Things everyone really likes that I pretend to like, or can't face the fact that I just don't really like

It all started with my old friend Michael's obsession with Criss Angel and his terrible, terrible "magic." He would freak whenever Criss Angel's show "Mindfreak" came on television, and all my friends would get together and watch it with him. I'm not sure if they liked it themselves, or they just wanted to be with Michael, but it was not good. It wasn't even bad good. It was just bad bad, boring, retarded. But, I pretended to enjoy it so I could eat his chips/salsa/brownie bites/tofuti. We all pretend to like things we don't for various reasons, and sometimes we also have a hard time really admitting to ourselves that we just don't like them. I kept telling myself I liked olives, but low and behold I love them now. However, there are those things that I haven't convinced myself of loving, and those things that I know I don't like but there isn't a valid reason not to like them so I keep on thinking, "Well, I might like you this time, so it's worth another shot." Here is a list of things that I just plain don't really like (not to be confused with things that I hate, but more on that later):

1. Arthchoke hearts (i think artichokes in their full form are so beautiful, but i don't really think i like to eat them very much)
2. Cupcakes- (unless they are JUST right. for me, it's like, why have a cupcake when I can have a cookie?)
3. Tofuti (i know I mentioned i ate Michael's tofuti above, but it was only a part of a delicious, delicious brownie sundae, one that had to be completely free of milk because he is allergic to it. on second thought, i think i really liked tofuti at first, but toatlly O.D.ed on it for said reason above, and so now I get it thinking I will still love it and but don't)
4. Vella cafe tofu scramble (sorry Erica)
5. Hiking
6. Boating (i fear the open sea)


This list is short, but I'm getting bored so I'll add more later. Well, I feel better. Don't you? If you feel like it, leave me a comment with some things that you continue to subject yourself to even though you know you don't like them. It's time to air out that dirty laundry and come to terms with it. Oh, that's another thing- messes. You all might think I loooove messes, but I don't. Make that no. 7.