I was born in the west (SF Bay Area) lived in California, then decided to move east to find a better work-life balance. I reversed to Eastwest and it stuck. I was also born with a Gal.
wrote a parody piece years ago where I gave a bunch of co-worker's Starwars based nick names. My last name starts with Hop so I became Jabba-the-Hop - shortened over the years.