The Zoolander Thing

For years I have had to live with the sad fact that for some reason or other (I assume genetical damnation) I seem to resemble a very well known actor. I have denied it but I get that line so often, I can anticipate it already.

"Did anyone ever tell you you look like..."

"YES!"

"Can you do Blue Stee--"

"NO!"

"You remind me of--"

"Don't even say it!"

Suffice it to say I have had to live with this sad fact for the past few years. Comment's like "you were great in Night at the Museum" and "I loved you in Meet the Fokkers" still ring in my ear and bring down my ego a notch. Not that that's a bad thing, though. My ego has way too many sizes anyway: Large, Extra-Large and Oh-My-Go....sh.

Yet the most common reference I must hear is the Zoolander one. More than once have I had to do Blue Steel for some giggling, bubbling person's camera and throw my whole body into Le Tigre (but not Magnum... the world is not yet ready for it).

So when I found a nifty face recognition software on the net that calculates your face according to reference points (basically distance between eyes, nose and mouth) and compares it to its database of celebrities, I was eager to prove everyone wrong.

So here I go uploading my worst-looking-Zoolander-rip-off-grimace. It's one of those embarrassing pictures that's been hiding away in the deepest corner of my hard-drive. A face so hideous, only a motherboard could love it.

The result was beyond comprehension. Of the nine resulting images the computer spit out, guess who was missing...

http://www.myheritage.com

Don't believe the computers? If you have Bebo account, here is more proof.


Zoolander? No, I actually look like...

Yes, folks, it's true. Computers don't lie. They don't speak the truth either, but who's keeping track.

I'll be over here unlearning Blue Steel and getting my Captain Jack on.

"Welcome to the Caribbean, luv."