I was not tagged for this meme! Instead, I stole it unceremoniously from one of the three hundred food blogs I read, iheartfood4thought.
It is like a MySpace vanity survey, except I have invited it into my food-related house and OH SCREW IT this is a MySpace vanity bulletin.
On Culinary Arts…
Q. What is your salad dressing of choice?
A. Nothing. If I want to eat veggies, I’d like to taste the veggies. In a pinch (such as particularly rancid lettuce), a quick squirt of white-trash yellow mustard is the cure for what ails you.
Q. What is your favorite fast food restaurant?
A. Back when I ate meat, the answer would unequivocally be Wendy’s. Their beef tastes like actual meat, which is in turn enhanced by the condiments. McDonald’s is too much like a condiment sandwich, and Burger King’s Whomperoo tastes like a bottle of liquid smoke. Nowadays, I am a connoisseur of Taco Bell, which surprisingly offers a fairly healthy option that tastes good–Pintos n’ Cheese.
Q. What is your favorite sit-down restaurant?
A. Red Robin offers a Gardenburger (which criminally costs $7.99, the approximate cost of 2.5 boxes of the same damn thing). More importantly, they offer a fairly comprehensive burger customizer which offers nutritional information based on your selection from a wide variety of rolls, condiments, cheeses, and sides.
Q. On average how much of a tip do you leave at a restaurant?
A. 20% is my bare minimum. I’ve been known to tip 100% for exceptional service and 50% for more-than-adequate. I also have a special form of white-guilt that springs from ordering nothing but coffee. In turn, I will generally pay the price of an average meal for a cuppa.
Q. What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of?
A. This is a bit of a loaded question because I ate the same food every day for nearly three years. If I had to choose my absolute favorite from those days, it would probably be the vegan Boca Burger. You can eat it plain and bland (a personal favorite). Crumble it into any random, lazy-ass recipe. Use it as a vessel for sauerkraut or delicious, delicious mustard.
Q. What are your pizza toppings of choice?
A. I don’t need clutter in my life. Plain ol’ cheese. Doesn’t matter whether it’s a classic Margherita or a big, floppy, greasy triangle of dough, sauce, and cheese from a local pizzeria. The old adage remains true; keep it simple, slutface.
Q. What do you like to put on your toast?
A. Bread is a nonentity in my life.
On Technology…
Q. What is your wallpaper on your computer?
A. Marshmallow Peeps lollipop.
Q. How many televisions are in your house?
A. Embarrassingly enough, at least seven.
Q. What kind of cell phone do you have?
A. LG
On Biology…
Q. Are you right-handed or left-handed?
A. Right-handed.
Q. Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
A. Nothing that didn’t start its life outside my body.
Q. What is the last heavy item you lifted?
A. Groceries–Kashi GoLean, broccoflower, canned tomatoes (diced and stewed varieties), zucchini, eggplant, sugar-free gelatin, Jones Soda, ricotta cheese, and tofu.
Q. Have you ever been knocked unconscious?
A. I had a fairly serious bicycle accident almost two years ago. Without the helmet, I would have most assuredly been kaput. Otherwise, I just cracked my head open but-good and concussed myself in the process.
On Psychology…
Q. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
A. If it were possible, I would choose my deathday.
Q. If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
A. Cornelius “Spoodles” McGoof
Q. what color looks good on you?
A. Black and brown
Q. Have you ever swallowed a non-food item by mistake?
A. No, but I’ve surely swallowed non-food items on purpose to amuse friends and emergency-room-doctors alike!
Q. Have you ever saved someones life?
A. I save hundreds of lives a day simply by driving on the correct side of the road.
Q. Has someone ever saved yours?
A. I can name a few friends that have almost ended my life, but I don’t believe they saved it.
Truth or Dare (or a Bribe)…
Q. Would you kiss a member of the same sex for $100?
A. A hundred dollars? I would kiss the wiener of a member of the same sex for a hundred dollars.
Q. Would you allow one of your little fingers to be cut off for $200,000?
A. Yes. Yes I would.
Q. Would you never blog again for $50,000?
A. For fifty thousand easy dollars I would throw my computer out the window.
Q. Would you pose naked in a magazine for $250,000?
A. I came damn close to posing nude in college just to have a story to tell.
Q. Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000?
