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featherynscaleI discovered something this weekend about chocolate.
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chaosdruid's birthday party at the Cheesecake Factory, and niveus_tigris had acquired two whole cheesecakes for the party, one of which was a sort of chocolate mousse on chocolate cheesecake on chocolate cookie crust affair. I managed about two small bites of this, after which I had to pass my plate off to agrnmn, who devoured the remaining cheesecake with great appreciation. For me, though, the experience was almost painful. I have always had an iffy relationship with chocolate, but never been able to put my finger on why. And then, suddenly, it occurred to me that the thing that eating chocolate was most like was being tickled in one spot repeatedly for an extended period of time. The first taste is good, if it's a small taste. But then, I get overwhelmed with the unrelieved sweetness of it, and it ceases to be a good time very quickly.
niveus_tigris mocked me roundly for this (which was not undeserved). "I never thought I'd hear you say 'no, that's too much for me' about anything," he said, "What's next, 'Oh, that's too much sex for me?'". And usually I am about too much. Too much is almost enough. But the too much I'm after is too much different sensation. Too much of a single sensation is no good. So I don't do plain chocolate, but chocolate with chili peppers is fine, and sometimes even sought after.
A lot of my tastes are tending away from sweet anyway. Although I will still eat my own weight in honey if I can manage it. I'm not sure how that's different, but I'm sure I'll figure it out someday.
Also at the party, I had the interesting fortune of standing nearagrnmn when chaosdruid was introducing people to her mother, which caused her mother to think that I was his wife. Then, there was a period of trying to explain who went with who, at the end of which, niveus_tigris went, "OK, everybody pair up!". Doesn't help, for me, I said. I get the short end of the pairing up stick every time. So he thinks for a second and goes, "Okay, then, everybody stand next to your favorite person?". But that doesn't work for me either. But what can you do? Some of us don't come in twos.
We were at
chaosdruid's birthday party at the Cheesecake Factory, and niveus_tigris had acquired two whole cheesecakes for the party, one of which was a sort of chocolate mousse on chocolate cheesecake on chocolate cookie crust affair. I managed about two small bites of this, after which I had to pass my plate off to agrnmn, who devoured the remaining cheesecake with great appreciation. For me, though, the experience was almost painful. I have always had an iffy relationship with chocolate, but never been able to put my finger on why. And then, suddenly, it occurred to me that the thing that eating chocolate was most like was being tickled in one spot repeatedly for an extended period of time. The first taste is good, if it's a small taste. But then, I get overwhelmed with the unrelieved sweetness of it, and it ceases to be a good time very quickly. niveus_tigris mocked me roundly for this (which was not undeserved). "I never thought I'd hear you say 'no, that's too much for me' about anything," he said, "What's next, 'Oh, that's too much sex for me?'". And usually I am about too much. Too much is almost enough. But the too much I'm after is too much different sensation. Too much of a single sensation is no good. So I don't do plain chocolate, but chocolate with chili peppers is fine, and sometimes even sought after. A lot of my tastes are tending away from sweet anyway. Although I will still eat my own weight in honey if I can manage it. I'm not sure how that's different, but I'm sure I'll figure it out someday.
Also at the party, I had the interesting fortune of standing near
agrnmn when chaosdruid was introducing people to her mother, which caused her mother to think that I was his wife. Then, there was a period of trying to explain who went with who, at the end of which, niveus_tigris went, "OK, everybody pair up!". Doesn't help, for me, I said. I get the short end of the pairing up stick every time. So he thinks for a second and goes, "Okay, then, everybody stand next to your favorite person?". But that doesn't work for me either. But what can you do? Some of us don't come in twos.