Gmail does this thing so that if you put periods into the first part of an email address, it goes to the account without the periods. So e.m.a.i.l@gmail.com goes to email@gmail.com, etc, etc. And a lot of people use gmail these days, so it is often times the assumed email client when one is guessing an address. Apparently, there are a ton of Erica Reids in the world. We all know about the famous one and also the one who loved horses when she was 16 over a decade ago, but there are others out there. How do I know? Because I get all their emails. Some emails with periods in different places. I get at least one email a week for a different Erica Reid. I try to be polite and reply with a "Wrong Erica," but sometimes I just delete them. Here is a sampling of emails that I have gotten recently:
1) A flight itinerary to Puerto Rico.
2) A request to redesign the website for a hip hop dance studio in Austin, TX.
3) Numerous emails from someone's cousin who was deployed overseas (come to think about it, I hope those weren't actually from my cousin...)
4) A group of friends trying to convince me to take boudoir shots with them in Colorado.
5) A presentation report.
6) A series of photos of frogs. This one is ongoing and is happening currently. It's from a garden designer in San Francisco, and I think it is for a web redesign, but still, it is funny to keep getting giant photos of frogs in my inbox.
Oh look, the famous Erica just had a new article published about her recently. She has a book out soon. She sounds lovely.
But! I am doing better on my own image search--I AM BACK ON PAGE ONE! I have two photos there. I'm back on top!
AND! GET THIS!
I SHOW UP ON PAGE TWO OF JUDY TENUTA'S IMAGE SEARCH!!!
Holy shit, that is awesome.
Let's start a campaign to get me to Judy's Page 1! TOGETHER WE CAN DO THIS!!!
