Back when I was at Valpo and first got an email account, I was also into gaming. Some of the guys at the PMA house had titles for their characters and stuff, so I liked that. Since I'm only 5' 1/2", I chose the nickname Kate the Short.
When I needed to change my email account username recently, I changed it to kateshort from katew, because it's shorter to type than katetheshort.
I wanna know why shadokat picked that name, though... wonder if it's an X-Men reference, or something else...
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