it is probably because i am getting old

[kid_prufrock]

I have probably eaten over 1,000--maybe over 1,500--burritos since the start of this LJ, but this is the first time I can remember that I have gone more than two weeks without craving one. Has the magic finally faded?

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[kid_prufrock]

In my prime I did about five burritos a week, sometimes more. I usually make them myself.

[reverendjmg]

Where are you in the world and what are you doing with your time? Post about things, dammit.

[kid_prufrock]

My life is really boring! (Except to me.) I am dissertating and that is pretty much the only thing I'm doing. I am somewhat fatter than I was a year ago and have a few grey hairs. Other than that there have been basically no outwardly discernible changes in my life.

So, given the comparison class, the burrito thing kind of DOES count as a Thing, I think!

[reverendjmg]

Gray hairs are pretty exciting! You'll be one of those old men puttering around looking for their spectacles before long.

[sildra]

I think the only times in my life where I've ever gone more than a week or two without eating a burrito (let's not consider craving one) is when I've been abroad in countries where they weren't available. Early freshman year, I discovered that Sharples always had refried beans among the soups, tortillas among the sandwich stuff, and anything else I could want in the salad bar, so I never had to go without. And of course I grew up in LA. In middle school, burritos were the one thing that was served for lunch every single day--all other foods were on a rotating schedule--and on Tuesdays and Thursdays we had a choice of two different types of burritos. I think there were months where I literally ate a burrito every day at school, and then sometimes my parents made them for dinner, too. In high school, burritos, pizza, and fries were the only things my cafeteria even served.

[kid_prufrock]

In suburban Boston burritos were a rare delight for me! (I still eat burritos, but there is no craving.)

[miraling]

I didn't have a burrito until college so I don't think they're fully integrated into my "necessary foods" list.