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dear university where i attempt to further my eduction,
It has been brought to my recent attention that you are the reason I have such a boring screen name. Thanks to your wonderful system of assigning email and internet names via a last name and numerical number process, I have been so wonderful been given a "name" of ande2713. Now, this was never a problem until I became an internet whore.
Now....you might wonder what the problem is... I have a really shitty memory when it comes to passwords and other such internet necessities. Because of this, I have been forced to use this screen name for EVERY application on the internet. I noticed it was a problem when GIRLS would start to hit on me via chat rooms because they thought I was a guy....Now that I openly expressed that i have a vagina, my only problem is that ande2713 is the most boring piece of crap ever. It does not state who I am...it says nothing of my personality, my qwirks, NOTHING! Thats it...thats my rant...
I hate my screen name....and now its too late to do anything about it....
will someone please give me a nickname?
April 27 2003, 17:27:28 UTC 9 years ago
April 27 2003, 17:44:52 UTC 9 years ago
April 27 2003, 18:08:40 UTC 9 years ago
April 27 2003, 21:02:32 UTC 9 years ago
suggest
"AllThisNBrains2"? i think it is well deserved.oh and you can (for $20) get LJ to hand transfer your account to your new name...
wish you could come to the club thursday.
April 28 2003, 01:56:05 UTC 9 years ago
There has to be some hello kitty theme though
April 28 2003, 06:53:56 UTC 9 years ago
i've got a vagina of steel!
April 28 2003, 06:55:55 UTC 9 years ago
Re:
Now there's a name!Vagina of steel!
April 28 2003, 02:33:58 UTC 9 years ago
April 28 2003, 06:55:02 UTC 9 years ago
April 28 2003, 23:44:00 UTC 9 years ago
Even if they did, they'd end up in a Microsoft situation and periodically have guys named Jim relabeled as jane or the like. true story. That's what happens when they run out of more desirable combinations, and your last name starts with the letters 'n' and 'e.'
I would much rather be bret0024 than aabret or aarbre or abreth or any other random six letter combination. It gets worse as you go up to eight letters.
At least with the current system, people expect your email address to be four letters followed by four numbers. It's a paragon of simplicity when it comes to usability.
Current email exchange conversation:
Them: What's your email address?
Me: bret0024.
Them : U of M?
Me: Yep.
Possible new email exchange conversation:
Them: What's your email address?
Me: "arbrey"
Them: what?
Me: "arr-bree"
Them: can you spell that?
Me: a. a. r. b. r. e.
Them: Riiiight.
The email address is then promptly forgotten minutes later.
Aaron, the exhausted usability bastard, is now going for a last cigarette, and then sleep.
Anonymous
April 29 2003, 01:31:16 UTC 9 years ago
Easy access
On the upside, it makes you easy to find ;-)Mike (http://umn.edu/~hick0088/) (who just found your blog an hour ago)