Go, go editprivacy.bml!

[afuna]

Meh, my real name has become linked to my LJ just as I enter the job market. I've managed to get the links taken down (thank you, both of you, for listening to my request so quickly *hugs*), but I'm still uncomfortable with the idea of my online life being mixed with my offline life.

I'm also too lazy to check to see which entries, if any, contain incriminating (read: embarrassing) evidence. Therefore, I'm going to change all my friends-only entries to private, and all my public entries to friends-only.

I really dislike having to do this, but it's about time I listen to my inner paranoiac.

Note to self:
Set up a friends-only banner/entry, or whatever it is other people do in these circumstances.

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[afuna]

I'm still thinking about the rename. I don't really mind someone somehow managing to trace my current LJ name to my new LJ name assuming I rename. Nor do I mind someone finding my LJ from my real name, but I'd rather not make it too easy. Actually, I do mind, but I've nothing to hide, except silliness.

However, I don't want to create a new account because I don't want to sacrifice the Permanent status (only time I've regretted buying the Permanent account).

(You surprised yourself by remembering my last name? You surprised me! I don't remember giving it to you (though I don't mind that you know *grin*)).

I hope that the firstname+lastname link disappears. In the meantime, at least the one that was firstname+unique-middlename+lastname one has gradually begun to vanish. I'm hoping that time, and a general lack of interest in linking to my journal, will gradually cover up the traces.

Friended! Hi friend!

PS. Expect a f-locked entry with a hand(tablet)-drawn attempt soon. Too lazy to break out the IME.

[pne.livejournal.com]

Ooh yes, a Permanent Account would be a silly thing to lose.

I don't specifically remember when you gave me your last name; probably around the time you told me your other name over IRC, whenever that was.

[afuna]

I'm guessing three to four years ago, approximately. Too lazy to actually dig up anything that would let me know for sure.

I don't know if you've ever told me yours, but I think I can guess ;)

[pne.livejournal.com]

Told you my what? Last name? It's on my LiveJournal profile for anyone to see.

Or Chinese name?

[afuna]

First name and last name (I was teasing *g*),

You have a Chinese name? (Also, speaking of which: http://afuna.livejournal.com/427593.html. Not that you won't eventually see that on your friendspage!)

[pne.livejournal.com]

First name and last name (I was teasing *g*),

Oh, oops :x

You have a Chinese name?

I had one given to me by a Chinese at school. So it's more of an honorary Chinese name, I suppose. But yes.

(I also have a Japanese name that my then-girlfriend gave me. I occasionally use the given name portion of my Chinese name as my Japanese name, though, just reading it with Japanese name values.)

My Chinese name is 陳信哲 Chèn Xínzhè, and my Japanese name is 篤義 (Atsuyoshi) or 信哲 (which I read Nobuaki).

Oh, I suppose I also have a Japanese family name: one of my Japanese teachers called me 新町 (Shinmachi), a literal translation of "Newton". Though I slightly prefer 新村 (Niimura), perhaps because I've actually seen people called that but haven't seen Shinmachi as a name.

[afuna]

I had one given to me by a Chinese at school.
I know someone who made up his own Chinese name and chose either 天子 (Son of Heaven) or 皇帝 (Emperor). It was rather special.

I wonder what would happen if I tried the same trick? Taking the Japanese pronunciation of my Chinese name. (Just tried checking it out, but with so many pronunciations out there, I have no idea which combinations would actually sound acceptable as names).

I misread the "ton" part of "Newton" -- took it literally as "ton" (the measurement), and not as in "town", and I didn't really get my mistake until I took a closer look at the kanji you were using.

[pne.livejournal.com]

With Japanese names, you can use pretty much any reading you want :)

Though it's true that most characters have "traditional" readings attached to them, even for names, and using different readings could be confusing.

Maybe "Teruyuki"?

Best to ask a Japanese, I suppose, what kind of name reading would sound plausible.