Church, her ex-boyfriend, puts it. :P series is worth lookin' at

KWICKO

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 1:45 PM (P)

I just now "discovered" RvB, via a machinema podcast on How Stuff Works. Never heard of it before, but now I'm getting hooked on it!

"What are they talking about?"

pause

"I. F**king. Hate. You."

KWICKO

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 1:47 PM (P)

Quote:

ShinyGoodGuy,Kwicko.....I love Rodger Dean’s work. I have an art book of his around my house somewhere, along with 4 or 5 of Frazetta’s art books.

Yup, I've got "The Flights of Icarus", which has a bunch of Dean's work in it. In middle school, I had the "Osibisa Woyaya" poster on my wall, along with a couple other Dean posters. Loved his stuff. Can't even tell you how many albums I bought and tried out just because he'd done the cover art. Same with Hipgnosis, who used to do the covers for Pink Floyd, UFO, Scorpions, Rush, and a host of others...

Mike

The percentage you're paying is too high-priced
While you're living beyond all your means;
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams

XANA888

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 1:49 PM (P)

My user name comes from the Sci Fi cartoon Code Lyoko that was on Cartoon Network For a while. XANA is the evil AI computer, and the 888 was just kinda random.

_________________________________________________

Did the Astronauts bring dehydrated water to the moon?

FREELANCERTEX

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 1:54 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:
I just now "discovered" RvB, via a machinema podcast on How Stuff Works. Never heard of it before, but now I'm getting hooked on it!

"What are they talking about?"

pause

"I. F**king. Hate. You."

DOESN'T IT ROCK???? XD I have the whole series on my computer (lil obsessed maybe?), think it's in its...ninth? season right now. maybe tenth if you count Out of Mind--which was taking place *during* Blood Gulch sorta

MSA

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 2:35 PM (P)

Boris that is an awesome story.. I work with kids with disabilities. Would you mind if I shared that story with them? I am so impressed that you came up with such a fab coping mechanism all on your own. Way to go!!!

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 6:59 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:
I bow down to the master.

Only a master of evil, Darth.

Airwolf was one of my many obsessions through the years, as was Kung Fu, Star Trek TOS, Dark Angel & the original BSG. I have more lines memorized from those shows than I should have memory for.

I won't even go into movies that are permanently in my organic hard drive.

The laughing Chrisisall

KINGEICHOLZ

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 7:12 PM (P)

NO not anymore you may at one time picked your name from Rocky and Bullwinkle but you are now boris from the old Who song

RIPWASH

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 7:38 PM (P)

I don't think it's a big mystery where I got my SN from. I was crushed . . . absolutely crushed when Wash died in the BDM and still think the movie would have been just as good . . . nay . . . better with him surviving 'til the end. But, alas, Joss had other plans. Mine is not to reason why, right?

Anyway, I went with R.I.P. Wash. RIPWASH. Or Ripper to my buddies. :o)

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"It's okay! I'm a leaf on the wind!!!"
"What does that mean?!?!?!"

FREELANCERTEX

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 8:07 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:I won't even go into movies that are permanently in my organic hard drive.

Oh please do tell ;)

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 8:18 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by freelancertex:
Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:I won't even go into movies that are permanently in my organic hard drive.
Oh please do tell ;)

Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Enter The Dragon, Serenity, Superman, Blade Runner, Star Trek TMP, the Indy movies, the Back To The Future movies, Tomorrow Never Dies, The Stuntman, Aliens, Legend, Die Hard, Terminator 2, Army Of Darkness, Ghostbusters, Planet Of The Apes... OMG, that's just off the top of my head...

The laughing Chrisisall

FREELANCERTEX

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 8:24 PM (P)

Which Superman?

aaw, not Return of the Jedi?

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 8:30 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by freelancertex:
Which Superman?

The first two with Reeve, actually. Damn, even the third, thinking about it.

Quote:

aaw, not Return of the Jedi?

Now you will pay the price for your lack of vision!
Nub, wub nug!
A little higher- just a little higher!!
I shouldn't have come; I'm endangering the mission.
Hey- it's me!

...yeah, I guess that too.

The laughing Chrisisall

MANGOLO

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 8:39 PM (P)

Mine is a Pidginized version of the ship name in our 'strange frame' movie - The Lone Mango

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=222583345120&oid=86085840444

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=86085840444

FREELANCERTEX

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 8:43 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall: Now you will pay the price for your lack of vision!
Nub, wub nug!
A little higher- just a little higher!!
I shouldn't have come; I'm endangering the mission.
Hey- it's me!

actually...yeah, it's "I'm endangering the mission; I shouldn't have come." "It's your imagination."

