1. im totally not ashamed of my love of fast food. when i get paid i usually treat myself to burger king. and nothings better than getting taco bell when youre really hungry at 1am, or getting mcdonalds when youre drunk.

2. whenever i make a really good sandwich, i always want to make another one immediately after. but i usually am able to stop myself as that 2nd sandwich NEVER tastes as good as im stuffed.

3. ive started drinking tons of tea, to go along with my cigarettes when i play on the computer at night. usually its green tea with a lemon wedge, but i just bought some tasty apple cinnamon tea.

4. if im not in a public place, i cant stand wearing shoes and socks when i eat. i suppose its temperature... i just like to be perfectly comfortable when im eating. i also will take my jacket or sweater off, for maximum flexibility. this is serious business!

5. i like ethnic food, and im really disappointed in myself that i havent had much in the way of indian, thai, korean food etc. its possible i might not like indian food though, and i dont like pad thai, which makes me sad.

6. i love late-night grocery shopping. i mean i LOVE it. especially when i just got paid. i do miss the days when i would go grocery shopping with jackie and we would collectively buy a whole cartload of stuff. ahh good times. now its a $30-40 basket of stuff for me, max, every week or two.

7. grocery shopping can be torturous though. i really want quality ingredients and more fancy/rare stuff, but its almost impossible for me to justify spending $4-5 or more dollars on any one item. last time i wanted to buy cheese i paced around the deli cheese thing for like 15 minutes looking at $5 havarti and i just COULDNT DO IT.

8. im actually usually in conflict between wanting to be a foodie and being poor and cheap, and... alright lazy. and shy. like too shy to go to an asian grocery or a farmers market and that sort of thing. i only shop at coborns because they have self checkouts and i dont have to talk to an actual person. i should buy organic, i should buy local... but dammit i work part time and make barely $100 a week, i cant afford that shit.

9. i dont care if cheap chinese buffets are inauthentic and americanized [china star doesnt even have chopsticks, lol], i fucking LOVE them. im going to china star on my bday :)

10. i havent done dishes since mid january! i absolutely hate doing dishes by hand, it just grosses me out. so im completely out of plates, bowls, and silverware. so im using plastic penis silverware and paper plates.

11. i like desserts, but im really lucky i didnt inherit my moms sweet tooth for chocolate.

12. no matter where i go in my life, and how cultured i get, ill always have that minnesota basis for my food loves. hot dish, bars, and cream-cheese based hor d'oeuvres. pickle nickels are like the most minnesotan food in my opinion.

13. i try to have a "ill eat anything" mentality. even if it seems gross to me. i havent gone too far in the catagory of weird eats, but i have had shark fin soup, and escargot, and abalone... thats about it for like the bizarre seafood type things. and i had that sauerkraut pizza that chris ordered ;) bring it on!

14. in college me and misty ate a lot of corn dogs, frozen chicken tenders, and pepperoni pizza rolls. im not gonna lie, it was really awesome.

15. i have epic condiment-love. i cant eat much of anything-- sandwiches, burgers, quesadillas, pizza, chicken tenders-- without something to dip it in. in college it was three cheese ranch, then for the last few years bleu cheese [good quality chunky], then recently thousand island with hot sauce on top :) with pizza its ranch or bleu cheese. with nuggets/chicken fries its sweet and sour and hot mustard. i love a good asian sauce too. im coveting this bangkok peanut sauce but its $5.

16. SOME people think perkins has shitty food, and maybe they do, but i love it. usually i get the chef deluxe bread bowl salad, or the patty melt, or the country omelette with french toast. mm. fuck i want perkins.

17. i go through phases where i make the same thing over and over. for the last two weeks its been pastrami sandwiches. usually i have to buy something twice for me to get sick of it, like i just finished my 2nd container of pastrami and i think im done now.

18. i love mongos [our mongolian bbq in st cloud], and i try to experiment but i always make the same bowl once every time i go [out of the two bowls i usually eat]. its mushrooms, pea pods, black beans, sprouts, with calamari and sometimes crab and shrimp, and tofu, and the chinese noodles, with the awesomest sauce combination. its lots of the red pepper-garlic sauce, black bean, the mongolian and a few other things. with sesame seeds.

19. i love baking [not elaborately, just like muffins from a mix], but after two batches of muffins/cupcakes in a row that i ate all of myself, i had to quit. my carrot muffins with cranberries, cream cheese frosting and almonds on top were win.

20. ive always had a secret curiousity about competitive eating. i dont know about speed, but ive always wanted to know, like, how many mc donalds cheeseburgers i could eat. the answer: not as many as jackie.

21. which reminds me: a woman with a big appetite is SO SEXY and awesome.

22. also, i hate picky eaters. hate them, a lot. i dont mind vegetarians as long as they dont mind me eating meat in front of them. vegans i dont like. or bland food.

23. like most weird people, i was a vegetarian for a little while in high school. i think i was mostly just disgusted by cafetieria food, and by my mom making things like pork chops and pot roast.

24. most of my eating is driven by chains of events. eating something rich or spicy makes me want a cigarette. the cigarette makes me thirsty and makes me want some kind of chocolate or smooth snack. eating chocolate or ice cream makes my mouth taste unpleasantly milky so i need a beverage and a cigarette. repeat until fat.
all of this would probably be solved if i just ate vegetables. but vegetables just make me want meat.
one may recall the days when my friends and i were first starting to smoke and we would pair cigarettes with toblerone.

25. i never used to like steak or burgers much, until i discovered the wonders of medium rare. my mom gasps every time she hears me order something cooked to that.

25.5. on the burger note, i dont really like fries. i mean i enjoy them if they're good, but they arent usually, so i dont usually order them and i never crave them. i didnt ever crave chips for the last 4 years or so, but i started eating chips and dip recently and its a HORRIBLE ADDICTION THAT I NEVER SHOULDVE REKINDLED. im positive salt is way more addictive than heroin, cocaine and cigarettes combined.

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