I lurked for about two years before I joined. "The Old" part of my name comes from the fact that I was looking around my room to find something to add to "Lurker" and at the time the book I was reading was The Old Curiosity Shop and I thought adding that would sound nice.
I'm not actually old, I'm only in my 20s so if I had actually thought more about my username for for more than five minutes I probably would have done something different.
Pokemon was on the brain because I was reading the glip thread. I didn't really want a Pokemon name so I went with what stuck while I was thinking about Pokemon (I like to think it worked out).
I was shopping for ingredients for lasagna to make a few days before Christmas. As much as I love the stuff, it is an absolute bitch to make so I only bother with it during the holidays.