yesterday i discovered that if you burn couscous, it tastes like matzah! which is not bad, actually.

also, the other day...I ATE AN APPLE. this is big news people, BIG news. I do NOT eat apples. Why? Because they make that godawful crunching noise when you bite into them, worse than nails on a chalkboard. It even hurts your teeth (same noise as popsicles, btw, which I don't eat either). My dad actually used to chase me around the house eating a popsicle. He thought it was funny. I was traumatized. Maybe an apple beat me up when I was a kid, I don't know, but up until now I have not been able to eat one that is not cooked or made into a sauce. You can imagine how difficult Rosh Hashana was, with all the apple-eating and such. Anyway, I was on vacation with my mom recently and discovered that I could eat the yellow ones when they are kind of smushy. So when I got home I waited until one of the red ones my roommate bought was ripe, and then I ate it. But it was still kind of irritating and I was chewing so slowly that I bit my tongue and then I remembered the other reason I don't eat apples: every time I do I bite my tongue. Obviously I have issues.