July 22, 2004

why i can't be googled

I was named after a porn star.

Okay, not named after so much as my parents, in their alliterative glee, gave me a name which also happens to be that of a fairly prolific and (in certain circles) well-known adult entertainment diva.

I saw my name in lights on the wrong side of Dallas at age 17. I thought it was funny.

I applied for this job and my new employer googled my name only to find porn sites. I still thought it was funny.

I got a phone call from a rather famous architect/educator at work and he immediately asked if I was the HH. I thought it was awkward.

"Good afternoon, this is H."
"(laughter) What's your last name?"
"H."
"Certainly not the same HH who dated Michael Jordan."
"I think I'd remember that. Who is this?"
"Famous Architect. Yes, I do believe she was a girlfriend of Magic Johnson's wife....."
"I'm not going to ask how you know so much about her..."

So, google away my friends... but not at work. I mean, the other HH is not hot enough to risk losing your job.

Posted by This Fish at July 22, 2004 03:15 PM
Comments

Ah, well, but you are hot enough? :)

Besides, I always liked Holly Hunter.

Posted by: Michael at July 22, 2004 03:35 PM

I can't be googled either, but not due to porn. I was named after an actress who is moderately famous (at least appeared in a couple big name movies- Streetcar named Desire, Planet of the Apes the originial, etc), so try to google me and you get all her without some extra info about me. Good for the anonymonity on the web though. We have the same last name miss H :-)

Posted by: Kim at July 22, 2004 05:52 PM

I had the same problem, back during the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill thing, when Long Dong Silver entered the public consciousness.

Posted by: Steve Silver at July 22, 2004 06:46 PM

Oh that's funny because I actually am a porn star. Perhaps you've seen "Candy Stripers" that was my debut movie.

Heh.

um I'm kidding.

Posted by: Woman of Scorn at July 22, 2004 07:05 PM

I'm #19 on google for my last name. Of course, if you add my first name to the mix, that changes somewhat...

Posted by: Frankenstein at July 22, 2004 07:21 PM

This is really funny that you mention this now. I was so going to ask you if it's been hard for you having the same name as a porn star, and I thought you'd think I was a freakshow. So I didn't ask. But I received my answer anyway!!

Posted by: Esther at July 22, 2004 11:59 PM

What's a porn star? What's prolific? {I shoulda finished college.}

Posted by: Michael at July 23, 2004 09:04 AM

that is actually an awesome anonymity feature. i'm jealous. my name is unique enough that if you google it, ooops it's there. of course, nothing incriminating or even remotely juicy, to the disappointment of the googler...

Posted by: writersbloc gal at July 23, 2004 10:11 AM

if you google me(which even sounds funny) nothing...life just is not fair!

Posted by: Chigirl at July 23, 2004 10:25 AM

So you're saying that the next time I need some privacy, I should change my name to Jenna Jameson?

Posted by: Lex at July 23, 2004 01:15 PM

At least she's a really great looking porn star. (Yes, I googled.) Not a bad namesake to have, really.

But what made me laugh was that on her "official" page, there's a song link, and the song has something to do with "God." Never really thought I'd see a photo for a bondage website on the same page as the word "God." Not that there's anything wrong with..... ah you get it. :)

Posted by: Kim at July 23, 2004 01:55 PM

Oh, and my husband's last name is Wells, and when he first went into a new group in the military, they randomly assigned him the call sign "Tori." After a name you shouldn't google at work, either. So now, when people ask him "What does your call sign stand for" he just plays dumb. "I dunno." I always tell people it's cause he sided with the British in the Revolution. (Well. It's an option.)

Posted by: Kim at July 23, 2004 01:56 PM

I'm up to 21 for dahl - not bad (or not good, depending on how you look at it since that is a nickname of mine) considering its also the name of a very famous writer.

Posted by: dahl at July 23, 2004 05:01 PM

Okay, I just don't know too many porn stars.

When I google my name, my husband's sites come up, when I google my nickname, it's #4.

Posted by: Shiz at July 23, 2004 06:40 PM

When you google me, all you get is me. I think I'm the only me out there.

Posted by: Big City Gal Pal at July 24, 2004 03:24 PM

I share the same name as the guy who created MT-Blacklist (http://www.jayallen.org/). Which, in the Internet/blogging world, is the next best thing to being a porn star.

Posted by: The Zero Boss at July 24, 2004 04:26 PM

See. This is an easy puzzle to crack, if you are willing to 1.Totally breech the girls privacy and 2. Admit you know a lot about porn.

Posted by: Mike at July 26, 2004 05:49 PM

I found out recently that I share a first and last name with a porn star (not so well known, I think - the guys here in the office haven't heard of her or they're lying because I'm a girl and that's an entirely different issue), as well! We should start a club....

Posted by: Emily at July 29, 2004 02:06 PM

Poor me, I'm a Canadian poet who writes breathtaking C verse on Google.

Posted by: fairest at July 31, 2004 05:26 PM