GTKY: Screen name and avatar

purplestarz

A lighthearted GTKY for this lovely Friday...

Tell us the meaning behind your screen name and/or avatar selection.



Obviously if it means explaining personal details you don't want to go into, then just move along.

purplestarz

My previous SN with my last BMB was literally my first name, and my anniversary date. My avatar was a picture of my face. In an attempt to hold onto some anonymity (jk, I really probably share too much of my personal life anyway), I wanted to change it this go around.

DD has this ladybug thing in her room that shines stars on the ceiling. She HAS to have it on the purple setting. If it's on pink or green just forget about it (toddlers, right?). One night as I was contemplating my new SN she was very demanding about her need for PURPLE STARS RIGHT NOW. It just stuck.

Of course, the "z" was added once street cred was recognized.

Avatar was just one of this first pictures of "purple stars" google images had to offer.

nbcarlson

Oh yeah mine is because I clearly want my identity stolen. My screen name is initials and then my last name. My avatar is a picture of my son when he is like a month old haha. I know you can change your screen name but I'm apparently naive and am not worried about privacy at all. 

lemonlyman

Ooh I'll play! Mine is a reference to an episode of The West Wing (aka my favorite show ever) where Josh joins an online discussion board...seemed appropriate  

ksf13

Mine isn't very creative haha. My initials and 13 is mine and DD's birth date, so I've always liked number 13. It was originally my first and last name, because when I fist created my account in 2013, I didn't realize I'd be using the boards. My picture is DD walking up a hill in the snow. 

Edif, because I can't spell lol

Edit again, because OMG I spelled EDIT wrong lol 

Myelhsa

Mine is my name backwards and my avatar is a funny face that also reference LuLaRoe so it just felt right.

migdala

My SN is my Hebrew name that I've been using as a SN all the way back to the days of AOL instant messenger ... which coincidentally was around the time of my bat mitzvah, so that explains the random Jewyness, which has never resurfaced since.

My avatar is a wedding pic because I'm basic like that.  And also because I like that when it's small it kind of looks like the sky is me breathing fire or something.

riverrainez

lemonlyman said:

Ooh I'll play! Mine is a reference to an episode of The West Wing (aka my favorite show ever) where Josh joins an online discussion board...seemed appropriate  

This makes so much sense now, because Josh Lyman! I was wondering if it was "lemonly man" or if Lyman was your last name.

tyannej

Mine is my first name, Tyanne, pronounced (tie-Ann) and J is the initial for my last name John; and my avatar is one of our engagements pictures from over 2 years ago  

acnd08

Well, I'm just about the least creative person you guys will ever meet. We all have our talents.....

SN: My initials and year I graduated college. Amanda Catherine N(maiden) D(last) + 2008
Avi: Just a desktop background I had saved and I liked the pattern. 

canonmom413

My SN is because I'm a mom , duh. And I only shoot with Canon brand cameras.  Numbers are DD1's Bday. 

Picture is over the Severn River Bridge in Annapolis on a very early morning.  But it's a cell pic and filtered  

riverrainez

I picked two words that reminded me of the PNW and put them together. Added the "e" because riverrain was taken. Added the "z" because TB suckz + street cred.

JessDG

Mine is just my first name and other initials.  Nothing terribly creative.  I love all things purple and I thought the flower was pretty and stood out, so there's my avatar.  

jessafishy

SN: my first name is Jessica and my college friend's baby sister couldn't say my name and called me Jessa and the nickname stick. It used to have numbers after it  and then I changed the numbers to fish because I used the numbers SN on other sites. I don't remember now why I picked fish. Then we had a catfish on my last BMB and I was paranoid so I had my old account deleted and the Bump Gods lied and said my old username would be available within so many days and it wasn't so I added they -y to the end.

Avatar: It's a pretty goldfish. 

sjohns908

Well I just changed my avatar from a family vacation photo. The rose is a circus rose, which is what my bridesmaids bouquets were for my wedding. The first part of my sn is the username I was assigned for my login at my old job and just stuck with me. 08 is the year we got married

curlyq423

Curlyq because my hair is curly and 423 is my birthday. 

Avatar is my son's cute little booty and toes from when he was a week old. 

sjohns908

curlyq423 said:

Curlyq because my hair is curly and 423 is my birthday. 

Avatar is my son's cute little booty and toes from when he was a week old. 

Omg @curlyq423  I always thought your avatar was your pregnant belly with your hands under the bump. Ugh these small pictures and me being half blind!

curlyq423

@sjohns08 Haha! I can see that!

purplestarz

sjohns08 said:

curlyq423 said:

*snip*

Omg @curlyq423  I always thought your avatar was your pregnant belly with your hands under the bump. Ugh these small pictures and me being half blind!

Lol that's what I thought too!

canonmom413

purplestarz said:

sjohns08 said:

curlyq423 said:

*snip*

Omg @curlyq423  I always thought your avatar was your pregnant belly with your hands under the bump. Ugh these small pictures and me being half blind!

Lol that's what I thought too!

Me too!! Huh! But now I see a cute baby tush! 

