Me, Myself, and I

[thefourthvine]

This is one of my periodic attempts to keep my various internet selves all organized and accounted for. (It doesn't work, but I think the effort is what counts, don't you?) So, if for some reason you want to find me somewhere else:

I'm thefourthvine on InsaneJournal.

I'm thefourthvine (just for variety) on GreatestJournal, and I'm also keeping an off-site backup of my LJ posts there. (Thanks for the kick in the ass to do that, brown_betty. And if anyone else is wondering how to do it, and do it easily, I used Betty's helpful instructions.)

I'm thefourthvine (Look, I don't like change, okay?) on GoodReads, where I'm experimenting with reviewing some of the published stuff I read. Notes: these are not considered, thoughtful reviews, they are not consistently positive reviews (or even consistently not frothing at the mouth reviews), and at this point they're also pretty haphazard; I've just been clicking around until I feel the urge to review coming over me. Also, I'm brand-new to the GR thing, and I'm making mistakes; people who have already friended me there have been spammed with reviews of older books. I've figured out how not to do that now. But other mistakes are inevitable. Join me now and you can point and laugh! (And tell me what to read, too. That would be nice.) ETA: I really am entertainingly new to this. Apparently I'm TFV, not thefourthvine, on GoodReads. Perhaps I should change my name to "easily confused by text boxes."

I'm thefourthvine (Consistency is a virtue. It's a foolish consistency that's the hobgoblin of little minds, thank you very much.) on IMEEM, too.

And I'm sometimes littera_abactor right here on LJ. (Well, I had to have one different name. It's a rule. I think. I, uh, kind of lost the Official Internets Rulebook, v. 3897.144. Please don't tell on me.)

...And I think that's all of me. I'll look around and see if I've got any more of me lying on a virtual shelf somewhere, though.

Soon: a return to actual recommending! Probably! Or maybe meta! Content, is my point. (Oh, content, how I've missed you.)

ETA2: And cofax7 and bluevsgrey have reminded me that I'm TFV on del.icio.us. Apparently I need skilled professionals to help me keep track of myselves. This can't be a good sign.

Comments

[thefourthvine.livejournal.com]

LJ ate this comment, probably to sustain itself in its fight for survival against the DDOS attack, so I'm having another go.

Yeah. It's been, uh, peckish lately. Would I guess be the nicest way of putting it.

Your username is not lame, it is seriously awesome.

I am delighted you think so. I still think of it as pathetic and dorky, but my pathetic and dorky, if that makes sense.

Oh, at first, you just want one so you can get that handy flist feature, but the next thing you know, there are recs, and comments, and you're left wishing you'd spent that extra time coming up with a better name.

YES! PRECISELY. Judging by the comments here, this is not an uncommon problem. Why does no one warn us about these things before we're inextricably wedded to our unfortunate flashes of late-night inspiration? (At least your name means something, let me note. This puts you way up on me.)

Of course, I've been trying to think of a better name for three years now, and I'm still not going all that well.

I really do have a list. Including some I have pre-emptively claimed, just in case. And yet I know I will never change. How sad is that?

*considers*

Very, very sad. Sad enough that we should start a sad user name support group, I think. Will you join me? I will bring cookies.

[delurker.livejournal.com]

Even before I got the pun, I liked your name. It's very mysterious. It sounds like there should be some kind of story attached to it, possibly involving the fate of kingdoms. (Or maybe Romans.)

Why does no one warn us about these things before we're inextricably wedded to our unfortunate flashes of late-night inspiration?
A good question! They should have a little sign at the 'pick your username' field along the lines of, "Yes, you've been sitting here for five minutes trying to think of a username, but a username is for life, not just for christmas. Maybe try again tomorrow? :)"

(At least your name means something, let me note. This puts you way up on me.)
True. On the downside, though, everyone pronounces it differently, and no-one can decide where the stress should fall. Also it is used by other people occasionally, which is weird. And also it does not feel like my name. :(
(On the upside, it is easy to spell, it's easy to stick on icons, it has a pleasing topography, and it starts with a letter I really like. So I could have done worse. It just - doesn't feel like my name.)

Sad enough that we should start a sad user name support group, I think. Will you join me? I will bring cookies.
I will! I will bring cupcakes with lemon icing, and we can comfort ourselves with cake and the knowledge that it could have been much worse - we could have chosen mrs_emo_legolas_01, or something.

[delurker.livejournal.com]

[Bad username: mrs_emo_legolas_01]
Ahahahahah! *ded*