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[porphyry]

1. My username is ______ because ______.

Malkhos, that was the given name of Porphyry Neoplatonicus.

2. My name is _____ because ______.

Malkhos, because I am the reincarnation of Porphyry (I hope no one would think that I would consider the name given by my parents 'real').

3. My journal is titled ____ because ____.

Hymn to Apollo, because it was only the Grace of Apollo that saved our family once upon a time.

4. My friends page is called ____ because ____.

I was unaware that friends' pages could be named.

5. My default userpic is ____ because ____.

Siegfried when he first spots Fafner, with which I was very well pleased since it was the first screen capture I ever made. More often I use Dr. Praetorius from The Bride of Frankenstein which suits me much better.

Comments

[himmapaan.livejournal.com]

I've also seen it spelt as 'Malchus', incidentally.

[malkhos.livejournal.com]

The difference between tranliterating directly from Greek compared to using Latin as an intermediary--but I'm always amazed when someone has seen it at all.

[himmapaan.livejournal.com]

The difference between tranliterating directly from Greek compared to using Latin as an intermediary

Ah, yes, of course...

[benicek.livejournal.com]

1. My username is Benicek because that is my familiar name in Czech, in its diminutive form (little Ben).

2. My name is Ben because my parents changed their minds when I was two weeks old and started using my middle name.

3. My journal is titled 'Benicek's thoughts' because that is all it is, and subtitles 'I know nothing' because it's true and I admire Socrates.

4. I was also unaware that friends' pages could be named. Why would you want to?

5. My default userpic depicts my gerbils because its anonymous and lends me a boyish, harmless air.

[malkhos.livejournal.com]

In response to number five, I love that picture of those gerbils. They are so cute. There actually was a time when I seriously considered getting a Siberian hamster (what's the difference between a hamster and gerbil anyway?) whose personality was different from his fellow hamsters; he was much calmer and not nearly as frenetic in his play activities. Everything he did, he did with dignity. And I was going to call him... Socrates.