Checkers was a nickname I picked up my freshman year when I dyed my hair with the 2 tone pattern and soon my buddies wondered if the Drapes matched the Carpet, and Checkernuts became my name to some of them. I allways thought it was pritty funny so when I needed a name for the forum it seemed like a good one. If you use AIM (AOL Instant Messanger) my name on there is Smrfnstien, feel free to drop me a line on there.
So now I ask whats behind your name? Is there any cool story? or is it just your name…
Also please post any AIM Screen names if you would like to chat sometime.
Mine started out as Sofa King Wee Todd Id on the mountainbike forum, had a few people comment on the non-PC’ness of it, and I wasn’t about to meet people for a ride that already hated me for my name.
So I had a poll, to see what I should now call myself, people suggested Sofa, as it would be appropriate, and those who had been around would still know it was me.
Then I came here, and fingured I may as well keep the same name, perhaps I wasn’t the only bike/uni crossover.
On or around my very first post, Mojoe replied ‘Hey, are you Sofa King Wee Todd Id form MTBR?’ I thought that was pretty cool
Now it just haunts me because everytime I hear a commercial from Sofa Gallery, I htink about posting pictures here
I also respond positively to Al, Alan, Mr.Chambers, or Ginge. I’m
amused when people think my name is Arnold, Arnie or whatever,
but it’s understandable given that I closely resemble a certain famous
Austrian muscle monster.
Well, I got spider from climbing on top of a local school during a game of manhunt. But then people spelt it spyder, so I spelt it SpYdeR. But there are alot of SpYdeR’s so I threw on v1o. So erm… that’s it. Chezx, that’s badass. That’s all to me.
mine is fairly obvious: Ratherbekayaking. My favorite recreational activity is whitewater kayaking class IV or V.
—and a little about me since I’m new here: (I can never give a short answer.)
Why is “ratherbekayaking” on a uni board then, you ask? Well, I started mountain biking this year and felt that my balance could improve if I learned to unicycle. I thought about this after seeing someone in my “drinking club with a running problem”, (www.harrier.net), unicyling around the pool at our InviHASHional X at Aspen this year. Sure enough, it has seemed to help for that steep stuff that you are only going about 1/2 mph up the trail, one rock at a time. Only after I got the uni and started experiencing it, learning new things, seeing what was possible through websites and Kris Holm movies has this “balance tool” become something much more.
I’ve riden the unicyle(s) about 30 days total since I got my first. Days on the mountain bike since I got a uni: One. That may shift a bit once the weather gets warmer, but I think I’m hooked.
Mine is[Catboy] just because I’ve always wanted a cat more than anything(next o a KH24). a black cat with a white chest and white paws from the wrist down and 1 yellow cat eye, a boy. I started complaining soo much about it my mom started to call me catboy and I ran with it. I know another Catboy. I was even sooo wanting one like that i wrote a 7minute song about it, with bass guitar accompanyment.
If you look around you'll find the finest Trumpeteer ever. His name is Catboy too. Kinda a cool coinky dink.
I also have weird bond with cats. I have never run into a cat I didnt like and that didnt like me. Most often cats approach me without any prompting whatsoever. I only want one cat though. But has to follow all of my rectictions (I might get one with 2 eyes).
It's just I once read a book called "One Eyed Cat" and it moved me. I will never take out a cats eye, (just to have a one eyed cat that would be cruel and in humane) ever. So anyways i started signing my name that way: Eric "Catboy" Pearson(the catboy is always in tiny letters, but just enough to see). Oh i do have AOL(damn the wenches of Aol) and mine is [email]MuniCatboy@aol.com[/email]
in the true spirit of creativity (just kidding) I decided that “unisteve” was a fitting name. I unicycle almost every day and my name is Steve. its also really short and thus easy to type. i like short, easy to type screen names. i notice a few “uni[insert name here]” sns. I guess my idea wasnt as UNIque as i might have hoped. its too late to change now, though. my email is even unisteve. So there.
ok, i’ll bite
during my personal ‘lost weekend’ that lasted about 18 months, i became quite attached to the feeling (about 4hrs after ingesting) of absolute wellbeing
this led me to remark to my partner in experimentation that ‘Gd! i love dr&%!’
eventually we shortened this to GILD
when i turned my back on that lifestyle, i really wanted something to take with me and figured that getting the acronym GILD as a tattoo might work
i sat in a pub one night, (listening to a cover band with the most insanely bad 70’s poseur vocalist) and figured that i’d better come up with another explanation of the GILD in case my mother asks
in a moment of inspirational brilliance, it suddenly dawned upon me that my first name starts with a D!!
presto!! i had it
while thinking about it some more, i realised that it may sound somewhat egocentric to go around with skin-art proclaiming
‘God I Love Dave’
while thinking about where to place the tattoo, i realised that putting it on the front of my shoulder will mean that i’ll see it in the mirror every morning while brushing my teeth
and that, far from being arrogant, it is a stunning way to remind me of who i am and why
every time i’m confronted with a moral decision of some sort, i now have a very easy test
if i decide to do XYZ, will i be able to look myself in the eye 2moro morning and say “GILD”?
if i will, then it is the right decision
if not, …
the original origin of GILD have faded to nothing but a dull memory
I used to poke around on another forum for Guitar Pickers. (aka “Mudcatters”). My handle from there seems perfectly appropriate here.
I’m in Memphis, Tennesee
It bees energy sapping muddy here. Just ask “Animation”. We MUni-ied one of our trails on the Swamp Tour a couple of weeks ago…we were up to our bellies in the muck…MUC…Memphis Unicyle Club…“come out and play in the MUC”… (are you people paying attention?)
Heck, we even have a civic attration called “MUD ISLAND”. Makes you want to rush right over, don’t it? A few months ago, a whole bunch of it (the island) slid off into the harbor (we’re on the Mississippi River here). It was quite the speck-tackle.
I used to Mountain Bike a bunch in the days before MUni awareness. Poor baby just hangs from the ceiling now. Tire all flat…dejected…ignored… I’d feel bad if I weren’t having so much MUni-fun.
Michigan is comprised of the Upper and Lower Peninsulas and the two masses are connected by the five-mile suspension Mackinac (pronounced Mack-i-naw) Bridge over the Straits of Mackinac. Yoopers are folks who willingly live in the Upper Peninsula or U.P. (U.P.ers or Yoopers). There are two types of people that live in Michigan, Yoopers who live in the U.P. and trolls who live below the bridge.
Although we now reside in Illinois, the beautiful U.P. remains our first love.
i like short, easy to type screen names. i notice a few “uni[insert name here]” sns. I guess my idea wasnt as UNIque 
as i might have hoped. its too late to change now, though. my email is even unisteve. So there.
