punctuation names

I noticed that some celebrities use punctuations instead of letters in their names. It’s not really anything new, but for some reason I’m interested in participating in this procedure.

I’m not sure what NEEDS to be done to make this legal, but I AM willing to partake in any and all challenges.

The big two names that come to mind are Ke$ha and P!nk. I don’t know if Slash from Guns N’ Roses counts. He could just sign his name with a / if he wanted to.

OH! It would be cool if Slash (or /) was some sort of super hero and he arch enemy-nemesis was backslash! It would be / vs. \! That’s lots of slashing! And backslashing!

Now, my name doesn’t really lend itself to a good punctuation. I mean, sure, I’ll add a (an?) ! or a (an?) = to my name sometimes. But I don't actually replace any letters.

So I am officially (unofficially) changing my name to Hidalgo!

Or, as it will be written from now on, #!d@\&0.

Please call me that from now on. And pronounce it just like it looks with the punctuations, please.

Wait…what if I’m getting this all wrong? What if P!nk isn’t actually “Pink.” Maybe it’s just a really loud “P” followed by “nk.” P! nk. Or maybe P is for Phosphorus? Like Phosphorus! nk.

And maybe Ke$ha isn’t really “Kesha.” She really wants to represent a dollar amount. Like Ke, followed by a “ha” amount of dollars.

I’m not really an economist like she is, so I don’t know how much “ha” is, but I’m sure she thought it out. She must be a really good investment banker or something. When she’s not singing, I mean.

If that’s the case, my #!d@\&0 doesn’t make any sense.

Nah...it totally makes sense.

I’m off to / a ^.

Enjoy Everything.

-dj (#!d@\&0)

a study in pink planets

There is a pink planet! YES! The planet is totally pink!

Finally! A world that will match all of my outfits!

Not only is it pink, it's GLOWING PINK! Because it's still hot from its formation. So, yes, it is literally a hot pink planet.

I can't describe how excited this makes me. But I will try. Think of the most exciting thing ever. Then add frosting and sprinkles. Then another layer of frosting. Then cookies. A third layer of frosting and more sprinkles. THAT is how excited I am. (Maybe some gummy worms on top, too!)

It's actually a pretty incredible find. The planet is about as big a Jupiter, four times as massive, and about nine times farther away from its central star (like our sun) than our Jupiter is from ours!

This is literally blowing the minds of pink planet researchers (also known as "NASA") because it seems impossible!

And yet, having a hot pink planet with candy clouds also seemed impossible. Until now!

I'm going to climb into my glitter-ship and fly over to Pinkopia. (That's what I named it.) I have a glitter-ship because I also fight evil space creatures all the time. It's a thing I do.

I'll probably live in Pinkopolis because the sugar-pink beaches are nice there. And when it snows pink in the winter, the mountains look beautiful.

I will also have a pet pegasus, also pink, because cars are lame...when you own a pegasus.

And if any evil monsters try to attack my planet, I will call upon the power of Pinkskull and save the day.

Because, you know, it's a thing I do.

I'm off to glow pink.

Enjoy Everything.

-dj