Umm...NO.
There are lots of ways that you can waste time on the Internet. So, so many. And usually, when I am supposed to be using my rare Jake down-time to accomplish something, I find myself drifting around on a site like this one:
http://www.myheritage.com/
There is a feature on this site that is supposed to tell you what celebrity you look like. So, I uploaded a picture of myself and awaited the results. What a bunch of bunk. I do not look like Michelle Pfeiffer, Cameron Diaz, Calista Flockhart, nor Heidi Clum (thanks for the flattery, myheritage.com, but no). And none of these women look anything like each other, either.
To further prove my point that this thing doesn't work at all, I uploaded a picture of Jake. His Number 1 match? Oprah Winfrey. Hmm.
And honestly, this could have been soooo easy. I think I could do a better job of matching me to a celebrity. Look:
Or even:
See? Apparently, they should make me a feature on that site.
8 comments:
Did I ever tell you I thought you were a dead ringer for Elijah Wood? I know I've said it to some of our mutual acquaintances. Anyway, I'm glad you figured it out on your own so I didn't have to worry about miffing you. Not that such a comparison should offend -- the only possible reason to be miffed is that he's TECHNICALLY male. But he's so pretty. And you've both got those EYES. Eyes that see through your very soul.
I can definitely see the Michelle Pfeifer comparison. The others -- no.
I love that Jake, the little Norselet, is actually Oprah's long lost child. I need to put Suzanne's pic up there and see if the machine will confirm her family's assessment: that she is a cross between Drew Barrymore and Stephen Fry. And I know who it would match me with: if they didn't have Amanda Root or Miranda Richardson in their database, it would be a post-partum Wynona Judd.
I about died from laughter when you told me Jake was matched up with Oprah. I told John and he couldn't stop laughing either.
Also my word verification at the bottom spells out U SUCK. For Rude!
Kristine--glad to give you something to smile about, and welcome.
Marie--I don't know if you told me that or not, but I've been told it plenty of times. Remember when Waterford went to see Lord of the Rings? When we all came out, I got accosted my several people saying things like--"did you know you look like Elijah Wood?" or "wow, wynne--you kinda look like Frodo, but you're a girl" or even "hey, look! A hobbit! Let's throw rocks at it!"
The thing that gets me the most about the comparison is that he's a lot prettier than I am. So not fair.
And Michelle Pfeifer? No. No way. flipper? Yes.
And they won't get Suzanne right, or you. But by all means, do try it, and share what you find.
hi there: my first time here. i saw you and i were added to the lds blogger site blogroll.
your picture thing here made me laugh -- especially the flipper one.
thanks for the laugh.
greetings from anchorage alaska :)
The only face-forward recent picture of myself that's on my computer shows me with my hornrimmed glasses on. So of course the face recognition site matched me with every celebrity who wears square hornrimmed glasses. My closest match was James Spader and close behind were Elvis Costello and Larry King. Thank you SO MUCH for the ego boost, stupid computer! The only female in the bunch was Janene Garafolo, and again, just because she wears specs. I'll have to try again once I have a picture w/o glasses, but I'm not hopeful!
Fun site, though -- thank'ee for the tip!
Okay, took a few new pics of myself w/o the glasses, smiling & not, plugged them in, and I keep getting matches with Cristina Ricci, Kate Bush, Amelie Nothomb, Kate Winslet, Maggie Smith (age 70-ish), Topher Grace, and Harvey Keitel. Ha! But I'm a big Kate Bush fan, so I'm going to pretend I agree with that particular one. Maybe I'll even work it into my Blogger profile.
"Family and friends say I look like Amanda Root as the wilted spinster Anne Elliot in Persuasion. Machines, on the other hand, say I look like the gorgeous, raven-haired Kate Bush. Who you gonna trust? Cutting-edge technology, or my loser friends?"
marie--
Harvey Keitel?
Larry King?
I don't think so. Baaad computer.
We will trust your friends, of COURSE.
so grateful--
cool, Anchorage. Welcome, don't mind the mess.
You are not Flicka the Tuna Safe Dolphin - that name is reserved for another.
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