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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

Ibeji is the Yoruba word for twin ("ibi" born, "eji" two).
"The Yoruba regard twins as possessing supernatural powers and their birth is the cause of great rejoicing. As they also believe that twins have a combined, inseparable soul, the minute one twin dies, the life of the other is immediately imperiled, because the balance of his soul (without which his continued existence is impossible) has been seriously disturbed. To counteract this, an artisan is commissioned to carve a small wooden figure as a symbolic substitute for the soul of the departed." (http://www.bauerart.com/Ibeji.html)
This is an intriguing concept, and the word ibeji is a most beautiful sound (ee bay jee).