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I do not like the taste of dirt at all. However I was a rough child and definitely got a face full of it from time to time. xd

You are so pliant, haha. I do not learn to like the taste of things I dislike, so I try my best to avoid them. I hated chewable vitamins so I'd hide them in my eggs and throw them out every morning. At around 8 my parents were like, "fine you have to take adult vitamins then," and I was like "fine I will." Pills are definitely something I've never had any problem with. Toss 'em to the back of the throat if they taste bad and I'm set.

Haha, SUPER TASTE BUDS! That'd be like the worst super power ever. XD

Haha, no I didn't mean forcibly shoved, I mean I fell and ran into stuff a lot. Jumped on people and we all tumbled down, haha. For some reason people have always been slightly afraid of me, and the only bullies I ever had to dealt with didn't really touch me. They threw a brick at this 3 year olds head though when they were telling us to get off "their" land (I was 7, they were about 8-10) and I was about ready to kill them. My closest friends have usually always been younger (in that case b/c the boys my age were bullies, so I hung out with my 5 year old brother, our 3 year old neighbor and the 3 girls who were 4,5,6 next door) so I guess maybe I get sort of a scary in charge vibe going.

Haha, cigarettes are gross, I tried one when I came here, it is Europe. Blech! Plus duh you have Asthma so that'd be a terrible idea. There are things I have to admit I rather like to smoke... ninja ...cigs aren't one of them though. When I was little me and my friend didn't put things that weren't food in our mouth, however we'd spend hours collecting the "perfect" tanbark and then we'd take them to her house and spend hours painting them. About as artistic as I ever got, tanbark art. xd

Yea I haven't had any life or death medicine, just vitamins and things for illness, and there are varieties for me to choose from if I hate what I'm taking.

I dunno, I mean I'd brought eat healthier if I couldn't taste. It's like the ultimate signifier power of fast food nation. stressed

@JK: They threw a brick at a 3-year-old? That's ridiculous!

Yeah, I'll just take your word for it that they are gross, because you're right; it would just be retarded to try them with asthma. I can hardly breathe just being around people smoking to begin with. I have a friend who had asthma too, though her's is way mild compared to mine. She started smoking and now her's is about as bad as mine. Ugh, that must suck. Haha, painting bark sounds quite fun. XD

True enough, but then we'd lose the joy of tasting those delicious things. XD

@Hawk: That sounds like a friend of mine who has taste buds that are so sensitive, he can only stand eating the most flavorless things. I know his diet consists of gold fish, other crackers and vaguely-flavored chips, bread, and rice. He can't stand eating just about anything else.

Oh gosh, the telling about crushes thing. I remember my best friend started hanging out with this other girl in elementary school, and I didn't like this girl and was all jealous they were hanging out. Then she told the girl who she liked, and the girl told the whole grade. Well, that ended that friendship. I was upset for my friend and her embarrassment, but also happy I had her back. I was pretty possessive back then. sweatdrop

You also gotta consider when you get filled up or not though. Even if you can't taste it, greasy food is more filling than fruit and veggies. So you could still end up eating more or not eating as healthy just so you're not hungry. And your body will probably still find ways to make you crave the high-energy foods that are bad for you, because that's what would keep us alive back when we lived in the wild.

Haha, HP dream, nice. It actually sounded like a fairly descent AU fanficiton. XD Poor Draco. And I trust Hermione too.

@Kits - Hahaha, poor your friend, but yea goes like that a lot huh? This girl had been my friend for 4 years before she did this, and I hadn't really wanted to tell her and had refused to tell her for about a year (I liked him since 5th I think). I was already mistrustful as a child and one of the first times I cave and open up I'm immediately made to regret it. The friend who betrayed me was actually possessive herself. Up until she found me on FB about a year ago I hadn't talked to her in about 11 years (not necessarily b/c of that, I was mad and embarrassed but it was going to different schools after 6th and her eventually moving away that we lost touch over). Kinda weird, she has a kid (she was like 21 when she had her I geuss, think the kid is like 2 maybe almost 3 now), is divorced/separated (from a guy we went to elementary school with weirdly enough, not the guy I liked though - which happened to also be the guy she liked back then, part of why I never wanted to tell her) and has just recently got a job at a grocery store. It's just, so weird to me. I just can't imagine that life. I mean she loves her daughter, she's her world, and she seems like a good mom, so that's great. I just would not want to be a mom now. I don't know that I'll want to be a mom by the time I'm 30. Now, no way. I have too many of my own selfish wants and goals to pursue first (and we'll see if first turns into only).

Yea, but I've got nutrition information on healthier foods that supplement specific cravings. Like certain cravings aren't necessarily saying you need that one thing, but you want protein. Or your body wants carbs. Or etc etc. Not being able to taste would induce me to eat slower, so I'd know when I'd be full. Also greasy food again is not a parallel to fruits and veggies. I don't mean I'd just eat fruits and veggies. But I'd eat leaner and better prepared portions of proteins (rather than friend globs of fat - granted I don't quite eat that now, I don't really like fried food or fat, exempting bacon), a better mix of veggies to get a more varied vitamin intake, and I'd eat more carb dishes without adornment. No oils and sauces that are merely added for taste. Yea I've put thought into this, haha, every time I burn my taste buds and debate how this would be beneficial as a permanent change. Though man I'd miss flavor.

It really did feel like a decent AU (though still similar to canon events, just, alternate ending) fanfic, I loved it. If I ever had time I'd write it into one. But whenever I finish my YGO one - and I won't allow myself multiple projects b/c that's how I get distracted away - I have a ZADR one backed up somewhere I'd really like to pursue. The dream was so long ago I won't have much of that to crutch off of, but yea. Hmm, all my fanfic ideas are inspired by dreams, hehe.

And yea, Hermione is totally awesome, I know she's got this. ^_~

@Hawk - Haha, alright alright.

There are times I've genuinely wanted them, but I also genuinely want things that might not be compatible to both. Or that I don't have time for both. I like everything I've done these past 24 years and wouldn't particularly want to change a thing. At the same time, if I was in year 2 of my PhD (had I started my MA right after my BA, did it here so it still would have been one year, and immediately started PhD last year) I'd be a lot further advanced career wise. At this rate I can't imagine being settled to even consider family stuff until like 30. And it's not like I magically have a guy in my back pocket, so considering I'd have to start looking for that at 30, I dunno. By the time I figure it out idk. Not that a guy is needed to have kids of course, I just don't know if it's something I'd personally want to do on my own.

I have, mostly because it's really what I'd like to do even without the loss of taste.

Haha, I'm really really hoping to at least get the one I started done, I swore I would. Most of my RPs have fizzled...and I think I'd be hard pressed to find partners for some of the plots I'd come up with in a dream. We shall see, if ever I have more time I want to start up more RPs because they are fun and a nice reprieve and I want more!! rofl

Yup, share the responsibilities *cough*and blame*cough*. wink

Well I only have the one and for now it's good b/c I get so busy and I know I'd let myself be distracted but I shouldn't. However after the insanity of a masters (a PhD should be harder work but not as fast pace hectic) I hope to have more free time and would thus like more of that. I also haven't really had a lot in the past, and other than ours none were very successful for more than a couple of months (if that).