The death of JBX

The truth behind the name JBX is here. It not that complicated, but I’ve almost fabricated it enough that it has lost its meaning.

The first nick name that was given to me was Big Ben. I was fat and relatively big compared to the kids at my elementary school. I knew where Big Ben was located, but I found it odd that it became a reference to me. My friends and I watched a lot of wrestling entertainment and that was my nickname when we emulated what we saw on television.  It was also used on the basketball court. I don’t want to get too nostalgic, but it was a good time and a good name.

My first online alias was stuff101. It was established in the year 1996. It wasn't bad for a self-made nickname. Stuff could be related to anything and 101 refers to a basic course. For my age, 101 could have related to the movie 101 Dalmatians. I have never seen the movie.

5 years later, I discontinued the name and was playing counter-strike. A name that popped out to me was Jigglypuff. He was one of the best CS players I have ever known, of that time. It was also a Pokémon. In that day, servers weren’t abundant as they are now so I became clingy to the server he played on. For some reason, I executed an act of humor and typed this command in console: /nick Jigglyboo. It was meant to be temporary, but it stuck.

The first 2 letters of the acronym JBX are Jiggly and Boo. X arrived after I gave up on trying to cover the name by using the first 2 letters and creating a word. Here are some variations: Jboogie, Jboo, Jbah, Jbum, Jbourne (just kidding.) You get the idea. In the year 2002, JBX became my truncated online alias.

6 years later, I just got tired of it. My new online alias is very logical. X is the last letter of my first name, and AS are the first letters of my last name. You get aleX ASuncion. My blog is diXASter because it was a disaster that xas.livejournal.com was already taken. By the way, that blog hasn’t updated in 4 years.

So there is the evolution of my aliases. Big Ben>Stuff101>Jigglyboo>JBX>Xas. It was fun Jigglyboo. You will be missed.