what's your handle, baby?

girlie · Post by **girlie** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 2:30 pm

5 years ago some burner friends tried to name me "girl drink drunk", which ended up transforming into "girlie girl".

from a distance i do often appear to be a stereotypical "girlie girl". i only drink girlie drinks (too much random booze from mason jars as a teen). i find skirts and dresses much more comfortable then pants. i sit with my back straight and fold my hands on my lap. i only own two t-shirts and one pair of jeans. i say please and thank you. i reapply my lipstick before leaving the house.

what i most enjoy about my name is what happens when people look closer at me and the "girly" stereotype. the flipside of it all is: i don't shave my legs. i always have dirt under my nails. i can yield a chain saw or sledge hammer confidently. almost all my clothes are held together by safety pins in one place or another. i have a well stocked tool box and workshop of power tools -- and know how to use them. i thoroughly enjoy getting dirty with sweaty labour. etc. etc.

it's a good fuck-with-people's-perceptions kind of name, and i've always liked it very much.

precipitate · Post by **precipitate** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 2:33 pm

One of my favorite before-I-knew-you moments was at JetFuel's watching you weld BBQzilla bits together so we could roast meat.

Flux · Post by **Flux** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 3:50 pm

I have no idea what you look like, but...

I'm picturing you, hairy legs and dirty fingernails, in a lovely dress held together by safety pins, holding a chainsaw in one hand while you reapply your lipstick with the other...

Be still my heart (and, er, other parts)!

Juju · Post by **Juju** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 4:41 pm

I've been Juju since I was a baby. My Tia nicknamed me Jujubee since I was her little jew-beaner (hebrew mexicans represent). My family has called me jujubee or juju or juja for as long as I can remember, but I never told any of my friends until I was an adult and started doing subversive behavior that required or encouraged alter egos.

Now I'm Juju just about everywhere except at work

nymphgonebad · Post by **nymphgonebad** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 4:58 pm

Juju wrote: I never told any of my friends until I was an adult and started doing subversive behavior that required or encouraged alter egos.

see borris - it's not about being a different person, it's all about being subversive, having an alter ego or being gifted with a nickname.

my email handle is bgrrl. i am also known as nymph gone bad, the name of my jewelry/accessories/clothing business. but princess strych-9 was a gift. one of the several meth phreaks i met when i first moved to sf gave it to me. he originally called me pinky ( wishful thinking on his part ) and when i didn't sleep with him, he gave me my secret indian name princess strych-9.

suits me just fine.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 6:41 pm

My handel is used more than my given name. Even the family call me jonharley. The "un" comes from my doughter and I"s fun with Alie in Wounderland. It has spilled over into her adult life. Most presents have a UN flavor. She's 40 now and I have never grown up. Even at 66.

Stormy · Post by **Stormy** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 8:21 pm

I guess, I don't have a playa name either. Was funny sitting in Astral Headwash waiting room and the receptionist asked everyone for their play name. If they didn't have one the room was asked to help come up with one for the person. An interesting social game.

Stormy is not my given name. It has been my handle for goth and other email lists and boards. Liked it so much that I use it in most social situtions outside of work. My husband and mother-in-law call me by my handle 99% of the time. When I hear my birth name being used by the spouse, I know he's about to get really serious or I'm seriously in trouble.

And yes, some people would definitely agree that I am stormy.

Kinetic · Post by **Kinetic** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 8:28 pm

On one post or two you were Stormy to me, but the more I read your posts the more I like you and what you have to say. So the playa name doesn't always fit you...you've got some enlightening posts out there.

Stormy · Post by **Stormy** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 8:31 pm

Kinetic wrote:On one post or two you were Stormy to me, but the more I read your posts the more I like you and what you have to say. So the playa name doesn't always fit you...you've got some enlightening posts out there.

Bah, don't believe everything you read. Tee hee, he said I'm enlightened.

