I wonder if anyone actually bothers to make a profile here, much else update it. I just updated mine since I usually update every other profile I have for other sites like myspace.com.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
I usually change the quote in my signature every month or two, and occasionally the status line, too. But other than that, none of the information really changes at all. (It took me a couple of months before I remembered to change my occupation to "Ex-Student". )
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I updated the information in my profile a couple months ago. Some of my interests have changed since I last messed with it, and I needed to change my occupation from "overworked college student" to "unemployed college graduate". I also changed my signature for the first time in years.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Well, I just updated my E-Mail address. Not much else has changed for me since joining (well, I've gone through two or three girlfriends, moved to a new apartment, got a new car and now I'm older, wiser and much meaner, but that's not stuff that my profile includes anyway).
Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
I updated my signature in January after having the same one for nearly two years. Other than that, there's nothing I have really updated (not even my status line, which has remained the same since 2001.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
Regularly. Which considering what it says, isn't a good thing.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Every time my status line changes, I general swap out most of the other information as well. Also, I always read the profiles in the recent visitors list when they don't show up as having been visited recently. Some people put neat jokes in, and I do not want their hard work to go unnoticed.
This reminds me that I was about to do this.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I usually read the profiles of all the new posters. Helps give me a sense of what they're going to be like. Of course, most people's profiles are stripped to the bare essentials: publicly displayed name, status line, and date joined. Boring reads, really.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
I haven't touched my status line since... um, before Capps said no to having HTML in them. I still can't believe I've been a member here for almost six years.
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
Well, I changed since I SNAFU'd my original account and had do re-register.
Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :
Profile last updated by Jeff Raven (March 20, 2003)
Sig's been here longer. It's still relevant.
Posted by Dat (Member # 302) on :
I only update my profile when I need to, which isn't very often. Otherwise, it's just to change my status line or my signature, which also isn't very often.
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Interesting... I guess not everyone goes through with major changes in their lives on a yearly basis. I know that I had to modify my profiles in myspace.com and here since I quit the USU Board of Directors in December 2004 and became a Quality Control/Game Tester for a multimedia firm. I get to try the new PSP next Monday and be paid to play games on the cell phone and test console and PC games all day. Besides that, other things also changed like my look.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
I've never changed my status line. Sig changed recently.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
I have it on good authority that the current picture of me in my profile is the greatest thing ever.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Why is that guy riding on top of you?
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Well that's a similar picture that I have except I have a bisexual latina that's riding me.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Whoa, whoa; are you suggesting that your life is incredibly fast-paced and sex-soaked? I AM SHOCKED AND IMPRESSED PLEASE SIGN ME UP FOR YOUR NEWSLETTER.
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Aww Sol... sarcasm doesn't do you justice... although perhaps something in satin might.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
"latina"?
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
That is what you get from a language with gender whatsits. Tim has gone to bed, so I can't ask him. But, you know. Cases. Or something.
Posted by Wraith (Member # 779) on :
I haven't changed my signiture or status line for ages abd the only change I've made to my profile recently was when I went to uni. Who says I don't lead an exciting life?
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
I never did Spanish, but babelfish translates both latina and latino as "Latin". I figured "latina" would be "female Latin-type person", but then I remembered Michael's occasional subtle hints that he partakes of the winkie-male bottom interation, and I became confused.
Also, are you up early or in bed late?
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
I am up late for sure.
Posted by Nim' (Member # 205) on :
A Sizer is never late, Mr Kavanagh. Nor is he premature. He comes precisely when he means to.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Hmm.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Like just then, apparently.
Posted by Austin Powers (Member # 250) on :
I can't even remember when I last updated my profile - if ever. My signature has changed only once if I recall correctly. And my status line was reset when the limit for "senior member" was upped from 250 to 750 as I was somewhere in between postingwise. Hey, that reminds me: if any moderator is listening, could you please change my status line to "shagadelic" ? Thanks Posted by Nim' (Member # 205) on :
Liam: If it wasn't for your long-ass name... *mutter*
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Let me answer the following:
Yes, my friend Rosa is female and from a Latin American nation.
