What's a Kij0?

Key-Joe
Wow, long story. *Deep breath*
So, about a decade or so ago I discovered the internet. My ex said to me "You're going to have to learn this computer stuff because I don't have time." Well, I did. Probably a lot more so than he ever intended. I make no apologies, I'm a geek and that's what geeks do.

One of the first things I learned about the internet was there were famous people online, author's artists, actors. People you would never dream of having access to. I once conversed with Terry Pratchett about fairies via email. Of course nowadays the famous are wiser to the ways of net and not as open to speaking to everyday joes as they once were. So of course I looked up all kinds of people I admired. Around the same time I was very much into anime, DragonBall Z especially. I ran into a voice actor named Kyle Hebert, a very fan friendly guy who was putting up a website with a friend who lived in Mass. Turns out I'd been to a party with that person and he knew me. As time went on I ended up running many aspects of the site alongside them and it also worked out that the majority of people there were elite at something. Be it writing, art, or say... computer hacking. Needless to say I fell under the wings of some very tech savvy friends who taught me the ropes.

At that time I used my real name Laurel, because to be honest I really didn't know any better. But as time went on and I eventually left I decided I needed a new name. I was given the name Kij0 by a friend/teacher. It's a Japanese word that translates roughly to demoness. Well it stuck. People around me in person started to use it instead of my real name.

Fast forward to the breakup. When I left the ex and moved off to Kentucky the first time, it was with my besty that I'd spent years talking to online and she naturally called me Kij0 so everyone else here did too. I got rather used to it, in some small way it was a means to leave behind the ill parts of me that I needed to shed in lieu of my preferred strong and lethal persona. Gone was the meek and sickly abused and scared woman, here to stay was the woman I need to be, the demoness.

I met my current partner, my teddy bear and he knew me as only Kij0. So even when I moved elsewhere I was so accustomed to the nick that when I landed back in RI and people called me Laurel  I barely responded to it anymore. I had to get used to hearing it again. To this day very few people actually call me Laurel. Mainly only family and long time friends and I don't think to answer to it outside of when I am traveling and expect it.

When I lived in Maine and took up marketing the first thing taught was to brand yourself and I was writing under several alias'. Kij0 being my most public and because it has a zero in it, the search engines just ate it all up and even currently it traces back to me. I love the name though many I'm sure would disagree. Laurel is a pretty name, but rather than dropping my married last name it seems I dropped my first name instead.

I can be found as Kij0 much easier than as Laurel and as for the adult writing, well good luck figuring out what nick I used for that because I'll never tell but you can find me at Literotica. You'll just never know it was me unless you know me very VERY well.

Anyway I'm happy people call me at all, so call me whatever nick you are comfortable with, just don't call me late for dinner.