[jkat]

This is such a cool idea! I ALWAYS wonder about where you guys are coming up with your names!

Anyway, jkat's a nickname my dad has had for me since I was really little. I also recently found out that it's prison slang for an inmate that needs mental health treatment. Heh. So there it is.

[ratgrl]

I thought up my name simply from the fact that ever since I got my first one back in 1997, I've loved me some pet rats! In addition, I figured it offered me some degree of anonymity, in the unlikely event that anyone weird who knew me IRL was cyberstalking me (yeah, I'm a tad paranoid); that's why I chose not to post my real name or any derivative thereof. Finally, at the risk of sounding egotistical, I thought ratgrl sounded original.

[mouse]

ha, what a cool idea

mine actually comes, not from being timid or tiny or having an affinity to mice (though i do have that, and perhaps it has something to do with it since i did own a couple of white mice when i was younger--they are so sweet) but because when i first started tiptoeing around the lounge i was feeling very noncommital and wanted to be very anonymous. "anonymous" was taken, so was "anonymoose" AND "anonymouse" so instead of adding some numbers to my name i just shortened it to "mouse" and here we are.

[OreosMom]

My boston terrier puppys name is Oreo, so OreosMom. That's him in my avatar!!

[lucizoe]

Dogs. That's Lucy in my avatar, and I haven't taken the pics of Zoe off my camera yet. I'm laaazy. I had a different screen name in the before time - the long, long ago. It was just a derivative of my real name and I never posted much anyhow...1999? eeeeeeeek

[culturehandy]

I heard that some moons ago, there was a thread called "What's in a Name" All about where the BUSTies came up with their screen names. So, with that said, and some consensus from the Community Forum, I have resurrected the thread. So cats, I suppose I'l start;

When I first signed up with the BUST boards, I was in university, and I was an anthropology major, with a specialization in cultural and medical anthropology, thus the culture portion. The handy part comes from my first and last name. The Andy part was my dad's nickname (taken from our last name, given to him when he was in high school), and the initial H comes from my first name, thus the "handy" portion of my screen name.

There you have it.

Your turn!