The Ongoing Struggle To Be Me (Not Lee) - thursday 2003-04-10 1816 last modified 2003-04-10 1816
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From my comment page:

If you send me fan mail for Lee Ryan of Blue, I reserve the right to post it in public. I am not Lee Ryan, I'm Ryan Lee. That's why the domain is ryanlee.org. For those of you who don't follow English naming conventions, my first name is Ryan; his first name is Lee. We are not the same person.

And mail I got today:

hi it's kylie from bramley i love blue and espesually you lee ryan and if you are trying to be lee you can get lost you perv

This question of getting Google off my back about the phrase "Lee Ryan Blue" is getting to be a rather interesting one. Actually, it's more interesting in relation to my work - if we're successful, semantically aware search services will know that teeny boppers in Rotherham, UK aren't looking for the geeky W3C employee whose favorite colors include blue, but rather that other guy I'm trying, somehow ineffectively, to convince people I'm not.

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i think the whol...

i think the whole thing is worth the hassle, just for the joy of getting emails like that one. why are you complaining?

Matt Libby on April 11, 2003 10:07 PM

So much of eve...

So much of everything depends on how you look at it. "Joy" indeed. But it wasn't a complaint, it was an excuse to tie it back to the stuff I do at work so all of my two readers will better understand.

Ryan Lee on April 12, 2003 07:09 PM

i just like the ...

i just like the "you can get lost you perv" part.

maybe you should make your site less funky-looking. i don't really know what Lee Ryan's projected image is, but i assume it's at least somewhat dark, brooding, and angst-ridden, and your black background and blue lettering would tend to you confirm that you, indeed, are he.

do you have any tattoos?

Matt Libby on April 15, 2003 02:04 AM

What teeny-bop...

What teeny-bopper idol wouldn't have angst along with winsome good looks? But I guess I don't have tattoos. Bummer.

Ryan Lee on April 16, 2003 04:11 AM

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