I think also why I'm more of an "in your face flaming queen" on Flare... because I need to represent the LGBTQQI community here and I am similar in real life but more toned down.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Well, to put it as diplomatically as I possibly can, Mikey-boy, you're not doing them any favors.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"...LGBTQQI..."
"QQI"?
Posted by FuturamaGuy (Member # 968) on :
Queer, Questioning, and Intersex.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
quote:Originally posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge: I think also why I'm more of an "in your face flaming queen" on Flare... because I need to represent the LGBTQQI community here and I am similar in real life but more toned down.
I hear on this; I'm much different in person than I am here. I guess I ought to come clean. I'm not a midget porn star. I'm not a masturbation expert. I'm really an eight-year-old girl who plays with her My Little Ponies and dances to Britney Spears. And boys have cooties.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I dont believe you: you really are a masterbation expert.
I'm a very nice person and have a positive outlook on everyone and always look at the bright side of every situation.
Then the percocet wears off and I'm exactly as I am here.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I confess: I wear My Little Pony underwear! :: sob :: And I like it! :: more sobs ::
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
I'm sure there is a website for such a thing Siegfried! Posted by Nim' (Member # 205) on :
Posted by FuturamaGuy (Member # 968) on :
Buck up little camper! This'll bring back that smile!!!
Posted by Nim' (Member # 205) on :
You trying to get into the local paper?
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
FuturamaGuy: seriously, man. Lay off the cough syrup. You're starting to worry me as much as I worry myself.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Okay, back to that acronym: Isn't "queer" pretty much covered by "lesbian" and "gay" (not to mention that, strictly speaking, "lesbian" itself is already covered by "gay")?
And "intersex"? Now they're just making shit up.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
No, they aren't: article on Intersexuals. I actually say a couple specials on this a few months back on Discovery Health Channel. They were interesting.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Oh. So they renamed hermaphrodites. Huh.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
I really don't think it's the same thing, even in a technical sense.
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
I'm glad I don't have to deal with the namechange for my campus group anytime soon. If one more letter is added to LGBTA I'm going to start buying rubber stamps so I don't have to write out the full name.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
What I mean is that "intersexed," as a category, contains some gender confusions more subtle than true hermaphroditism.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
"Intersexed" sounds like an addiction to online porn.
...er...not that I'd know anything about that, of course!
(whistles and walks nonchalantly away.)
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Simon: Well, except, that Wikipedia article seems to imply that they are, in fact, the same thing. That they've decided the word "hermaphrodite" is pejorative, so they say "intersexed" now. Though I fail to see how a term can be pejorative when it's rarely even said, much less with intention to offend.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
According to one of the specials I watched, the big controversy with intersexuality right now is that doctors tend to operate on babies right after birth in order to correct the condition. Usually, the baby is converted into a girl whether without the knowledge of which gender identity the baby will identify with. In this program, they interviewed two people were born intersexed, converted to women, and are now going through sex reassignment surgery to become men since that's the gender they identify with.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
"sex reassignment"?
Man, PC just has to fuck with every little aspect of our language....
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
how else would you describe it? "rejigging"? Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Most people would say "sex change".
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
I'm still two pages behind and confused as to why Michael was riding a Spanish girl. My definition of "gay" needs updating.
(I do also remember talking to an internet person who was technically male but felt female. They didn't want a sex change though. I did find it interesting, because I didn't really get the whole concept of feeling "male" or "female", outside a "I like putting my penis in vaginas" sort of way. Does a boy who likes washing up need to have his winkie chopped off? Does a girl who likes football need sexual reassignment? I dunno. I am for sure confused and mildly interested.)
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I can comprehend being gay (particularly, I get women being attracted to other women- us guys are graceless dorks), but the attraction of dresing as a woman eludes me.
What's worse, the drag queens here in Fort Lauderdale...er...well, they're a bit rough looking. A bodybuilder with a five o'clock shadow in a halter top is fooling no one.
Posted by Austin Powers (Member # 250) on :
I don't care whether someone is gay, lesbian, hermaphrodite, intersexed, feeling like the opposite sex - as long as they are happy with it, so what.
Life is too short anyway, so have fun... Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Yeah! What he said!
