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(CNN) -- Raphael Larrinaga was tired of sending out job applications and not getting a response, so he decided to try a different approach.
No, he didn't embellish a job title or fabricate a master's degree on his résumé. Instead, he swapped out his Spanish first name for something with more "Americanized," something that people would expect from a guy with blond hair and blue eyes job-hunting in Utah in the 1980s.
Almost instantly, Ray Larrinaga began getting calls back, he said. Within two weeks, he accepted a job with a bank and went back to the name his Spanish-born parents had given him.
"People said I was paranoid, but I'm not exaggerating a bit," said Larrinaga, now a self-employed graphic designer. "I went from almost a zero response to my applications to over 50 percent response."
In hindsight, the resident of Bountiful, Utah, said he's a little ashamed of his ploy. Sure, he could be a chameleon and scuttle his Spanish roots if he wanted to, but visible minorities can't get rid of their accent or change the color of their skin, he said.
Singer explained that in no way is he comparing this trip down the aisle to his previous nuptials to Jessica Simpson while out celebrating his bachelor party in Las Vegas over the holiday weekend.
“There’s nothing really that I would say, ‘Oh, never again.’ This is a fresh thing; it’s a new thing. It doesn’t rival or compare to anything I’ve done in the past, or will do in the future,” Nick told reporters of not associating his upcoming marriage to his first on Friday night, “It’s its own thing and I wanted to keep it that way.”
OK artist in 2002 on camera, Nick understands why some would see similarities to his forthcoming vows, also slated to be filmed for television, but still wants everything to be unique.
“All the comparisons, I understand why they’re there, for obvious reasons, but a wedding is a very, very, very intimate and special thing, and I wanted it to be what she wanted it to be, and I’ve tried to work hard to make it that,” Nick said to reporters at Tao Nightclub while out with his buddies.
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