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so_gorjess · 03-27-2007, 08:07 AM

Personally I find myself cleaning out the mini-fridge I have in my room on a monthly basis and throwing out near-rotten food all the time. It's not really my fault, it's way hard finding individual-like servings of the foods that I "can" eat and once I have something I don't really "feel like it" until way later and by the time I want it again, it's too late.

My tastes have most definitely changed. About three weeks ago my dad ordered himself a three-cheese calzone from the pizza place below our apartment(yes, we live on top of a pizza place, next to it is an ice cream place, on the other side there's an italian restaurant, across the street is Tony Romas and on the side of that there's a Ruby Tuesday's and a Bucca Di Peppo...ain't that lovely???) and when it was delivered I was just staring at him eating it *lol*. Remembering how that used to be one of my favorite foods, he told me to eat some and I was like 'NO!'. I couldn't stop thinking about the damn calzone so in the middle of the night I opened the microwave, took it out and decided to take a bite and get it over with. When I bit into it, it was just about the most disgusting thing I'd ever tasted. All I could feel were the greasy juices all over my tongue and lips, I gagged. I didn't even swallow the piece, I spit it out, put the calzone back in the microwave and brushed my teeth like three times and I still could not get the greasiness out of my mouth. It was totally gross. Another food that I used to eat by the cans was SPAM *lol*. I used to steal them from my mom, get a fork, take it to my room and eat away...now, I tried one bite and it was aweful! Nowadays I can not get enough of broccoli, cauliflower, grape tomatoes and fat-free/sugar-free stuff...I never thought that'd be the case, but amazingly...it is!

Money wise, I'm soooooo cheap lol. I have only gone to Taco Bell since the surgery. One time I got their pintos & cheese and ate like a quarter of it but since my dad paid for it, it was no biggie. The other time I got their tiny bowl of cheesy fiesta potatoes and ate half of it. I was pissed that I had to throw the rest away since I was the one that paid for it(even though it was a dollar lol) and the other time I got a cheese quesadilla and ended up eating only a quarter of it and once again I was pretty upset that I had to discard the rest. I refuse to go anywhere else like McDonalds and Wendy's because I know their meals are going to cost me 3-4+ dollars and I'm only going to have like a taste so...what's the point?