tonight i entered a "gross foods" eating contest. if you'd known me as a child you'd be picking your jaw off the floor right now. i was THE picky eater of the universe. i think there were about ten foods i'd actually put in my mouth. that lasted until my mid to late twenties. and now, at 33, i still refuse to so much as touch mayonnaise and pickles, and i wouldn't even touch a hamburger to my lips if i hadn't eaten in three weeks.

but tonight, money was at stake... as was one of those once... read more