Why am I BuckarooBanzai? Why are you BLANK?

[boots420]

my moniker was given to me when i was tis just a young lad...........
my friends started calling me wooden boots just mesing with me; i.e make me mad and piss me off. well it worked, so the name stuck. over the years it has been shortened to just boots. i blaze........ a lot. thus the reason for the 420. so now we all know the reason behind boots420.
great thread btw.

[Dank Side Of The Shroom]

mine is obvious for starters i am a huge floyd fan, and as most of you can tell im a huge myco porn freak too. my name was originaly darksideofthemoon, than during a bad ass trip on alot of gulf coast we came up with darksideoftheshroom and ive used it ever since.

[fingers]

Daamn,

I haven't read this thread in a while so i missed a lot of your responses until now Buck. I've long been a fan of King, but I dont think I've read any of the other authors you and jammer mentioned.

I've heard many of the names you two mentioned and would be really interested in reading some of their work. Could you recommend one in particular to start with? I've read a little dickens and twain ( a real little) but most of the names you mentioned I've only heard of here n there as some pretty classic authors. I'm intrigued now.

I've always loved writing, but other then Hagakure, its only been in recent years that i had any interest at all in anything that wasn't written in my generation )
It's about time i broadened my literary horizons i think

Any suggestions on where to start would be much appreciated buck if you could?

thanks buddy

Fingers

[BuckarooBanzai]

MycoBri - Check this:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/egg/315/imboden/index.html

Egg: The Arts Show did a profile on Ms. Imboden not that long ago (pretty cool as she despises press and doesn't do very many interviews, let alone "inside looks" at her process). The video isn't really that long, but it will give you some insight into her techniques. Cool stuff.

Fingers - So, you've never read any Lovecraft? If you dig horror, especially horror of the gothic sort, you need not look farther than him. He all but perfected the genre. I would suggest one of the collections of short stories before wading into one of his novel/novella pieces. BE FORWARNED: Lovecraft is very verbose and freakin' loves those 50 cent words (he also loves making up words and names). I would suggest "At The Mountains Of Madness." Couple of real shorties and a novella, as well.

If you enjoy poetry at all, T.S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men," (http://www.cs.umbc.edu/~evans/hollow.html) is fantastic. So is "The Wasteland" (http://www.bartleby.com/201/1.html), though it is a bit long. Totally worth reading, just for a few spectacular lines, "I will show you fear in a handful of dust."

Also on the poetry front is Pablo Neruda, the greatest romantic poet who has ever lived (IMHO). "I do not love you..." is the greatest ode to/expression of true love I have ever read (and chicks DIG IT). Check it:

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.

I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.

I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way
that this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.

I mean dude, how beautiful is that? "I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul." Great line.

Anyway, gotta run for now. More nym explanations, folks! I'm digging 'em!!!

[SharkieJones]

SharkieJones seemed to have some pornoish feel to it.

[Gamera]

One of my earliest memories was lying in bed when I was about three and a half. I heard my parents watching TV and something about it was so fascinating that I had to see what it was. So I snuck out of my room and lay down in the hall where I could see the TV but my parents couldn't see me and watched a Gamera movie until I fell asleep. I remember my parents picking me up and putting me back in bed confused and asking why I was asleep in the hall. I have loved all those giant Japanese monster movies ever since. I have a particular fondness for Gamera not just because of that memory but also because in contrast to a lot of the giant monsters Gamera is unreservedly a protector and friend of children and the movies have a much lighter almost wholesome quality. That night many, many years ago really made me realize just how much cool stuff there was in the world, just waiting to be discovered.

Loved Buckaroo Banzai too by the way, thats one of my favorite movies. Love H.P. Lovecraft too. Saw my first dead show in 1986 as a pseudo punk (got curious about "psychedelic" bands the more I turned on to the Butthole Surfers) and about 30 more shows after that.

[fingers]

Originally Posted by BuckarooBanzai

I mean dude, how beautiful is that? "I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul." Great line.

That line jumped out at me the second i read it to. Any description i'd come up with wouldnt do it justice, so i'll just say 'F'n GREAT line.

'Eyes i dare not meet in dreams' Another great one. I'm reeeeeeally running late now, but i'm gonna take a lot more time to read these more carefully when i get home.

Thanks for them links Buck. I read them to my Mrs, surprisingly she said "umm yeah and?" lol Ah well. She's still pretty young (God that sound condensending in a way doesn't it :s)

Anyway, I must go go go!

