a short break from predictability
I’ve always wanted to ask:
1. How did you come up with your blog names / aliases?
Any special rationale behind it? A long story? A moment of madness? A lifetime of madness?
2. And the blog itself? Why do you blog? Is it, as LizVeniVidiVici says, a need for a pseudo persona?
I’ll start.
1. The Name – Rogue King:
King is my name. And I know I’m royalty, in Abba’s Kingdom at least.
And I’ve always felt known believed there’s a rebel inside me. Someone who doesn’t want to conform to standards or expectations. Plus, XMen is just too cool.
2. The Blog
I started this blog because I felt the need to share my passions. Life, Business, Design and Technology. Mostly the business stuff I’ve been through, especially for those who may not find it easy to get that kind of help.
And in a way, it’s advice to myself, for those times when I’m being plain stupid and refusing to learn from my lessons.
Your turn.
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Rogue FM: Snow Patrol – How to Be Dead ( Thanks Erique )
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Offtopic:
The Doc told me I had a dual personality. Then he lays an 82 dollar bill on me, so I give him 41 bucks and say, “Get the other 41 bucks from the other guy.”
- Jerry LewisI am a deeply superficial person.
- Andy Warhol
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The Dark Knight on March 4th, 2009
And SOCKS!!
Solomon King on March 4th, 2009
You. Go Away.
The Emrys on March 4th, 2009
socks!!!!
dude remember the way we came up with 2weakdudes??? ha!
The Emrys on March 4th, 2009
gwe yo weak, yo socks dont count, so i have them
Solomon King on March 4th, 2009
You. Shut up.
The Dark Knight on March 4th, 2009
Yeah, I know it’s also my other blog, so what? Sue me!
1. The Name – The Dark Knight.
I’m dark, like, DUH. And I have a thing for chivalry. Howdy ladies…
2. The Blog
Emrys! Shut up. Honestly it was a moment of weakness. We were passed out after an eating marathon and we were like… 2 Weak Dudes. And the world rejoiced.
Solomon King on March 4th, 2009
You. Go Away.
Oh wait, you have a valid comment. Please proceed.
Nevender on March 4th, 2009
Is this allowed? Your pseudo personalities all taking our space… I shall rightly claim the socks now!
Solomon King on March 4th, 2009
Okay, dude. I’ve said this many times. I am not the Emrys.
Please refer to http://www.2weakdudes.com/in-which-we-do-a-little-house-keeping/
Miss Cheri on March 4th, 2009
Chantal=Cherie=Cheri=Miss Cheri=Sherry Darling=Miss Chief=Ichuli=Wolf in sheep’s skin= all those names u call me.
Buttercookie, well, my tag line is sugar, spice & all things nice…so I forged that one.
U and Emrys should get a room… ASAP
Solomon King on March 4th, 2009
WOW. And they say I have too many personalities. There should be an award for “Blogger with the most Personalities”
DoomsDay on March 4th, 2009
I did take time to check out most of the first posts of the blogs I read and it’s interesting to check out the first posts..Some people just jump into it others are pushed and others just do it.
I’ve meant to write a whole post on alias with particular reference to me own but it’s lost some where in the drafts that seam to be piling up, this is an encouragement to revisit it
So that’s how you became a rebel king? I always assumed you were secretly working with Kony…-You can blame & shell me.
Solomon King on March 4th, 2009
I normally check out the “About Pages” of blogs. They give a fairly significant insight, especially since they’re normally the first things written while the blodthirst is still hot.
Put up the post.
jasmine on March 4th, 2009
that Jerry Lewis quote is the best!!
eh mama! emrys and u need to allow us some space too in this dual world of your’s.
name: somebody called himself Aladdin so i said “yeah, cause i’m your regular Jasmine”. Name stuck and when i happened to start blogging a few days later, it was used.
why i blog: i was bored, i was dared. Now, its a place to just be; especially without reason, sense or form.
Solomon King on March 4th, 2009
“cause i’m your regular Jasmine”. That right there. Righteous.
Reason, sense, form or perhaps judgment and sanity?
Ugandan girl on March 4th, 2009
Ugandan Girl- I dont know ..it was just off the top of my head.
