Repeating this. Unsure where other is..
1. Where is your cell phone? Purse
2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend? Interested
3. Your hair? Back
4. Work? There
5. Your father? Missed
6. Your favorite thing? Sonic
7. Your dream last night? Sleepless
8. Your favorite drink? Imported
9. Your dream car? RV
10.Room you're in? Master
11. Your pet? Feline
12. Your fears? Hate
13. Where do you want to be in 10 years? Egypt
15. What you're not good at? Remembering
16. Sibling's name? David
17. One of your wish list items? Wists
18. Where you grew up? Cali
19. The last thing you did? Email
20. What are you wearing? Socks
21. What aren't you wearing? Earrings
23. Your computer? Laptop
24. Your life? Busy
25. Your mood? Eh
26. Missing? KT
27. What are you thinking about right now? Food
28. Your car? Sienna
30. Your summer? Melting
31. Your status? Awake
32. Your favorite color? Pink
33. When is the last time you laughed? Today
34. Last time you cried? Yesterday
35. Your mother? Katy
36. Favorite song? Many
37. Hobby? Genealogy
38. Lost dream? Trust
39. Future plan? Many
40. One desire? Sleep
41.Favorite quote summed up into one word: Endure
UmmAli Adds
42. Favorite Food? Soup
43. Favorite place? Asleep
44. Favorite Season? Fall
45. Kids? Teens
What would you like to add?
NOTHING
Friday, November 30, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Screen Names
I received an email from the group Bloggers Anonymous, from Snowbea, asking about screen names..
Since not all of my Multiply Associates have known me very long, I thought I'd pipe my answer here..
My screen-name/niche has evolved.
When I first joined YIM, I used a variation of my real name as an ID. (It sounded like a good idea, at the time!)
Interestingly, also, at the time, I also had a land-line telephone. The main reason that I don't have a land-line telephone now has a lot to do with my evolution, as well.
One day, I received a delivery of long-stemmed red roses, a stuffed animal, a mylar "I love you" balloon, and a box of chocolate truffles. Ironically, the sender had no idea that I thought truffles were Gold. The stuffed animal was also a frog, and the sender not only didn't know how personal that was, to me, but didn't choose the type of stuffed animal, either, it turned out.
I really didn't think much of the gift, other than being surprised.. until the next delivery arrived, about a week, or so, later.
It was an internet company printed check, from what turned out to be a car dealership in the midwestern United States. It was for an amazing amount of money. It was legit, as far as it appeared, and IT HAD MY NAME ON IT!
Quickly, two of my chat friends turned into raging lunatics. Both were claiming that the check was theirs. They had somewhat legit stories and explanations.. but that all quickly deteriorated to pure crap!
I know, for sure, who sent the flowers and gifts. I have no idea who sent the check, or who had the check sent. I had made it perfectly clear, all along, with everyone, that "Heidi don' t play that receive my check, cash it, and western union it to you" game.
I was rather angry to find out that this check was not a mistake.. but an intentional trap.
Both of my "friends" in Nigeria, were "American's on Contract with the Nigerian Government."
When I dropped my Yahoo ID, one of them called me. He didn't speak very much English, at all. (I had confronted both about the check and asked them to identify the sender, because they were both claiming it to be their own money. Neither could ID the sender and both were full of crap excuses!)
Sadly, I don't know, nor really care if they both knew each other. Anything is possible. I had been suspicious of one of these men because his photos were too perfect.. model type perfect. I guess they figured I was born "last night" and "in the dark".
I contacted one of my Egyptian online friends and asked several questions, looking for an ID that was in Arabic. I used that ID for YIM. My only real dilemma came when I decided to blog.
I spent weeks trying to think of an ID to use that would be unique and yet keep me incognito. A while back, before this time, I had used a Nick, on IRC that was MsTess. How that came about what a brain lapse.
