So, we have a variety of different and very interesting people here so I thought I'd give us a chance to get to know each other better.

I'm curious about a few things.. Where did you all come up with your usernames? Why did you choose your current avatar and what is it(a picture of you, a painting, or something else entirely)? Tell us a bit about your signature under your posts. Is it a favorite quote? Quite a few of us have counters from tickerfactory, so, what is your ticker counting to?

I'm so easy it's pathetic.

Gabi is my real name, wags refers to the fact that we aim to always have a minimum of two dogs and that's been my name ever since I logged onto my first computer...g

Oh my Juri, another anime fan. The Utena movie was fun to watch, I thought and the animation was very pretty and I loved the music.

Hmm, I wish I could say my username means something special to me...Unfortunately it does not. I like the way it sounds, that's all! lol As for my avatar, I took the picture to show my 'monroe' piercing. Also I don't have a silver tooth, that is part of jewelry for my tongue piercing. ick...I feel embarrassed admitting that. lol My ticker thing is counting down to what I HOPE my hair will reach, though I am not too sure I can achieve it...47 inches. Random number, sort of a favorite of mine. Mostly I like sevens.  .

Bikerbraid  - probably pretty obvious - I love to bicycle and always wear my hair in a braid when I do.  For years I have stuck the braid (or braids) back up into the vent holes of the helmet.  It is a unique style (to say the least) and people started calling me "bikerbraid" for it.

My ticker is the countdown to my six day bike trip in Wisconsin. 

My avatar is a picture of my hair from August 2004 after I took it out of twin braids.

There seem to be more anime fans here than I thought. I too love Miyazaki films, my favorite being Kiki's Delivery Service.

Anyway, since it was asked, about my choices.

Name: I am a fairly big reader, and I read mostly fantasy, my favorite writer being Mercedes Lackey and one of my favorite books by her is "Bardic Voices". Following the Bardic Guild and a band of gifted musicians and gypsies(the free bards) it's the story about those in the Free Bards, a girl from a tavern, their leader who had once been in the guild, the gypsy Robin. I fell in love with the books and in turn my already existing interest in storytelling, singing, and enteratining grew even more. I love telling my own stories, writing and I enjoy music. It's all a love of mine, so "Bardic Love"

Avatar: My avatar is simply some art of Rapunzel from a childrens book. I liked how the image looked when I found it on google quite a while back so I decided to use it.

Ticker: My ticker is counting down to the day I can be with my boyfriend(it's young love, so of course it's my everything). We've been in a long distance relationship for almost over three years now. Time with him is something I certainly look forward to.

How interesting - so many anime fans.  But come to think of it, it makes sense with all the beautiful long-haired anime characters out there.  My favorite (manga, not anime) is "Battle Angel Alita".

As far as my name, it is a derivative of "chrome".  I've had it since '93 when there were dial-up BBS'es.  "Usernames" were called "handles" back then because of radio call signs, and sometimes I will still say "my handle is khrome".  Old habits die hard.   When the web got popular, I was the only "khrome" for the longest time.  Now there are a whole bunch of them. 

I chose "chrome" because I was into cyberpunk-everything back then.  Cyberpunk is a genre of sci-fi.  My favorite book was (and still is) Neuromancer by William Gibson.  Anyway, I also liked "chrome" because of the imagry the word portrays.  Of a metal that is highly reflective of colors, yet consists of very little color itself.  I replaced the "c" with a "k" because I was into German electro-industrial music, and it made it look more German.  lol

My avatar is and animated version of the Khrome logo, which I came up around '97 when I revamped my website.  It's a "K" for khrome, surrounded by a rotated "C" which stands for Cynde or Cynthia.

Cynde

My hair has always had golden highlights and now is starting to have silver highlights, hence "PreciousLocks" and the avatar caption.  That just about used up all my creative juices and computer skills so I've never gotten around to getting a picture -- or getting up the nerve to have someone take a dig pic of the back of my head. lol

My signature is a reminder to me of who is most important and eternal (God, the One who created me & my hair)  and to not get too hung up on something that is temporary (the thing He created--hair, etc).