[Amnell]

That's why you go through and pick out the kanji that you like. I wouldn't recommend going and selecting random symbols, no. The two websites that I linked to kinda do that, hence I called them "fun little shortcuts" or something like that. If you really want to select good kanji for your name, you need to go through a really good dictionary and look at the meanings of each one.

In searching for kanji for a friend's name, I actually found I was able to construct a phrase--something I hadn't been able to do with my own >_< . It was a little icky, though, so.... I thought it was funny XD .

Anyway, the most I was able to do with my own name--and I would expect to be the extent to most gaijin names--was to select meanings that fit a theme or each seperately said something about one's personality (at least, how one percieves one's self :P ) . As a semantic unit, it might be gibberish, sure, but we're not trying to create a poem of meaning with our names.

魔...............魅.....................夢
a demon, spirit.....charm, enchant(ment)...a dream, vision
ma.......................mi..................................mu

or

MMM

It's not that hard. That took me less than five minutes. Given an hour, I might be able to find something better.