Random food stuff

Flavors that don't just work for me.

Fresh Cilantro/Coriander
It tastes like soap. Trust me, it's a taste bud thing. If you don't taste the nasty, you're lucky.

Saffron
No matter how hard I try to like this, even the smallest amount in a dish makes the whole dish taste of dusty pollen.

Turmeric
I can tolerate this in small amounts, with other spices to cover it up. Tons of turmeric in a dish, however, leaves the whole dish tasting metallic and bitter. Dishes that are tempered with oil in which just turmeric and chili pepper have been sputtered are pretty much inedible for me.

Dill
Dill is weird. Sometimes I love it. Other times, it tastes like chewing on aluminum foil. It works best in small amounts. Fresh dill doesn't work--ever. Too strong, too metallic.

Randomness

While transferring all my pictures from beat up shoeboxes to nice aluminum storage boxes, I came across a few old pics I wanted to upload. I don't have a scanner, so I just took quick snapshots with my digital camera.

Ducky. Duchess, our Sheltie. She was the sweetest little airhead ever. She came from the local animal shelter.

Eighth Grade volleyball pic. Yes, I played volleyball for a few years.

By my sophomore year, I'd switched to cross country. You can't quite tell, but I was wearing three or four shoelaces/ribbons per shoe, different colors braided together.