This thread is suggested by this post about the TV show Bones, in which WhyNot writes:
What about the rest of you? What TV character do you have an uncanny (and maybe disquieting) similarity to?
For myself, the first one that comes to mind is a minor (as in one-shot) character from the West Wing: a Russian diplomat who knew the word “onomatopoeia,” but not common English slang. When we were watching the episode, my then-girlfriend turned to me and said, “I didn’t know Aaron Sorkin was basing characters on you.”
I didn’t even mention my penchant for TMI at the dinner table, completely oblivious that other people aren’t as excited by cervical mucus as I am.
Or the fact that my friends and family all refer people to me with bizarre questions because, and I quote: “[WhyNot] knows stuff.” (Occasionally I do, and when I don’t, I can bluff with a straight face. And then I come here the next day to find out how wrong I was.)
On a brighter note, I was trying to tell my husband that quote in your sig last night, only I couldn’t quite remember it or who had it, so I’m glad to see it again!
As a teenager I was a lot like Angela Chase from My So-Called Life. Now that I’m older and more cynical I’ve kind of morphed into Miranda from Sex and the City.
I aspire to one day reach the same heights as Al Bundy. But my wife isn’t a redhead (and won’t die her hair red), and I’ve yet to find employment selling cheap women’s shoes.
And my daughter isn’t officially (or unofficially) recognized as the state slut.
Years ago, a guy I was quickly becoming friends with at work said to me: “Have you ever seen that cartoon The Grimm Adventures of Billy and Mandy? You are totally Mandy!!!”
I have since seen said cartoon, and yeah, I’d agree. I’m not blonde though.
After watching Azumanga Daioh, my husband, brother, and mother all deemed the character Ayumu Kasuga - better known as “Osaka” to be modelled after me. Personality-wise, anyway - she looks nothing like me. Sardines.
My husband is definitely Adrian Monk. I hope to God that doesn’t make me Natalie Krieger, because she annoys the hell out of me sometimes. I could deal with being Sharona.
