Usernames: Thoughts

[astoryandasong]

So I have been thinking for a while about changing my username, and I just kind of had a comment that made me think: Gemma, your username, while being cute six years ago, has become uncute. For real. It wasn't a bad comment or anything, not at all, I totally agreed with it. Highlander Fandom----> Panic! fandom? Do not go. In fact my username limits me, pretty much even in my own head. Therefore, I am thinking of changing.
Something non-fandom specific. I'm Flame_alchemist on buzznet and myspace, but again I don't want to be that.  So here is a question, how did y'all pick your usernames?

Comments

[astoryandasong.livejournal.com]

Hey new friend!
The only RL nicknames I have are 'vaguely irritated snuggle bunny' (Jane, my flatmate) and 'Jemima Puddle Duck' or just 'Puddle Duck' (my family). Both of these nicknames serve to showcase their awesome strangeness, and the fact I am sometimes a grouchy ditz.

[halfnorn.livejournal.com]

mephiztopheles calls me Georgie. Not out of any kind of affection, but because he knows I hate to be called a hippie and he thinks I look like George Harrison.

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[astoryandasong.livejournal.com]

One of my friends from high school used to call me Gemmaliz, or 'my little lamb', sometimes 'Mags'. But that was because he was insane.