I Do Things

During a rousing round of drinks with some Internet friends we addressed the fact that Martin Bowling looks like a gentleman in his Twitter Avatar:

But looks like and Arby’s Sandwich in real life:

When I heard the question that I most dread:

Do you know who you look like?

The answer is a resounding, yes, I do know who I look like. But, there is always a tense moment for me. I have been likened to 3 people in the last 10 years, and depending on your tastes you probably recognize one of them.

Maybe? Why are you looking at me like that?

The first one that I ever heard was Jaye Davidson AKA Ra from the Stargate movie:

I guess a little bit. The problem is that most of the people who made this comparison were not SciFi geeks. They were an entirely different type of person; the kind that know Jaye as the Transexual from the Crying Game:

Back in the 90’s I had long hair. I was also a teenager so I did have that uncomfortably androgynous look that many teens take on. Also I had seen both movies so I wasn’t really taken aback that people wanted to compare.

All of the trouble none of the fun.

The next round of “Hey you look like…” was a little more curious for me, because I totally missed the cultural phenomenon that brought the next look-a-like on to television. While I was wondering around Coasta Rica, Panama and Nicaragua Meadow Soprano was boning some guy named Noah:

His real name is Patrick Tully. One of the first things I did after returning to the States was go to Las Vegas. After 3 months in the jungle I didn’t have much desire to interact with security personnel at major resorts. But every night at least once a security guard the size of a grizzly bear would walk all the way across a bar, pool, or whatever to inquire:

Security Guard: Are you the guy who slept with Meadow on the Sopranos.

Me: No, I am a guy getting drunk at a wedding.

Security Guard: Really? You look just like him.

Me: I don’t think I have slept with her.

I wish it weren’t true

Finally, most recently, and the choice of 5 out of 5 people who had drinks with me at the Blue Moon on Wednesday:

David Cross from Arrested Development and Mr Show. But seriously I don’t see the resemblance. Compare. One of them is David Cross mouse over the picture to find out:

or

And that’s, apparently, who I look like.