Since I never had the forethought to bookmark it, I went searching for my myspace page (it only directs you here so don't even bother trying to find it) by typing my first name into the search field. Do you know my page wasn't the first to pop up, but instead it was a DIFFERENT Jeneane's page?!? That led me to Google my name and this is what was #1. Did you also know I have a career in song?
Now, I'm not so self-centered or self-deluding to think I am the only Jeneane. I have come across other women that share my name. But they have been Janines or Jeaninnes or some other derivative. The closest I have ever seen the spelling is with comedianne Janeane Garofalo - there's only a one-letter difference there. However, this is the first time in HISTORY that I have found a woman that spells it EXACTLY like mine. And it's actually not just one, there are TONS. Well, that's hyperbole. I stopped counting after 6 because I was already on page 10 of the Google search and hadn't even come across a link for me yet (and I'm out there, because I have Googled my entire name and came up with something...don't look at me like that, everyone Googles themselves these days, don't deny it). Needless to say, I was both elated and a bit deflated at the same time. I love finding quirky things like that out, but having lived almost 30 years thinking I was the only J-E-N-E-A-N-E was really cool. Sure it sucked never being able to find my name on anything in a tourist trap gift shop, but I had come to terms with that long ago and actually became proud of my uniqueness.
The worst part about this whole thing is that first link leads to a woman who is pretty damned prolific. Makes me look like some lump on a log, which I'm not, but man!
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to your previous post: i take an almost identical attitude towards exercize, and i also attempt to give myself extra motivation by telling as many people as possible that i'm going to start exercizing...it kind of works for me, so i'll cross my fingers for you.
to this post: my name, on the other hand, is spelled the official way to spell Meredith, and it is unusual enough that it's tough but not impossible to find in tourist trap kind of places, but considering that it is the official way to spell my name it has always annoyed me that no one seems to be able to spell it correctly. grr. people have even told me that they have only ever seen it spelled M-E-R-I-D-E-T-H as if i've been spelling it wrong my entire life. i want to spit at those people.
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