This is a true-life story... about a real life.  
Perhaps it is a life like yours... or at least
a life you can learn from? 
This story came to be published when I asked
Nicki,  "Would you like to use your real name
or a pseudonym?" on a 
piece she was 
writing.  
Here is what she said:
-  WHO AM I?
-  NOW I'M "YANEY"
-  DOLLY DIMPLES
-  B-4 IMP
-  IMP
-  THE IMP... BLACK & BLUE
-  "Rifle Packin' Imp"
-  BIRD LEGS ELLIOTT
-  ELLIOTT and DOUBLE DITCH DAY
-  WHO ME?
-  SCHMIDT-NIX
-  NICKI
-  MARIAN
-  WHAAATT IS THE LAST NAME?
-  JEAN?????
-  M. FOR MOM
-  AND ET AL