Curious what your forum names mean.
As for me, people have told me that I am like a fish because I love the water, so I decided to use that as my forum name.
Would love to hear what everyone else's mean....
Former Member
Okay, please explain who Olorin is for those who don't know (like me)
O.k. I will expose myself for the geek that I truelly am and tell you....Maybe you saw the Lord of The Rings Movies and/or read the books......If so, you may recall the wizard named Gandalf....(kind of a central character to the story to put it midly).....Anyway, as it turns out Gandalf and his fellow Wizards (Saruman and Radaghast, and the other 3 that are not mentioned by name) were all sent to Middle Earth by a powerful God named Manwe...(Manwe is sort of like the right hand man of the One GOD ....whose's name is Eru as well as other names...So Manwe is like the supreme Angel if you will in God's army...if that makes any sense?)....Anyway, The Wizards are like lower level Gods (or lower level angels....like the Cherubim as opposed to the Seraphim)....The higher level Gods like Manwe are called the Vala...The lower level gods like the Wizards are called Mia....The Wizards only took on the form of old men as a disguise to blend in with the other beings of Middle Earth. The order of Mia the Wizards come from are called the Istari.....Gandalf's name amongst the Istari and Vala (as well as other Mia) outside middle earth (in a land called Valinor) is "Olorin"...or "Olorin the Wise"....When Olorin entered middle earth under Manwe's wishes to help rid middle earth of Sauron forever, he then took the name Gandalf the Grey (among other names such as Mithrander for example...which just means "the grey pilgrim" in a certian elvish language called "Queenya"...my spellings here could all be wrong)......I am a big fan of Gandalf's.....He is the most valiant and interesting Character I think Tolkien ever created....(but perhaps Tom Bombadil is more mysterious?)....also there is some strange connection between Bombadil and Gandalf that is not really explained which I believe goes back to when Gandalf was known as "Olorin" and not Gandalf.....Pretty Geeky eh??
newmastersswimmer (AKA OTEW)
P.S. I have also gone by the name "Servant of Eru" in some very geeky-based Chatrooms before....Gandalf calls himself a "Servant of The Secret Fire" which translates as "Servant of Eru"....i.e. "Servant of God".
Hey Now....Your suppose to say something like...."No Jim thats not geeky at all....your just self conscious about nothing.....that's a fascinating story...ect"....BUT no you had to tell it like it really is......and I'm sure you actually would love to hear how the Silmarils play into all of this....actually they don't play hardly any role (if any at all) in the story of Gandalf (AKA Olorin).....The story of Gandalf is about the rings of power not those ancient stones you speak of.
newmastersswimmer (AKA OTEW)
Originally posted by James
Hey Scansy, How do you change your user name?
Well...... I did some digging and found this little tidbit:
"You can alter any of the fields in your profile, except your username. Once you have registered your username, it becomes yours for life. In extreme circumstances, you may request that the administrator change your username, but he will require a very good reason to do so."
If the Steelers win the Superbowl again, I will ask to change it to Steelers Rule - and hope the administrator thinks it is a "very good reason".
For now, I will settle for the new signature below!:D
I used to swim competitively and, looking back on it now, at times it became way too serious. As a result, I didn't swim at all for a long time. As I've more recently rediscovered my love for swimming, now I do it "justforfun"!!
