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catspaw ([personal profile] catspaw) wrote2005-11-27 07:31 pm
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While procrastinating about -- something or other today, this thought popped into my head, as they tend to do when one's deliberately idling. What makes people pick their lj handles? Is there a story behind them, or a reason? Looking at my flist, I can figure out some of them, or at least make an educated guess but others of them puzzle me mightily.

So - would any of you care to share the reasons for your choices?



Cat's paw - a person used by another as a tool.

It seemed appropriate for a psuedonym - plus the pun appealed to me ;-)

[identity profile] catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com 2005-11-28 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
Ah! Yours *was* one of the ones that I wondered about :-) Thank you for putting me out of my misery *g*

But there's sometimes more than one Selenay? ::shakes head in wonder:: Who'd'a thought? I'd never heard that name before - I must read the wrong sort of books :-(
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[personal profile] selenay 2005-11-28 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I've never actually met any of the other 'Selenay's, but on big systems like AIM and LJ there is always at least one registered already. Smaller systems and message boards are usually safe :-)

The daft thing with this name was that I'd only read a few books by the author at the time (Mercedes Lackey, if anyone is interested) and thought that I'd taken the name of a character who wouldn't be seen very often and wasn't hugely important. Um. Too late to change now, though *g*