aaron schwab

many famous last words have been uttered by many people throughout the ages, but perhaps none are so dismissably laughable as proclaiming that you’re never indulging in a particular vice again. “i’m never drinking again,” said in the throes of hangover glory, are common, and everyone — including the proclaiming party — simply knows such statements to be utterly false. with that said, i’m never eating Taco Bell again.

the past four days have been rather irresponsible on my part, as far as eating habits go. my usual diet of comparatively little junk was put second to Friday night’s post-show pizza, Saturday night’s movie marathon pizza, yesterday’s sausage on a bun after the JDRF walk (the likes of which i topped with a slice of pizza) and today’s Taco Bell family platter that was split between Joe and i, as is tradition on grad setup days.

even though pizza three days in a row is excessive — even though i could argue it as a sign of devotion — it’s not terribly out of the ordinary, but five tacos, plus fries and deep-fried tortilla chips, was overboard, especially considering the quality of Taco Bell.

after my grease feast, i felt as though my ingested food was pushing up on my lungs from below; laborious breathing and the like. while being over-full is a crummy feeling as it is, having that feeling because of deep-fried quasi-meat is just shite. as much as i pride my metabolism on being able to maintain my fairly skinny frame in the wake of greasy food, the fact is that it just can’t be good for me, not to mention i felt like ass for the rest of the day. i think i’m going to lay off meat for a little while, with a possible exception of white chicken meat when i go to dinner at my parents’ place this week.

the fact that i seldom crave meat in large quantities often makes me entertain the notion of going vegetarian, but i’d like to brush up on healthy and nutritious recipes in that vein before making a conscious commitment (and learn to cook in general.)

until then, i think i’ll be content simply eschewing fast food*.

* pizza in general and Subway are explicit exceptions.