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The naming meme-thingee copied from a gazillion others... since nuttin much else is goin on right now...

1. My username is _____ because ____
My username is Lowfatmuffin. When Cameron and Scott convinced me to LJ back in 2004 - I was living with my ex Jon in Boise...and the inklings of "wow - we need to take control of our health and weight" were creeping in. and like all baby steps - I'd picked up my coffee and danish for breakfast - and there it was on the label suchnsuch's 'low fat muffin'. and voila. I've enjoyed how it took on a name of it's own. There are people here on LJ that call me Muffin or Muffin Man - or the latest - that muffin-mo-fo..... Never knowing that Robert is my real name. I've been introduced at bars as "muffin" - try looking or appearing even remotely butch after that.

that said? I've never really cared if people considered me butch frankly. I'm liable to burst into Ethel Merman in a leather bar - or tell a guy to shut his fucking mouth at a twink bar. I don't do well having to fit in any sort of mould. :) (phhbbbbbt!)


2. My name is _____ because ______.
My name is Robert Burton McDiarmid. Burton McDiarmid was my father's adopted father. He was an Army officer who died when my Dad was 11 years old. Even in his 80s - my dad treated the man like a hero. He married my grandmother and took my father in as his own - after the original marriage to Forrest Weathers (my genetic grandfather) ended in divorce in 1928. My father was named Francis Forrest Weathers. and had always been called Forrest - but when Weathers left - his mother had his middle name legally removed. and what kid wants to go by "Francis" - so my Dad started going by Bob. and when I was born - my mother thought he'd like me to have that name. (Dad was at sea when Drew and I were born)

3. My journal is titled ____ because ____.
My journal is titled “A Boy and His Dog: The Continuing Adventures of Robert and Kateydog" as you can see from this photo taken just now...



Miss Kate is glued to me and me to her. She's my constant loving companion. this morning she's been like velcro - like she can tell I'm heading to Seattle tomorrow. When I customized my journal at Christmas time - I made sure that pictures of the goddess ended up in the new header design. She is the bestest.

4. My friends page is called ____ because ____.
My friends page is called "OoompaLoompaDoopityDo - I've Got Another Livejournaler for You". It makes me giggle thats why. (giggle) Subscribing to someone’s journal does not necessarily make you friends. But, it’s often a good start.

5. My default userpic is ____ because ____
My default pic as of last night is the eyeroll pic from the Friday by the Tens post. Again - just because the way the crop came out - it makes me laugh.

my default pic...



other favorites for default status:

1) me in the kitchen:

2) that pose:

Date: 2008-04-03 03:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jhitchin.livejournal.com
I've been introduced at bars as "muffin" - try looking or appearing even remotely butch after that.

Just tell 'em to butter you.

Date: 2008-04-03 03:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com
that says "i'm a big bottom" - not that I'm butch. oh wait. um. erm.

oh. never mind.



I've never really cared if people considered me butch frankly. I'm liable to burst into Ethel Merman in a leather bar - or tell a guy to shut his fucking mouth at a twink bar. I don't do well having to fit in any sort of mould. :) (phhbbbbbt!)

Date: 2008-04-03 03:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] enhydrasf.livejournal.com
i have this random memory of you blogging about how you were going to use lowfatmuffin as a password and instead entered it in the user name field. i musta been high when i read that. lol

Date: 2008-04-03 04:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com
well - lowfatmuffin had been my password for sometime. hmmm. perhaps i am mixing origins. but - lowfatmuffin was my password for ages and ages. (you are an elephant or a otter?)

Date: 2008-04-03 03:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elfkat.livejournal.com
Thanks, I didn't know Cam and Scott got you into this too.

Hugs!

Date: 2008-04-03 04:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com
I met Cam and Scott at IBR in 2004. and upon my return - Cam showed me his LJ - and well - we know the rest of the story. :-)
From: [identity profile] themonkeybear.livejournal.com
eh?

and besides.. it feels more personal if I just leave it here... like it's precious info... meant just for you. (even though anyone rummaging through your comments could read them).

1. My username is *themonkeybear* because *that's technically the name coined by my friend [livejournal.com profile] chalkdog about 11 years ago when we were much closer and spent a lot of time together.... :-( it still bums me out extensively that our paths just can't ever seem to line back up. *

2. My name is *James Joseph Corbett III* because my dad's name is James Joseph Corbett Jr because my grandpa's name was James Joseph Corbett Sr because he was allegedly named after our ancestor James J Corbett the boxer.

3. My journal is titled *EGO Projector* because *that's precisely what it is*.

4. You can name that?

5. My default userpic is *the most current headshot* because *it just seems to make sense*.

From: [identity profile] low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com
one day our paths are going to cross. :) and I'll cook you and your bears dinner and share a beer or two. woof!

Date: 2008-04-03 06:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grizzlyzone.livejournal.com
Forrest Weathers, Burton McDiarmid - you have all the great names in your family, don't you?

Date: 2008-04-03 08:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dendren.livejournal.com
you + kateydog = *always* so adorable :)

Date: 2008-04-03 09:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com
she does know how to work the cute :)

Date: 2008-04-03 09:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dendren.livejournal.com
yes, only she does the "cute" thing, you have nothing to do with it I'm sure

***looks at all the cute and fun looks you strike in your pics***

Date: 2008-04-03 09:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com
I'm far less successful at it. (wink)

Date: 2008-04-03 09:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dendren.livejournal.com
she prolly does get more bones

*runs and hides from my own bad joke*

Date: 2008-04-03 09:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grizzlyzone.livejournal.com
DUDE! You got a DELL?

Thought you were a Mac guy?

Date: 2008-04-03 09:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com
I am a Dell guy at home - and I have PC and a Mac on my home desktop. I am bioperatingsystemal.
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