You know what you look like, right? Of course you do. So do I. Know what I look like I mean. I do not know what YOU look like. Unless I know you. Anyway…
Imagine my surprise then, when I picked up ex-Pat’s copy of Newsweek from the floor of the car one morning several weeks ago, and the image on the cover looked strangely… familiar.
I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. Well, I mean, I could obviously put my finger on the cover of Newsweek, no problem. And I knew the person on the picture was Sarah Palin. And nothing would possibly induce me to put my finger on Sarah Palin regardless of the circumstance.
But something about this picture was troubling. It was one of those “things that make you go hmmmm”.
Suddenly, I had it. Pat and Kelsea were in the car with me and I said:
“Oh my god, I look like Sarah Palin. Do I look like Sarah Palin??”
Kelsea, eternally helpful, said, “Actually, you kind of do.”
“How long has this been going on?” I asked her.
“I’ve always noticed it,” she said.
When my stunned self did not reply, she said, “But that means you also look like Tina Fey, because Tina Fey looks a lot like Sarah Palin.”
“Do I look like Tina Fey?” I inquired.
“Well, no, not really,” was her reply.
My ex wisely sat there, saying nothing, pretending to be concentrating very hard on the stoplight.
All I can say is, I hope no one else notices. But since I’ve decided to call the world’s attention to it in a blog post, that’s rather unlikely, now isn’t it?
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November 2, 2011 at 5:39 am
quotidianhudsonriver
Maybe Mitt will pick you as his VP…?
I wouldn’t worry about it. You are missing that essential Palin smugness, that knowledge of “boy, am I putting one over on you, schmuck” that radiates from her eyes.
Oh, and I actually believe that you are smiling.
November 2, 2011 at 10:15 am
Seasweetie
I would make a great VP! And I don’t think I’ve had that look since I first discovered my womanly wiles in teenagehood (and I’m ashamed to admit I had it then, once in a while.)
November 2, 2011 at 6:11 am
ceciliag
Ok, I can see why you feel disturbed. Hopefully you will not go out and start shooting wild wolves though! c
November 2, 2011 at 10:13 am
Seasweetie
Never, ceciliag – wolves love me and I love them. But I might try to see Russia from my front porch. Oh wait, I’m a little farther east…
November 2, 2011 at 6:30 am
suzicate
At least she’s pretty…I’d much rather LOOK like her than say, Nancy Pelosi.
November 2, 2011 at 10:12 am
Seasweetie
Or Joan Didion, who, while being one of the finest writers, when Kelsea saw her picture on the cover of Poets and Writers this month, she said, “WHAT IS THAT?”, suzicate.
November 2, 2011 at 7:45 am
photokunstler
Nah. No comparison!
Really. Regardless of shirt and pose.
November 2, 2011 at 10:11 am
Seasweetie
Thanks, Patty.
November 2, 2011 at 8:36 am
georgefloreswrite
No way! Kathleen Turner, maybe, but not the Palin.
November 2, 2011 at 10:11 am
Seasweetie
OK, george – I never thought about Kathleen Turner – but I could deal with that from her Romancing the Stone days.
November 2, 2011 at 8:51 am
TheIdiotSpeaketh
You’re much better looking than both Tina Fey and Sarah Palin….
November 2, 2011 at 10:10 am
Seasweetie
Thank you, id – I think you’re one of the few people who has seen me live and in person, so I trust your opinion.
November 2, 2011 at 10:13 am
slpmartin
I’d comment but… right now…I’m concentrating on the stoplight that’s about to change…sorry gotta go 😉
November 2, 2011 at 10:15 am
Seasweetie
I knew we were never meant to be together, slp 😉
November 2, 2011 at 3:30 pm
pegoleg
Not only look alike, but apparently shop at the same clothing store. How are you with shooting mooses (or is the plural meece?)
November 2, 2011 at 4:13 pm
Seasweetie
I’m suspecting her shirt doesn’t have a Sturgis logo on the sleeve – though I could be wrong. And I love moose (and meese). When i was a child, my imaginary friend was a moose. There’s a whole blog entry there, I think.