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So, some of you noticed that I changed my screen name - after almost ten years here - from 'Perks' to 'justJM'. I did it after too many misunderstandings about my silly screen name.
I had picked the name back in 2005 (2005?!) because I was so happy to discover AW at the start of my sincere push toward becoming a writer. It seemed to me that a community like AW was one of the "perks" of this effort, particularly at this time in technology. And it has been. AW has been invaluable to me.
It never occurred to me that there would be some pale logical thread of tee-hee along the lines of Perks = perky = tits. I refused to even believe that it was a thing until about the fiftieth time it happened. Then, over the years, it just kept coming up. On occasion it even went to honestly creepy by PM and email. So, a few weeks back, it annoyed me enough to finally change the name. (Nothing creepy happened, just the the usual trajectory of the joke.)
So I went to justJM with all my fifteen-thousand-and-some posts. Then nobody knew who I was anymore. I missed me on here and I missed it more than I might have guessed. I was here, but I wasn't. My "New and Improved!" label design didn't look right on the screen and by rep point, PM, and other conversations (or lack thereof) it made a difference I didn't like.
I really do value my reputation and history here at AW. I don't like being separated from it. It's personally valuable in a way that's kind of hard to fully explain. And that's down to what Mac, (and Jenna, firstly,) AWAdmin, all the mods, all the regulars, the newcomers who stay on, and maybe even me a little, have made of it. So thank you all for that.
Basically, this thread is here so that I can link to it the next time someone makes a joke about my breasts. Believe me, if I want to talk to you about my boobs, you'll know it. I ain't subtle.
I had picked the name back in 2005 (2005?!) because I was so happy to discover AW at the start of my sincere push toward becoming a writer. It seemed to me that a community like AW was one of the "perks" of this effort, particularly at this time in technology. And it has been. AW has been invaluable to me.
It never occurred to me that there would be some pale logical thread of tee-hee along the lines of Perks = perky = tits. I refused to even believe that it was a thing until about the fiftieth time it happened. Then, over the years, it just kept coming up. On occasion it even went to honestly creepy by PM and email. So, a few weeks back, it annoyed me enough to finally change the name. (Nothing creepy happened, just the the usual trajectory of the joke.)
So I went to justJM with all my fifteen-thousand-and-some posts. Then nobody knew who I was anymore. I missed me on here and I missed it more than I might have guessed. I was here, but I wasn't. My "New and Improved!" label design didn't look right on the screen and by rep point, PM, and other conversations (or lack thereof) it made a difference I didn't like.
I really do value my reputation and history here at AW. I don't like being separated from it. It's personally valuable in a way that's kind of hard to fully explain. And that's down to what Mac, (and Jenna, firstly,) AWAdmin, all the mods, all the regulars, the newcomers who stay on, and maybe even me a little, have made of it. So thank you all for that.
Basically, this thread is here so that I can link to it the next time someone makes a joke about my breasts. Believe me, if I want to talk to you about my boobs, you'll know it. I ain't subtle.
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