Gum

OUCH OH MY GOD I just bit myself on the poor tender inside of my mouth. *chhhggeo* It made a nice meaty bite noise too. Oooh and I just felt the hole open up with a little bit of blood rushing out. Delish. Stupid gum.

I chew gum religiously when I'm studying or doing something stationary. When one piece runs out of flavor, I spit it out and pop in another piece. I eat a piece of gum after like everything I eat, except for fruit. Well actually, if I eat fruit I usually eat something else afterwards cause fruit is usually kinda tangy, and then I eat gum after that. XD I really should just brush my teeth. I have taken naps with gum in my mouth (Usually this is when I've just started a new piece of gum and then realize I'm sleepy; I don't want to waste a flavorful piece!).

The annoying thing about gum is, you can't eat while you're chewing (dude a few times I've been sucking on a tootsie roll while eating a nice piece of gum and it kinda coagulates a forms a long disgusting stringy piece of goop that you have to scrape out of your mouth!! don't try this at home kids)...wait ok duh but you also can't really drink anything, not even water, because then the gum gets grumpy and stops being a bouncy happy lil chicle.

I've had several different phases of gum. First, I liked that stuff that had a blue sparkly-ish package, the traditional silver Wrigley's wrapper, and the gum was white with little blue crystals. It was really weird because sometimes a stray blue crystal would get separated from the gum and I would have to spit it out. Ew. It was pretty cheap though, comparatively. During this time, I spent a lot of spare time separating the silver part of my gum wrappers from the paper and sticking it on stuff. I have this wooden chair with almost an entire leg covered with this stuff. Awesomee!

At one point, I experimented with some Dentyne but I don't really like the hard capsules. They're too small and it's a hassle to separate them if you want to carry them around individually.

Thennn I went through a cinnamon Trident phase. This is weird because I used to really hate cinnamon gum (ie Big Red - do they still make that?). I think I started on it cause I read an article that said cinnamon gum kills germs better than other flavors.

BUT THEN Sam Lee got me hooked on the "Tropical Twist" (read: orange) Trident flavor in like Sophomore year, but it took me like a whole year to admit it cause I don't think I started getting orange until Junior year. So good! This is a representation of how I don't get tired of stuff, cause we are now going on our 4 year anniversary. I might possibly be on my third pack this week.

YEP!!! The long history of me and gum.