Honestly- the blog well i thot i would write my peoms there( actually) a friend presuded me to…before i knew it one thing lead to another and now i even write about my escapeds…(not nice just not nice)-I think blogging is like an evil witch…lol…
Solomon King on March 4th, 2009
Interesting. Blogging is many things, Mistress, Master, now evil witch, but you gotta admit. Tonnes of fun. If you’re actually writing for pleasure.
Erique on March 4th, 2009
Whoa! Dude, that track rocks big time. Usual joint Sato? [On my keyboard the question mark and period are the same]
My blog name? Well, it came from extensive research of ancient customs and taboos dating as far back as 2009. Erique. It wasn’t easy to come up with. I had to enlist my mother’s help.
Solomon King on March 4th, 2009
Word. Sato? Not too sure. Will confirm.
About your blog name, it makes sense now. It has a touch of the ancient Mayan culture to it. Rustic, mythical, with a touch of the blase.
Oh wait. It’s just Erique. My bad.
Carsozy on March 4th, 2009
Well My favorite Denzel movie is ‘Crimson Tide’ and before that my favorite Hardy boys mystery was the ‘Crimson Flame’ as for alias ‘Carsozy’ I thought if my name looked Slavic I’d have a better chance with Kournikova.
Solomon King on March 4th, 2009
Hehe. At BHH, one blogger actually thought Carsozy was your real Slavic name. Let’s just say she was a little dissappointed.
Hardy Boys huh? Good times those. Need to watch Crimson Tide. I love the soundtrack.
Mudamuli on March 4th, 2009
The story goes that when I was about 2 years old, my Aunt Lida (Trudy) and eldest brother Michael used to call me Mudamuli although my real name was Samali.
“Samali!” one of them would call.
“Wanji!” I would respond.
“Samali!”
“Ntikita, ntikita!”
Aunt Trudy and Michael would burst into laughter. So my aunt nicknamed me Samali Mudamuli Ntikita Ntikita (I think to mean Samali the one who responds ‘Ntikita Ntikita’) and it stuck until I was 6. I grew up thinking it was my real name until P.1 (Standard One in Kenya) when I was told it wasn’t.
Solomon King on March 4th, 2009
Very interesting. For almost a month after I discovered your blog, the “Ntikita Ntikita” bit fascinated me, but I let it be.
So you started school in Kenya huh? Interesting.
E. F. Bazanye on March 4th, 2009
The name Ernest Bazanye because I Am Ernest Bazanye
(You know I enjoyed typing that!)
Solomon King on March 4th, 2009
Somehow this would’ve been incomplete if you hadn’t shown up AND used that line.
Word.
Mr. B2B... on March 4th, 2009
Back2Basics
at first it was coz i had nada to write about except the basic happenings in my life..
then Kissyfur asked me how Mr.B2B was doing?
and the rest as they say is…….
@Baz..
Killah
too too killah
Solomon King on March 4th, 2009
So you went back2theBasics huh? Nice.
val on March 4th, 2009
Valentia? Road I live on….Shortened to Val and for some reason some people think its my real name…lol
Started blogging why? Hmm…one of my pals is a blogger…convinced me to start and yeah…random-ness started I guess..
btw..I heard a song with some amazing guitar playing…Josh Kelley- Home to me…guess my guitar fascination isn’t over huh? I have tried..
Solomon King on March 4th, 2009
Wierd. I actually read about a Valentia Road and I was like hmmm….
Now the curiosity on the real name is killing me…
Josh Kelley, will look it up. And yeah, your fascination ain’t over. hehe.
petesmama on March 5th, 2009
1. The name
Petesmama is actually Pete’s Mama. We all have different faces for the different situations in our lives, but right now, I’m first and foremost petesmama.
2. The blog
Well, about being Pete’s mother and the person it has turned me into. How it has changed me, the thoughts that enter my head because I am his mother, updates on his life. An excuse to write. A place to keep the milestones. A place to remind myself that it is great to be a mama on those days when it doesn’t feel like it.
normzo on March 5th, 2009
Maisha…coming from swahili(love the language)…for ‘LIFE’,and -normzo- coming from my name.
Started blooging coz i had been reading some blogs for a while and thought it was time i owned one…and so i am here.
TRP on March 12th, 2009
donno..