What Made You Choose Your Screen Name?

Virago · 10-29-2012, 11:50 PM

Mine is in honor of my first motorcycle. My 1985 Yamaha Virago. <sigh> you never really forget your first love, do you lol

Actually, I still have that bike along with a few others. 27 years together. See? A long lasting relationship CAN happen!

And that bike made it on TV! The bio of Brooke Shields opens up with her sitting on my Virago. My bike was so proud of itself! Keeps reminding me that I might date, but the bike got Brooke Shields

Andy Vibgyor · 10-31-2012, 11:57 AM

okay, so my screen name is also my personal pseudonym/pen-name, and I have made up a lot of those for many reasons. lol. When I was just beginning to find support groups etc online, I didn't want to use my real first name as I was so not out and also, quite young and scared. This was the same time that I started writing, a lot. And, this was the same time that I met my first romantic crush online. She was from a different country and couldn't pronounce my first name properly, so finally, i made up a pen-name for myself. I called myself 'Andy' which is a short, anglicized version of my first name, and 'Vibgyor' was just to add a dash of rainbow-awesomeness to it! actually, i also thought - in a very joking, lighthearted sort of way, that if my family ever kicks me out for being queer, I will have a last name for myself, of my own :P

Girl_On_Fire · 11-05-2012, 09:01 PM

Okay, I never did answer this so here's mine:

I've never been a hard rock or metal fan but I happen to like Rob Zombie's "Girl on Fire". Recently, this credit card commercial playing Alicia Key's "Girl on Fire" caught my attention and I liked it. I thought the term fit me because I'm very intense, passionate, loving, and have a firey temper. Ergo, Girl_On_Fire.

10-31-2012, 11:57 AM	#2
Andy Vibgyor Junior Member How Do You Identify?: Butch, stone, masculine-of-center Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New Delhi, India Posts: 2 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 2 Posts Rep Power: 0	about pen-names okay, so my screen name is also my personal pseudonym/pen-name, and I have made up a lot of those for many reasons. lol. When I was just beginning to find support groups etc online, I didn't want to use my real first name as I was so not out and also, quite young and scared. This was the same time that I started writing, a lot. And, this was the same time that I met my first romantic crush online. She was from a different country and couldn't pronounce my first name properly, so finally, i made up a pen-name for myself. I called myself 'Andy' which is a short, anglicized version of my first name, and 'Vibgyor' was just to add a dash of rainbow-awesomeness to it! actually, i also thought - in a very joking, lighthearted sort of way, that if my family ever kicks me out for being queer, I will have a last name for myself, of my own :P

11-05-2012, 09:01 PM	#3
Girl_On_Fire Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her Relationship Status: On Hiatus Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 690 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,020 Thanked 2,684 Times in 562 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	Okay, I never did answer this so here's mine: I've never been a hard rock or metal fan but I happen to like Rob Zombie's "Girl on Fire". Recently, this credit card commercial playing Alicia Key's "Girl on Fire" caught my attention and I liked it. I thought the term fit me because I'm very intense, passionate, loving, and have a firey temper. Ergo, Girl_On_Fire. __________________ "Quit trying to reason with unreasonable people. It's like trying to have a meaningful conversation with an end table." ~ Girl_On_Fire

10-29-2012, 11:50 PM	#1
Virago Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 387 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 404 Thanked 1,123 Times in 306 Posts Rep Power: 8364711	Mine is in honor of my first motorcycle. My 1985 Yamaha Virago. <sigh> you never really forget your first love, do you lol Actually, I still have that bike along with a few others. 27 years together. See? A long lasting relationship CAN happen! And that bike made it on TV! The bio of Brooke Shields opens up with her sitting on my Virago. My bike was so proud of itself! Keeps reminding me that I might date, but the bike got Brooke Shields