My mother had sent me a greeting card about a Tussie-Mussie. A Tussie-Mussie is a bouquet of flowers with specific meaning tied to the plants/flowers used to make it. Its an ideal type of screen-name because each of us is made up of "our own" combination.
I hadn't remembered the name correctly, and chose the Nick "Tessie," though. This evolved to MsTess and sometimes just Tess. Without knowing it, however, I had named myself the name of a sister of a good friend of mine. That made Tess even more personal and special, to me.
In one of my thought sessions, about my Y! Blog, I was really bothered that I couldn't figure out a name to use, that was unique to me, yet kept me hidden from the public, too. Tess came to mind. I created a last name for Tess, in what I like to refer to as "true J.K. Rowling Fashion." I chose "London."
So Tess London was born.
I could have a pen-name.. a pseudonym.. a nom de plume!
You will still see some of my ID's and screen-names reference Tess, in many different ways.
One day, it hit me. In the business world, its good practice to have your business name appear as "first" on a list as possible.. this is why you see "A" or numbers added to the beginning of names.. the phone book is listed alphabetically. I need a tow truck, the list starts with "A"...
APlaceForTess was born!
After two years of blogging, Tess ran into a need to go into hiding. Sadly, it was just necessary for my sanity and well-being. A true blogger can not just quit blogging, though. It really doesn't work like that. It was my first thought to leave the Y! I had stood up to looney's in Y!Land before.. The crazies are everywhere, right? Well.. my biggest problem was that my "crazy" was linked to someone I really liked and respected in 360.
That respect was enough to have me rethink my screen name. I buried the Y!360 Tess. Tess will always be a part of me. I still use a variation of Tess on eBay and Imeem. I think she will never die while I am still breathing. I'll let you know if she ever receives snail mail. LOL
Now, here I was.. back to square one... what to use as a blog ID. Kenny Chesney helped me with that. *wink*
In the song "I go back," he sings, "a taste of the salt on the Carolina shore."
I am a Cali Girl. I've always been a Cali Girl. But this Cali Girl was in Carolina... I am a transplant.. the wheels started to tumble..
I have a thing for using "z" to pluralize words. My family history niche name is FamilyHugz! With that in mind, I twisted Carolina into CarolinaDreamz.
I quickly set out to niche market my new name. I changed many of my ID's. I created new social networking groups. About this time, Y!Mash came on the scene. My "name" there is "Heidi, the Blogger formerly known as Tess." It works for me.
I registered the dot-com domain. I created my google ID. I set up email. I opened an account of Etsy, Facebook, MyBlogLog, My Yearbook (which I hate), Skype, and Del.icio.us! 99% of the CarolinaDreamz you find out there, in 'netland is ME.
I do have an alterior motive. I am an entrepreneur. My niche building and link dropping is part of a grander plan that hasn't been established yet.
there is more to come..
Since not all of my Multiply Associates have known me very long, I thought I'd pipe my answer here..
My screen-name/niche has evolved.
When I first joined YIM, I used a variation of my real name as an ID. (It sounded like a good idea, at the time!)
Interestingly, also, at the time, I also had a land-line telephone. The main reason that I don't have a land-line telephone now has a lot to do with my evolution, as well.
One day, I received a delivery of long-stemmed red roses, a stuffed animal, a mylar "I love you" balloon, and a box of chocolate truffles. Ironically, the sender had no idea that I thought truffles were Gold. The stuffed animal was also a frog, and the sender not only didn't know how personal that was, to me, but didn't choose the type of stuffed animal, either, it turned out.
I really didn't think much of the gift, other than being surprised.. until the next delivery arrived, about a week, or so, later.
It was an internet company printed check, from what turned out to be a car dealership in the midwestern United States. It was for an amazing amount of money. It was legit, as far as it appeared, and IT HAD MY NAME ON IT!
Quickly, two of my chat friends turned into raging lunatics. Both were claiming that the check was theirs. They had somewhat legit stories and explanations.. but that all quickly deteriorated to pure crap!