VLillyV

my SN is a childhood nickname that I had and the v's are supposed to be the first initial of my future last name. I'm married but just haven't gotten around to changing it.

My avatar used to be Pocahontas because I LOVE Disney movies, but I changed it because I felt like a loser. It's now a prickly cactus. I love cacti, succulents, deserts. I thought it looked pretty  

OliveOyl2014

My SN is one of my favorite cartoon characters from Popeye. And the 14 is the year my daughter was born. My avatar is a picture of her baby feet from a professional shoot we had when she was 3 months old. 

feeislove

I made my user name for some other social media platform. Twitter maybe? I was trying to be cute or something. My avatar and siggy are from the film The Secret of Kells. Celtic Mythology and what not. 

bluejeanbabi05

Love all these!

My sn is a repeat of one I used in college for something (I don't remember what.) It was inspired by two songs I loved at the time: Tiny Dancer (Elton John, obviously) and Blue Jeans by Silvertide. The 05 is the year I graduated high school. 

My avatar is a picture of my Maltese, Daphne, in front of our Christmas tree this year

yasandson

@curlyq423 i always though the same thing @sjohns08 said. I love your avatar even more now. 

My SN is a mix of two things. My husbands name Yacine and my nickname Saya. My nephew and niece were never able to say Sarrah (my name) when younger and used to call me Saya and it stuck. Everybody in the fam calls me that, H does too. 
And since SaYa is our first two letters i use that one often. My first TB SN (in S17) was Saya_S (h's last name is Sana). But ive changed it around for YaSa&Son when I came to O17. Was told i couldnt be tagged so it became Yasandson... Because ive had (still do) a feeling we are having a son. 

My avatar is a picture of H and I during our first trip in Cuba, 3 months after we had started dating (loved that trip even more than our honeymoon). And I chose that one because I thought it would help people be conviced that im a real person and not a troll lol (silly me)

natleilynn

Mine is a nickname from high school and the picture is one I took in the Everglades when we were on an alligator tour. I was way more into the birds than the alligators.

carries2018

mine used to be carriet2018, carrie bc my dad used to call me carrie-carrie when i was little. T bc it was my maiden name initial. 2018 bc those are my favorite numbers for some reason and if you put them in that order it is like my bday 2/18. I deleted my account during the great bump debacle, then when i had to sign up again just changed the initial from t to S...my current last name initial.

my avatar is my dog on a Patriots Vince Wilfork jersey, his name is Vince named after Wilfork obviously.

curlyq423

@carries2018 As in New England Patriots?!?  That breaks my heart! I'm an avid anti patriots fan

carries2018

curlyq423 said:

@carries2018 As in New England Patriots?!?  That breaks my heart! I'm an avid anti patriots fan

lololzzz you and the rest of the world.

carries2018

@sjohns08 i am so thrown off by your new avatar.

curlyq423

 @carries2018 Oh geeeeez.... I would gif if I could!

alwaysadventure

Alwaysadventure because my Husband & I vowed to do just that. We promised that every year we would make a point to make time for at least one "adventure". If its a camping trip, visiting somewhere new, or just trying something that takes us out of our comfort zones. To surprise each other we each had something along the lines of "Our Adventure Begins Today" engraved on the inside each others wedding bands without the other one knowing. 

My avatar is a Lego man because I Googled "Adventure" and that's what came up - I'm obviously crazy creative  

purplestarz

@carries2018 I don't know what I thought your avatar looked like before but it is suddenly much more clear to me.

shan24

My SN goes back to my time on the Knot. Shan I'd the first few letters of my first name (Shannon) and I was 24 when I joined the knot. 

My avatar is a picture my SO took of a beach in my hometown. 

KDeola

Mine is so unoriginal I should be punished for it.  My first initial and my maiden name.  I joined the nest when I was engaged and didn't realize there would be boards to chat in for the rest of my life.  I have no idea how to change it and was under the impression that it couldn't be changed.  My avatar is self explanatory, it's my family. Clearly I am just begging for someone to steal my identity.   

jessafishy

@KDeola you didn't use to be able to change them but now if you login to TheKnot you can change it from there!

KDeola

OOH really @jessafishy?  Oh and I was on the knot back in the day, I don't know why I said nest.  But what should my name be?  Lets have a poll!

sdarling2010

I bet you can guess what mine is!

My avatar was something I found online and liked. I wish I were more crafty but all I can really do is create a  human, so there ya go!

jesssssr

My sn is the first four letters of my name followed by a few extra s's and the. The initial of my last name and then the initial of H's last name. 

And my avatar is a picture of a Ferris wheel at night 

PizzaMonster3

My OG SN was from my time at the knot. I changed it when I had an identity theft incident. 

I thought of me new SN as I was gobbling the only thing that would stay down in first tri - pizza. 

I spent more time deciding my avatar than my username lol. 

ladyglittersparkles

My SN is from the knot. So now I AM Mrs Spriggs I never participated on it though. I thought about changing it MANY times but I never have, I used it for TB for DD as well. MAYBE one day I will change it.

My avatar is my fur dictator Phoebe sassing me as always.