Just dont cockblock me when I'm talking with some girl...
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Fair enough that they are happy with it. I just don't get what "feeling like a girl" actually means, per se. It implies that your personality is defined by your gender, and that the stereotypes are actually truths rather than just social tendencies. Possibly it relates to an urge in society for people to always want to define themselves by groups and such in order to be interesting/find excuses/fit in/make friends/eat pie. But maybe I am old and not with the kids. Or something.
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
I'm confused about people feeling like they are in the wrong bodies and I'm part of the community. I figured that the only way to figure out individuals who feel like women trapped in men's bodies would be to acutally be in their position... but I'm not. I can only imagine how frustrating it can be.
Oh, my friend was drunk during Long Beach pride in 2004 and decided to cling on the nearest person.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
"cling on to" does not equal "ride" in my book. But maybe I just go to the wrong parties.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
The day when going to a party wearing frilly britches becomes wrong is the day I'll die on the inside.
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
"Today, we put to rest Sigfried's insides...." Posted by Nim' (Member # 205) on :
Mmm, with prune juice.
Posted by Captain Boh (Member # 1282) on :
I just updated mine to include a photo. No, I'm not on drugs
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
I think we have finally found someone to contest Charles' reign as holder of the shittiest beard ever. B)
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Charles has facial hair?
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Yes. Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
I have a question. How are you able to get those little sentences underneath your screennames? For example, Siegfried has "The Pompatus of Love" under his name. How'd he do that?
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
All you have to do is post more than Tim (TSN)
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Once a poster hits 750 posts, he or she can go into his or her profile and create a personalized user title. Until you 750 posts, you're stuck with the default titles.
For you, Mars Need Women, that means posting at the rate TSN does if you want a personalized user title before the month is over.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Ok I'll start right away!!!
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
Although the last thing we need is another poster with the title of "Tim-like".
Posted by Daryus Aden (Member # 12) on :
Hmm, Charles' beard is looking less full bodied in that photo.
Decided to go for the Aragorn look huh?
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
quote:Originally posted by Topher: Although the last thing we need is another poster with the title of "Tim-like".
Three posters have made it to "Tim-Like" status: TSN, Mighty Blogger Snay, and Sol System. PsyLiam is less than 500 posts away from joining them. The next likely candidate, AndrewR, is about 2500 posts away. However, right now, the only poster who's user title would say "Tim-Like" if Charles disabled custom user titles would be Snay.
Posted by Captain Boh (Member # 1282) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cartman: I think we have finally found someone to contest Charles' reign as holder of the shittiest beard ever. B)
I can no longer contest anything, I shaved. My facial hair doesn't grow in thick enough to keep
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by Captain Boh:
quote:Originally posted by Cartman: I think we have finally found someone to contest Charles' reign as holder of the shittiest beard ever. B)
I can no longer contest anything, I shaved. My facial hair doesn't grow in thick enough to keep
Woo! Now for a little haircut...
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Huh. I was going to make note of my ten-thousandth post, but apparently I missed it, and missed it by a fair amount, too.
Posted by Nim' (Member # 205) on :
Brag all you want, but never get bewteen me adn the prune juice.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
1/ As I sit here at work whiling away the hours I look around me and wonder why there are so few men who can grow beards without looking silly. I remember Charles, and wonder if his looks better than it used to. And then I see photos and am compelled to start sending him Mach 3 Turbos through the mail.
2/ I post far too much.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
At one point I grew the obligatory goatee beard. I was hoping it'd make me look like Evil Mirror Universe Lee. But it just made me look more cuddly and lovable. So I guess I'm just like Bender, the one without the beard is the evil one.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Or Cartman. BUT WHO DID THE JOKE FIRST?
Also, "it made me look more cuddly and lovable"? Surely not possible.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
I, on the other hand, look evil with or without beard. I win.
"I post far too much."
Yes. You should stop that, too.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
What is he saying? I can't look cuddly or lovable, or that I couldn't much more cudllier and lovable than I do already? And yes, he does post too much.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Does not.
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Well this is definately off topic...
Posted by Wraith (Member # 779) on :
Which is really quite surprising, given how rarely that happens here.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: 2/ I post far too much.