Be well brutha

Fingers

[chimp]

Well My Dad's name was Buffalo and ever since I was a lad I was called Chip

A chip off the old block, Buffalo Chip...yeah it's kind of funny but my name nonetheless

[Cryingblackoil]

Pablo Neruda, I definitly need to look him up.


Sharkie I always got the mental image of a mob-type guy in a suit dealing cards

[Frankie]

I took so long to find my own identity that now that I have I'm just


Frankie

[Jack]

JACK!

I only got 3 reasons for this Call Id of mine.

1. I believe im simply a Jack of All Trades. I do know a lot of things. And I mastered a few of those actually.

2. I am feeling lucky with the Jack of Diamonds (poker card). Mostly...

3. The last but not the least, i got a dark diamond mark on the cap of my p*n*s! Believe it or not, i do have them. Its not a mole and its not a wound scar. I dont know when or where i got it. Its just there... Only my wife knows about it... now you too!

Hence, i mostly use Jack Di as my complete call id in the internet. (the "Di" is for "daimonds"). I even call the black electric guitar a made as Jacky Di.

...pretty simple actually...

[Hippie3]

so now i gotta imagine yer dick every time i see your nym ??
gee, thanks, fucker.

[emptybrightness]

emptybrightness is my monks name. After 8 years sitting with legs crossed ( what fun ) the Zen Master laid that one on me with a smile and a nod and I left the community.
The idea is simple: if you think you have something it is empty ... if you got nothing you got everything. So, when joining you all in Mycotopia I wanted my sign on to make me a beginner again. Open to learn.

peace

+empty

[Jack]

Originally Posted by Hippie3

so now i gotta imagine yer dick every time i see your nym ??
gee, thanks, fucker.

[TVCasualty]

Hey Jack: Funny you should mention that...I dropped a TV on my dick once, so that's where my name came from. Now Hippie3 has two dicks to think about. Wait a minute, none of that sounded right... Let's start over...


I used to listen to the Misfits, and they had a song called "TV Casualty" but I don't remember any particular lines from it anymore. Some years later I saw an episode of that HBO series "Dream On" about the guy who thinks in black-and-white TV images; he basically draws his inspirations and responses to life from memories of what TV characters did in similar situations. I thought about how much TV I'd watched while growing up, and realized that to some extent I and people around me did the same thing. I also realized there was nothing I could do about what had been done, hence my status as a 'casualty.' By reminding myself to be conscious of this, I can slowly, hopefully, reverse some of the damage. I can also serve as a warning to others, especially the kids: Save yourselves! Don't end up like me! Cut the wires that fill your house with bullshit! Turn off the damn television!

For what it's worth, my other historical avatar (posted with it since 1987 on BBS's all over southern california) has been Urban Fungus. I did my thing in a city environment, and my two favorite attitude-adjusters have always been Herb and Fungus. My first modem was 300 bps.

Buckaroo: great idea for a thread; this has deepened our appreciation of other 'topiates and brought some laughs to boot.

[waylitjim]

As some of you may know, I used to work for a large cannabis club.

Since I managed the flowering department, I had access to pounds of high quality bud shake and resinous leaf material. The stuff was so cheap it was practically free.

Eventually a few friends and I developed a line of ganja food marketed under the name Waylit Jim's. We made all kind of treats, but our chocolate chip cookies and Kosmic Karamels were the best sellers.

My real identity has always been in the shadows, but over the years Waylit Jim has become a familiar name in the local scene. It only seemed appropriate to keep his spirit alive.

[DR.Skatole]

great thread
my references a job I had in another dimension as a production chemist
it also provided loads of laughs when being called for your table at a restaurant

BTW I also loved the movie

[Freaky]

This thread is GREAT!!!!!!!!!! Its nice to learn a bit about your nyms

mine is silly and not so exciting really, its meaning is just, well, I'm a fun-gal

and

[cap]

@ Sharkie -
@ Rocket - i just knew you were a rocket scientist!
mine was thought up in 30 seconds when i came here under the name "MorelGuy" ()
..and quickly came to my senses after a few posts,
pm'ing h3 to have it changed to something 'cooler'
he replied back "OK. what to you want your name to be?"
the rest is history i was so high hehehe..
a few people here know what my name stands for (double meaning)
but basically i chose it to be short, simple, and easy to remember... ....
....as im a huge stoner and always forget this kind of shit fast lol
hippie took the pleasure of capitalizing the "c"

edit: i think i need to quit getting so high and posting.
takes me 16 edits and 3 content revisions before i get it right

[BuckarooBanzai]

Bumpity bump bump!

