Well, you see, it happened like this...
Jan. 17th, 2007 07:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
willow_25I have several friends who are moving out of town. I need an efficient way of communicating with them, that will not take away from anything else going on in my life, or bore them to tears.
One of them said, "Hey, I have a live-journal. You should have one, too." And after a rather lengthy diatribe, where I cursed Blogger(tm) and some people I used to hang with, I sullenly agreed to try this.
Said helpful, rant-inducing friend even sent me a friendly little reminder e-mail today, saying that it would behoove me to get my account set up before he moved thousands of miles away, and could no longer bug me about it. One of the other moving-friends has already left, after all. So, I started trying to set this up.
And discovered that someone is already using my screen name.
Now, this {Willow25} used to be my e-mail address in college, before I had to switch to a more professional, name-based e-mail address. It's also my nom de plume in two fan-fic communities. Needless to say, I was not a happy camper.
For now, I am persevering. I found a close approximation of my desired name to used as my ID, and set up the account. I am even writing this post. I just hope to hell that those of you reading in foreign lands, and other parts of the country, appreciate it.
(blows a raspberry at everyone outside the DC Metro area)
One of them said, "Hey, I have a live-journal. You should have one, too." And after a rather lengthy diatribe, where I cursed Blogger(tm) and some people I used to hang with, I sullenly agreed to try this.
Said helpful, rant-inducing friend even sent me a friendly little reminder e-mail today, saying that it would behoove me to get my account set up before he moved thousands of miles away, and could no longer bug me about it. One of the other moving-friends has already left, after all. So, I started trying to set this up.
And discovered that someone is already using my screen name.
Now, this {Willow25} used to be my e-mail address in college, before I had to switch to a more professional, name-based e-mail address. It's also my nom de plume in two fan-fic communities. Needless to say, I was not a happy camper.
For now, I am persevering. I found a close approximation of my desired name to used as my ID, and set up the account. I am even writing this post. I just hope to hell that those of you reading in foreign lands, and other parts of the country, appreciate it.
(blows a raspberry at everyone outside the DC Metro area)
