tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413778464611653442.post5289781991236498077..comments2023-09-15T05:39:40.040-07:00Comments on A(nother) Year of Online Dating: Bad Usernames: What were they thinking?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413778464611653442.post-8810712503593190652009-08-06T10:55:44.767-07:002009-08-06T10:55:44.767-07:00regarding use of the name "carnalmustard,&quo...regarding use of the name "carnalmustard," i think you may be giving it too much thought. or at least, you're giving it more thought than i did when i chose it, or ever since. <br /><br />it is, yes, a play (good? eh...) on "col. mustard." it also sounds vaguely dirty, except to that end it doesn't make particular sense. i suppose it appealed to me for its juxtaposition of (1) a recognizable character from a mystery-based board game of our collective youth and (2) the suggestively absurd, or absurdly suggestive. <br /><br />perhaps my subconscious mind sought to evoke, in one sweeping dadaist gesture, archetypal elements of sex, murder, mystery, youth, the pomposity of monocles & mustaches, the idiom "cut the mustard," and condiments of a spicy nature, which together coalesce into a flavor not entirely unlike that of young lust in summertime. <br /><br />it is also possible that i was simply drunk at the time, and that was the first name that came up unavailable. hard to say, really.<br /><br />in any case, it was not meant to imply an interest in pursuing mustard-fetishism. if mustard-fetishism exists (and lord knows it probably does), i would prefer not to know any more about it. if this was your misunderstanding, i take full responsibility.<br /><br />in any case, i hope that if you blocked me it was not for this "good play on words," but rather for my terrible personality. <br /><br />it's probably just as well, though. i generally find usernames that feature, as you suggest, "ethnicity or a physical attribute," to be a bit drab. why go literal when impressionism tells such a better story? but then, i tend to go for women that exhibit creativity and who don't take life, especially the internet-dating parts of life, too seriously. maybe we shouldn't fall in love after all.<br /><br />but tell your friend the gerbil fetishist to give me a call.<br /><br />your friend,<br />carnalmustardt.a.m.s.y.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14016844718237440155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413778464611653442.post-6001610830521478032008-03-06T22:25:00.000-08:002008-03-06T22:25:00.000-08:00I actually don't mind GerbilGod-- probably because...I actually don't mind GerbilGod-- probably because I had pet gerbils as a child. I also think Precambrian isn't too bad, although both of them are far from illuminating. But since you can't change your username (I know mine is pretty silly), maybe we shouldn't judge them too harshly...except for CarnalMustard, let's judge him :-)Ilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12795337226989102549noreply@blogger.com