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[SuperJerms]

When I was a baby, my cousins were fond of a kid's song called, "Germs, Germs, The Invisible Dog." I barely remember the song, but it's about a kid and his/her imaginary friend and the adventures they shared. The cousins went around singing the song when I was born, and the nickname stuck. My parents and a couple of friends still call me Jerms.

As for the "Super," SuperJerms doesn't tend to be taken in most online thingys, but Jerms is a quasi-common nickname for Jeremy. I beat everyone to most major places where a nickname is required (ICQ, Hotmail, IRC, forums), but anywhere that I don't beat them to (AIM) I just swap a 'z' for the 's.' I fully expect that SuperJerms will be my gamertag when I get an xbox at Christmas.

The superman logo was just something I made in Photoshop.

[thebruce]

same here, whenever I use my alias, if thebruce is already taken (it happens), thebruce0 is never taken... and having been a Live beta-tester, I easily got thebruce... and I shall never give it up!

[Astald]

No avatar, but my name actually is Elvish. Got it when EverQuest was first starting, checked a page that had an Elvish dictionary, and looked up the word "Brave". And that is how it all began.

[cheebers]

[Ozy_y2k]

I am SO glad someone actually TRIED that. Thank you, Mr. or Ms. Cheebers. You have singlehandedly reaffirmed my faith in humanity!

[krystyn]

Nicely played, 00zy.

[hmrpita]

My original avatar was drawn by ariock and I like it, therefore I used it.
EDIT: Not drawn, but assembled.


Then, for a brief period of time, I changed it to Lenore (my real name) by Roman Dirge, but it disturbed a couple of people (AngriBuddhist, in particular ), so I changed it to what you see here.

What you see here is a picture I took at the Embarcadero Plaza in San Francisco. It is one example of an exhibit of ~130 hearts by different artists, installed all over the city, to benefit SF General Hospital, called Hearts in San Francisco, along the same lines as the cows in Chicago, the donkeys and elephants in Washington, D.C., the fish in New Orleans, and the pigs in Seattle.

I acquired this awkward moniker on a trip to England with some friends. We were commenting on the rampant use of HMR, and I SOMEhow I got dubbed hmrpita (Her Most Royal Pain In The Ass). I use it because I can always get it (though it is not usually my first choice). As I have told a few people, if I had known that I would be saying my name out loud, I never would have used it. Though, I must say (with some degree of satisfaction) that Zudini (Lt. Adam) had a little difficulty when he was trying to figure out how to pronounce it (himmERpitta?) the day he ratted me out to Melissa.

Cherry Cotton, this was a cool idea for a thread. I enjoy reading everyone's stories.

[vpisteve]

Mine is poor drowning Stavros, the hapless maintenance worker at The Aquapolis.

It's nice and small. 60x60. And not very big or animated or anything. Unless you look very closely.

[Cherry Cotton]

[hmrpita]

Cherry Cotton,
Everybody but you...but mostly you!

P.S. I love Spacebass's! That is classic!

[colin]

[Cherry Cotton]

[krystyn]

(here's mine)

[thebruce]

teehee, I like!

[TridenT]

That's a lot of fun! And yes, it is actually pretty tough to do...

I think mine turned out pretty good... I hardly ever get caught off-guard by a camera, so I annoy photo-takers (especially my g/f, who's a photo-phreak) by sticking out my tongue.