Thanks Kinetic, you're definitely OK. Can't wait to see what sort of shit you stir up next year.

Kinetic · Post by **Kinetic** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 8:36 pm

Stormy wrote:Bah, don't believe everything you read. Tee hee, he said I'm enlightened. Thanks Kinetic, you're definitely OK. Can't wait to see what sort of shit you stir up next year.

The plans are already being developed...after Tiara and Badger inspired me so much this year becoming a BRC Ranger is one idea. There's some other things I want to do next year...it will definitely be a much more engaged approach from this year which was so wrapped around honoring my best friend's final wishes.

I also have to work the greeters gate...that was the fastest and most fun 4 hours I've ever spent in BRC. I loved doing that.

Stormy · Post by **Stormy** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 8:40 pm

Kinetic wrote:
Stormy wrote:Bah, don't believe everything you read. Tee hee, he said I'm enlightened. Thanks Kinetic, you're definitely OK. Can't wait to see what sort of shit you stir up next year.
The plans are already being developed...after Tiara and Badger inspired me so much this year becoming a BRC Ranger is one idea. There's some other things I want to do next year...it will definitely be a much more engaged approach from this year which was so wrapped around honoring my best friend's final wishes.

I also have to work the greeters gate...that was the fastest and most fun 4 hours I've ever spent in BRC. I loved doing that.

All sounds very cool. Just hope you don't overdo like I did this year. Next year I'm working gate and camping with a very laid back camp. Don't worry we won't be taking up any good Esplanade real estate. Though if you hear an air raid siren, stop by with your coffee cup.

Kinetic · Post by **Kinetic** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 8:52 pm

Ok, there are two things I'm interested in...one is a full blown train horn like the one I heard on the playa out beyond the AEZ area this year. That thing was loud. The second thing is I'd like to find a smallish air raid siren....not one of those monsters various cities use. How big is the one your camp has and do you know where it came from? (or if they have more?)

And you might know that I'm one of the few who doesn't drink coffee for some reason. Don't smoke cigs, don't drink coffee. I make up for that with a lead foot and some aggressive driving. It's still be a great opening to go check out a camp and meet people anyway.

nymphgonebad · Post by **nymphgonebad** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 9:00 pm

Kinetic wrote:Ok, there are two things I'm interested in...one is a full blown train horn like the one I heard on the playa out beyond the AEZ area this year. That thing was loud. The second thing is I'd like to find a smallish air raid siren....not one of those monsters various cities use. How big is the one your camp has and do you know where it came from? (or if they have more?)

And you might know that I'm one of the few who doesn't drink coffee for some reason. Don't smoke cigs, don't drink coffee. I make up for that with a lead foot and some aggressive driving. It's still be a great opening to go check out a camp and meet people anyway.

come by camp bodygeek in 04 - we'll be making soy based spirulina breakfast smoothies. in addition, we will also be hosting the bodygeek mobile lending and reference library, the bodygeek body mechanics (massagistas ) and bodygeek playa manicures.

are you sure that air raid siren is a good idea?

Kinetic · Post by **Kinetic** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 9:28 pm

The Air Raid siren is just a thought....I'm going to have my hands full with Dragontear's projects on top of my own. At least when it snows this year I'll have plenty to keep me busy so I won't need to go out in it.

Now I have to get my new girlfriend hooked on BM and going and if she gets involved...I'll have it made. That's a project I'm already working on.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 12:09 am

DragonBrain (yeah, the snarky gorilla fetus pissing match dude) comes from that part of myself which knows no restraint, satiation, shame or remorse. It like to kill. It will consume until it runs out and will stop at nothing. I can be a bit likening Man, though in a highly modified form I actuall y teach at home for abused children, so I don't let myself go too crazy, because I know what real crazy is and does. [That which does not kill you makes you sicker than shit][/quote]

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 1:33 am

Badger.

Badger is my spirit animal. I do subscribe to such things.

Badger taught me many things a long time ago back when I was 10.

