it’s just you and me

There’s been a direct correlation between Twitter’s increasing popularity and my frustration at having a common name.

You may or may not be aware that there is a basketball player also named JR Smith. He plays for the Denver Nuggets. I changed my site several years ago into a Geocities-style fan site for this guy, as an April Fool’s joke.

Over the last week or two, I’ve been getting an increasing number of mentions on Twitter from people thinking that I’m that guy. It was amusing at first, but now it’s just fucking irritating.

I’ve decided to chronicle those cases here, for prosperityposterity.

It started off innocently enough:

@DaLeynaRae – Way to go Denver!!! Great game @jrsmith!

And some of these people seemed to have useful or positive things to say:

@WallerCo – @jrsmith….where are u? U know the conference finals started tonight right?

@Ericsona – @jrsmith what did Kleza do ??

@ShadCharleston – Lol , Ok @Jrsmith ! ..can’t even hate on you for gettin’ that Tech! Good shot boy ..But still Lakers gonna Pull it off!

@jtenkely – Huge! 3 from @jrsmith at the end of the third… But you gotta watch your mouth or you give ‘em back.

@Johnytheanomaly – @JRSmith please duff #Kobe tonight

@dquarles5 – LOL @jrsmith slow mo replay of him cursin da whole dam stadium out!

Then it became evident that JR Smith is not well-liked:

@ShadCharleston – Seems like @jrsmith gets more playing time than Jones ..even though Jones starts.

@Wizdom80 – lol @JRSmith what a sissy…@nate_robinson would sock him all over again

@ShadCharleston – Ga dammit @jrsmith!!

@dnldidit – @lakersnation he smoke weed look @ his lips. Lmao @jrsmith

@D_AMAZIN – i think jr smith has a twitter.wel if he does @jrsmith i wanna see u do that goofy ass strut game 5 in la u fuckin clown!!!lmao

And, of course, the Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory came into play:

@MdotPORTER – @jrsmith shoot urself in the head! Thanks

Honestly, how difficult is it to click the link that forms when you mention me and see that I am indeed fat, white and not in a nationally-televised basketball game? Even if the picture on my profile didn’t give it away, maybe the fact that I’m checking in at a mexican restaurant on Britekite while you’re watching “me” on live TV might be a clue.

Morons.

I was asked at lunch today to guess at how much money I spend on domain names a month. I wasn’t sure. I spent some time just now doing some rough calculations, and here’s what I found:

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What was once jrsmith.net, then blog.jrsmith.net, then jrsmith.net/blog – amazing variety and creativity, I know – is now it’s just you and me.

I’ve moved my blog to this domain for several reasons:

1. I needed to make some use out of the several .me domains that I foolishly splurged on several months ago.
2. I desire to make jrsmith.net into an actual network, as the TLD suggests.
3. I like organizing things.

So, here it is. I’ll leave the default theme for now. The old speech bubble theme was dependent on some things that no longer exist, so it might be time for a change.

Links and feeds and so forth should redirect automatically, but please, update your bookmarks and feed readers. Enjoy the functionality that I never bothered duplicating in my own themes, like search and archive browsing, and let me know if you come across any errors.