10 things it took me a long time to like

If there's one thing age has taught me, it's that just because you don't like something at first doesn't mean you won't ever like it. That thought struck me as I was sitting at Panera Bread enjoying a You-Pick-2 of black bean soup and a half a Mediterranean Vegetable sandwich (a MedVeg to us regulars).

I was sopping up the last of the soup with the final bits of the sandwich and thought to myself how it was that it took me so long to figure out that I like black bean soup. So I started thinking about things that I like now that I never used to like. You know, that whole "try, try again" thing.

1. Black bean soup
2. Tomatoes
3. Spongebob Squarepants
4. Beach destinations
5. Oatmeal
6. Beer (Ok, so I drank a lot of it in college, but I didn't really like it.)
7. Going to confession
8. Cream cheese
9. Folding laundry
10. Fruity desserts

Some things, however, never change, including my dislike of

1. Cottage cheese
2. Tomato juice
3. Watching golf on TV (Sorry NaNa)
4. Hogan's Heroes
5. Ugly animation
6. Copious amounts of bass (as in sound, not fish)
7. Loud belches
8. Coca-Cola
9. Roller coasters
10. Putting laundry away

What is on your "now I like it" list? How about your "never liked it, never will" list?