Refresh my memory, Lamuness

Visual Novel Community Archive, 2000-2009
#241
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Originally posted by ekylo:
Okay, so I'm easily amused but considering for the most part we rarely, if ever, refer to our real names, I just thought it interesting. [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]

Look, who's talking!
I think, all others of us simply use pseudonyms, but "ekylo" is an acronym (no! this is not a kind of insult!) and thus a direct hint on the real name.
At least, the meanings of "e" and "lo" are obvious after the post at the "Help"-board. The "ky" baffles me a bit, but I suppopse, it is an abbreviation of a second given name.

#242
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Originally posted by Unicorn:
Look, who's talking!
I think, all others of us simply use pseudonyms, but "ekylo" is an acronym (no! this is not a kind of insult!) and thus a direct hint on the real name.
At least, the meanings of "e" and "lo" are obvious after the post at the "Help"-board. The "ky" baffles me a bit, but I suppopse, it is an abbreviation of a second given name.

Heh, well I said "rarely" not never. [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] Frankly, I've had the "ekylo" login for so many years and on so many sites, it's easier for me to just keep it instead of trying to switch to something else. Just plain lazy I guess. (Then again, in college I had something like 16 different login accounts across 7 systems so having just one login account to remember is much nicer.)

I actually don't mind people knowing my "real" identity, one of the reasons that most reviews I ever do are always under my real name. (Though I was very annoyed by suddenly seeing my name linked to something I didn't do, that's the reason for the "help" post.) Oh and "ky" are my middle initials. I have a Chinese two word middle name.

[This message has been edited by ekylo (edited 08-21-2002).]

#243

you know, it actually wasn’t a slip that i used my real name in that story…i just figured that a few of you know my real name now since we’ve done LMM card trading and such, so it’s not a big deal anymore to let people know that my real name is Melanie

also, i have shared some pretty intimate details of my life with you guys, so it’s about time to let a few of those protective barriers down, right?

#244
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Originally posted by ladyphoenix:
also, i have shared some pretty intimate details of my life with you guys, so it's about time to let a few of those protective barriers down, right? [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

I showed you guys my wife, didn't I :P

#245
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Originally posted by ladyphoenix:
you know, it actually wasn't a slip that i used my real name in that story...i just figured that a few of you know my real name now since we've done LMM card trading and such, so it's not a big deal anymore to let people know that my real name is Melanie [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

Of course it's a big deal. Now hymns shall be sung, songs shall be written, poems in all your glory shall be in your real name... (mainly because it's easier to rhyme "Melanie" than "Ladyphoenix"... [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/wink.gif[/img] ) Okay, I'm kidding. [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/tongue.gif[/img]

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also, i have shared some pretty intimate details of my life with you guys, so it's about time to let a few of those protective barriers down, right? [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

Still, it's real easy to hide behind the anonymity of our screen names even after sharing such things.. I know back in college, I've talked to people about quite a bit of their personal lives and to this day I'm still not sure who they really are. For all I know, they might have been the person sitting across the computer lab from me.

Well it's a personal choice anyways, how much one wants to share on a board like this. At least we seem to have a pretty good bunch of people here and I do hope that one of these days I can meet some of you in real life and actually talk without waiting around for a reply post. [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]

#246
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Originally posted by ekylo:
Er that depends. What do you think it means? Nevermind, don't think. It's a less stressful way of living...

9 pages? 9?!? Are we insane? (Not to mention that that is an extremely rhetorical question.)

Next question, why are you questioning how insane we are? Do you want to discuss it? Would now be a good time?

#247
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Originally posted by ekylo:
Er that depends. What do you think it means? Nevermind, don't think. It's a less stressful way of living...

I thought it means "Yep. Yep. I'm not lying."

#248
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Originally posted by ladyphoenix:
well, here's back to earlier randomness...i have an update on my boyfriend situation, in case anyone cares [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

[snip]

Take a deep breath and repeat after me:

Stress is good for you! You know what you need? More stress! Here, have thirty cups of coffee or so and see me afterwards.

#249
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Originally posted by ladyphoenix:
you know, it actually wasn't a slip that i used my real name in that story...i just figured that a few of you know my real name now since we've done LMM card trading and such, so it's not a big deal anymore to let people know that my real name is Melanie [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

also, i have shared some pretty intimate details of my life with you guys, so it's about time to let a few of those protective barriers down, right? [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

You were keeping track of it to that much of a degree? We scare you that much, huh?

*rereads some of this thread*

...nevermind, I think I can see why...