Nonsense. You are the heart of this forum, and you are the sunshine of my life. Never stop posting.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
"Liam Kavanagh: 9 out of 10 dwarf porn connoisseurs prefer him."
Posted by Daryus Aden (Member # 12) on :
Liam for President! (of the USA).
Go on mate. You know you want to.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Liam Kavanagh. There's a person worth amending the Constitution for so that he may lead us out of this, our darkest hour.
And I want to be his Secretary of Funk.
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
Can I be Minister of Da Noiz?
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
There was a time I would have called you all "friend". That time has past.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Ooooh.
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
Perhaps you could be his "Camilla"
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
To me, PsyLiam shall always be my brother. My mentor. My secret lover.
Shine on, you crazy diamond.
Posted by Nim' (Member # 205) on :
Don't go there. He'll just drain your funds, become your dad's vice president at the big factory and then push you off a building when he finds out you're not on the pill anymore, and all without so much as a reacharound.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Machivellian politics aside, it would be funny to hear the (southern) Moral Majority try to pronounce his name. I bet they'd say "Lay-Am". Possibly even "Lay-Um".
Then there's the fact that Liam's not "morally acceptable to them. Not with a background reviewing video games and all.
quote:Originally posted by Balaam Xumucane: Can I be Minister of Da Noiz?
I want to be "Master Sifo Dias", and at every press conference I'd have that female Kaminoloid CGI'd in to announce me.
I just dig her (it's?) voice.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
A free drink would guarantee you a reacharound. Exactly where I reach too depends on the drink supplied.
And not to sound like a complete egomaniac who loves everyone talking about him (because obviously no-one likes that), but how would you pronounce my name then, Jay-sun?
Posted by missmanners (Member # 1523) on :
Well dang, here I was gonna say something about updating my profile and it's so far OT I'm not sure how you guys even got from there to here.
mm
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
For years I thought "Liam" was actually pronounced "Lie-yam". Then I saw an interview with one of Liam's more famous namesakes, and there was much embarrassment and raising of eyebrows.
Irish names are whack.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Gallagher or Neilson?
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
I always imagined his name pronounced:
Silly-I-am
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: And not to sound like a complete egomaniac who loves everyone talking about him (because obviously no-one likes that), but how would you pronounce my name then, Jay-sun?
As one sylable....like how I've heard announcers refer to "Liam Neeson".
I have heard many people pronounce "Jason" as "Jay-Sin" (or worst of all) they just say "Jay" -as though I'm a giant bluebird. (now there's a disturbing visual for you)
I've encountered several (idiots all) that spell their name "Jaycen" "Jasin" and "Jacen".
[ March 23, 2005, 09:36 AM: Message edited by: Jason Abbadon ]
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Couldn't you just blame the parents instead of the individuals who are forced to spell their names as such Jason?
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
NO- in most cases, it's ust the nameholder trying (too hard) to be "diffrent".
"Jason" loses all meaning when spelled improperly. The name means "healer" (not "doctor" exactly, but someone that can solve problems and injuries).
Like how "Michael" means "strength of God", Liam means "cheese eater" and Tim means "dickweed". Posted by missmanners (Member # 1523) on :
quote:Originally posted by WizArtist II: I always imagined his name pronounced:
Silly-I-am
When I first saw it, I thought of assylum... or rather sylum without the a. If that makes any sense.
mm
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
PsyLiam is a play on his major and his first name. At least it was some time ago. It could be "psychotic Liam" after all the years he's had to deal with us.
Liam, I've always thought "Liam" was pronounced "lee-im", how close is that to the real pronounciation?
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
"Jason" loses all meaning when spelled improperly.
Yes, like most words that are spelled improperly. Take a number, Jhole.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
My mother wanted my name to be spelt Kristopher. Luckily, my dad intervened, and my name uses the traditional spelling. My sister, though, is stuck with Jaime and forever having to correct people.
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
Wow, my name is Kristofer, with a "K" and an "f." And it was my dad's idea, and being an atheist I'm glad to have gained a small measure of distance from the "Carrier of Christ" meaning of the name.