He taught me these things very quickly.

My friend Ricky and I were strolling through a canyon and saw a flash of something as it headed down a hole. Ricky suggested that we ( aka me) check it out. I made the foolsih mistake of probing the hole with a 4-5 foot long stick. Next thing I know it was shaking in my hand and semed like it was disapppearing down the hole like a pencil in one of those electric sharpeners.

Badger then came out of the hole and kicked my dumb ten-year-old ass. Tore into to me fiercely and then just ambled back into his den like nothing had happened.

Badger taught to not fear people bigger than myself (physically or metaphorically)

Badger taught me to think quick and fight hard rather than let things simmer and fester. This is especially important as it relates to my friends and loved ones.

Badger taught me about tenacity and fearlessness.

Badger taught me to deal with the unexpected and then get back to doing your life. Lately I need to re-rememeber this one.

Capthayes · Post by **Capthayes** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:13 am

My real name is Hayes, when I got to the Playa in '01 my camp unanimously agreed that with a name like that a playa name was unnecessary.

I added the Capt. when I brought my art-car, the cruise ship "Silver Lining" in '02-seemed appropriate. And besides, I'm a top in the bedroom, or the kitchen, bath, etc...and a total type A

That is all...

Capt. Hayes

Lydia Love · Post by **Lydia Love** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 9:43 am

Badger then came out of the hole and kicked my dumb ten-year-old ass. Tore into to me fiercely and then just ambled back into his den like nothing had happened.

Wow.

I'm just glad Badger settled on giving you less than a "final lesson".

stu · Post by **stu** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 9:54 am

I'm just Stu. On and off the playa. I have never been given a playa name, so I guess I'll just keep going back until I am.

And a clarifying note: Stu and Stuart Scanlon are different people. At least I think we are, as I have never seen the two of us in the same room either.

I added that because I saw a response to one of Stuart's posts that referred to him as Stu, so there might have been some confusion.

Chimp · Post by **Chimp** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 5:03 am

My West coast pals started to call me chimp this year on account of my monkeying around and inability to remain still for any period of time - I must have returned to my camp about four times to eat and stock up on water the whole time - I kinda dig it, I don't think I would ever choose my own playa name though.

nymphgonebad · Post by **nymphgonebad** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 5:58 am

JP / Chimp wrote:My West coast pals started to call me chimp this year on account of my monkeying around and inability to remain still for any period of time - I must have returned to my camp about four times to eat and stock up on water the whole time - I kinda dig it, I don't think I would ever choose my own playa name though.

so is there something particularly chimp-like about you? why didn't they just call you a.d.d. boy?

Chimp · Post by **Chimp** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 9:17 am

Gotta be honest, I dunno' I dance like a fucking twisted maniac - maybe thats it?

I ain't very hairy so it can't be that.

robbidobbs · Post by **robbidobbs** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 11:15 am

I have been called RobbiDobbs by my grandfather since I was born. It was his term-of-endearment for me, and he ONLY called me this, even as an adult. 1999 was my first year, and I was standing in the newbie Rangers line to get my shirt and submit my "handle". My grandfather had just had his first heart attack the week prior, and I was feeling a little angst. So I chose his name for me as my handle. That's not the punchline. Two days later someone asked me if I have heard the Word of Bob. Oh NO!
I've been following the dictates of the Church of the Subgenius, trying to be a good Connie, and spewing bobbist dogma since 1988. It had not occured to me that my chosen handle could me mis-identified as "daughter of Bob." So I told the asker the story of my grandfather.
After the 1999 burn, I walked up to and hugged Ranger Coyote (aka Puzzling Evidence, the man who killed Bob), and he was standing next to Dr Howl. I was introduced by Coyote as RobbiDobbs, daughter of Bob. Oh NO! So I feigned embarrassment, and told Hal the story of my grandfather. He said this was a matter of synchronicity. All is well.
In 2000 I returned to BRC as a DMV Ranger. I found the Subgenius Camp, where I also found Ranger Philo Drummond. I hugged him (as Rangers are one big, sticky, mooshy family and shit) and we chatted, and we went inside his rental RV where I was introduced to Ivan Stang. His eyes got big at the recognition of my name RobbiDobbs (or was it my red hair and volumptuous physique?), and the three of us had a lovely chat about my grandfather. He accepted my nomiker for whatever excuse I had for it, and all is well.
Any questions?

