ByWyzD Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 OK - so I've been hanging out in TRF for a couple of weeks now and an really hooked on this thing. I've had the chance to meet some great folks and read some really great stuff. Thank you all!! As I look around I'm always curious as to where some of the TRF names come from so I thought I would ask. I'll go ahead and start. When I was young I always liked Rush and knew a few songs by them but the moment I got "hooked" was when I attended a concert in 1984 on the GuP tour. At that concert I head this song I hadn't heard before and thought it was about the coolest thing I had ever heard. I asked someone what the song was called ( it was a little hard to hear at the concert ) and I thought they said ByWyzD ( By Wise Dee ). So I went back home and got a copy of Moving Pictures and to my surprise it was actually called YYZ. Big slap to the forehead!! Well, the rest is history. Here I am 21 years later and still hooked on . Except that now I know the song names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Well, I like trees. Drawing a tree or trees is a common assignment in art and design courses. A design professor once told me that each tree has it's own personality and gestures. I really identified with that statement. Well when it came to coming up with a user name, I remembered that comment. I wanted to make something original that no one else would have thought of. I didn't want to just call myself "the tree", so I looked for other songs in Rush's catalog that could be used as an adjective or adverb preceeding "tree". In that same design course, we had an assignment where she gave us a list of adjectives and a list of nouns. We picked one from each and drew the result. Mine was a "caged tree". When I was looking at the song "circumstances" I thought that would be good to use since the song preceeds "the trees" on Hemispheres. So I just changed it to "circumstantial" to make it work and there you have it. "It has nothing to do with brown rice" (to quote Geddy Lee) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABZ Highlander Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Well, ABZ is the Airport code for Aberdeen, like YYZ is for Toronto. Highlander, because I'm from Inverness, capital of the Highlands. Also, I figured when I joined that all the good Rush connected names would be taken, and most of them are, with some excellent ones too. Happy with the one I chose though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandalorian Hunter Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Well, i'm a Star Wars nut, and Jango Fett is my fav. character from all 6 episodes. He was once a Mandalorian, and is now a Bounty Hunter! So that's where i got it from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaine mac Roth Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 In case you don't know, Slaine mac Roth is the name of a psychotic Irish warrior in the comic 200AD http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/Jimyyz2112/Slaine/slaine.jpg I started using it on one forum and the name has just stuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 I used to really be into comics back in the day. 'Johnny Blaze' is the name of a Marvel comics character. He turns himself into the GHOST RIDER (my avatar) to battle evil. On a side note, I think there's gonna be a Ghost Rider movie coming out next summer. Now, I wonder what the chances of the song making it to the soundtrack are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullysue Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 QUOTE (Slaine mac Roth @ Sep 23 2005, 12:05 PM) psychotic Irish warrior Yup! Fitting indeed! I use mine all over the internet. It's a play on my last and middle names. I like it mostly because I don't get mistaken for a guy. Not usually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaine mac Roth Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Sep 23 2005, 05:08 PM) I used to really be into comics back in the day. 'Johnny Blaze' is the name of a Marvel comics character. He turns himself into the GHOST RIDER (my avatar) to battle evil. On a side note, I think there's gonna be a Ghost Rider movie coming out next summer. Now, I wonder what the chances of the song making it to the soundtrack are. About the same as me winning the Eurovision Song Contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus27 Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darth by tor Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Easy!! Darth: Star Wars! By Tor: Rush!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plodder Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 I'm a member of a few forums and this is my name in them all. I have a very small brain and only so much space allocated to remembering id's and passwords. Oh, and the name comes from me just plodding along through life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanEHdian Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Mine is pretty straight forward I Am Canadian I use the name for poker playing too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 QUOTE (Slaine mac Roth @ Sep 24 2005, 02:12 AM)QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Sep 23 2005, 05:08 PM) I used to really be into comics back in the day. 'Johnny Blaze' is the name of a Marvel comics character. He turns himself into the GHOST RIDER (my avatar) to battle evil. On a side note, I think there's gonna be a Ghost Rider movie coming out next summer. Now, I wonder what the chances of the song making it to the soundtrack are. About the same as me winning the Eurovision Song Contest. Yah, I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullysue Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 QUOTE (plodder @ Sep 23 2005, 12:25 PM) I have a very small brain and only so much space allocated to remembering id's and passwords. Same here! I get very confused, otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madra sneachta Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Mine is in the Irish/Gaelic language. madra means 'dog', sneachta means 'of snow'. You may possibly see where this is going..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullysue Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 QUOTE (madra sneachta @ Sep 23 2005, 01:12 PM) Mine is in the Irish/Gaelic language. madra means 'dog', sneachta means 'of snow'. You may possibly see where this is going..... I've wondered that for a long time. Thanks for clearing it up! That's really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 You're such a madra, ya know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaine mac Roth Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 QUOTE (madra sneachta @ Sep 23 2005, 06:12 PM) Mine is in the Irish/Gaelic language. madra means 'dog', sneachta means 'of snow'. You may possibly see where this is going..... Well I'm still scratching my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABZ Highlander Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 QUOTE (madra sneachta @ Sep 23 2005, 01:12 PM) Mine is in the Irish/Gaelic language. madra means 'dog', sneachta means 'of snow'. You may possibly see where this is going..... Madra, over here you'd be known as Madog Sneachd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixey Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 I love Faeries and wee folk so I took on the name of Pixey and made it my own with a Y. I didnt think faery, Sprite, troll, elf or anything sounded as good and I had already had a friend that was nicknamed Brownie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Pixey, Did you consider "nymph"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broncos730 Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 well this is my first forum and I didn't want to think of any cool Irish or Rush related saying. I just moved to Colorado from Ireland and I just named after the local american football team and two of their best players. broncos = denver 7=john elway 30=terrell davis. lame eh? Madra's is better. Sometimes I think I would like to come up with a better one but this is the only forum I am(have) been on so it stays.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullysue Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Sep 23 2005, 01:50 PM) Pixey, Did you consider "nymph"? Hey, can I change mine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Well, nymphs are actually "wee folk". A famous one is Callypso in Homer's Odyssey. Water nymphs, wood nymphs, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullysue Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Sep 23 2005, 02:10 PM) Well, nymphs are actually "wee folk". A famous one is Callypso in Homer's Odyssey. Water nymphs, wood nymphs, etc... *goes to scoop her mind outta the gutter* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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