i spent way too much time gathering photos for this post

i have this ability, or, "thing," where i can look at someone and almost instantly name the famous person who looks a lot like them. i'm not sure if you'd call that a talent, but a lot of people find it pretty remarkable. and pointless. alright, i guess it's not a talent. for me it's like a mission. i can't rest until i figure out where i've seen that face before. for instance, i'm watching the bachelor on tv these days and i have found some look-a-likes among the bunch:

1. kristine & leann rimes

2. ashlee & leelee sobieski

3. robin & tina majorino
4. kelly & beth broderick
5. carri & kelli pickler
6. michelle & lynsey bartilson


some of these are pretty obvious, so i don't really consider myself all that smart for being able to identify the celebrity look-alike. other girls only show resemblances through specific facial expressions or when their faces are shown at certain angles. the only photos of the bachelorettes i could get were from the official website since the show hasn't been on for very long. you should watch the tv show so that you can see the look-alikeness for yourself.

i'm not familiar with any scholarly research published on the subject of human facial structure and recognition, but i'm pretty sure i've come across something that offered the idea that there is (are?) a finite number of combinations of facial features among humans. which means that we've all got at least one "twin" out there somewhere. oooooo. there's probably a ton of people who look like me running around; one of them happens to go to my dentist. i've never seen her, but one of the receptionists told me about her. i wonder if i'd even recognize her as looking like me though...hm.

bullet points

• so a lot of you may be obsessed with your ncaa brackets. if you don't know shit about basketball (me) and like hot guys (again, me) then check this out: http://www.allthehitsq100.com/bertshow/menmadness/table.asp
• "get a clue" is this saturday. for those of you not familiar with this event, a history of the game can be found at http://143.215.198.100/index.php?title=Get_A_Clue&oldid=2170
• the shape of yoplait yogurt containters is a cause of great frustration for me.
• it snowed today. weird.
• our hockey team is in 2nd place in the league. there are 10 teams, i think. andy has gotten a hat trick in the past two games. he is awesome.
  
• i don't like to use the "shift" key, unless it's for punctuation. you may have noticed. ha. i don't really know when this started. my lack of using proper capitalization isn't so much a blatant disregard for the english language as it is a bad habit. i mean, as bad-ass as it is to say that i'm lazy, or that i just want to defy convention, i think it's more like muscle memory or something. my friend ryan horchasdlworatszcher or whatever his last name really wants me to capitalize his name but i think i gotta take it slow....R. ok i gotta stop, i'm uncomfortable already.
  

contents of this post brought to you by my drive home

there are a lot of pop songs on the radio that get on my nerves - sweet escape by gwen stefani, photograph by nickelback, and umbrella by rihanna are some that come to mind. i hear these frequently and i turn the station, and all is forgotten. BUT there are two songs out there in radioland that truly infuriate me. and they get an insane amount of airplay.

the first is "teardrops" or whatever by taylor swift. what, never heard of her? exactly. she's an 18-yr-old country singer. kinda looks like carrie underwood but not really. ok so the lyrics of this song go "he's the reason for the tear drops on my guitar, the only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star." did ya get that? wishing on a wishing star. i think someone sucks at songwriting. how about a falling star, or perhaps a shooting star? this crap-tastic lyric isn't my only qualm with this song though- the story is that she's totally in love with some guy friend, who she labels "perfect" and "flawless." i bet he's probably a huge jerkoff.

and number two (heh) is "no one" by alicia keys. i feel kinda bad dissing on her because she is quite talented, and way hotter than me. but this song is poop. sounds very amateurish. oh and the vocals sound so far below pitch that it's offensive. i'm still holding out hope that this song and the rest of the album was a joke between alicia and whoever produced the record.

and now some good, clean jokes from laffy taffy:

Q: why was the broom late?
A: it overswept.

Q: how do you make an orange laugh?
A: tickle its navel.

update

here is what's been going on:

1. recently moved. my room is a mess. stuff everywhere. it's killing me.
2. went to snowshoe, wv march 5-9. photos are here.
3. signed up for an ultimate frisbee league through atlanta flying disc club. did this mainly so i don't have to drive 35 miles to get my ultimate fix. plus, any form of exercise i can get is a good thing, because i hate going to the gym. blah.
4. still on a quest to save the planet. my new room mate does not recycle. his kitchen trash is always full of recyclable things. he has agreed to purchase some bins so i can collect the millions of bottles and cans he & he friends go through. seriously, you should see the 'fridge. i'll photograph it soon and post it here.
5. accused of stealing swag at work. wtf. just because stuff is on my desk doesn't mean i'm taking it home. and even if i was to take it home, i don't think you could call it "stealing."
6. craving willy's. haven't been there in like, two weeks. unbelievable! i will not allow myself to go tonite, only because i had chinese buffet for lunch and i don't think i can justify two indulgences in one day.
7. reality tv is consuming my life. i am watching: american idol, girlicious, america's next top model, the celebrity apprentice, beauty & the geek, and the bachelor. thank goodness both andy and chris (the new roomie) have dvr things.