However, a friend of mine's name is spelled Kristofor, with an "o," which I think is taking things a bit too far.
Incidentally, I also recently updated the picture in my flare profile. But it still does not accurately reflect my current appearance. At the moment I have a lot more hair, both on my head and my face...
-MMoM Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Originally, I was supposed to be Austin, Jr. My dad killed that idea fairly quickly for some reason. Then came Kristopher and, ultimately, Christopher.
Kristoffer is another variation I've seen as well. But isn't "Kristo-" actually going back to the way "Christ" was spelt in antiquity?
I think we need to liven your profile up a bit. You've had "Well, gee...um...let's see...STAR TREK!!!" in there forever. We need to trim that down to Star Trek and add in stuff like "reinventing the wheel", "experimenting on lab rats", "stealing fortune cookies", and "plotting the downfall of McDonalds". You know, stuff that says, "I mock you, profile reader!"
Posted by missmanners (Member # 1523) on :
Well for obvious reasons I don't think I'll get too specific here, but when I had my name listed in the phone directory when I moved here, I told them I wanted it listed under my middle name and gave a Klingon name. I think I have the only Klingon name in three states.
mm
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Assuming Liam doesn't pronounce his name some weird way, it would be like "lee-um", except then "ee" and "uh" sounds are run together so it's more like one syllable.
I'm pretty sure there are some languages where the native spelling of "Christopher" involves a 'k' and/or 'f'. But I don't know about "Jaime". Unless she pronounces it "zhem" and tells people it's French for "I love".
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
You've seriously never met anyone named Jaime? It's pronounced the same way as Jamie. I've known at least five Jaimes (excluding my sister).
Jaime is also the Spanish spelling of the name, but in Spanish it's pronounced "high-may".
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
My cousin is named Jaime... does that count?
quote: Like how "Michael" means "strength of God", Liam means "cheese eater" and Tim means "dickweed".
And "Nino" means little boy in Spanish while being a Filipino Catholic version of Jesus.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
quote:Originally posted by Siegfried: Originally, I was supposed to be Austin, Jr. My dad killed that idea fairly quickly for some reason. Then came Kristopher and, ultimately, Christopher.
So your dad first of all stopped you being called "Jr", and then prevented your name from being spelt in a silly way. He is my hero. We should loan him out to all stupid families that want to saddle their kids with names like "Jaason".
Odd spellings of names always strike me as people (or rather, their parents) trying to be "different" without putting any effort in. Like crazy hair and lip piercings, the novelty quickly wears off. But I am old and grumpy.
Anyway, Tim is right, it's pronounced "Lee-um". It can be shortened to "Lee", but for some reason the only people who do are my parents and their friends. And it means "protector", I think.
I'm constantly getting my surname spelt wrong though. And pronounced wrong. Woe is my life.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: Like how "Michael" means "strength of God", Liam means "cheese eater" and Tim means "dickweed".
Does that make Tim Michael... "dick cheese eater"? Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Er, no. It would make him "Dick strength of God".
Which can't be bad, can it?
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Oops Tim Liam rather "Dick Cheese Eater"
+5 Dick Strength? What D&D game is that!?! Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
You know, stuff that says, "I mock you, profile reader!"
One person doing that every month (I'm looking at you, Simon) is quite enough, thank you.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Look at his eyes, damnit.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I thought "Liam" meant "the trailing half of 'William'".
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cartman: "Jason" loses all meaning when spelled improperly.
Yes, like most words that are spelled improperly. Take a number, Jhole.
My, you really seem to have a stick up your ass about me lately, Cartman, ol bean.
quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: We should loan him out to all stupid families that want to saddle their kids with names like "Jaason".
I've never seen it spelled "Jaason" but I can certainly forgive typing errors.
I used to know bot a kid named "Icaras" and another whose name is "Jayberry". His middle nmae is "sparkles". I shit you not- his (hippie) parents thought that name up for him and he still keeps it.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
When I was a music major, one of my classmates was a pianist by the name of Jay Sun. I thought that was pretty neat. Anyway, one of my cousins is named Jason. So far, both of his daughters have been named something normal: Kylee and Taryn. My sister Jaime and my cousin Cheryl, on the other hand, are driving down Unique Name Boulevard. Cheryl's new-born son is named Kaiden. My sister, when she has a daughter, wants to name her Kendall (which I've only seen used as a boy's name). My mom wants my sister's daughter to be named Jaden; Mom denies that she got the name from "Thine Own Self" from TNG.
