Don't I know you from somewhere?

So hubby got me this awesome photo scanner for Christmas and I've been burning it up! I hate having pictures laying around, they get ruined, they fade, you have to store them.... So, I've been taking all my photos and scanning them and tossing them, it's wonderful, I feel so efficient. So, I came across this picture this weekend of me in 1989 camping with my parents. There is quite the similarity between the kitty in this picture and my buddy Shorty. John and I both have been gawking at this picture for a week now, and we can't find any differences between this cat and Shorty. So maybe we are kindred spirits.