What's the story behind your SN?

[NutBrnHair]

I love the children's book "Guess How Much I Love You" -- the little rabbit is named Lil Nut Brown Hare -- so I changed it to NutBrnHair (since I'm a brunette!).

[pbear19]

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...6&postcount=68

One of my earliest posts. It's hard to believe I've been married and out of college over 7 years! Still love the number 19, still have tons of panda stuff in my house, albeit in boxes or disguised as future baby room decor.

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by pbear19

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...6&postcount=68

One of my earliest posts. It's hard to believe I've been married and out of college over 7 years! Still love the number 19, still have tons of panda stuff in my house, albeit in boxes or disguised as future baby room decor.

What's funny is whenever I see your name I think of polar bears not panda bears!

My name comes from a line in a song that was sung at preference "A rose ever blooming" switch it up and voila "ForeverRoses".

[pbear19]

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

What's funny is whenever I see your name I think of polar bears not panda bears!

Ha, that's new! Usually I've gotten pooh bear in the past. I tried to come up with something when I signed up that wouldn't make everyone assume I am an AOII, but still reference panda, since I have such a huge collection of them.

[LightBulb]

Mine is my sorority nickname.

[barbino]

Originally Posted by LightBulb

Mine is my sorority nickname.

It was mine, too. Nobody ever called me that before I was a Pi Phi, and nobody has ever called me that since, so it seemed appropriate for use on a Greek chatboard.

[SHEETCAKE]

I am a cake that comes in sheet form.

[Coquiporvida]

Well, Coqui por vida means coqui for life in spanish. El Coqui (indigenous frog from Puerto Rico) is my sorority mascot, and of course I am a Coqui por vida!

[ISUKappa]

Are you ready for this? You may need to take notes.

ISU = Iowa State University, where I went to college
Kappa = Kappa Kappa Gamma

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by ISUKappa

Are you ready for this? You may need to take notes.

ISU = Iowa State University, where I went to college
Kappa = Kappa Kappa Gamma

LOL, yeah, pretty much why I didn't feel the need to post my "explanation".

[ThetaDancer]

Hahaha ISUKappa, I love your explanation.
My screenname is equally complex. I'm a Theta and a dancer.

[MysticCat]

In the first decade of the history of Phi Mu Alpha, an enigmatic black cat, known as the "Mystic Cat," became part of our lore. Our national magazine was first called "The Mystic Cat" (now "The Sinfonian"); the Mystic Cat appeared on the cover of our 1908, 1914 and 1931 songbooks, and for a while, new members were sometimes nicknamed "kittens." The lore and imagery of the Mystic Cat has enjoyed a revival in recent years.

There were also numerous songs and poems about the Mystic Cat, including this "Nonsense Song" from the 1914 Songbook:

The most mysterious mystery is our mighty Mystic Cat,
He prowls about our chapter rooms and waxes sleek and fat;
We wonder what and where he is, but all to no avail --
He's a mystery from his mystic nose to the tip of his mystic tail.

Does he only venture forth at night and shun the light of day?
Does he vanish like a spectre before the sun's first ray?
We never see his mystic form but while we watch and wait
We feel his mystic presence like some omen grim of Fate.

Oh, Mystic Cat, enigma dark, thou phantom of the night,
Reveal thyself unto our eyes in all thy mystic might.
Oh, sable-coated feline, Though thy form we never see,
We’ll worship at thy mystic feet for all eternity.

The funny thing, given his name, is that all these years later, no one really knows anything about the origin of the Mystic Cat. It was never written down. There are guesses, but it appropriately remains a "most mysterious mystery."

[socialite]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

In the first decade of the history of Phi Mu Alpha, an enigmatic black cat, known as the "Mystic Cat," became part of our lore. Our national magazine was first called "The Mystic Cat" (now "The Sinfonian"); the Mystic Cat appeared on the cover of our 1908, 1914 and 1931 songbooks, and for a while, new members were sometimes nicknamed "kittens." The lore and imagery of the Mystic Cat has enjoyed a revival in recent years.

There were also numerous songs and poems about the Mystic Cat, including this "Nonsense Song" from the 1914 Songbook:

The most mysterious mystery is our mighty Mystic Cat,
He prowls about our chapter rooms and waxes sleek and fat;
We wonder what and where he is, but all to no avail --
He's a mystery from his mystic nose to the tip of his mystic tail.

Does he only venture forth at night and shun the light of day?
Does he vanish like a spectre before the sun's first ray?
We never see his mystic form but while we watch and wait
We feel his mystic presence like some omen grim of Fate.

Oh, Mystic Cat, enigma dark, thou phantom of the night,
Reveal thyself unto our eyes in all thy mystic might.
Oh, sable-coated feline, Though thy form we never see,
We’ll worship at thy mystic feet for all eternity.

The funny thing, given his name, is that all these years later, no one really knows anything about the origin of the Mystic Cat. It was never written down. There are guesses, but it appropriately remains a "most mysterious mystery."

Are you sure his name isn't MR. MISTOFOLEES????

gawd i crack myself up.

[piphiangel314]

Originally Posted by socialite

Are you sure his name isn't MR. MISTOFOLEES????

gawd i crack myself up.

Heh. I was thinking that too...
But I think the Mystic Cat thing is really cool! I love lore such as that.

But my name is pretty simple too...Pi Phi is pretty explanatory, the angel is Pi Phi's unofficial mascot, and 314 is my birthday (March 14). Pretty easy.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by socialite

Are you sure his name isn't MR. MISTOFOLEES????

gawd i crack myself up.

LOL.

But to paraphrase Diane Chambers, I hate "Cats" with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns.