Sunday, May 13, 2007

Famous Resemblances

Thanks Cynical Dad, for this fun link: http://www.myheritage.com/FP/Company/tryFaceRecognition.php

Upload an picture of yourself, and run it through the Face Recognition Software, and it comes up with a list of famous people you resemble. Now, granted, the picture I used wasn't very flattering, but ... Some of my resemblances, in descending order:
1. Janeane Garolfalo. And I thought my only resemblance to her was being short. And outspoken.
2. Liv Ullman. Um, ok, I don't see it.
3. Penelope Cruz. Michael only wishes this were so.
4. Lisa Kudrow. They obviously perceived my inner space tomato.
5. Louis Pasteur. I don't see it.

Amazingly the one name I expected and which did not appear was Mary-Louise Parker, of Fried Green Tomatoes and West Wing. I have had people stop me and ask if I was she, in Italy, in Los Angeles, in San Diego. And then ask again, as if I might be she, incognito.

When I ran an old picture of Michael through the software (when he had more hair and beard than he does now) it came up with Matthew Lillard (Shaggy from the Scooby-Doo movies), and a young Albert Einstein. So when they cast the movie of our boring life, Janeane Garofalo and Matthew Lillard will be starring.

I know all my readers know what I look like, what do you think? And, if you give it a try, what did the software say about you?

1 comment:

Jen aka Evilynmo said...

I put my results on my blog. =)