How Did Your Downs Name Come About? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

JennyHallu · 03-13-2006, 08:51 AM

JennyHallu was born in my first week of my short career as a college student. I came into it with a lot more promise than I left, and I was part of an honors "learning community" in the engineering department. (Basically all that meant was that we all lived on the same floors of our dormitory, and were in the same section of the two classes we were all in. Turns out I wasn't fated to be an engineer, anyway.) The day we all met each other, I grew tired of introducing myself to people who, had they been listening at all, had heard me tell my name at least five or six times. So...I began introducing myself as "a mass hallucination, don't mind me" and a new acquaintance who became a good friend decided it was his personal duty to make sure it stuck. As "The Mass Hallucination" is, at best, absurdly unwieldy, the nickname was quickly abbreviated to Hallu.

December of '04, I made the unbelievably difficult decision that the effort I wasn't putting into my classes meant that the expense of college wasn't justified, and wouldn't be until I matured and gathered some clearer sense of direction. That spring my boyfriend proposed, and I was married in the summer, so my "semester off" became a more indefinite postponement.

Since I have left college, and contact with the friend who gave me the name has become limited to occasional talks on IM, I am afraid that no one calls me Hallu in person any more, especially since my husband's revenge for me calling him strange, unreasoned, and random things like "Skwishy" or "Pikkles" (misspelling intended) seems to be to call me nothing more creative than "Honey".

However, Hallu, coupled with the familiar contraction of my given name I have used as long as I can remember, seems to be a unique combination, and a vivid reminder of a very rewarding time in my life (though not at all in the ways I anticipated). Now, as my explanation of my name is trying very hard to turn into an autobiography, I shall close...

PS. The only other name I would ever think of choosing would be "Juniper" because my mother has a weird but fun habit of calling me that, and I've always kind of liked it.

Lalaith · 03-13-2006, 09:10 AM

*puts on deerstalker*
Jenny, I deduce your mother must have been fond of, or at least familiar with, the works of the 60s singer Donovan...

JennyHallu · 03-13-2006, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Lalaith

*puts on deerstalker*
Jenny, I deduce your mother must have been fond of, or at least familiar with, the works of the 60s singer Donovan...

I doubt it...She owns none of his music, and when she was downloading mp3s (evil Mommy) she downloaded nothing by him. As my mother wasn't born until halfway through the decade...I doubt it.

Mithalwen · 03-13-2006, 11:56 AM

*Oh Jennifer Juniper rides a dappled mare.....*

So shattering that Jenny's mamma was born halfway through the sixties..... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek

JennyHallu · 03-13-2006, 12:03 PM

I was born when she was 19, so my mother makes all my friends' parents feel old. The shattering thing for me is trying to be a grown-up when everyone else has SO much more practice. As a married woman at 20, my peer group is small, to say the least. Few people my age are married and so don't understand a lot of the challenges I'm just now learning to face, and it's hard to fit in in a group of older couples...their thoughts and worries are so full of their children, and I'm still a child in their eyes. Neal and I don't plan on even trying to have children for a good long while yet...

Estelyn Telcontar · 03-13-2006, 12:13 PM

What was the topic again?!

Morsul the Dark · 03-13-2006, 01:12 PM

well Morsul the dark was originally just a cool wizard i made up because i wanted to have a connection to LOTR so originally Morsul was the sixth Isatari( who like me procrastinates) and got the ME after the war of the ring hence his absence but then i rememerred evil charactors are more fun hence his ways of corrupting the ents and joining the dark isatari and all that(sauron being leader of the group) I also decided Morsul killed the blue wizards. but at any rate i love the named although it is redundant

Dark wind the Dark
(sauron was Sauron the Black)
there was a yellow wizard(forgot the name
and two Green wizards who ran off and were never heard from again iI think radagst took care of them i dont know

03-13-2006, 08:51 AM	#1
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	JennyHallu was born in my first week of my short career as a college student. I came into it with a lot more promise than I left, and I was part of an honors "learning community" in the engineering department. (Basically all that meant was that we all lived on the same floors of our dormitory, and were in the same section of the two classes we were all in. Turns out I wasn't fated to be an engineer, anyway.) The day we all met each other, I grew tired of introducing myself to people who, had they been listening at all, had heard me tell my name at least five or six times. So...I began introducing myself as "a mass hallucination, don't mind me" and a new acquaintance who became a good friend decided it was his personal duty to make sure it stuck. As "The Mass Hallucination" is, at best, absurdly unwieldy, the nickname was quickly abbreviated to Hallu. December of '04, I made the unbelievably difficult decision that the effort I wasn't putting into my classes meant that the expense of college wasn't justified, and wouldn't be until I matured and gathered some clearer sense of direction. That spring my boyfriend proposed, and I was married in the summer, so my "semester off" became a more indefinite postponement. Since I have left college, and contact with the friend who gave me the name has become limited to occasional talks on IM, I am afraid that no one calls me Hallu in person any more, especially since my husband's revenge for me calling him strange, unreasoned, and random things like "Skwishy" or "Pikkles" (misspelling intended) seems to be to call me nothing more creative than "Honey". However, Hallu, coupled with the familiar contraction of my given name I have used as long as I can remember, seems to be a unique combination, and a vivid reminder of a very rewarding time in my life (though not at all in the ways I anticipated). Now, as my explanation of my name is trying very hard to turn into an autobiography, I shall close... PS. The only other name I would ever think of choosing would be "Juniper" because my mother has a weird but fun habit of calling me that, and I've always kind of liked it. __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

03-13-2006, 09:10 AM	#2
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	puts on deerstalker Jenny, I deduce your mother must have been fond of, or at least familiar with, the works of the 60s singer Donovan... __________________ Out went the candle, and we were left darkling

03-13-2006, 11:56 AM	#4
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Oh Jennifer Juniper rides a dappled mare..... So shattering that Jenny's mamma was born halfway through the sixties..... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

03-13-2006, 12:03 PM	#5
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	I was born when she was 19, so my mother makes all my friends' parents feel old. The shattering thing for me is trying to be a grown-up when everyone else has SO much more practice. As a married woman at 20, my peer group is small, to say the least. Few people my age are married and so don't understand a lot of the challenges I'm just now learning to face, and it's hard to fit in in a group of older couples...their thoughts and worries are so full of their children, and I'm still a child in their eyes. Neal and I don't plan on even trying to have children for a good long while yet... __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

03-13-2006, 12:13 PM	#6
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	What was the topic again?! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

03-13-2006, 01:12 PM	#7
Morsul the Dark Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,448	well Morsul the dark was originally just a cool wizard i made up because i wanted to have a connection to LOTR so originally Morsul was the sixth Isatari( who like me procrastinates) and got the ME after the war of the ring hence his absence but then i rememerred evil charactors are more fun hence his ways of corrupting the ents and joining the dark isatari and all that(sauron being leader of the group) I also decided Morsul killed the blue wizards. but at any rate i love the named although it is redundant Dark wind the Dark (sauron was Sauron the Black) there was a yellow wizard(forgot the name and two Green wizards who ran off and were never heard from again iI think radagst took care of them i dont know __________________ Morsul the Resurrected