'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
If I actually have to change my name, any suggestions? I usually am castvic on most sites,but it seemed like most people were using what I assume is their real first name.
Hi, Victor! A lot of people do use their real names here, but not everyone. Renaming or nicknaming people who have similar posting names is a long-running joke -- which I believe started when we had three Davids posting at the same time. There's no need to change your username unless you want to!
Heh. You don't actually have to change your name, Victor. Though you can if you want. We were mostly just warning you that we may (a) mix you up on a quick skimming through posts or (b) start nicknaming you ourselves. Which can be dangerous. :) And also serve as a warning that although someone's name in a post may be William, they might be referred to as SparklypantsSteve, and permutations thereof, and never as William. Or, y'know, whatever.
What meara said. Also, your new nickname may become realer than your real name. Just ask meara.
or shrift.
So what has SparklypantsSteve been up to these days?
Also, this may look like my real name, but it is just a clever disguise!
And I tend to not only mix up people with the same name, but people with similar capital letters when I am skimming (Nora Dierdre and NoiseDesign, TypoBoy and Trudy Booth, I am looking at you!)
ETA: I just remembered shrift's real name, and it makes me giggle a little. i can't imagine calling her that!
I always think of shrift and meara as shrift and meara. Alibelle too, try as I might it's hard to use her real name when I see her.
Heh. When I was in Portland this weekend, I brought a friend from Seattle, and met up with two Buffistas, and was seeing drag friends. So I had to tell the Seattle friend "Look, so, people may be calling me [real name], meara, or Indy [drag name]. I answer to all three"
Okay, so they're definitely filming Public Enemies in my neighborhood right now. There are trailers parked everywhere, security guards, new fences, and they're keeping wardrobe in a building across the street from the Aragon Ballroom.
Does this mean I'm going to run into Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, David Wenham, Giovanni Ribisi, Marion Cotillard or Lili Taylor? Probably not. Still pretty cool, though.