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The Passing of wHATUP

posted July 10, 2009 - 3:20pm
The Passing of wHATUP


It is with extreme sorrow that I am annoucing the passing of wHATUP. His death has been a long time in coming but at the same time seems rather quick.


It has only been within the last few months that I have outgrown the pen name. There were a couple of reasons I had to put wHATUP to rest.


1. It was a stupid name anyway. What am I a budweiser commercial?


2. If I got one more "what up wHATUP" message in my inbox I was going to heave my computer in the direction of Jacksonville.


3. I am really trying to become a writer and not just a blogger. I just couldn't bare the thought of a potential agent/publisher/whatever looking at my writings here and seeing the screen name wHATUP associated with it. It just screamed of someone that is unprofessional.


4. With the new site I wanted a new start. This kinda going along with #3. With the new site I really want to make a concerted effort to be a fiction writer and I think using my real name is the first step.


So, so long wHATUP, it has been great knowing you but you out lived your usefulness - adios!


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Changing names!

Hey, thanks 'Darrell' for making it easier for me to make up my mind. "Class" and "Dignity" and "Sincerity" were exactly the characteristics that I wanted my name and avatar to reflect..and if as you say "rawnak" seems to be doing great on that score...I guess its best to stick with it. I also feel that it has a more "universal" appeal. After all our basic idea is to attract readers from all over the world, without any prejudice. So...Rawnak it is and will be. Thanks again and I am sure you will attract a lot more "serious" readers with your real name and avatar. All the best.. The Shopping Arcade Blog http://www.xomba.com/referral/77

I guess I'm just silly....

I LoVe to use alternating caps for fun. I've enjoyed reading everyone's comments to Darrel. Darrel, I wish you the best with this transition ;) +1

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My sense of humor

Is very juvenile so it is an easy mistake! Visit my homepage here

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Good deal. When I first came

Good deal. When I first came on Xomba, I had you pegged for a much younger guy. I'm using part of my real name, anyway. Maybe I'll add the remaining 4 letters of my last name, soon. :) ↑ Grab this Headline Animator

 
 

I'm thinking about thinking

rawnak is a much better name than my dumbass wHATUP. wHATUP is the retard that writes comments like "fursttttttt!" and calls other posters gay. Or that is what that name screams to me anyway. rawnak has some class, some dignity. I'm just wondering if we can get Jim and Publius to use their real names? Visit my homepage here

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Nanu Nanu

Yes it was silly. I had come back to the site after many months and just entered some foolishness to see if it would allow me to sign on and it did so I was stuck. But wHATUP did allow me to be someone else although I was still mostly me. Now everyone knows who the fool who posted that comment is. :) Visit my homepage here

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Wise Decision

to do away with wHATUP. (it is a pain to type that!) But, Your own name "Darrell Curts" suits a fiction writer's name. And will get more people reading your stuff more seriously, I am sure. In fact, Now you have got me thinking too. maybe I should revert to my own name here too. I had reversed my last name "Kanwar" to "rawnak" to write in "anonymity" as I really did not know if I would do well. But now that I have established my presence here on Xomba, maybe its time to write under my own name? Although, I do like the sound of "rawnak" much better. Maybe I should think some more...! The Shopping Arcade Blog http://www.xomba.com/referral/77

Farewell wHATUP

The silly things we do while a bit tipsey or feeling foolish... : ) Sending a proper, respectful farewell to "wHATUP" using the silly capitalizations. May the original Darrell Curts continue to write well and prosper. "Nanu-nanu" : ) (see what happens when you feel silly) Sending Happy Thoughts and Smiles - MJ Avatar: Belief My journey for Balance Subscribe to MJ's Xombytes

Phinny

Thanks for confirming my stupidity! And there was a time period where I was literally getting 2 to 3 messages a day saying "what up whatup?". The name was picked in a moment of weakness when I was just seeing what would happen. Bad choice. Visit my homepage here

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