***TO THOSE WHO CHANGED THEIR USERNAMES LAST MONTH***

[FourScore]

I am just curious who you were and who you are now. How are you doing with your new username? Are you glad you made the change or do you regret it?

I really appreciate Skinner's warnings about post-change remorse that people had felt in the past, because it prepared me well for my own feelings now. Not that I would do things any differently if I was given the chance. I'm glad I changed my name. I really didn't think that my old username (whereismyparty) was the right one for the times and I like my new one. Not to mention that the abbreviation of whereismyparty (wimp) was not well thought out. But...I do feel sad that people don't seem to address me the same way anymore. They don't know me or wave to me as often. And I didn't get as many Valentine hearts this time :-(. That was a bummer. How are all of you faring?

You're responses would be greatly appreciated.

-- FourScore (aka whereismyparty)

[DesertFlower]

1. i'm happy with my new name. nt

[FourScore]

16. It's a beautiful name. I'd be happywith that one, too. n/t

[DesertFlower]

20. thank you. nt

[BlooInBloo]

2. My fav name-changer is "jg82567" --> "carpe diem"...

Don't know the poster at all, but I love the name-change.

[FourScore]

14. I thought there already was a carpediem.

Or is the name jg82567 the new one?

[BlooInBloo]

26. There might be. What you said is typographically different.

[FourScore]

33. Right. n/t

[Idealism]

3. Im all about the optimism, hope and change baby!

[Kingofalldems]

4. My change absolutely shocked the world

This is HUGH!!111!11!!

[FourScore]

17. Oh no...No, no , no. Don't you dare take it there...

I'm series!1!11!!

[s-cubed]

5. I'm happy.

My old name was scubed, which I meant to mean S cubed, for my initials sss. Too many people thought it had to do with scuba, so I changed it to s-cubed. It's clearer now.

[FourScore]

19. Cool idea.

And it's close enough to the old one that people can still find you easily enough.

[Buns_of_Fire]

23. I always thought it had something to do with scubing...

Which, by the way, is illegal in 37 states and the District of Columbia.:evilgrin::hi:

P.S. Whoever gave me the hearts, thank you!:loveya:And FWIW, I have removed you from my "Atomic Wedgie" List that I've been keeping since Jr. High School...

[Cant trust em]

6. I wouldn't mind having a new name, but I don't want to lose my rep. =)

Not like I really have one, but I don't know who is who anymore when I read OPs.

[EFerrari]

18. The old names are still in the sig lines for now.

Also DUer Jane Austin has a list and perhaps babylonsister has one, too. :hi:

[Cant trust em]

24. I just don't spend enough time here anymore.

I went on DU abstinence for a while and now I have to play catch up. The downside is that I'm a lot busier at work now, so I don't really have as much time to goof off as I did during the primaries.

[EFerrari]

30. I've been looking for freelance editing or translation from home.

But it looks like someone will have to die and leave me their business, lol, because nothing's turned up so far.

[FourScore]

35. Translation...What language? Just curious. n/t

[EFerrari]

37. Spanish/English. I've been looking for medical translations

but apparently I'm looking in the wrong places. :)

[FourScore]

38. I'm really glad to know your new username.

I always enjoy reading your posts. Now I'll know it's you! :fistbump:

[EFerrari]

39. I like your new one!

:hi:

[FourScore]

52. Thanks.

I memorized the Gettysburg Address when I was a kid. I still remember parts of it. "Four Score" was the first thing to pop into my head when I was trying to think of a new username. I decided to go with it.

[FunkyLeprechaun]

7. I like mine

I wanted this name instead of my old name for a while and was waiting for the chance to change it!

[rocktivity]

8. No regrets at all--the timing couldn't have been better

I'm named after my music web site, and was going to change its name this year anyway.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[Systematic Chaos]

9. Formerly Gentle Giant, now Systematic Chaos.

I've gone from naming myself after one of the greatest progressive rock bands ever (1970 to 1980), to naming myself after the newest studio album from Dream Theater (one of the best progressive metal bands of today).

Why? Well, I'm definitely a giant, but I'm not always gentle. If I think someone is full of it on the internets, I'm going to let them know about it, and I'm not always going to bother to be polite, either. So, I guess you could just say I got a little tired of the occasional replies around here to the effect of "ZOMG ur not so Gentle r u!!1! Y u call urself teh Gentle Giant and den u talks 2 peeple dat way? I'm series!1!11!!!eleven" - to which I would think to myself "Get a fucking clue you fucking worthless retarded sperm bank!" before chuckling to myself and moving on with life. Those who know me best know that at heart I'm a really decent guy, I just have a lot of issues to work through (which I submit is a very common condition on the DU and in our own way we're all trying our hardest)....

And then there's the fact that sometimes Systematic Chaos better describes what's running through my messed-up head. Either way, it works for me! :)

[FourScore]

21. I remember you as Gentle Giant!

Never saw one of those outbursts, though.

Both names are great. Didn't know the connection. Interesting how people chose their names.