I use Coyote cause Im a little wilder than most of my family knows...Theres something "unknown" about Coyotes. They can be seen in a pack, but something about one seems to tell you they'd rather be alone, then you see one alone, why does he seem lonely.
He'll avoid confrontation if possible but has no problem getting scarred up a little to sink his teeth in another.....and there mom would die for their pups....somthing my mother never...;well she's wasn't that away...thank god for dad.
And the last part of me, Mesc
cause Ive always been mesmerized by
what Mescaline can do to/for you..

Originally Posted by MLBjammer

Buck, that's a deep explantion of your screen name. Mine is really simple. "Mud-Love-Buddy"

I always thought you loved baseball..lol

[BuckarooBanzai]

Bump to hear from all these new members...

several here have asked if my nick was related to aliens. Aliens are cool and all but ive been hunting morels now for 30 yrs, and have always loved greys above all else. ive frequented other boards dedicated to edibles for quite a few years and always used greysRDbest because dey are dee best in my opinion. Ive used the nick greys in real life with my mushroom hunting buddies, sounds extreme but up in michigan when the morels are up you use 2 way radios constantly and we all have a secret mushroom hunting handle....greys, chickkinnekker, hotsauce, deerslayer....its fun roleplay. we all get together for a big week of hunting in northern michigan and drop our real life personas and become our nicknames to fullest extent you can. heck chikkinnekker , hotsauce and i use our secret names all year round, when "the neck" call me hell say "hey greys? chikkinnekker here...."

Mines way obscure:

Years ago, i came upon a review of an all female
fight game from japan (i cant for the life of me find it now)

It was actually pretty demented and had sexual attacks
the only one i can remember is this fat chick would do a titty whirlwind spin and hit the other character..

of course coming from japan when some one would get hit, a weird sound effect word would come up:

DaGOOOOOON!!!!

KaGOOOOOON!!!
and
GaGOOOOOON!!!

i think they used it in other games as well.

some times ill pretend to hit my cat and yell one of those words, and then ill make my cat hit me back and ill throw myself across the room..
yes im 6 years old

[grace]

Grace, a quality I strive to have but often find myself lacking, just like tact.

[Timmy Tucker]

mine is in reference to a moe. song.

long story short about a year and a half ago i scared the living crap out of myself tripping and was tenative about ever using them again.

this past fall i was at a festival headlined and hosted by moe. and the vibe there was such that i was comfortabel trying shrooms again, as i am a different person than i was last time i tripped and the situation was a good one.

well after that show i cant listen to the song timmy tucker without thinking about that weekend, and the rarity of shrooms in my area and among my circles drove me to take up this hobby.

[Bio_DUD]

This thread is pretty sweet.
I studied a lot of Biology in college and have continued in my profession.
The DUD part because mostly I fail at growing/raising be it my oysters, goldfish, and all the likes of living creatures. For all that bio study and not a single success....
(At least I don't have children...yet)

[BuckarooBanzai]

Lots of new peeps around the ol homestead so...

*BUMP*

Gather round the digital fire and tell us about ya selves...

[jt007m]

I've used this screen name since I was a young buck... Since the days of local BBS... before Compuserve, AOL, and Prodigy began with the ISP boom...

The letters are my initials (lacking a final "S" that I used to cut out of my name).

The "007" is from my obsession with all thing James Bond. I had the books, the movies, personalized checks, t-shirts, lunch boxes, playing cards, etc...

I've used it since the need for screen names arose and I'll use it till I die... Even wanna get it hidden in a tattoo design one day.

[floppypeter]

floppypeter is just plain fun.

[Hippie3]

not according to my wife.

[G-Money]

G-Money is a play on my name in real life. Every person I've ever gotten to know starts to refer to me as this. Even when I picked up and moved my whole life to a new place, all of my co-workers and new friends began calling me this. It's as if the name just follows me. Sorta weird.

[cheshire]

always wondered why hippie3 wasnt just hippie or hippie1

im cheshire cuz thats who i am, im the cheshire cat
never here, nor there, and always a'head..

[Hippie3]

i know/knew a dude who goes/went by g-money.
i assume you aren't him as he never had a dime
and couldn't afford to own a 'puter nor have net access.

[G-Money]

G-Broke isn't nearly as catchy.