I went to high school with a couple of kids whose parents were big Battlestar Galactica fans. The daughter was named Athena. The son was named Starbuck Apollo.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Starbuck Apollo - oh dear. Well at least you could say those names could be 'current' again!
I was at a convention once and in line behind a couple with a baby to get autographs from Majel Barrett. Majel asked who to make the name out to and they said "Sarek"... even Majel - the number of years she's been involved with Trek, the wife of the Creator etc. etc. - stopped and looked at them! Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by Siegfried: The son was named Starbuck Apollo.
Justifiable Patricide- right there.
Particularly as the new Starbuck and Apollo will undoubtedly become lovers if the show lasts.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
"My, you really seem to have a stick up your ass about me lately..."
Oh, compared to the pain you can be, that stick is nothing, dear.
Posted by Nim' (Member # 205) on :
Sounds like the both of you have one too many benahners up your pejahmers.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Moi? A Pain in the ass? Shirley, you jest?
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
OK...am I going to be the first to do the Leslie Nielson line?
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I's intended that way so you dont have to...
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Don't call me Leslie Nielson.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Okay, maybe it's just me, but "Kylee" and "Taryn" are not normal names.
On a related note, I was once in a class with a girl named "Arwen".
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
I dispute the entire concept of "normal" names.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Kylee is a bad spelling of Kylie - i.e. Kylie Minogue?
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
From my experience, I'd have to say that Kylie is a bad spelling of Kylee. I've known about four or five Kyl(ee|ie)s (not counting my cousin's daughter), and they all spelled their name Kylee. It could just be one of those naming quirks unique to Texas, though.
And, to TSN, I've known several Kylees and Taryns, and (to me, at least) they're more normal than Kaiden, Jaden, or Kendall.
Posted by Dat (Member # 302) on :
Ya know what? I've got a friend named Taryn.
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
I know a girl named Jaryn...
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I had never seen or heard of the name "Taryn" until today, in this thread. Karen, Sharon, Erin, Aaron... I've even seen a reference to a real person named "Charon". But never "Taryn".
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I've met one person named "Kendall" (it was also the name of the suberbs we lived in in Miami).
The only "Jayden" I've ever seen is some pornstar (google her up- she's cute).
I know a few guys named "Akria" (and yes, I always want to make anime related jokes).
Someone I used to work with conned his wife into naming their son "Cable" (after his favorite comic book character) by explaining "it's a cable binding us together" or some nonsense. I dont know if she ever found out the truth though (he moved away soon after she got out of the hospital).
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
TATOSU!!
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I knew one Kendall; he went by Kenny. He was in my high school calculus class. Kendall seems to be like Riley, Bailey, and Madison: a surname that is being turned into a girl's first name. Google says that there are more girls named Kendall out there than I originally thought.
I gave my sister the link to Baby's Named a Bad, Bad Thing. She's taking notes from it, so she either missed my point or is doing it to mock me.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
I know a Taryn.
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
Is she a Tarakian?
Posted by Nim' (Member # 205) on :
I will name my future wife and her parents "Molly".
Posted by Dat (Member # 302) on :
I was at the supermarket today and the bagger at the checkstand was named Taryn.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
They'll make a website about anything these days: www.taryn.com.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Some friends of ours in NZ had a daughter named Kendall. And another called Jaime. And there was an Arwen phoned in to BBC Radio 2 yesterday. I;ve encountered a Jayden and a Te� recently.
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
Kai Lee.... The former martial arts Vedek on Bajor.
