Oh, the shame

When I was in college, I always lived either on or near the campus, mostly because it was safest if you stayed within the "student zone". The "student zone" was the section of LA that lays within the Hoover-Vermont-Adams-Exposition block, an area where you are almost guaranteed to have nothing but fellow USC students as neighbors. It being a college campus, there were of course tons and tons of fast food restaurants nearby, most of which were conveniently open 24 hours a day.

(As an aside, I just realized that I totally forgot to put on deodorant this morning. I have no idea how I managed to do that, but I did. I suppose it's a good thing I am a remarkably unstinky person, so this does not really affect me all that much. ANYWAY.)

My roommate and I used to ride our bikes to Del Taco at 11pm for chicken quesadillas to get us through our all nighters, and any time we went to McDonald's she would insist on quizzing the cashier as to the freshness of the fries (seriously, the girl once made them make fresh ones for her because she didn't think the ones she got were fresh enough). But the place we went to most was (of course, because it was cheap) Taco Bell.

Man, we ate more cheap tacos than any human really should. I suppose that this is true of msot college students, being the broke and hungry population that they are. God knows I graduated swearing that I had eaten enough Taco Bell to last me a lifetime.

And yet.....

I still eat Taco Bell. Not only do I eat Taco Bell, I eat it on a regular basis. I have no idea why I love Taco Bell, especially considering that dude, most Taco Bells in San Diego are within a block of a real honest-to-God taco shop, but I do. I love it. You know how some people are addicted to McDonald's fries and have to eat them a few times a week? That's how I am about Taco Bell. After both 3-Day Walks, i demanded Taco Bell tacos, a lot of them. Even at the peak of my Weight Watching, we were eating Taco Bell because hello, they have healthy stuff too! And it has the same crack-like addictive power as their regular stuff!

You don't have to tell me I have a problem. I know I totally do. I mean, it's gotten to the point where I'm pretty sure that the lunch time staff at the Taco Bell near my job recognizes me. I'ts completely white trash but oh well. I'm a Taco Bell Junkie.

Please feel free to share your embarrassing addictions. It'll make me feel better about myself.