[Systematic Chaos]

34. Really, the outbursts were very few and far between.

They still are and 95% of them are directed at obvious trolls who are given their pizza soon afterward. But thank you for the comment (and for remembering me under the old name)! :D

[Starry Messenger]

10. I like my new name.

I just want my sigline image back now. Long live teh Bizarro Code!

[RB TexLa]

11. No one's shown up at my house threating to burn it down and kill my pets

so that's good.

[stray cat]

31. That was my rationale as well!

[Old Codger]

12. Change

Basically I changed mine as I had logged on originally in a little too much of a hurry and did not take time to get an "appropriate" handle, my usual one that I have used since before the internet in the old BBS days was already taken so just used the first thing that came to mind which was my name and age, name is still the same but age has changed so went with something a little more generic...not sorry I did.. (On edit) I doubt I was well enough known to make a difference.

[Renew Deal]

13. Here's a list

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=4970873

[FourScore]

15. Who gave me a new heart???

Aren't you an angel!!! Thank you.

[Avalux]

22. I'm very happy with my new name.

When I first joined DU a loooong time ago I made up something random; didn't put much thought into it and certainly didn't realize I would be so active here for a number of years! My new name is what I use for online gaming. No regrets at all. :hi:

[yewberry]

25. I have mixed feelings about it.

I'm glad I made the change--my old username led people to make assumptions about me, and I really hadn't put much thought into it when I chose the name. At the same time, I was tofunut for 7 years, and the very few people who know me at all know me by that name. There are some posts I'm proud of that are linked to the name, and I feel as though I've lost something there.

So, I'm sort of nobody. It's weird.

[FourScore]

32. That's exact;ly How I feel. n/t

[4lbs]

27. Well, my name change was because I felt my original name no longer applied to me.

It was originally "SurferBoy".

That's a nickname I was given in my late teens and early twenties by my older coworkers, as I frequently surfed off the coast of San Diego.

However, now I'm almost 40 years old, and haven't surfed since Dubya became President, I no longer felt it applied to me.

My current one is a tongue-in-cheek way of looking at me.

I was determined through a series of tests in my early years to be gifted with a large affinity for mathematics and science. I took to computer technology like a fish does to water. I was in San Diego's GATE (Gifted And Talented Education) program for most of my school years.

Therefore, "4lbs".

The average human brain weighs 3lbs. 4lbs is 1/3 larger than average.

:D

[Systematic Chaos]

40. If you don't get the reference, sue me, but the first thing that popped into my head

after reading your post is:

I'd like to cut your head off, so I can weigh it.
Whaddya say?
Five pounds?
Six pounds?
Seven pounds?

Nah, I don't really want to cut off your head, but I blame you for having this stuck in my head the rest of the day! :P

[Lyric]

28. I love my name change.

I'm looking forward to getting my sigline back, though!

[flor de jasmim]

29. I'm happy with my new name...

from Sandi4Edwards to flor de jasmim (Portuguese for "jasmin flower"). I haven't been posting much lately. I'm still waiting for all of Obama's cabinet positions to be filled, I guess.

[4 t 4]

36. I changed mine because

I got down as soon as our new President was sworn in but I wish I would have just gone with 44.

[Igel]

41. Eh.

When I signed up I mistyped my username. Fixed the typo. I virtually never have to type it, so I'm mostly indifferent to it.

[Fuzz]

42. I think I will always be Fuzz

[BlooInBloo]

46. Similarly here.

[salin]

49. me too, well not fuzz...

but salin. Besides I am not around enough anymore for anyone to know a new nic for me - barely anyone but oldtimers recognize the old and current nic. :shrug:

[tabbycat31]

43. I'm happy wtih my new name

considering I changed it to the username I use at other forums, I want it to be consistant.

[bridgit]

44. Are DUer's still able to change their name?

:dunce:

[DeepBlueC]

47. the amnesty ended on January 31

Sorry.

[bridgit]

48. Ah pooper, I was going to change my name to PonziScheme

:cry:

[DeepBlueC]

45. I love my new name

First time around I thought I didn't need or want anything more than a tag of some kind (and I didn't want to take the time to think about a name) but as I got to know DU I regretted that decision. I'm glad I had the chance to change to something that both means something and also amuses me.

[NMDemDist2]

50. mine's all good

and since it was in my sigline for two years, I doubt it's a surprise to anyone

I was also one of the loud whiner/beggars asking for amnesty

:rofl:

[The Doctor.]

51. Debated over it until the LAST possible minute.

I originally wanted to just cap the first letters and remove the underscore to read; "Dr. Eldritch", but I've been through a lot lately, and I want to give myself something to aspire to. I want to do something for the country, for the world, and I even have something of a plan. I hope the new ID gives me the incentive.

[Berry Cool]

53. I'm happy with my change. I didn't want the name "Bush" in my name anymore.

I wanted to keep the Berry part because it had become something I was known by. I was kind of toying with something that had Obama's name in it, but realized that would eventually be dating myself again. Then Countdown ran a segment on Obama's BlackBerry, and one of the chyron captions on it was "Berry Cool." I decided, that's it. It's kind of an oblique reference to Obama's reputation for "keepin' it cool," as they say on SNL (and another double entendre--"Barry Cool"). Yet it's generic enough that it won't sound dated as quickly.