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tacocat  ·  3276 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is the story behind your username?

It's a palindrome and my cat's name





lil  ·  3276 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My user name is palindromic too, also my name, also my daughter's name which is "aha". We will one day have a band called Aha and the Palindromes. I will be one of the pals. There's something self-assured about going both ways; and comforting about being the same, no matter what direction you go in, something sure, something steady, like your cat. A palindrome is confidence-building, like rhyming poetry.

Speaking of poems, a friend was going to build a poem with me, but he bailed out. Here's the beginning. Sorry jleopold I know this isn't the place for poetry, except that everywhere is the place for poetry:

She read the loneliest poem

It began like this:

“Last night for the first time

you told me you loved me less.”

I saw her mouth as she read,

wandering through desert sands

thirsty, lost, alone.

_refugee_ how did you get your name?

_refugee_  ·  3271 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Everywhere is the place for poetry.

My name is very boring. A long time ago there was a website called Digg. Digg did stupid things with its design one day and got real shitty and lots of people fled over to Reddit. I did so, that day. I was "digg refugee." But on reddit, "refugee" of course was already taken, so I chose _refugee_. I only use this username on two websites, one is hubski, one is reddit. I suppose because they are similar in some intents.

galen  ·  3275 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm seriously hoping your daughter is secretly ahametals.

lil  ·  3275 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No, unfortunately she's not on hubski. I'll explain her name elsewhere if you're interested. Onward to squiggley eye finger puppets!!

ahametals  ·  3274 days ago  ·  link  ·  

haha and I am not the one Galen.