I never fail to burn my tongue when eating out. (or eating at home)

When you're at a restaurant and the first appetizer comes and you can see the pillars of steam rising from it and it's probably way too hot but you're still so hungry, what do you do?

If you're me, you go ahead and eat it anyway. THE FOOD JUST LOOKS SO AMAZINGLY GOOD. And once you get that bite of pathetically small spring roll in your mouth, it hits you: it's really too hot. I would vividly describe what I look like when this happens to me, but it seems that of all the times eating out, I can't say I've seen someone experience this (or at least experience it visibly). But I'm guessing it basically looks like my mouth has been paralyzed with my jaw open and I can't close it but I try to keep the delicious but painful food from falling out with my hands pathetically flapping in front of my face. So if you ever get the chance to eat out with me (not that you would ever want to), watch for this don't judge me...please.

So later on, that same day, I sat down to dinner with a bowl of piping hot stir-fried noodles with egg. Usually, what with rice and such, I don't burn myself but noodles are just so inviting and edible. If you have experience, you know what I mean. And so I start shoveling yummy food into my mouth and get burned again.

(Based on my amazingly artistic and accurate depiction, you could deduce that upon eating yummy and hot food, I either look like an idiot or I become a member of a different race. Take your pick.)

(Also, it may look like I'm copying Hyperbole and a Half's Paint drawings, but she DID say it was okay if other people copied off her and did them too. Also hers are far superior. So.)

But then I start getting lonely....and I just realized I've been typing in the present tense. Is it annoying? Anyway I decide to get out the laptop and set it up in front of me on the table, but then I realize it's almost out of batteries so I have to plug it in. And as I put in the plug in the back somehow the laptop jerks a little and I hear the bowl slip off the table and onto the floor...

BUT...do I freak out? Surprisingly, the answer is no. I get a paper towel and clean all that deliciousness up calmly and sadly deposit it into the trash, like an adult. But really, imagine an adult in that situation, a.k.a. someone who has graduated college or is that age. Would they really do this calmly? Or would they say, "BALLS! I HAD TO SIT IN AN OFFICE ALL DAY AND THEN DEAL WITH MY SPOUSE AND COOK FOR THE KIDS AND FINALLY I GET SOME TIME ALONE AND NOW I HAVE TO CLEAN STUFF UP FROM THE FLOOR!!!!"

I guess I'll find out fairly soon enough. But for now, it was annoying but I got more food and did not burn myself this time. Though I do admit there is something satisfying about burning one's tongue in the process of eating. Eating is good.

I think I'll go write some more blog posts now. So many interesting things popped into my head today...which I thought only happened rarely or I might just notice them more due to this blahg-ness. Adios, fos.