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Within the past year (12 months, not 2011), I have been trying new things. Not as a big effort to make myself try new things, it's been individual choices. I rode my first roller coaster, I rollerskated, and today I ate traditional Japanese food.

Wow.

Today was a lot more like the roller coaster than the rollerskating, and it was even more novel. In my mind I am afraid of roller coasters, but I don't think I really am. They're just very strange to me and I don't know what to expect. In rollerskating, I knew what to do I just sucked at it and I kept going, that was my effort. I was so beat up and I kept trying. When I went to Elitch's with my church, I rode a roller coaster. I was really nervous and it was very strange. I had no idea if I liked it. It was just weird. Today, I went to Domo, it has a magical atmosphere. I ordered something with fried rice, beef, and a sweet teriyaki sauce. I received that plate along with three little plates of food, and a small bowl of soup. I tried it all, and I ate substantial amounts. It was so strange. There was a weird feeling in my mouth because I literally had tasted nothing even remotely like that stuff before. On a couple of the small plates there was a vague hint of wasabi, and the soup tasted smoky. But even my fried rice tasted nothing like what I have had in the past. It was a lot like the roller coaster because despite Domo being ranked as the 5^th best restaurant in America, I have no idea if I liked it. It felt strange in my mouth because it tasted nothing like what I normally eat, or even rarely eat for that matter. There was not much sauce, and no soy sauce. At the bottom of the menu it says you can request a fork, but you will not get soy sauce under any circumstances because your food is perfect when it arrives at your table. I guess I was expecting it to taste a lot more like Chinese food, but it's not, and besides I'm sure Chinese food tastes a lot different than the few things I am very comfortable eating. This is one of the strangest meals I have ever had, my brain couldn't process it. And my body feels weird, because I'm not hungry and I'm not full and I don't have a stomachache or heartburn, which may be more to do with my eating habits than the food.

There was something on my plate that scared me. It was a bunch of things and some white thing and some red thing, I don't know, it looked terrifying. But it was good. Even after taking two good bites I was afraid of it.

Trying new things is good, although I have one caveat. The other day I was at a buffet and I grabbed a mussel. I couldn't eat it, it looked too creepy. My caveat is I am not going to eat a mussel, ever. But this summer I want to try roller coasters again....If I have someone to ride with me.