Ok, in my introduction post, I declined to elaborate on my screen name because its not that interesting of a story but since the question was asked, I will share it here.
When I was pregnant with my first daughter some 15 years ago, there was this new show coming on called X-Files. I started watching it and it was even on while I delivered my daughter (She was born at 9:36pm, right in the middle of it!) It quickly became my favorite show and my husband started calling me Scully as a nickname. (He thought we were similar, both very matter of factish)
Soon after my daughter's birth I joined a parenting site. Because I was a fan of the show and the nickname, I chose the name danascully as my ID.
Fast forward now some 12 years later. I am STILL a member of that board (despite it changing names and owners several times). The one mothers group that "stuck" was the one I joined when I got pregnant with my now 7 year old. At the time, it had a LOT of members and there were 4 other Julies on that board so everyone just called me Scully to make it easier.
Present day, a small group of about 11 of us are still close friends, we chat every day and yeah, they still call me Scully.
It's the name I use on almost every board I go to because its just easier to remember. The name/ID was once wildly popular because of Xfiles but since that show ended years ago, its faded into obscurity. (until the new movie comes out, anyway)
It still cracks my daughter up when she answers the phone and one of my friends asks, "Scully?" I guess since it was the name they came to know me by, it seems odd to them to call me Julie. I don't mind since like I said, I'm so used to both that it seems like its become
MY name (and now nothing to do with long lost X-Files)
So, there you have it. As promised, somewhat long of an explanation and not particularly intertesting.
In closing, feel free to refer to me as either... I happily answer to both.
