yeah same here, very odd.

Oh, no I got the full name thing. Like, it said "Liv, Jennika Watkins has become a member.." blah blah blah..and since I was just talking to her I fell for it for five minutes or so

Yeah it makes me wonder if it's targeted. Like if someone is going through friends lists or something. :/

Ahhh yes :) Sucks, doesnt it? The good news is...there ARE alternatives, and it doesnt affect daily life thaaat much. The bad news is, there's a ton of misinformation, eating out just got a lot harder, and almost nobody will at first understand what you mean by 'wheat'... lol, do you have any questions on the food, what's good, what sucks, that sort of thing? :3

Hmm, well, as for resturaunts, you are looking at a loooot of mexican- it is inherantly more gluten free when authentic. Qdoba's is great, I like the nachos they have there a lot- it's more or less a burrito but instead of a flour tortilla they put in a ton of corn chips and tasty queso. Just about any mexican place that has any authenticity, you can trust their 'hard' tacos and tacostadas and the corn chips. If the corn chips look woo whitish, or if they dont have that corn aftertaste, stop eating. Naked (tortilla-less) burritos are good too, but I feel you get more for your money out of nachos.

Quiznos salads may be your best friend. Tell them no flatbread and ask them to send the meat and cheese through the oven. My personal favorite is the Black and Blue. If you make it a meal, avoid the sun chips :( sadness..

In sports bars and american food joints, if you cant get a satisfactory salad, they usually can do buffalo wings -breading. the Adkins diet actually did a lot to help celiac folk, many places wont question you if you ask for something minus the bread or breading.

Avoid soy sauces. :( La Choy is a safe brand, most chinese joints use Kikkomen though which does contain wheat. Seitan is another name for wheat gluten, which they fry like tofu. In general if it's sort of brown, dont eat it. Moo Goo Gai Pan is safe, and to be honest I try not to think too hard on the fried rice and grin and bear the consequences :( no noodles, Hot and Sour Soup is iffy, egg drop is okay usually, as are clear broths in general. The whole range of barbecued stuff is usually a-ok, and unless the resturaunt is more american than chinese, it's very possible they use rice flour to bread their breaded items. Ask!! The waiter can usually tell you or ask the chef, and rice is actually a better breading medium than flour.

Itallian...you're kind of screwed. Basic meat dishes, salad -croutons, stick to oil and vinegar because a lot of places use wheat gluten to stabilize their dressings T.T Also gravies and white sauces are very dangerous. Avoid itallian whenever you can, it's an excercise in sadness :(

I've heard Outback has a gluten free menu...but I cant verify this.

Oh! One more thing- breads. There are a lot of varieties of breads for celiac's...DONT BUY "FOOD FOR LIFE"! it's like a damn brick! A lot of gluten free breads require toasting to be really edible, but that brand just sucks. Unfortunatley it's also very, very common. Glutino and the whole foods house brands are what you want- and they even make nummy scones and fresh cookies too!

Last but certainly not least...Pizza. At whole foods they sell a few brands of pizza and pizza crust. The crusts are kinda meh, but, there's one brand that pretty much only puts out a three cheese and a spinach pizza that is awesome. It's better than some wheat pizzas I've eated. George's is okay too, it's more expensive thought and not quite as good. If you arent vegan, double check gluten free foods to make sure the dairy in them is real, as nice as it is that there are gluten free options for vegans....it just doesn't help the taste or consistency for omnivores and vegetarians :P

lol, hope that helps you a bit, if you come up with any questions or need any recipies just ask!

No problem! And like I said, any questions or whatnot, please do ask :)