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Try running into a Jessyln... she left me a message saying she couldn't get Star Wireless on her Sprint cell phone to work. I also worked with a LeSean before at the student union on my campus. Then again I had to deal with a student named Kaydence and Niali. Shantae is a friend of mine... that girl though needs to develop a harder shell when it comes to constructive criticism. Oh and there's Sunshine... my god her life should be titled "Lesbos of Our Lives" with all the drama she has. Ah, and the tale of the two Rocio... one bisexual who can't decide what she wants and the other straight on lesbian with a possible drinking problem. Doanh Doanh, AKA Delphine, is my cute Vietnamise French girl... too bad the business program at school keeps her busy lately.
Aren't names wonderful...
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"Kaydence"? I hope he/she/it doens't have siblings. They're probably named "Tamber" or "Pytch".
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
She has a brother: Matt.
I should have mentioned that I also know Arleth... she's quite the rock expert. Hopefully she takes over the Music Committee from Andrea after this semester.
Okeima, Larissa, Anacita, Kaitlin, Breanne, Simeon, Janay, Niyoti, Brynn, Leayah, Micha, and Urasay are other names that I've run into.
Posted by Nim' (Member # 205) on :
Those geology vixens sure are a handful.
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Haha... Arleth listens to rock and underground bands.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by Nim': Those geology vixens sure are a handful.
Are they dumb as rocks? Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
quote:Originally posted by TSN: I thought "Liam" meant "the trailing half of 'William'".
It's the Irish version of William. Or William is the English/French version of Liam. Dunno which came first.
quote:Originally posted by Sol System: I dispute the entire concept of "normal" names.
Stop it, or I will make scathing comments about your preference for obscure bands.
quote:Originally posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge: Shantae is a friend of mine... that girl though needs to develop a harder shell when it comes to constructive criticism. Oh and there's Sunshine... my god her life should be titled "Lesbos of Our Lives" with all the drama she has. Ah, and the tale of the two Rocio... one bisexual who can't decide what she wants and the other straight on lesbian with a possible drinking problem. Doanh Doanh, AKA Delphine, is my cute Vietnamise French girl... too bad the business program at school keeps her busy lately.
Are you sure you're not pitching some sort of people-trying-too-hard replacement for the OC?
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
I just don't see the point in getting all worked up about something that doesn't even affect you.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I believe "Wilhelm" (German) came first. The French version is "Guillaume". And I know "Liam" is Irish; I was just taking a shot at its actual origin.
Simon: Of course you would reject normal names. Your middle name is "Wales". (The horrible secret exposed!)
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
!
No, but seriously. People need to lighten up.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
*stares*
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
I've gone through Myspace profile and found more interesting names... Jazmyn, Kandyce, Shanta Loise, Cyanide, KaMeRoN.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I'm guessing the capitalization on that last one is more a result of the person's own idiocy than their parents' lunacy.
And I sure hope the penultimate one isn't real.
Posted by Dat (Member # 302) on :
Okay, I can see how the parents wanted to be creative with Jasmine, Candice, and Cameron... but I don't get why a parent would want to name their child Cyanide.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
A woman at my work (former employee) used to brag that she was going to call her baby (her third by 22) "money", because that's what it meant to her: another 3 grand at tax time.
Some people should not breed. (yeah, yeah, someone will say I'm one of those people: fuck you in advance ).
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Regarding the article Simon linked to, there was a woman with her son at the library tonight (they were black, incidentally), and the son's name was "Druscilla". Now, giving your kid a name that hasn't been popular in a hundred years is one thing. I don't have a problem there. But it isn't a license to give a boy an exclusively female name.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
I was going to ask if the son was young enough to have been named after Dru from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But then I realised that (hopefully) no-one would do that.
(Y'know, looking throught that list made me realise what an awful lot of, well, awful names Americans tend to have, black or white. Troy? Brandon? Corey? Nathaniel? And Mical...I don't even know how to pronounce that. Is it Michael for retards?)
(Also, my dad apparently has the 18th blackest boy name. Hmm.)
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
That just means you got soul.
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
My daughter apparently has the 5th whitest girl name, 13th if you say her full name.
B.J.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Looking at #20, and that name really is hogging the charts.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
"Nathaniel" is "Nathan" for Americans who aren't lazy sloths.
Posted by Nim' (Member # 205) on :
*reads article* I'm naming my son God Peterson.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
"Nathan" is pretty much grounds for electrocution right there, though. Although it is less bad than "Curtis".
