Thursday, February 19, 2009

You must not know 'bout me. (Unless you are Mexican.)

When I plan big, fantastic posts, I sometimes get lost in translating it from my head to the web. That's what happened this week.

So many posts ideas. So comfortable just where they are in my head. DEAL.

But, yes, Lickedy. I made it back from my Adventure in one piece. My adventure was to MEXICO for those of you that don't know, and it was GRAND. And by GRAND I mean I drank beer and watched Along Came Polly. (I didn't want to watch it! JONAH RAY made me do it. Jonah Ray LOVES Along Came Polly. It's his favorite movie.)

Okay okay, so other stuff happened. Fun, good stuff. Maybe I will do my first VLOG about my trip to Mexico. How does that sound? Ugh. Like WORK. Someone will have to order me to do it, because that is the only way to get things done around here.

Anyway, here is something that happened to me today, which I will not vlog about.

I was walking through Sunset Junction in Silver Lake and I passed a group of young Mexican dudes and one of them goes, "Hey, you look like Shelley Duvall."



Ha! I do. Now I rarely agree with celebrities people say I look like. Liv Tyler. Meh. Kate Winslet. ARE YOU HIGH? Shelley Duvall. Pretty much.

(Only one other person has said this to me. It was this guy at Golden Bridge Yoga who turned to me out of the blue and said, "You're like Shelley Duvall. BUT HOT.")

Back to Mexicans in Silver Lake, now I did not make eye contact with these individuals. I was wearing my glasses and not lookin' for troubs, so I was so taken aback that not only did this Mexican man GROK my celebrity doppelganger within two seconds of glancing at me in my schlep gear, but that he even knew who Shelley Duvall is. In fact this was all I could think about as I was busting my ass up Hyperion. WTF Day Laborers? Do you all secretly have degrees in film studies? Do you all think the 1970's stood out as the greatest period in American filmmaking? (Because who doesn't? AM I RIGHT!)

I loved these Mexicans.

I think I giggled in response, and then one of the other ones kind of chuckled and then I thought they were laughing at me, but I always think people are laughing at me. Oh, to be Clover!

So yeah. Mexicans telling me I look like Olive Oyl. It made me want to turn around and head right back down to Rosarito where maybe people will think I AM Shelley Duvall and I will treated like ROYALTY FOREVER. Then everyday I will eat the BEST FISH TACO EVER (It's there. We found it.) and live at the Rosarito Beach Hotel where they put zen candles in the living rooms.

That is all.

8 comments:

Your Ill-fitting Overcoat said...

Hot Shelley Duvall. I can dig it. My favorite celebrity look-alike claim was when someone told me that I looked like Topanga from Boy Meets World. That is not true AT ALL, but I was definitely flattered. I didn't watch that show for Mini Savage, I'll tell you what.

(Ok, so I watched it for Rider Strong. SO SUE ME.)

p.s. My word verification is 'opodista' which, if that's not the Spanish word for 'opposite, IT SHOULD BE.

p.p.s. And ain't nuthin' wrong with Mexicans! Or Shelley Duvall, for that matter.

mieletcannelle said...

Fish taco. Can't.. just.. can't.. say it.. without... Want.. Shelley Duvall's fish.. taco.. So confused..

Chele said...

Shelley Duvall is hot, you are hot.

rs27 said...

Rosarito has the best everything. Fish Taco, lobster taco, 2 dollar Corona, water, hookers...

It's like Disneyland

In your mouth.

Well at least no one tells you look like OJ simpson. There is nothing more depressing than that.

surviving myself said...

Best fish taco?

I'm there. I am avoiding the sexual jokes about fish tacos.

forever22 said...

i think you look like a cross between shelley duvall and scar-jo... but hotter. and you wouldn't have been dumb enough to marry that desperado ryan reynolds.

you know the ho has gotten some wierd ones...julianne margulies (no way), janet jackson (hahaha), young elizabeth taylor (in my dreams), and most recently...american idol winner, shit, what is her name...the one who sang that song with chris brown, something sparks...

LickedySplit said...

Oh yeah, Apocalypse Now, Annie, Hall, Godfather (1 & 2), fuggedaboutit, absolutely.

I don't think you look like Shelley Duvall. I want to say a sluttish Audrey Hepburn but you may think that's too cutesy to say. And certainly I don't see you as a UNICEF spokesperson.

But you already know you're a four leaf Clover.

miss clover said...

YIfO-topanga? i've always thought you kind of looked like my cousin who lives in michigan. i suppose this doesn't help. you're just a perfect pixie to me!

miel- shelley duvall's fish taco should be our band name.

chele-she is so hot i bet she can also effortlessly perform splits and tambourine shaking at the same time.

rs27- next time we rosarito together.

surviving- thank you. if there's one thing i know about your humor, it's refined.

forever22- HA. what's next? tatiana del toro? i hope! start a blog already.

lickedy-slutty Audrey! HA! most often i look like a unicorn in headlights. although, i will take them all.