the names I chose
Mar. 1st, 2005 01:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
serenissimaIt has been a long time since I talked about my online persona. I apologize if the following sounds a little pompous. I'll try my best to avoid that.
The names I chose for myself are Firesong and Serena. Online, I'm comfortable being called by either. I've never actually been called by these names out loud. I'm not sure how it would feel. I would probably take a while to get used to it.
When used together as a full name, Firesong comes second: At many nosy websites requiring registration, I fill out my name as Serena Firesong. "copperwolf" is merely one of three User IDs that I like to use because "firesong" is usually taken long before I sign up for an account with whatever service. I've never considered my User IDs to be names and prefer not to be referred to using them, aside from <lj-user> tags.
When I first discovered the alt.fan.dragons newsgroup, I picked out the name Firesong for my dragon personality practically overnight, based largely on my fondness for singing and campfires. After a while, the generic-ness of two common words glommed together interfered with my identification with the name, to the point that I chose a new one. I chose Serena for its obvious meaning; I'm not a person prone to emotional extremes, and I felt it fit me.
Conveniently, Serena also works as an ordinary-sounding name in situations when I don't want to give my real name. For instance, there's a patient where I work who likes to sit in the lobby and greet people. He has asked me my name more than once (he forgets from day to day), and although I don't want to tell him, I don't want to seem rude by refusing. So I tell him Serena.
I'd like to write about my take on draconity, too, if I get around to it.
The names I chose for myself are Firesong and Serena. Online, I'm comfortable being called by either. I've never actually been called by these names out loud. I'm not sure how it would feel. I would probably take a while to get used to it.
When used together as a full name, Firesong comes second: At many nosy websites requiring registration, I fill out my name as Serena Firesong. "copperwolf" is merely one of three User IDs that I like to use because "firesong" is usually taken long before I sign up for an account with whatever service. I've never considered my User IDs to be names and prefer not to be referred to using them, aside from <lj-user> tags.
When I first discovered the alt.fan.dragons newsgroup, I picked out the name Firesong for my dragon personality practically overnight, based largely on my fondness for singing and campfires. After a while, the generic-ness of two common words glommed together interfered with my identification with the name, to the point that I chose a new one. I chose Serena for its obvious meaning; I'm not a person prone to emotional extremes, and I felt it fit me.
Conveniently, Serena also works as an ordinary-sounding name in situations when I don't want to give my real name. For instance, there's a patient where I work who likes to sit in the lobby and greet people. He has asked me my name more than once (he forgets from day to day), and although I don't want to tell him, I don't want to seem rude by refusing. So I tell him Serena.
I'd like to write about my take on draconity, too, if I get around to it.
