Mikhail Saakashvili - wtf?!?

so, this link on fark takes ya to a facial recognition site, where you can see what celebrities you resemble. i plugged in the pic from xmas of my brother and our brother and sister...
results:

i most resemble Mikhail Saakashvili, president of Georgia (apparently, to a lesser extent, i also resemble Albert Einstein, Alec Baldwin, Alanis Morrisette, and Saddam Hussein)

adam most resembles Kimi Raikkonen, race car driver

paige resembles singer Shania Twain

matt resembles musician Charles Aznavour

alrighty then...dunno what i think of those results, but hey, at least i learned about a couple people i didn't know about before i uploaded that pic... *8-)

learning lessons...

throughout this experience of my mom's illness and subsequent death, i've learned quite a few things - things about myself, things about other people, family & friends, yatta yatta yatta...

i've found that some of the bonds i have with people are stronger than i ever imagined - my cousin joanie's been such a tremendous help to me. not just in putting a roof over my head (yeah, i could stay in momma's house if i wanted, but i don't wanna) but also just being such a tremendous emotional support. i'm damned lucky to have her.

then there are people that i didn't know cared so much about me - friends that showed up at the funeral home or called just to tell me they were thinking about me and offered to do anything i needed. sometimes i get all wrapped up in feeling crappy and feel utterly alone - this experience has proven to me that NO, i am NOT alone.

and there are a few people, people i considered friends, that haven't said a word to me throughout. guess those bonds of friendship weren't what i thought they were. *shrug* regardless, i'm damned lucky to have the friends and family that i do have.

playin games...

joanie's dad & stepmom got me a spiffy card game for christmas - Tri-Virsity - it's a combo of rummy and scrabble, really, a card game in which you spell words and try to run out of cards before your opponents. definitely gonna play this one again.

Merry Christmas!

i've had as nice a christmas as possible, considering it was without mom. joanie and her family have been soooooo wonderful to me, making sure i'm feeling included in the holiday festivities. yesterday afternoon i went to adam's and met up with him and codi and matt and paige - sheesh, the disconnect adam and i have from matt and paige really sucks. they don't know me too well, and that makes me feel like shit. *sigh* all i can do it work to make it better from this day forward...

after adam's, i came back to joanie's and had festivities with her in-laws - they even had presents for me. we baked cookies, had a nice ham dinner, and then opened presents.

this morning, we all opened more presents - i'd told ashley yesterday that once xmas was over i wanted her to help me get some new shoes at the store she works at, since i'd seen some really spiffy chuck taylors and vans there - well, there's no need now, cuz i got em for christmas!

joanie headed to her dad's while i invited kat and jake over for presents - now i'm just soooo tired i don't think i'll make the trek out to the east side to meet up with joanie's family. i'm wiped out...

this morning's rain and sleet mix has now turned to snow - for a while it wasn't sticking, but now it appears to be doing so...

*yawn* time for a nap...