I know, for sure, who sent the flowers and gifts. I have no idea who sent the check, or who had the check sent. I had made it perfectly clear, all along, with everyone, that "Heidi don' t play that receive my check, cash it, and western union it to you" game.
I was rather angry to find out that this check was not a mistake.. but an intentional trap.
Both of my "friends" in Nigeria, were "American's on Contract with the Nigerian Government."
When I dropped my Yahoo ID, one of them called me. He didn't speak very much English, at all. (I had confronted both about the check and asked them to identify the sender, because they were both claiming it to be their own money. Neither could ID the sender and both were full of crap excuses!)
Sadly, I don't know, nor really care if they both knew each other. Anything is possible. I had been suspicious of one of these men because his photos were too perfect.. model type perfect. I guess they figured I was born "last night" and "in the dark".
I contacted one of my Egyptian online friends and asked several questions, looking for an ID that was in Arabic. I used that ID for YIM. My only real dilemma came when I decided to blog.
I spent weeks trying to think of an ID to use that would be unique and yet keep me incognito. A while back, before this time, I had used a Nick, on IRC that was MsTess. How that came about what a brain lapse.
My mother had sent me a greeting card about a Tussie-Mussie. A Tussie-Mussie is a bouquet of flowers with specific meaning tied to the plants/flowers used to make it. Its an ideal type of screen-name because each of us is made up of "our own" combination.
I hadn't remembered the name correctly, and chose the Nick "Tessie," though. This evolved to MsTess and sometimes just Tess. Without knowing it, however, I had named myself the name of a sister of a good friend of mine. That made Tess even more personal and special, to me.
In one of my thought sessions, about my Y! Blog, I was really bothered that I couldn't figure out a name to use, that was unique to me, yet kept me hidden from the public, too. Tess came to mind. I created a last name for Tess, in what I like to refer to as "true J.K. Rowling Fashion." I chose "London."
So Tess London was born.
I could have a pen-name.. a pseudonym.. a nom de plume!
You will still see some of my ID's and screen-names reference Tess, in many different ways.
One day, it hit me. In the business world, its good practice to have your business name appear as "first" on a list as possible.. this is why you see "A" or numbers added to the beginning of names.. the phone book is listed alphabetically. I need a tow truck, the list starts with "A"...
APlaceForTess was born!
After two years of blogging, Tess ran into a need to go into hiding. Sadly, it was just necessary for my sanity and well-being. A true blogger can not just quit blogging, though. It really doesn't work like that. It was my first thought to leave the Y! I had stood up to looney's in Y!Land before.. The crazies are everywhere, right? Well.. my biggest problem was that my "crazy" was linked to someone I really liked and respected in 360.
That respect was enough to have me rethink my screen name. I buried the Y!360 Tess. Tess will always be a part of me. I still use a variation of Tess on eBay and Imeem. I think she will never die while I am still breathing. I'll let you know if she ever receives snail mail. LOL
Now, here I was.. back to square one... what to use as a blog ID. Kenny Chesney helped me with that. *wink*
In the song "I go back," he sings, "a taste of the salt on the Carolina shore."
I am a Cali Girl. I've always been a Cali Girl. But this Cali Girl was in Carolina... I am a transplant.. the wheels started to tumble..
I have a thing for using "z" to pluralize words. My family history niche name is FamilyHugz! With that in mind, I twisted Carolina into CarolinaDreamz.
I quickly set out to niche market my new name. I changed many of my ID's. I created new social networking groups. About this time, Y!Mash came on the scene. My "name" there is "Heidi, the Blogger formerly known as Tess." It works for me.
I registered the dot-com domain. I created my google ID. I set up email. I opened an account of Etsy, Facebook, MyBlogLog, My Yearbook (which I hate), Skype, and Del.icio.us! 99% of the CarolinaDreamz you find out there, in 'netland is ME.
I do have an alterior motive. I am an entrepreneur. My niche building and link dropping is part of a grander plan that hasn't been established yet.
there is more to come..
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