Because, really, everyone is doing it. Catherine, the supreme gorgeous one who just had one of the MOST adorable babies ever - second to all of mine, of course - came up with a brilliant idea to get to know each other before Blogher. I know, I know, not all of you are attending Blogher, but it's pretty cool to read this kind of stuff nonetheless.
Where Catherine leads, I must follow - it's like a rule, or something. Or out and out idolatry, I dunno. We are supposed to Google ourselves and list 5 facts that are floating around out there on the Internet. There's very little out there about me - my name is pretty unique. When HerBadMother did it, her name came up with lots of others who share the same name, and she was able to discover many, many cool facts - she shares a name with a distance runner, among others. Googling yourself leads to your virtual biography, and since I'm going to a BLOGGING conference, the timing is ideal. So, for better or worse, here are five things about me that you'd find on Google.
- I've been in Real Simple magazine.
- I've been published in Midwifery Today and Faith and Family. (Incidentally, the article is live on their website if you'd like to read it.)
- I've run in several races and had the (abysmal) race times posted for the world to see. If that's not a kick in the pants to run faster, I don't know what is.
- I signed the guest book for my husband's cousin Tim who died in the Twin Towers. Truly, truly a sad affair.
- I had a problem 3rd pregnancy, took aspirin daily to keep the blood flowing, and went two weeks late with my fourth.
So, not too interesting. What did you find out about yourself? I'm sure some of you have GREAT Internet footprints!
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Great Article!
I'm so proud of you!
Posted by: Headless Mom | July 16, 2008 at 01:42 AM
this "googling" exercise cracked me up and also reassured me a bit in that I'm not all that visible. It was many titles down the page until I got to be reminded of my ABYSMAL race time. My namesakes are doing well in the biz world and I think one is a stripper . . when I tried with my middle name in the mix, Google insisted that I was spelling my last name wrong. Thus, I remain a woman of mystery, except for those racing times, ugh!
Posted by: des | July 16, 2008 at 11:08 AM
I just had a go at this and wrote a post with my results. Come have a look if you want.
Posted by: Katie | July 16, 2008 at 03:42 PM
I tried this and was no where to be found among all the others of the same name, which is fine with me. *G* I blame my hubs. Our last name is so generic it sounds fake. *G*
Posted by: Brandy | July 16, 2008 at 04:28 PM
I will, indeed, be there.
Posted by: Michele | July 16, 2008 at 06:53 PM
I am fortunate (or unfortunate?) to have such a common name that you'd have to already know a lot about me to distinguish what you got in the results from anyone else out there. But in relation to your previous post about facebook...you can really get in trouble when people start tagging those photos of you!
Posted by: Megan | July 17, 2008 at 01:17 PM
I had fun doing this. By the way, I read your article in the Virginian Pilot, I am in the same area.. :)
Posted by: Jennifer | July 17, 2008 at 03:27 PM
all I get is a lot of news releases I've put out professionally with my name and number as the media contact.
I'm so boring they probably wouldn't even let me in blogher.
Posted by: kalisah | July 17, 2008 at 06:38 PM
Hi there - just wanted to say that I found what you wrote about losing weight via Danielle Bean's site today. And you have inspired me. I need to be healthy for my kids and for myself and my husband. So, thank you for writing it and for your encouragement. :)
Peace!
Posted by: Stacey | July 17, 2008 at 08:44 PM
I too had to take a stab at this, though I didn't make it to BlogHer...I actually google myself alot. Sad isn't it?
Come visit me and see what I came up with...
I share the same name as some scary creatures!
Posted by: Steph T. (Serenity Now! Serenity Now!) | July 19, 2008 at 12:41 AM
Oh what fun. I am a porn star, I am a documentary film maker, I have 5 sons in Texas and I'm a scrapbook blogger in Texas and I'm a 38 yr old woman with Down's Syndrome who was raped and beaten to death by her caregivers. Wow. They were proscecuted.
Posted by: Lady with 6 daughters | July 22, 2008 at 05:52 PM