I like to think of things that make me smile, then bundle up those smiles into silly, semi-violent, cartoon-shaped packages, and then give them to people over the internet! SMILES FOR ALL!!!
Age 32, Male
Filmmaker
Austin, Texas
Joined on 11/27/07
I dunno, I like whitelighting... but maybe it's just cuz it reminds me of my year in London and drinking cider at Marble Arch while getting my ass kicked in soccer (FOOTBALL) by some ten year old kids.
I suppose if you really had to change it, to pick something that has a strong connection to your interests or your past, combine them, and hope it doesn't like a shitty emo band.
Oh, it'll be some degree of ridiculous, I assure you. I'm considering my long-standing gamer username I-AM-Q. Very unconventional for an internet name I know, but it would surely stand out, and has a good degree of quirkiness.
And...oh hey, it's you...RicePirate...don't listen to that podcast episode.
But the White Noise pun is clever.
Also, I picked my name at 10, not by myself, but with the club penguin suggested user names. I then forgot the password to Timmy4080 and made TehTimmy4080, because I thought leet was cool at the time.
Also is me, gingerballs.
Ah, hey :) I do still plan to keep the White Noise title because it's still rather applicable, even though it no longer has the double meaning.
Your name isn't that bad really, I just replaced Alexander the Great with my name (and yes that's how my name is spelled... I hate my mom).
Ah, but see? Original. Even if...odd. That's what I need. And yes, as a name, White Lightning is pretty good. It's just that everyone else has realized that and, consequently, used it. In fact if you google White Lightning you get exactly 4,410,000, and as far as I know, none of them are me.
ps, i think whitelightning is cool and recognizable and doesn't really require change, but your choice :)
As future me, looking back on this, thanks to you and everyone else for making me keep my name. :)
I voiced my own distaste for the hype of Dot Dot Dot on numerous occasions, so I get it.
As for the Clock Day collab, I actually liked my part :)
Stay snifty, brother :D
Aw, you listened to it. It was mostly jokes, I promise. I select internet nemeses at random; it's kinda like a mental disorder. However, I stand by my belief that the Clock Collab, as a whole, was terrible. I would've been included, but their technology issues allowed me to back out. HUZZAH!
(I'll show Ian you said that so you can get kudos : ] )
Haha the first thing I thought when I saw your username was how generic but hey if your the best one then everyone else is copy according to the interwebs. And really when I see whitelighting now its obviously you...you just have a lot of clones out there. Hope that in the future you wont be wanting to go back in time and kick your own ass for changing it to some gamer name like I-AM-Q...: )
Jazza
Omg, you got jazza to be in your flash? O Em effing jee.
In seriousness I understand your name changing desire, I picked mine when I was 11 and as it turns out became a business name... If only I could go back in time and kick my pre pubescent self in the undecended testicles.
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Well, I think yours still turned out alright :) At least it's a little more recognizable. But jeez, eleven? That is a long time for one name.