A. I probably have already done this merely to amuse my miscreant friends. It couldn’t be any more difficult than eating a bowl full of jalapeños.
Q. Would you, without fear of punishment, take a human life for $1,000,000?
A. This I would not do. I’ll inflict any manner of pain, torture, punishment, or fruit-pie upon myself, but when it comes to harming another living being that doesn’t have chlorophyll running through its veins, that’s a big N.O.
On random stuff…
Q: What is in your left pocket?
A. Who says I am wearing pants?
Q: Is Napoleon Dynamite actually a good movie?
A. Napoleon Dynamite is an entertaining movie with an irritating fan-following, much like Borat, The Boondock Saints, and Dirty Dancing: Havanna Nights .
Q: Do you have hardwood or carpet in your house?
A. Throw-rugs over what I’d imagine to be dirt floors.
Q: Do you sit or stand in the shower?
A. I squat.
Q: Could you live with roommates?
A. The realist in me says, “Yes.” The socially-retarded blogger in me says, “Not on your life, Froderick.”
Q: How many pairs of flip flops do you own?
A. I own one pair of well-worn size-18 flip flops, which will never be replaced due to the relative rarity of their size.
Q: Last time you had a run-in with the cops
A. I am a friend of the law. My natural look of fear and respectful awe keeps the po’ on my side.
Q: What do you want to be when you grow up?
A. A palindrome.
Q: Last person who called you?
A. My lovely girlfriend, Rachel.
Q: Person you hugged?
A. My lovely mother, Mom.
On Favorites…
Q: Number?
A. 19.
Q: Season?
A. Summer.
Q: Holiday?
A. Halloween.
Q: Day of the week:
A. Thursday, simply because I base my enjoyment of life on television.
Q: Month?
A. July.
Current Events…
Q: Missing someone?
A. Somewhere in the past twenty questions, this food survey has taken a turn for the lamer.
Q: Mood?
A. Hungry.
Q: Listening to?
A. Food Network
Q: Watching?
A. Iron Chef: America.
Q: Worrying about?
A: Blogs and/or frogs.
In conclusion…
Q: First place you went this morning?
A. The terlet.
Q: What can you not wait to do?
A. Discover some new food that fits my obsessive lifestyle.
Q:What’s the last movie you saw?
A. Horton Hears a Who, which was surprisingly good. Jim Carrey has officially Robin-Williams-ed himself out. He is no longer entertaining when he is trying to be funny. However, Steve Carell, a decent adaptation, and an as-respectful-as-possible animation style make this a worthwhile venture.
Q: Do you smile often?
A. Whoever says “it is easier to smile” has never frowned their whole lives. The smiling, it hurts my face.
Q: Are you a friendly person?
A. I’m barely a person.
(Fastnachts)
(Endangered Species 70% Dark Chocolate w/ Hazelnut Toffee)
(Green Marshmallow Peeps bunnies)
(Eggs, oranges, and Morningstar Farms sausage links)
(Marshmallow Peeps lollipop ring)
(Cadbury Creme Egg)
Egg white omelet on wrap, sealed with white-trash mustard
(Kashi GoLean mixed with Wheaties)
(Diet Pepsi)
(Boca Southwestern Breakfast Wrap)
(Pizza Hut)
(Valentine’s Day cakes)
(Endangered Species 70% Dark Chocolate with Espresso Beans)
(Mini Pizzas w/ vegetarian sausage, fresh fruit, and sugar-free Jell-O)
Ugly Food for an Ugly Dude 