Steve decided one day that TODAY WAS THE DAY that Julia was to get a computer account. You had to go to the CC to set one up at that time (1990). He was going to take a shower, and then we we'd go to the CC and set me up. While he was in the shower, I pulled every mythology book I could get my hands on, looking for a cool, meaningful name. When that didn't prove fruitful, I pulled a thesaurus, and maybe a dictionary. I was determined to have a GREAT login name. See, it's very difficult for me to make decisions, and I tend to take things way too seriously. But when you're talking about your alter ego...
Desperate to decide on a login, I searched the dorm hallway walls. My eyes caught a glimpse of a Dr. Seuss poster I'd put up outside my room. And there it was: LORAX. I'd never even read the book at that point, but it was a COOL WORD. SO I was lorax for a number of years until I was living at twin.peaks in SF with one Mr. John Daniel. He liked to call me "uvula", claiming that it was an easier word to say than "Julia". I distinctly remember him yelling either on his way up or down the stairs one day: "Uuuuvvuulaaaaaaa!!!!!!" I decided this would be a good Next Step in my login history. It was time to leave my college identity behind and enter into a world with a brand new name, PERFECT for confusing drunk people at parties. Now, when I meet people at parties, a typical introduction might go something like this: "Hi, I'm Julia." (confused look comes back at me) "Account uvula?" (yet another confused look) "I used to be lorax?" (here it comes.....) ..."oooOOOOOhhhhh!" (a look of comfortable familiarity!) I hate to say it, but had it not been for Parrington and gristle, I wouldn't be a part of this group today.
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