the friday five (names)   (friday five, opinion)

1. Is the name you have now the same name that's on your birth certificate? If not, what's changed?
Yes, I was given my current name at birth.

2. If you could change your name (first, middle and/or last), what would it be?
I like my name, but my last name is rather plain. If I were to go into show business, or become an author, I would change my last name, and probably go by my middle name, thus becoming Scott Wilder.

3. Why were you named what you were? (Is there a story behind it? Who specifically was responsible for naming you?)
My parents named me for the Biblical King David.

4. Are there any names you really hate or love? What are they and why?
I love my mother's maiden name which is 4securityreasons!. Beyond that, there are a lot of names that are special to me because of the people they belong to, not because I particularly like or dislike the name itself.

5. Is the analysis of your name at kabalarians.com accurate? How or how isn't it?
It tells me that I'm practical, technical and scientific, "to the exclusion of interests of an artistic, musical, or social nature." Also that I'm skeptical in general, materialistic, not tactful or empathetic, and also stubborn to a fault. I'd say they got about 50% of that right. I like art, music, and socializing (-3). I am tactful when it seems necessary and/or appropriate (-1). I am empathetic and can see things from others' perspectives (-1). I am also practical, technical, scientific, materialistic (value for value is the only kind of moral transaction), skeptical (not a sucker), and stubborn (they're called my beliefs because I believe in them, so you're gonna have to really convince me) (+6). Six out of eleven is better than 50%, but it's still not completely correct, which is the implicit claim when you develop a formula to predict something. They claim to have a mathematical formula for determining someone's future based on the letters of their (english) name...

But all of this is beside the point, because Kabalarians believe that someone's name is the sole determination as to what their future holds. That's passing the buck. I don't believe in a future that I cannot affect. According to their theories, no Davids will ever buy their stupid Name Evaluation services because one David (me) was destined by his name to not buy it. Oh, and there is a musician named David. Bastard stole my domain name. Oops!

I have infinitely more respect for the Keirsey Temperament Sorter than for this crap. At least the basis for the power of suggestion as to what your personality is like comes from your own responses in that evaluation, as opposed to something that you have no control over whatsoever.

Ok, I just went back to fridayfive.org, and they posted two other name-based personality evaluations... I suppose I have to do those now, too.

--- time passes ---

I am highly amused by triggur.org's name evaluation. You should try it. No really, try it. But also try a few other names. Heh.

Astrology is useless. This page will tell you what the sounds most compatible with your name and birth time and location are... I don't even know what to say to that. *sigh*