The history behind 'JobotFury'.

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So in the past, I've had people ask me where the name 'JobotFury' came from. The story really isn't all that spectacular in my personal opinion, but if you're really all that curious (and you know you are), then read on...

The name 'Jobot' came first. When I was little, I was watching some show on TV (remember those stupid kids shows, that are now classics, and you'll kick anyone's ass if they try to knock them today?). These kids were messing around with some really crappy put-together robots. One of the kids, obviously not happy, said something along the lines of 'Robot, jobot. I can do better." That one particular word stuck in my head. I never forgot it. 

When I reached high school, I had the fortunate luck of living in the time where cell phones weren't glued to our hands every waking moment. No texting, no Facebook. Instead, my girlfriends and I passed notes during school (do kids still do that?). Whether to gossip, or just to cure boredom, or when we needed a good laugh (Heather was the very-creative artist in our group-I still have her drawings), it was something we all became quite sneaky at (I had a couple of pages taken up by teachers, I couldn't quite master that art). Every one of them had nicknames they'd scribble on top of the folded paper...except for me. I'd never really had a nickname that stuck in my life up to that point. So I thought about it, and the word 'Jobot' popped into my head almost instantly. Well, okay, we've got something here. My real name starts with a 'J', and Jobot just kind of fit when I thought more about it. The name stuck, and I used it from that point on. 

A couple years later, I had just graduated high school, and had just gotten my very first desktop computer. I was setting up an account for AOL (which has long been defunct), and started to set up my email address. I knew I wanted to use 'Jobot' (since it was well-known by my friends at this point, I figured it would be easy for them to find me/remember), but jobot@aol.com didn't seem good enough. Something was missing. I needed something to run with it. The answer would come to me later on while watching a clip of some bad storms on the news. The word 'fury' came to mind. I was already an avid lover of storms, and the power and the fury they possess (and if you ask my friend, it also came from the force I possess when I get angry about something. I've never confirmed or denied that claim). So I put the two words together, and JobotFury was born. I now use that name all across the board, most every website (except my FanFiction name, that name is totally different, so as to keep people from easily finding me on the site). I've now had that name for 11 years. It's too much a part of me to change it now. 

So, like I said, the story itself isn't really spectacular, but there you go. Plus, I've always found it interesting to hear how people create their nicknames or their 'stage names' as I like to call it. I like hearing the backstories, and then seeing their name in a whole new light. The names come from somewhere, unless you really are just slapping words together, and that's not interesting to me. 

It is now 2am and my body still hasn't caught up after such a busy weekend at work. Hope you enjoyed, I'm off to bed. Peace.