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
What's wrong with those names? By brother is named Curtis and I have a friend named Nathan...
Posted by Wraith (Member # 779) on :
Tanner? Wyatt? Garrett? Marquis? Seriously, some people must really hate their children. I mean why would you name a child after an Irish county (Tyrone). For one thing, Fermanagh sounds better.
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
No it doesn't. But then I've always liked the name Tyrone for some reason.
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
Maybe the county was named after someone. Eh? EH?!
Posted by Wraith (Member # 779) on :
Ah, of course. That is the only logical conclusion.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Part two. Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Hey I was named after a Filipino Catholic saint and a bloody planetary weather phenomenon... does that mean my parents hated me? No... just says my mother is way too Catholic for my taste.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
It could be both, the latter does not preclude the former.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Wait, what's wrong with the name "Nathaniel"? It's a biblical name. People have been using it for millennia.
And the kid at the library looked like he was probably in the general vicinity of ten years old. So I'm thinking he wasn't named after anything on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". But I'm awful at judging people's ages, so...
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
Like the little Japanese comedian gal....
Her first name meant "Pearl" and her second name translated as "Harbor"
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
quote:Originally posted by TSN: Wait, what's wrong with the name "Nathaniel"? It's a biblical name. People have been using it for millennia.
I have yet to meet a single one.
And having friends called "Curtis" does not make it a good name. I do find it mildly surprising that we haven't got more stupidly named Americans here.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Dont think that "Liam" would not be considered a "stupid name" over here.
I've met only one "Nathaniel" in my whole life: everyone called him "Nate" and he was a dick.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Every single American in the world ever has told me that "Liam" is, like, a totally awesome name.
I've actually heard of "Nate". Although only through X-Men comics. I rule.
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
You still never said why Curtis is such a stupid name. Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: Every single American in the world ever has told me that "Liam" is, like, a totally awesome name.
Ohhhh...
So NOW, you're calling Jason "UN-AMERICAN"!!!!!!!!! How BUSH of you.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Well, I am a Democrat/Independant voter...
I cant be "Un-American:: My birthday's even on the Fourth Of July!
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
You are trying to destroy the institution from within.
Curtis is a stupid name because I am tired and grumpy.
Wales.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Everyone: Group Hug for Liam!
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam:
Curtis is a stupid name because I am tired and grumpy.
Hmm. I had always figured you for another of the Seven Dwarfs.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
I'm guessing that those birth announcements are put together automatically without a human ever getting involved. I say that because if I had to create a page welcoming the birth of Urhines Kendall Icy Eight Special K there would be a section devoted to all of the drugs that I though the parents were on when they decided on that and a section devoted to exactly what the school kids are going to do to him in school.
Posted by Nim' (Member # 205) on :
quote:Urhines Kendall Icy Eight Special K
Kan I get that in decaf?
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
I hate the name, but he (she? I can't tell!) shares a birthday with my son and Galileo. Cool!
B.J.
Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :
I've never changed my profile.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
You could never forgive it etc etc?
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Maybe it is not kosher!
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Shiny matzo balls!
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
In my pants!
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Never!!!
Posted by Nim' (Member # 205) on :
Ask him how did he get them.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I mugged some Girl Scouts. Unfortunately, they were all out of cookies. I really wanted cookies. Alas, they had no cookies.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I sat down to read the new Tian book (the one about Riker's small ship, with the big name) but a pretty neighbor stopped by and ensorceled me into watching her Carnivale DVD's and now it's morning and I have to sleep and the dreams will be Very Strange because my bum leg is hurting and I took a percocet and thought you'd all enjoy a run-on-sentence dertailing the last 18 hours of my life.
No Girl Scouts were harmed in the typing of this post. ...though if they had some Thin Mints...(drools)
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Ensorceled? Carnivale? Bum leg? Percocet? Thin Mints?
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Drug enduced typing binge... poor thing.
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
Charlie Sheen from "Two and a half men":
"You are like an Alzheimer's victim in a whore house. You're constantly surprised you got screwed and don't want to pay for it."
Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :
Is changing your profile the same as turning the other cheek?
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