Stories behind avatars/usernames?

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My avatar is Ezio from Assassin's Creed II because he's awesome. My username comes from my favourite weapon from Fallout 3: The Shishkebab.

There's a Black Sabbath song called Sweetleaf I enjoy, so that's where I got the name.......and I just used a picture of myself that happened to be the best one I took recently.

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My avatars always change, but there is always something in common with them - you needn't think much to work it out
My username came from me sitting at the desk thinking of a username, whilst playing with a 10 pence coin.

And here's the first-ever episode of Joe 90:

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I should add a little about myself at this juncture:

My username is not a reference to the drink but to the leading man in the 1992 Hong Kong action thriller Hard-Boiled played by Chow Yun-Fat - Inspector 'Tequila' Yuen.

As for my avatar, it is derived from a Swiss political poster created by AUNS (Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland) in the run up to a referendum in 2005 that was on the proposal of Switzerland joining the Schengen Area, which is an agreement signed by 25 countries with all members of the EU (outside the United Kingdom and Ireland) having either signed up to Schengen or are required to implement it at some point. It's worth noting that, of the non-EU countries other than Switzerland that Iceland and Norway are also in Schengen.

As for the referendum (which only really occurs due to the unique Swiss tradition of direct democracy), the 'Nein' side lost the vote with Swiss voters approving of their country joining the Schengen Area with the anti-EU, national conservative and isolationist SVP (Swiss People's Party) - the largest party in Switzerland - being the only major Swiss party to oppose the move. The SVP and AUNS (which is closely linked to the SVP) saw the accession to the Schengen Area as a trojan horse by the EU leading to the reluctant EU membership being forced on Switzerland and would lead to more crime by foreigners able to enter Switzerland freely; thus, the SVP supports tearing up the Schengen Agreement and starting again.

And for the poster itself (which was produced by AUNS in both 'female' and 'male' versions):



The poster reads something like

Lose your job?
Lose your safety?

SCHENGEN NO

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My username is because I love my brain the way it is... frozen.
My avatar is just a default one, but I liked it anyway.

When I was a toddler, I went around telling everyone that my full name was "[my actual name], an Idaho Rose". I genuinely thought that "Idaho Rose" was part of my actual name.

My avatar is highly subject to change depending on whatever I'm into at a given time, but right now it's Asuka Langley Sohryu from the classic anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. She's my favorite character in that series because she represents everything that I wish I could be: self-confident, assertive and talented. But she also embodies one of my own qualities, which is a strong desire to be recognized by other people.