When I started my blog I didn't put a lot of thought into my url. I knew I wanted something short. I also didn't care if it made any sense or had any good keywords in it. I liked the idea of just picking whatever and not worrying, because who was really going to read it besides myself?

Sometimes my husband calls me Lo-chan. We taught English in Japan when we were first married and you call kids their name plus -chan. It's also a term of affection. So, I tried out lochan. It was taken. So, lchan.

Lchan is fine, I don't regret lchan. But, sometimes it feels a little ridicurous (like Donna Chang on Seinfeld). There's nothing asian about me, but online you don't know much about me, so a person might assume. Although alone lchan doesn't really even seem asian, maybe just huh?

I've tried to think what I would do if I actually tried to put some real thought into it. And, really, I'm just not that creative. Or, I'm too critical. Everything I think of is lame. The unablogger is creepy, shut your bloghole comes off too angry, Scribere (latin for 'to write') is okay but too pretentious. Scribbler? Scribble? Hmmm, maybe.

It doesn't really matter because I'm not changing it now.

In a way, the internet has transformed us all into a bunch of nickname-choosing junior high kids. Hi, I'm sxysadi72 or stampin-mom or catfreak. I mean, you have to pick something.

But, you have to admit. It's a little ridicurous.