ANYWAYS, I googled myself, because that's SO MUCH FUN, but unfortunately nothing has changed in the past few months. I still can't decide if I hope that all my long lost google-friendly boyfriends assume I am the FILMMAKER, in Switzerland OR the Professor somewhere here in the States. Unfortunately she is a Physics Professor, and it would have to be a pretty shitty ex to think that would be in any way feasible.
So I googled just my first name and was rather offended.
One post:
"My fave of the three is Tyra. I don't really care for Ira. Iraina sounds pretty, but also looks like Iranian to me, and I don't like that association. "
Response:
"I thought of the Iranian thing too. Maybe if you pronounce it EE ray na instead of EYE ray na that would eliminate that association. I think I might actually like it pronounced EE ray na more anyway."
What? So my name sounds Iranian to these folks? SOOO WHAT??? Who cares? Apparently a lot of people: about 17,400,000 results.
The most popular result: This is how Real Iranian Aryan look like!! -- a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A__nkaygOYg&feature=player_detailpage-------
I watched this, because it came up several times. Iraina is Iranian. My favorite part of the video is right at the beginning (see you don't even have to watch the whole thing) when the person posting writes something about "ignorENt people". I watched that part 38 times, just because. I was going to watch it 39 times but that reminded me too much of my age so I quit cold turkey at 38.
Man, I don't look like "my people". That's disappointing.
This was getting frustrating. NEWSFLASH: I remembered that my actual, given name is IRENE. I googled that one.
One Post:
"Irene looks like Jack Nicholson's Joker? " - Revision3 Forums9 posts - 8 authors - Last post: May 24, 2008
"Anyone think Irene looks like Jack Nicholson's Joker. When she's smiling it looks like its carved into her face just like the Joker. ..."
Assholes.
