Kalk

So, I just got to thinking about the name I post under on the site. "Kalk". Most of you know that it's the first half of my last name. Others know that it is one of the only nicknames I got in high school that I actually tolerated, and even liked. Here's the full story.

In high school, I was a loser. Those that have seen the picture from my first ISUCard--or remember me from when I first became a Christ-follower know what I looked like. Fat, long hair, glasses, poor hygiene, quiet, nerdy....I was the complete package. I had a couple friends--one of whom was working on showing me Christ's love, and eventually gave me my first Bible--but no one really was allowed too close to me. So it was a real shock when one guy started calling me "cool". He wasn't one of the people I considered friends, so it was even stranger. It was he that gave me the nickname "Kalk".

So, very soon I started using that every time I needed a username for something. I used it in most of my email addresses. I also used it during my hardcore gamer days in all my character names, and my name on the guild's message board. (I just took a trip back and looked at it, and I still rank #6 on the list of most posts, and my last one was July 5, 2007--though the last post, other than some new person saying "hi", was in 2008) So yeah, I took the name given from someone who said I was cool, and used it in nerdy places. That'll teach you for calling me cool.