I come from the age right before the internet. When I was around 10 or so, we got our first internet connection. About five to six years after that, AOL was a big deal. Instant Messenger was the key to maintaining relationships with friends and classmates, and I was starting to come into my own. To tell the truth, I was a tad jealous of other people, because it seemed that they were given cool nicknames and I had to basically rip mine off of popular franchises. I was a big superman fan and I was going to graduate in 2001, so I became superman2001. Might be able to find my old site over at Tripod.
So, when I started conversing with one of my classmates in 10th grade, I wanted something better than to be associated with the man of steel. So I adopted the name of my other obsessionat the time, Tom Green. I eventually stuck with Hardkoretom. Being a hardcore Tom Green fan, it seemed natural to adopt the word hardkore and drop the green. I changed the c in hardcore to a k because it seemed like it would be too common in the future if there were going to be any ego maniac named tom that actually thought they were indeed hardcore.
So, there you have it. I made myself hardkore, because I can. If you're wondering what my real name is, just do a simple google search. I made it no challenge to find out who I am and what city I live in.
Thanks to everybody checking out my newest set of pictures over on my picture blog, Yashmat United.
I just now noticed that there are new tabs on your site. Neat explanation of your "handle" as they were called once upon a time. You can either find 'thegypsie' for me or 'xanaxjunkee'. The former was part of my prank calling days when I was Svetka The Gypsie hahahaaa, it's been around for eons! Then xanaxjunkee for a message board I was on while having major anxiety issues. My anxiety is under control now but for dental appointments and airline flights I still need a few doses of xanax. I was never really a junkie though. Also junkee was to make it a little different.
ReplyDeleteAt least yours actually served a purpose. How successful were you at your prank calls? were you on par with the Jerky Boys?
DeleteYou're not alone with the dentist anxiety. I used to go to one that took like 3 or 4 times to shoot me up with Novocaine so they could work on me. But then again I had a different one where I kept falling asleep when the lady worked on my teeth so I guess its who you get.
Thanks for being my first commenter Susie! :-)