Friday Five for November 7, 2003

Here they are kids, enjoy ! Hey, has anyone seen the new Matrix – Revolutions? I’m hearing Thumbs Down, but I’ve just gotta see how it all ends … definitely on my agenda for this weekend !! What? Sure, you can come with … I’ll even share my popcorn ! But you have to get your own Frozen Mountain Dew ! 🙂

1. What food do you like that most people hate?

OMG !!!! One of my two favorite topics … food !!!! 🙂 (My other fav topic being television !) Let’s see, I really don’t know, I’m not a picky eater, but I might be considered rather bland. I think there’s a good chance that my boring tastes in food would offend only a few, but I’ll toss out some possibilities: I like White Castle hamburgers, raw potatoes, onions, onions, onions, asparagus and mushrooms. I don’t refuse to eat liver, but I don’t go out of my way to make it. I’m not at all into anything like pig’s feet or hog’s snouts, but I do like sausage and ham. Pizza … I like of course. I eat lots of Chinese Food (of course in China, they just call it “food” – Chandler Bing quote.) And hamburgers in general, we have a special relationship … I consume many in any given year. For the most part, I’m just a meat and potatoes kind of consumer, though I’ve cut down significantly on my potato-based products as they are loaded with carbs and I’ve become somewhat weight conscious. Though when I’m not counting carbs, for breakfast … I like peanut butter on my pancakes along with maple syrup.

2. What food do you hate that most people love?

It’s really not a food, but as a condiment, I hate, detest, abhor and any other related word that connotes extreme dislike … ketchup/catsup. I shudder just thinking of it. Yech !!!! In fact, I’m very discriminating when consuming any tomato-based product … it’d have to be a life-saving need for me to eat tomato soup and I usually go light on the sauce with spaghetti. My recipes for such sauces, chilis and goulashes go very light on the tomato flavorings. I don’t like hot dogs … Get that thing away from me !!!! … And NO!, it’s not for any phallic-type reasons, because I do like brats, Italian sausages, Irish sausages and who knows, maybe I’ll have an interest in a variety of other nationalities’ highly seasoned meat products someday !! I Just Say No to pumpkin pie, I refuse to eat bologna and I have an aversion to cheese. I’m also very suspect when eating stuffing (of turkey and stuffing fame). Oh yeah, and I usually don’t use gravy with anything.

3. What famous person, whom many people may find attractive, is most unappealing to you?

Julia Roberts … I don’t get the whole Julia Roberts thing. I think she’s a lousy actress and also butt-ugly … heck, she’s not even a Butter Face … (you know, nice body, but her face …. eeek !).

Johnny Depp … I know this is contrary to many people’s feelings, but I just don’t find Johnny Depp that attractive. Ignoring his whole personality and intelligence, which I find hypocritical and lacking, his presentation just looks sloppy and dirty. When I see pictures of His Sloveness, I just get the feeling he’s got a serious b.o. issue going.

4. What famous person, whom many people may find unappealing, do you find attractive?

Personality, a kind, good heart and the ability to make me laugh and smile makes a person attractive to me … (oh yeah, and they need to like sports and have a solid command of totally useless information 🙂 ) … that being said, I really don’t know any famous person well enough to have a good feel for their personality or whether they have a good, kind heart, let alone their interests in sports or television trivia … so that leaves the ability to make me laugh as the principal criteria for answering this questioooon … so …

Brace yourself … ready ??

Other than the fact that I don’t do redheads … hmmm, let me rephrase … other than the fact that it’s unlikely I’d let a redhead do me … I find Carrot Top kinda attractive. Seriously, read his webpage bio, it’s fairly funny. Oh yeah, and before any of you start giving me grief about this answer, REMEMBER … the premise of this question restricted my selection to those from a group of guys that most find unappealing ! 🙂

5. What popular trend baffles you?

Geez … I don’t know … I don’t think I’m very trendy-aware … let’s see … I never got the whole wearing your pants halfway down your ass trend. I think it looks 1.) stupid, 2.) uncomfortable, and 3.) impractical. But it’s been done for so long, I don’t consider it a trend anymore. Tongue piercings baffle me. Along with overweight, middle age men thinking they can convince people they are in shape by wearing oversized hockey jerseys/sweaters. *ducking* 🙂