Categories: decisions
Date: 28 September 2009 17:35:57
Am having an Internet Identity Crisis!
Should I change my nickname here, or on the Ship of Fools, where there is currently a name change amnesty? You have two days to answer....
It's like this - I registered there long ago, but have only started becoming more active there after the time I started this blog, and got used to being Japes here! The name I go by there related to a phase of my life that is slowly drawing to a close... but, it's not obviously so, is still pertinent, and I kind of like it now. It makes me giggle it's one people use all kinds of variations on when addressing me, yet, in real life, anyone who messes with my name never does it again.
I think I'm about through with the real life identity crisis for now, and haven't had a "What name did I use for this?" for a bit now. Though, anything's possible, whilst I'm training people to use my real name. I really must get my work ID sorted, though.
My real life name is far too unusual for me to want to use that, but I'd like to be using the same name across all the internet places where I visit, especially as there is a certain amount of overlap. It's also part of a real-life desire to be the same person wherever I am... it's one thing being professional at work, but when it feels like you're acting a part all the time, depending on who you're with and where you are, then it's time to do something about it. Which I am.
So, do I keep Japes, or my Ship Name, or one I use somewhere else, or change the whole lot to something new?!