Nicknames

Nicknames given to me:
- "Botch" - my dad gave me this because the sound made me laugh as a baby.
- "Coach" - born from the chaos of Riverchat.
- "Riv" - Petra used to call me that.
- "RivDawg" - a current nickname.
- "Rivolino" - my parents used to call me this.
- "Rivwanda" - a nickname the Weezer guys tried but it didn’t stick.
- "Sweet River Baines" - a nickname from an SNL skit with Michael Jordan that my friends tried after it aired.
- "Weezer" - my dad called me this because of my asthma.

Nicknames I have for others:
- "Budouski" - that's my nickname for Leo. Because he likes grapes.
- "Doot-doo" - When I was a toddler, I called my paternal grandfather Anthony, who was a cobbler, "doot-doo" after the sound of his hammer, working on the shoes. And we all called him that thereafter.