June 18th, 2010 / 1:03 pm
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Nick Antosca
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WHAT’S YOUR FREQUENCY
Wednesday night at a reading/q&a hosted by The Nervous Breakdown and Rare Bird Lit, Bret Easton Ellis said he Googles himself every day. Do you? Is there any stigma attached to admitting that you do? Why?
Dawson & B.E.E.
Tags: bret easton ellis, googling
Of course I google Bret Easton Ellis every day. Sometimes twice. Is there really shame in admitting that?
For the time being, I’m very happy that my name brings up an Australian Body Builder when you type it into google, and my shitty publications stay buried deep down.
why would you google yourself when there is google alerts?
SOMETIMES THEY MISS STUFF
elisa is totally right.
yall crazy
Doesn’t having a google alert count as googling yourself?
i mean, it just takes the work out. it comes to you, rather than trolling through all the stuff that’s always there. it’s the same thing, but delivery is better.
Google alert saves me from the guilt of my solipsism.
google.com
Why would I google myself? I’m nobody. That’s like me turning on the television to see if I’m on. I’m not, and I never will be. Bret Easton Ellis is a cunt. He’s a smart cunt, but he’s still a cunt.
When I google myself I get a real estate agent in Michigan.
When I googled my high school boyfriend I read about his third DUI.
bret easton ellis
I actually don’t have a Google Alert set up for myself. It kind of scares me. I Google myself once every few months but it’s kind of a hassle because I have to google my name spelled correctly and my name the way EVERYONE ELSE spells it and then I get upset and then it’s not fun. Also, I always stumble on angry writers who have been rejected saying mean things and that’s not pleasant either. There’s another Roxane Gay who spells her name correctly. She’s in France. I predict I will create a Google Alert within the next three months.
If I Google my name I get strippers and folk singers. So there’s really no point. I’m just hoping nobody else Googling me thinks I sing Indigo Girls (shudder) cover songs or pole dance. But they probably do.
i do the same roxane.
shit, i still follow blogs by hand. i’ll forget about one and it’ll be a remembered surprise 3 months later.
i binged myself once; didn’t work out so well
It’s funny you mention that, Jereme. I only started using Google Reader 6 months ago. Up until that point, I typed in the URLs for the ridiculous number of blogs I follow. I always enjoyed how I would suddenly remember a blog and go there and find a ton of fresh content. Rockin’.
Of course I google Bret Easton Ellis every day. Sometimes twice. Is there really shame in admitting that?
For the time being, I’m very happy that my name brings up an Australian Body Builder when you type it into google, and my shitty publications stay buried deep down.
why would you google yourself when there is google alerts?
SOMETIMES THEY MISS STUFF
elisa is totally right.
yall crazy
Doesn’t having a google alert count as googling yourself?
i mean, it just takes the work out. it comes to you, rather than trolling through all the stuff that’s always there. it’s the same thing, but delivery is better.
Google alert saves me from the guilt of my solipsism.
google.com
Why would I google myself? I’m nobody. That’s like me turning on the television to see if I’m on. I’m not, and I never will be. Bret Easton Ellis is a cunt. He’s a smart cunt, but he’s still a cunt.
When I google myself I get a real estate agent in Michigan.
When I googled my high school boyfriend I read about his third DUI.
bret easton ellis
I actually don’t have a Google Alert set up for myself. It kind of scares me. I Google myself once every few months but it’s kind of a hassle because I have to google my name spelled correctly and my name the way EVERYONE ELSE spells it and then I get upset and then it’s not fun. Also, I always stumble on angry writers who have been rejected saying mean things and that’s not pleasant either. There’s another Roxane Gay who spells her name correctly. She’s in France. I predict I will create a Google Alert within the next three months.
If I Google my name I get strippers and folk singers. So there’s really no point. I’m just hoping nobody else Googling me thinks I sing Indigo Girls (shudder) cover songs or pole dance. But they probably do.
i do the same roxane.
shit, i still follow blogs by hand. i’ll forget about one and it’ll be a remembered surprise 3 months later.
i binged myself once; didn’t work out so well
It’s funny you mention that, Jereme. I only started using Google Reader 6 months ago. Up until that point, I typed in the URLs for the ridiculous number of blogs I follow. I always enjoyed how I would suddenly remember a blog and go there and find a ton of fresh content. Rockin’.
this always freaks me out when i google myself http://www.aplacetoremember.com/remembrance/remember_view2.asp?id=13054&index_letter=
this always freaks me out when i google myself http://www.aplacetoremember.com/remembrance/remember_view2.asp?id=13054&index_letter=
Related to this:
Do magazine editors ever google submitters?
You can also set up Google alerts for BLOGS which I’ve found to be very helpful. Sometimes somebody will do a nice random thing for me, a mention of my upcoming novel, Transubstantiate, or something and they, in all their humble goodness, won’t mention it to me, so I get these wonderful alerts that almost always catch them. Google news? Not so much.
And it’s basically just John Boy Walton and me, although my blogging and whatnot is slowly pushing that freak out of the way.
Related to this:
Do magazine editors ever google submitters?
You can also set up Google alerts for BLOGS which I’ve found to be very helpful. Sometimes somebody will do a nice random thing for me, a mention of my upcoming novel, Transubstantiate, or something and they, in all their humble goodness, won’t mention it to me, so I get these wonderful alerts that almost always catch them. Google news? Not so much.
And it’s basically just John Boy Walton and me, although my blogging and whatnot is slowly pushing that freak out of the way.
i do when i get something that is absolutely fucking fantastic, ’cause i’d like to read more.
i’ve also googled a few submitters who submit absolutely abysmal stuff to see if they’re just fucking with me or not.
i do when i get something that is absolutely fucking fantastic, ’cause i’d like to read more.
i’ve also googled a few submitters who submit absolutely abysmal stuff to see if they’re just fucking with me or not.