What's a Habu?

Occassionally I get asked about the name Habu (Hah-boo) and if it has any meaning.  It really doesn't have a specific meaning, but here's  where the name came from.

Once upon a time, (the late 1980's to be exact)  courtesy of Uncle Sam's  Misguided Children I  was happened to be on the island paradise of Okinawa for some fun in the sun. The island is home to a poisonous snake called a Habu. I always liked the name. It sounded cool.

  The Habu is a viper about 4 feet long, green and black.  Incidentally, I learned later that the SR-71 blackbirds stationed at Kadena AFB were also called Habus.

Fast foward twenty years later and I'm getting my xbox live account started. I was playing the "H" game at the time and went online to try  multiplayer. I needed a gamertag and I couldn't really think of anything that I liked and I didn't want anything identifying my personal life.  Habu just popped up  and because I still thought it was a cool name, I put  it in as my gamer tag  and wouldn't you know, someone else had already claimed that name. I added the 06 just for the year and there you go; Habu06.  I kept the name even though I wasn't playing multiplayer.  I didn't get back into playing online until COD 4 and  MW2.

I don't use the 06 so just stick with "Habu" unless for some bizzarre reason the other habu is in the same game then I guess use the 6 part.

Its easy to pronounce and every once  in a while, someone will see it and I'll hear  "HAAAAAAABOOOOOOOO" so apparently to some people, its also fun to say.