Kill me. Kill me now.

I am dealing with a raging migraine headache just now, and that's no fun to blog about. Instead I think I'll just steal The Stupid Evil Bastard Meme I just saw over at Erik's blog.

Prepare yourself...

• What time did you get up this morning? 5:15am.
• How do you like your steak? Absent. As a vegetarian, I don't eat steak.
• What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Black Swan... I was not impressed.
• What is your favorite TV show? Raising Hope... I haven't liked a show this much since Veronica Mars and Wonderfalls, which is saying quite a lot.
• If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Edinburgh, Scotland.
• What did you have for breakfast? Two slices of sourdough toast with seedless strawberry jam. Like this.
• What is your favorite cuisine? Italian. And call me a snobby, elitist bastard, but I mean real Italian... from Italy... and not the typical Americanized Italian we usually get over here.
• What foods do you dislike? Other than meat, which I don't eat, I'm allergic to mushrooms in anything but small quantities and don't care much for broccoli or cauliflower.
• Favorite place to Eat? Ristorante Alfredo alla Scrofa in Rome, Italy. I have traveled to Rome just so I can eat there.
• Favorite salad dressing? Italian if I'm eating Italian, Thousand Island if I'm eating Mexican, Ranch if it's a good Ranch, otherwise French.
• What kind of vehicle do you drive? A 1999 Saturn SC-2. I bought it because I wanted to support the American auto industry after my previous car was totaled by the railroad. It was purchased sight-unseen over the internet and have hated it since the day I took ownership. I would have gladly returned the piece of shit during the 30-day no-penalty return period, but I was too busy traveling at the time, and lived three hours away from the dealership. It turns wider than a semi truck. It has a gap between sun visors. The mirror adjusters are STUPID. It's uncomfortable for both drivers and passengers. No Saturn dealership could ever fix it properly either in or out of warranty. I could go on and on and on.
• What are your favorite clothes? Jeans and a Hard Rock Cafe T-shirt.
• Where would you visit if you had the chance? In order... India. Australia. Peru. Cambodia. Antarctica.
• Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? 1966-1982: half-full. 1983-1987: half-empty. 1988-2011: half-full. Though, to be honest, it has been very, very hard to be a "half-full" guy over the past decade or so given the horrible political climate in this fucked-up country I live in.
• Where would you want to retire? Right now? Maui.
• Favorite time of day? Sunset.
• Where were you born? Doctor's Hospital in San Diego, California. And no, that's not a set on a soap opera.
• What is your favorite sport to watch? Hockey. Specifically, Chicago Blackhawks or Milwaukee Admirals hockey.
• Who do you think will never call you again? Anybody with the patience to suffer through this meme.
• Person you expect to call you next? My sister.
• Who are you most curious about their responses to stealing? Stealing what? Actually, Bad Robert is who I am most curious about their response to anything. The guy is insane. I mean really insane.
• Bird watcher? Not really. Though I have seen some really cool birds in various zoos I've visited around the world.
• Are you a morning person or a night person? Absolutely a night person.
• Do you have any pets? No. I'd like to have a pet but, given how much I travel, that would be pretty irresponsible.
• Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? Yes. Unfortunately, I can't share it right now.
• What did you want to be when you were little? At one time or another during childhood I wanted to be a fireman, airline pilot, doctor, and a chef. I ended up being a graphic designer, so I guess none of my career dreams came true. Now I want to be an astronaut when I grow up.
• What is your best childhood memory? I had a pretty idyllic childhood, so it would be difficult to pick just one. Probably a Christmas morning or a dinner at my grandparents house or something like that.
• Are you a cat or dog person? I like both, actually. I would love to have either if I was around long enough to care for one.
• Are you married? Nope. I came very, very close once. Given the kind of person she ended up, I am thankful every single day it never happened.
• Always wear your seat belt? Yes. It's the law, and I don't want to pay a $101 fine.
• Been in a car accident? Yes. I was stopped at a stoplight, so obviously it wasn't my fault.
• Any pet peeves? People who clip their fingernails in public and people who smack their gum. My greatest nightmare is to be eating at a restaurant and have somebody at a neighboring table smacking gum while clipping their fingernails as I try to eat. =shudder=
• Favorite Pizza Toppings? Cheese!
• Favorite Flower? California Poppy or Crocuses.
• Favorite ice cream? Chocolate-Almond. Though I'd rather have Straciatella gelato more than any ice cream on earth.
• Favorite fast food restaurant? Johnny Rockets.
• How many times did you fail your driver's test? Once.
• Who did you get your last email from? A friend from Wisconsin.
• Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Orbitz. Online stores count, don't they?
• Do anything spontaneous lately? An upcoming trip to Vegas for my sister's birthday was pretty spontaneous. We knew we wanted to do something, but Vegas kind of came out of nowhere.
• Like your job? Yes. Though there are things around my job that I don't particularly care for.
• Broccoli? Not really.
• What was your favorite vacation? I have been to so many amazing places that it's almost impossible to choose. My standard answer for this is usually "The last one I took." In this case, it would be a cruise around the Mediterranean that started in Barcelona, Spain.
• Last person you went out to dinner with? Ummm... Christmas dinner at grandma's, perhaps? I don't go out to eat much when I'm home.
• What are you listening to right now? I have no idea. The television is on for background noise... it looks like a movie with Dick Van Dyke.
• What is your favorite color? Periwinkle Blue.
• How many tattoos do you have? Zero. That will hopefully change one day.
• How many times have you tagged someone to do a meme? I'd like to say ZERO, but I'm sure I tagged one or two people in my early blogging days... before I realized it's pure evil to do so.
• What time did you finish this meme? 9:00pm on the dot.
• Coffee Drinker? GACK! No. I have tried many time to try and drink coffee. I just can't do it. I like the smell of it, but can't stand the taste.

Oddly enough, this "Stupid Evil Bastard Meme" seems to have evolved from another meme that I did six years ago. Some of the questions are the same. Many are different. I guess over the years people just changed a question here or there that they didn't like, and this is where we are now. I wonder what it will look like six years from now when it makes the rounds again?