#250
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Originally posted by ekylo:
At least we seem to have a pretty good bunch of people here and I do hope that one of these days I can meet some of you in real life and actually talk without waiting around for a reply post. [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]

*blinks*

What? Are you sure? Do you actually read the messages that get posted here, or do you just have no sense of fear like the pigeons that hang around outside where I work and actually walk *towards* me occasionally?

#251

And now, for something completely different…

http://news.excite.com/odd/article/id/40487|oddlyenough|08-21-2002::08:40|reuters.html

An interesting new kind of denial-of-service attack.

#252
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Originally posted by Nandemonai:
*blinks*

What? Are you sure? Do you actually read the messages that get posted here, or do you just have no sense of fear like the pigeons that hang around outside where I work and actually walk *towards* me occasionally?

Well, fear usually requires some degree of self preservation instinct or common sense which according to the latest poll at work, both of which I severely lack. Besides, I didn't exactly name names. Maybe I'm refering to only the sane posters here. (Er, we do have one or two right? [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/tongue.gif[/img] )

Hmm, I should ask my friend to read this thread. He has a doctorate in psychology and sociology. His opinion on this might be interesting... [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]

[This message has been edited by ekylo (edited 08-21-2002).]

#253
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Originally posted by ekylo:
Besides, I didn't exactly name names. Maybe I'm refering to only the sane posters here. (Er, we do have one or two right? [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/tongue.gif[/img] )

[This message has been edited by ekylo (edited 08-21-2002).]

Mmmm...I don't think so...no, no, wait. I'm pretty sure there have been people who only posted one question they wanted answered, and that was it...so, uh, maybe them? Maybe? Or are we just that contagious?

#254
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Originally posted by ekylo:
Heh, well I said "rarely" not never. [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]

Well, my point was: Especially you do it not rarely, but all the time!


quote:
Originally posted by ekylo:
I actually don't mind people knowing my "real" identity, one of the reasons that most reviews I ever do are always under my real name.

I don't either. If you lookinto my profile, you find my real name in my email-adress.
I simply don't really like my real name and took the pseudonym "Unicorn" about ten years ago for another purpose. So, "Unicorn" became a name, I gave myself and like much more being called with than by my real name "Juergen Sarunski". (Don't you agree, this name sounds awful? Even, if you pronounce the "ue" as an japanese sounded "u" as in "juu" (ten))

#255
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Originally posted by Unicorn:
So, "Unicorn" became a name, I gave myself and like much more being called with than by my real name "Juergen Sarunski". (Don't you agree, this name sounds awful? Even, if you pronounce the "ue" as an japanese sounded "u" as in "juu" (ten))

Hmm, that sounds like a finnish name, or perhaps a russian name [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img].

#256
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Originally posted by Spectator Beholder:
Hmm, that sounds like a finnish name, or perhaps a russian name [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img].

Almost correct. I was told, one of my ancestors was in charge for the horses and carriages for the czar, but I myself am not sure about that.

At least I am positive, my gradfathers parents lived before WWII in the area around Königsberg (Ostpreussen). This is nowadays poland. They fled here at the end of WWII.

(Hey, that's right! Up to now, history-lessons were missing in this thread! [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] )

#257
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Originally posted by Unicorn:
Almost correct. I was told, one of my ancestors was in charge for the horses and carriages for the czar, but I myself am not sure about that.

At least I am positive, my gradfathers parents lived before WWII in the area around Königsberg (Ostpreussen). This is nowadays poland. They fled here at the end of WWII.

(Hey, that's right! Up to now, history-lessons were missing in this thread! [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] )

Heh, History have always been my favourite subject, so it shoult be missing [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img].

Ah, and sorry for not beign able to writte a longer answer or answer on the other topic last time I as here, but I just had a 10-minutes-break then, and you can't writte much in 10 minutes.

Interesating to have a family who came from another country, anyway. accordignt o my family book, my family (on my father's side) have always lived in Sweden as far as they know (and most of my ancestors seems to have been either farmers, priests or "klockare" (don't know what the english translation for this is), and memebers of the Village Council. And most of my ancestors have always lived in the same place, except for a few, like my father, who choose to move to the "big city" [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img].

#258

Yeah like someone would go and use their real first name for their user name…oh, nevermind.

#259
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Originally posted by Spectator Beholder:
accordignt o my family book, my family (on my father's side) have always lived in Sweden as far as they know (and most of my ancestors seems to have been either farmers, priests or "klockare" (don't know what the english translation for this is), and memebers of the Village Council.

Eeeh? Would you mind to explain, what a "klockare" is? [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/confused.gif[/img]

#260
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Originally posted by Unicorn:
Eeeh? Would you mind to explain, what a "klockare" is? [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/confused.gif[/img]

Err, allow me first to read the family book again (just to be sure) and then ask my english teacher for advice and then I'll answer next week (should have the answer by then).