Re: My User Name

[rabidchild]

Another fun meme, courtesy of elrhiarhodan (thanks, kid!)

Instructions:

1) Make an entry with the filled out form
2) Have your f-list describe in the comments how they pronounce your username, what they originally thought it said/meant

✩ RabidChild67

RA-bid CHILD 67
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WHY DID YOU CHOOSE IT?

I don't know. It's not even my favorite TMBG tune

Comments

[doctor_fangeek]

To be honest, I had no clue about the name. On the other hand, fellow child of the 80's, woohoo! (I was born the year after you) Interestingly, I'm often told I look too young to be a college professor (random things you find out you have in common with your lj friends ftw). Btw, I was born in NJ.

I know *of* TMBG, I know a few of their songs, and I know people who really like them. I guess my musical tastes at the time were a little more mainstream, although Robyn Hitchcock and Living Colour both played at my college and I got into both of those bands for various periods of time. Interestingly (hi to Elr if she sees this), it was a college friend who turned me on to Oysterband.

Anyway, I didn't have much of substance to add to the Name Meme, I just found the conversation interesting.

[rabidchild]

Yay to looking young! It tickles me pink, though it really didn't until I passed 30. I was recently carded to buy alcohol, because the clerk said he had to do it for anyone who looked to be under 30. Yay, me. I used to wear my glasses to job interviews so I'd look older; I figured people would take me more seriously.

Yay NJ! I lived in the Princeton area for 15 years after college and I miss my home state.

I think I can guess at the origin of your screen name :/ How long have you had it? What do you teach? How can we fit it into a WC story? o_O

[doctor_fangeek]

:-)

I was born in New Brunswick (at St. Peters, which is apparently "the baby hospital"), but we moved to PA when I was 3 or 4. I actually also lived in the Princeton area, for 5 or 6 years after I finished graduate school. Huh.

My screen name...yeah, you have the clues now.... I discovered "fandom" when I was a PhD student (the fandom was Highlander, btw), and about 6 years ago I had a temporary position teaching at a small college and finally decided I should have separate "work" and "personal" email, etc. The "doctor" is for my doctorate, and the "fangeek" is for, well, being a fangeek. :-)

I teach biology (molecular biology, genetics, and a few other things), so I'm not sure how we can fit that in. More power to you if you come up with something!

[rabidchild]

Yay New Brunswick (I went to Rutgers). Molecular biology...hmmm, not easy to fit into a fic at this end, unfortunately. I left that stuff behind when I changed my major from animal science to business 157 years ago (boring story). Maybe Moz is really a researcher, and pulls cons on the side for fun.

[doctor_fangeek]

I also teach karate - does that help? :-)

Animal Science to Business? It happens. I went to an uber-liberal arts college and we didn't declare majors until we were 2nd semester sophomores. In the running on my list were: biology, chemistry, English and psychology.