fads

among my more constant pursuits (researching, job hunting, eating, church things, hanging out, staring at friend, reading, grocery shopping, drinking coffee), a few fads also slip in, sure to exit as quickly as they came.

#1: nachos

photo credit: hard rock nachos

i really love nachos. i think they're so amazing. there's chips, there's cheese, and sometimes, if you're lucky and paid extra, there's meat. friend went away a few weekends ago and as a wild girl's night in i got some nachos to go and watched "the nanny diaries" on my computer. even when the movie stopped working 2/3 of the way through, it was still a great night.

#2: terrariums

photo credit: annwood

speaking of awesome, i deeply covet a cool terrarium like the one pictured above. the donkey is super cute. the oh so promising avocado seed that i "planted" a few weeks ago had a rough end and so in its place i've been nursing a foolproof bamboo plant instead, but i'm not that invested in it; after all, it was already grown when i got it. i was at a hipster coffee shop the other day and they had the most amazing display of terrariums just like this one, and since then i've been on a hunt to find the right little figurines to start my own. so far i'm thinking that a tiny dinosaur would be perfect.

#3: 24Lift

I'm sure i've mentioned this before, but i have like, the shortest attention span in the world when it comes to classes at the gym. i think it's a hearty combo of 1) me being totally uncoordinated and not being able to follow the routine, resulting instead in me awkwardly bobbing my head and feet and 2) i need lots and lots of change in routine to keep me interested, but i need to be able to do the exercise in the first place. this class at 24hr has been amazing and i actually have gone three weeks in a row, which is unprecedented. we do barbell work, free weights, and the step thing. i left the first class all sore and woke up the next morning unable to sit and had to roll out of bed. i like the class so much i've contemplated telling the instructor but i always get too shy and instead scurry out when the class is over.

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