Angry Butterfly · Post by **Angry Butterfly** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 1:46 pm

I thought playa names were the stupidest thing ever, like raver names but about a million times more pretentious, then I realized it was just the firedancers! JK (not really) but then I got really really angry, and I talked about wearing the huge aluminum wings i built (FOR SOMEONE ELSE) I would be THE ANGRY BUTTERFLY! I actualy stuck to my "playa Names are stupid" untill I started doing stuff I didnt want people to remember my real name for, I mainly only use it online, but next year I am going to use it, because the more I think about it, the more I LIKE IT! Next year I am building my OWN Wings, and they are going to be part of a vehicle, and they are going to SHOOT FIRE instead of wimpy ass firedancer stuff! I may even have an "ANGER CAMP" Where you can go and be ANGRY! Of course, I could just join the camps that are already angry.

blyslv · Post by **blyslv** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 2:00 pm

Badger is my spirit animal. I do subscribe to such things.

I dreamt about a healer I had been seeing. I answered the doorbell and she was standing there in her tidy whities. She told me the totem animal for my heart is the owl. Several days later I saddled up to ride my bike home in the dark. As I started down the Potomac River bike path an owl swooped into the circle of light. For ten or so slow steady beats of his wings he stayed with me. Later, coming around a bend in the river/path I saw a full moon hanging low and heavy. Ever since then the owl has been my heart totem.

Thanks for the story Badger.

Rob the Wop · Post by **Rob the Wop** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 2:33 pm

Are you sure this isn't why you chose your handle?

Gotta admit, for useless Web crap- this definately is at the top of the list for me.

III · Post by **III** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 3:06 pm

>Rob the Wop

were you around on the *old* old eplaya? the one before the web crossing thing? before burning man '98? (there are two other people i know from the eplaya way back then, but they gave up on it because the changes made it too antisocial). i'm wondering if i'm just hallucinating...

blyslv · Post by **blyslv** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 3:11 pm

Rob the Wop wrote:Are you sure this isn't why you chose your handle?

Gotta admit, for useless Web crap- this definately is at the top of the list for me.

And yet, there is something oddly compelling in it, wasn't there?

Rob the Wop · Post by **Rob the Wop** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 3:15 pm

III wrote:>Rob the Wop

were you around on the *old* old eplaya? the one before the web crossing thing? before burning man '98? (there are two other people i know from the eplaya way back then, but they gave up on it because the changes made it too antisocial). i'm wondering if i'm just hallucinating...

I was indeed. It was actually kind of fun having only one thread where everyone posted. It made it kind of a free-for-all. You had to remember 5-6 different discussions to realize anything made sense. I remember seeing you post as Trey Gosh, but I'm not sure if anyone else ever tranferred over.

Rob the Wop · Post by **Rob the Wop** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 3:18 pm

blyslv wrote:
Rob the Wop wrote:Are you sure this isn't why you chose your handle?

Gotta admit, for useless Web crap- this definately is at the top of the list for me.
And yet, there is something oddly compelling in it, wasn't there?

Compelling, yet oddly disturbing and unsettling. I'm sure I'll spend the next week waking up screaming, "badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger mushroom mushroom"

what's your handle, baby?

how closely does your playa name/personality match your everyday life?

name

You asked for it!

Drift Every Thread Now

Aw c'mon now, badger.

Re: Aw c'mon now, badger.

Yep.

Re: Aw c'mon now, badger.