| Thursday January 30th 2002 I don't recall ever having cravings for things as a child. Potatoe chips on occasion, perhaps, but that's about it. I was thinking about this today as I was sitting here at my desk and suddenly imagined a particularly pleasing taste in my mouth. When I figured it out (Sobe 'Lizard Fuel' Strawberry-Banana drink), I became obsessed with getting some. Two sips of that and I was satisfied. Now I'm stuck with the rest of the bottle. Oh well, it'll go down good with lunch. I've never been a big candy eater. My ex was more into it than I and it rubbed off on me for a while, but it's died off again. So I thought. But what do you do when you just gotta have that mint Aero bar? Or those Lays BBQ chips? LA has been having a different sort of effect on me. Foods and beverages she's into have been rubbing off on my own preferences. I think it's related to the phenomena of seeing someone else eating or drinking something, and suddenly it looks twice as good. More often than not she'll ask if I want a bit of something; I'll say no; I'll watch her with it for a while; now I want some. I was never a big fan of bottled water - pop and juice for me, thanks - but now it's begun looking like a viable alternative. I'm a strictly cereal for breakfast kind of guy; but those Eggo Banana Bread waffles are pretty yummy. There's probably other influences she's had that I'm not even aware of yet. On the other hand, nothing I'm into seems to rub off on her and she wears it like a badge of pride. Sooner or later I'll find something to tempt her with! I'm still into juice, though. I was in the juice aisle while grocery shopping yesterday, wishing for the umpteenth time I could find that banana juice again that I bought once upon a time. Yup - banana juice, I kid you not. It was excellent, and I've been mourning my inability to find it every since. I can even tell you it was the autumn of '97 when last I saw it. Hopefully I've just been shopping at the wrong grocery stores all this time and somebody else still carries it. And, in memorium: Strawberry Crush, best flavour they ever made ... what do you do with a craving for something that doesn't exist anymore? |