OT - Curious how/why people chose their nickname / Avatar

Alsacienne is the French for 'the girl from Alsace' which I am.

Learning about CPAP seems to me to be an exploration of sleep for me, something I can dive into. Sometimes it feels like I'm bobbing on the waves when I wake up - like I've just surfaced from a long dive. It might sound weird, but sleep and swimming seem very simlar to me.

sleepysmurf-I was always tired as a kid and an adult. always sleeping in class,taking naps in the car(while its parked, of course-lol!)This was before I knew this was an actual condition.
The smurf part of the name is because Im not that tall.

I'm thinking this thread should also include how/why people chose their avatar!

Uncle Bob...you always have realistic food!

As for me... I just love chocolate!

jbn3boys wrote:I'm thinking this thread should also include how/why people chose their avatar!

Uncle Bob...you always have realistic food!

As for me... I just love chocolate!

Mine is a caricature done for me by the guy who does GU Comics (http://gucomics.com). Apparently it's a dead ringer for me.

Mine is my nickname plus the last syllable of my (French) last name. I've used it everywhere I go on the Internet ever since 1995 when AOL wouldn't let your screen name be longer than 7 characters.

My name is Janice (not "Jan" as many people assume) and I knit, so my name was a logical choice. I first started using it on knitting forums.

My avatar is the Pali of Kauai, taken from a cruise ship. When I first started CPAP the noise and pressure changes with flex really bothered me, so I tried to imagine myself on a beach with a view like that.

Mine is my first name and my last initial. Creative, huh?

(OK, my birth certificate (and *I* have one...) says "Linwood". An old Southern name. But I've been "Link" since 4th grade, when I found out my grandfather--for whom I was named--went by "Link".

And my avatar is some guy who looks a LOT like me...

DreamDiver wrote:Learning about CPAP seems to me to be an exploration of sleep for me, something I can dive into. Sometimes it feels like I'm bobbing on the waves when I wake up - like I've just surfaced from a long dive. It might sound weird, but sleep and swimming seem very simlar to me.

Funny you should say that... I always describe trying to wake up in the morning as being sucked down by the undertow... I wake up, start to think, "I have to get up" and before I act on that thought, I've been sucked back down into a dream. Some days I'm fighting the undertow for way too long. This morning I was thinking, "This is like quicksand..."

Sleeping Beauty falls into this deep, serene sleep...unlike any sleep I've ever known. I guess I could have called myself The Princess and the Pea, but that is kind of long.

Jordy.

Well was given my full name so I could be called Jordy. And I have always answered to Jordy. I use the screen name of jCoyote a lot, but a wanted to be a bit more personabale with this board. So I used the name I go by.

My pic is actually me shooting in Venice. My son (12) took this picture using a Lens Baby (if you're photographically inclined). He's my little apprentice, and quite a good little photographer himself.

My avatar is me in a steam punk costume - Lady explorer - at the local Sci Fi convention. For those who are into historical romance novels I called myself the steam punk version ofAmelia Peabody Emerson by Elizabeth Peters . I am missing the umbrella because I wasn't going to go into the costume parade at all by got strong armed into it by the judges and my daughter.

i'll let you guys guess on mine
by the way linkc weren't you on the show "mod sqad"???

Well, I had just gotten back from spending a week with my sister when I found this forum. I love her so much and we had such a wonderful week together,I thought of "sister".
I don't get to see her very often,so now I think about her all the time when I'm on the forum.