Have you ever seen the video (has to find it again) of a guy who asked for a summary of the Star Wars trilogy, from a person who'd never seen it? HI-larious.

MSA

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 8:55 PM (P)

But just think Chrisisall if you're ever stranded on a desert island... you have your own entertainment:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 8:56 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by freelancertex:

actually...yeah, it's "I'm endangering the mission; I shouldn't have come."

Let's keep a little optimism here.

That one's a little fuzzy I guess. The dialogue wasn't as crisp as in the other two. Not that Superman III's dialogue was any better...
I asked you to kill Superman, and you're telling me you couldn't even do that one simple thing for me...

Wow, had to work for that.

I once waited 90 minutes for some friends to show up in NYC, and me and another friend recited Star Wars word for word, sound effect for sound effect until the others appeared.
It was then that I knew the true extent of my geekdom.

The laughing Chrisisall

FREELANCERTEX

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 9:00 PM (P)

I haven't done that in a long. LONG. time. I used to scare people when they would quote one line and I'd start running with the rest of the scene, roll over into the next scene, and keep going XD Probably couldn't do that now, I'm a little rusty.

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 9:05 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:
But just think Chrisisall if you're ever stranded on a desert island... you have your own entertainment:)

This week on "Chrisisall Lost"

Monkey:
Ohh ooooh.
Chrisisall:
That beautiful yeoman, Mr. Spock, have you noticed her? You're allowed to notice her, a captain's not permit-
Monkey:
OOOoo oop oooo.
Now I know why it's called she...

The laughing Chrisisall

MSA

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 9:06 PM (P)

ROTFLMAO>.. thanks a lot Chrisisall laughing hard hurts:)

HUGS really you are so funny:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

KWICKO

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 9:41 PM (P)

Quote:
Or Ripper to my buddies. :o)

I'll take that as a compliment!

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 9:52 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by freelancertex:
I'm a little rusty.

Yeah, here too obviously. Movies or TV shows I've seen over fifty time are the only WD40'd ones. That'd be Trek TOS, Army Of Darkness, Enter The Dragon, Star Wars & Serenity.
Yes, Serenity is my MOST-WATCHED movie made in this decade. When the DVD came out, it was like, 2X a week for months.

The laughing Chrisisall

BORIS

Thursday, October 8, 2009 5:16 AM (P)

I'm alot of Differnt Boris's now. Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyaaaaah.

BORIS

Thursday, October 8, 2009 5:31 AM (P)

Hey Thanks MSA. I"ve worked with all kinds of Kids too and I know how hard it can be to encourage them to meet their highest potential.Feel free to share my story if you think it will be useful to them. I know kids I have worked with have found similar coping mechanisms to be beneficial or else they've been motivated to be creative about overcoming their own perceived limitations. You sound like a trully dedicated teacher. Keep it up I'm sure the kids appreciate it. :-)

DEADLOCKVICTIM

Thursday, October 8, 2009 2:38 PM (P)

Most of you probably remember when the site went dark a few years ago (has it been that long?)... maybe not completely dark, but was glitchy as hell.... the repeating message that you would get when trying to log on was some long compu-speak referring to you being the "deadlock victim".... i had been an off and on lurker about this time and adopted that name when i eventually joined..

not a very good Firefly reference - more site related -

SHINYGOODGUY

Friday, October 9, 2009 2:38 PM (P)

Actually, DLV, you can't stop the signal!

See, 1 degree of separation.

SGG

Tawabawho?

SHINYGOODGUY

Friday, October 9, 2009 2:49 PM (P)

De Nada, my red one. I like when someone is forthcoming and honest, you know, a straight-shooter.

Not many women, hell for that matter, not many folk speak their mind. Like Mal says; just speak plain, is all.

SGG

Tawabawho?

SHINYGOODGUY

Friday, October 9, 2009 2:55 PM (P)

I had the "Osibisa Woyaya" poster on my wall

I had the first Osibisa album, shiny stuff. My friends and I would walk over to Manny's apt, light up and throw some LPs on the stereo and mellow out to Santana, Buddy Miles, Miles Davis, ELP and Osibisa (to name a few).

Good Times, Noodle soup.

SGG

Tawabawho?

HURRICANEDAWG

Friday, October 9, 2009 4:08 PM (P)

I'm a Cleveland Browns fan, and on my football forum nearly everyone adds the word "Dawg" to their screen name... This is because there's the "Dawg Pound" section at CBS.

I signed up on that forum after hurricanes Jeanne and Francis hit back in 2004. I was amazed at the raw power of the storm, and I've never experienced anything like it (and don't particularly care to either). I thought it was a fitting screen name because I'll never forget those two storms.

Hence the name HurricaneDawg... Because DawgHurricane sounds too goofy.

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"Well, here I am."

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