Leif and I made homemade pizza this weekend, we made two wheat crust pizzas. One was a large pepperoni and the other was a medium thick crust, pepperoni, onion, green pepper and mushroom. It was yum.

I saw Annie's mac n cheese at Albertson's and I kinda wanted to try it, but my big splurge was Kasha Go Lean crunch. Annie's was close to $3/box. I ended up getting Kraft mac and cheese instead (20 boxes/$10)-- I didn't get 20 boxes.

Also they had very small red and yellow peppers 3/$1 so I got a bunch of those.

REALLY late to the party, and I skipped so if it's been said, I apologize. (Bad bad bad migraine on Friday, hangover from it Saturday. Damn thing woke me out of a dead sleep at 3a, Friday monrning. I was sobbing.) I digress.

phrases that you remember from the old articles, or things that remind you of Jilli?

I remember her article on the rules of clubgoing. Maybe those printed on a t-shirt? No lit cigarettes on the dance floor, no drinks in glass containers. Be aware of flailing limbs lest you whap someone in the face.

With macaroni? Or just by itself? (Cause that sounds kinda good, too.)

Maybe take the Velveeta/onions/ground beef mix, combine it with a package of southern style hashbrowns, a can of Rotello, and some good hot sauce.

Now I want mac and cheese.

white bread (I rolled it up into dense balls--ick!),

Hah! I did that too.

One of them likes broccoli stems now (though not the 'trees').

I would only eat the trees, and only raw.

When I was in the worst my veggie-hating phase, my mom would put a bowl of frozen peas on the table for me in lieu of whatever actual vegetable she'd cooked. Right out of the bag, not thawed. Probably my only vegetable nourishment to speak of for years.

Maybe take the Velveeta/onions/ground beef mix, combine it with a package of southern style hashbrowns,

Oh, man. But what's Rotello?

Yesterday I showed Mom the Gothic Charm School light switch covers and she loved them! She also got a kick out of the honor student bumper sticker.

I read recently that your tastebuds change thoughout childhood so bitter things really DO taste more bitter, etc. It explains kids so often hating broccoli and adults losing much of the taste for candy.

I definitely believe this (though I still like candy, FWIW, especially those little ones in the strawberry wrappers that are hard on the outside and squishy in the middle). A lot of the foods I most loathed as a child are favorites now--e.g. chili. Though I think the key to my learning to like vegetables was getting to eat them in preparations other than those traditional to the Deep South (cook 'em to mush, add bacon fat).

phrases that you remember from the old articles, or things that remind you of Jilli?

I think a shirt (lunchbox, too, maybe?) that said "Gothic Charm School: Because friends don't let friends dress like the Crow" would be fantastic.

Rotello is a brand of diced tomatoes with chiles, and maybe some other seasonings (I can't remember). It comes in various heat levels.