[BuckarooBanzai]

I always find it intersting when I meet somebody who is of the "always used it, always have" nym mentality. Not a diss, by the way. I think it is pretty cool. When I played D&D, I always went by the same name: my real name.

I, on the other hand, have gone through many hundreds of different nyms, in different forums over the years. I started as "Lord Foul" using an acoustically coupled 300 baud modem long enough ago that anything associated with that nym has now fallen victim to the statue of limitations!

But I've changed names everytime I've changed forums. I've got five or six right now that I use to regularly participate on a couple of different political blogs sites. Some of 'em are Democrats and some of 'em are Republicans. Construct Nyms let you argue things from different perspectives and understand things better. I have a ridiculous number of email addresses.

I think of nyms as archetypical projections of me that are inherently different, sometimes radically so, than the "real world" me. I think of my online persona as a Construct Nym. A creation of my mind - kind of like a "best of" compilation.

I have been talking with people I never saw on boards for a long, long time. I believe the nature of the online experience makes the use of constructs both inevitable and desirable.

Inevitable because you don't get time to go back over your comments and edit for content and structure before presenting them in real life!

Desirable because constructs make the experience so very much more interesting. You can be a much more distilled form of yourself, or aspect of yourself, when you become a Construct Nym on a board.

Of course, a distilled idiot is almost always worse, but they always find a way of going away...

Somebody who is intelligent, though, has the opportunity to do something they can't do when they become a Construct Nym on a board: they get to be somebody "else."

And before you diss me for "lying" by being a construct, tell me, how much time do you spend talking about mushroom cultivation at work?

How honest with your family are you about your spiritual beliefs and the things you suspect (or know) about the nature of existence?

Online is a different kind of life, just as "real" as "real life" if you make it that way - if you live in it while you are there. I like it real. For myself, I make it that way with carefully built constructs that let me express parts of myself that would otherwise not have an outlet.

This is one of the reason I participate in sites like this. Here I can be and say and do things that I simply couldn't get away with in "real" life.

Well, that and the boobie pictures...

[Hippie3]

you know bucky,
you kinda remind me of my old friend 'roo.
hell you could be him incognito,
esp. since your nym does include the syllable roo.

i have never played the construct game,
at least not consciously
i am too simple to make it work over the long haul,
now if i had a bit more multiple personalities inside
it'd be much easier.
but i've tried sneaking back into sites that banned me
and it never took them long to seek, find and destroy my new incarnation/s.

[yerbaadam]

Well...

I dont St0P driNking YERBA mate all Day!

AlSo i Live in a Dam..

What What!

[jt007m]

My online persona actually bleeds into my real life... mostly cuz I have little to no anonymity due to what I do for a living... or cuz I don't start out with any when I enter a new environment...

[BuckarooBanzai]

Shizoid tendencies make life more interesting! As long as you can keep 'em from arguing...

And just for clarity, I've never played the sock puppet game. One persona per site only...

[Hippie3]

yeah, if you really had been roo
you'd have been gone long ago,
he was a bit nervous.

[larrythelandboarder]

a dull one. its, me, its what i do.

simple huh?

oh its also a play on my longterm nym

[roc]

I'm Roc because I used to be Rochester and needed to shorten things up for personal reasons.

Yes I partied in Rochester for a couple of years in the late 60's and managed to live thru it so hence the nym Rochester.

I'm probably the only old guy here that saw Zepplin at a state fair, Cheech & Chong at a local bar, and smoked weed at the War Memorial with Alice Cooper. Did I tell ya about a time in K.C. when we bought them big pickels and spelled out MOTHERS for Frank and Juicy Lucy... back in the day I was.

[floppypeter]

Hello,

my name is Peter and I have ED.

( group says " hello peter" )

hence the name Floppy Peter.

Thank god they have a pill for that shit.

[hyphaenation]

Hyphaenation to me is a play on an obvious grammer tool , spliced with a deeper mushroom meaning.

I've always liked playing with words...

Hyphae is the foot or lead edge of mycelium and so the two together would be a web of mycelium stretching from coast to coast.



PS: you can see hyphae in my avatar (from my first jar ever)

[driveslow]

from the song drive slow by kanye west, paul wall, and t.i.. and the fact that i have yet to be pulled over because i drive like a fucking grandma (im never in a hurry).

[i.p.freely]

i am but a martyr for those being charged for urination...

[vitae1234]

...because my life force has a 4/4 beat.

[BuckarooBanzai]

Bumpity bump bump....