Artificial Sweetener

Rob's new diet has us adventuring in dangerous territory. Ugh. I'm not an artificial sweetener afficiando as it is... everyone keeps telling me, "Oh, you learn to love the taste!" Sorry, no, it's still leaving that metallic bitter weird-tongue-feeling aftertaste even after all these years. I tried stevia & that stuff was just bizarre. My coffee was not sweet when I drank it - it just tasted like coffee. Until I was done drinking it - that's when the bitter metallic aftertaste hit, with just a smidge of sweetness. We got sugar-free Jell-O & Jell-O pudding - both flavored w/aspartame (Equal or NutraSweet). The Jell-O? Not so great. It had that flavor. The pudding wasn't as bad. In fact, it was almost edible. I think the difference lies in the fact that pudding is made w/cold milk while the Jell-O has to be dissolved in hot water. Now, the Dannon Light & Fit Carb & Sugar Control strawberry yogurt is not all that bad. It's flavored with sucralose (Splenda). It's got a tanginess to it, it's not overly sweet, and only has a smidge of weird metallic aftertaste. And it didn't make my coffee taste funny after eating the yogurt.

I am still not wholly trusting of artificial sweeteners. I mean, sucralose was discovered in the process of making an pesticide & saccharin is a coal tar derivative.

I have been dreaming about those microwaveable cakes... and working at the DA's office. Which is bad, because it means I'm getting my hopes up. I also realized it's been 2 years since I've picked up any tarot cards.

Ah well, not much to say. School starts tomorrow.

Waiting for High Tide

I am so full of sea creaturey goodness right now it's not even funny. Or fun. Shrimp sauteed w/peppers & King crab legs. Made a salad, too, but all I did was eat the croutons - which I dipped in the melted butter for my crab. Zomg. I can't move under my own power - I'm waiting for high tide to come along & wash me to my bed.