What's in a Name?

Really? What is in a Name? Not much for me.
Now as you all may know, I do not use my real name very often. Especially after recent events, it's not something I want to use, as it brings up the pain and suffering of losing my family, as well as edges on my absolute fear of the unknown. And considering how little I knew of my past up to this point, using Robert Hall just did not sit well with me.

Now onto my chosen screen-name: Ishamael. Now it's not to be confused with Ishmael, Abraham's first son. And since I consider myself to be Atheist, I would not have chosen something from the Bible. But onto the name. Ishamael, although being a main antagonist, is one of my favorite characters from the Wheel of Time book series, something I began reading around the time the first book came out, 1995. He is the only one of the... villains... in the series that turned not for the promise of power, but because he found it more logical to side with the winning power. And although I don't consider myself the one to betray all that I've known, I applaud his logical thinking in turning sides, and not just turning for the greed of absolute power. And I like the name, so that's that.

And Dr. M said it seems to be helping me hold onto some fragments of the past year, so that helps.
Hopefully I'll have more to report on after my session tomorrow.


-Ishamael