AMA Raxicorico

Raxicorico wrote:

Avalonslight wrote: Ok... You caught my interest.... Your dragon?

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Her name is Meraxes, she's three years old, loves acorn squash, and basically believes that she runs the house.

I pretty much love her immediately.

Is there a story behind your choice of a Jedi name, and is there a forum name character limit that prevented you from using the whole word?

ayyyy!!! I love AMAs! okok

I know that we've talked a lot about your travels (and I'm super jelly) so I'll ask......Out of the countries you have visited, which one would you live in permanently and why?

Atticus wrote: I pretty much love her immediately.

Is there a story behind your choice of a Jedi name, and is there a forum name character limit that prevented you from using the whole word?

She is pretty lovable. And very judgmental, but that just makes here all the more cute.

And yeah, you are right, my user name here is a misspelling of a shortened version of Raxacoricofallapatorian. Online I am typically pretty hesitant to put anything that could be linked to me so most people who know me from the internet know me as Rax (short for the username Raxicorico) or CJ (short of chubby Jesus, a whole story exists behind that name as well). Obviously now I have my real name posted on numerous locations on the site so I'm not as concerned. As for where I got the username Raxicorico, I've used that name since 2006. I was watching of Doctor Who at the time with some friends and, being the biggest person among them, they started joking about I was one of the Slitheen. I don't even remember what website I joined soon after (it might have even been World of Warcraft...), but when coming up with a name I chose Raxicorico, using the somewhat emo logic that despite the fact that some people may see me as almost monstrous (I was overcoming some major self image issues at the time), I was uniquely me and if people couldn't get past appearances that spoke poorly of them and not me. At this point, I just like the sound of the name and it's a great way to find the Doctor Who fans.

vladucard wrote:
I know that we've talked a lot about your travels (and I'm super jelly) so I'll ask......Out of the countries you have visited, which one would you live in permanently and why?

I knew this question would pop up eventually, and man it is definitely difficult. Without taking into account issues such as job security, health care, cost of living etc., I'd have to say New Zealand. South Island in particular. I'm also a little biased because I did actually live there once and, as might be evident from my previous answer, I am a Lord of the Rings fan. But that aside, naturally the scenery is quite stunning, the wildlife you see is often very unique (I love keas, or the mountain parrots), the people are some of the friendliest people I have had a chance to meet, and overall it felt like a safe place. Not to mention that since the population isn't that big (I mean, there are more sheep than people, right?), it was often quite easy to escape the city. Several of my favorite memories that I think of when I contemplate on how incredible this world is comes from my time there. For example, during a trip to the Catlins me and a friend got the most beautiful view of the night sky that I had ever seen. It was at that point where I understood why ancient mythologies put so much emphasis on explaining the stars and the milky way and how much we lose to light pollution in modern times.