Here’s a little list of recent things I’ve discovered that I like:

Short movie “Fard”, via Jawbone.tv – cool animation, good story. And for those of you who only like color and whiz-bang action, it’s still worth the watch:

My new roller skates:

Okay, I admit, I haven’t been anywhere other than around the living room in them, but I love them already anyway. I haven’t roller skated since I was in middle school, so if the next time you hear from me I have two broken legs and two sprained wrists, you can say, “Matthew told you so.” I got roller blades after college and have enjoyed them, but after putting these babies on realize how big and clunky and HEAVY they are. I’m very excited to try them out, but damn if it hasn’t been raining for the past two days. Too bad the closest roller derby club is in Baltimore…

Okay, totally lame product placement, but PopChips are DEELICIOUS. And they pretend to be healthy, too. I’m not sure I believe this, but I will happily eat them till the cows come home anyway. I will also spread the love here, though I’ll stop short of writing them fan letters (going against the family grain – Dad has a pretty regular correspondence with the folks at Stoneyfield Farms about how great he thinks their yogurt is, but how they could do X or Y better). I just looked at their website, though, and am distressed to hear that I have anything in common with Kim Kardashian.

Glycerin soap from Le Petit Éléphant:

I mean, look how pretty it is. Not to mention how good it smells (chamomile honey). The real problem is that it looks like candy to me, which makes me want to eat it every time I see it. Trust me, it doesn’t taste nearly as good as it looks or smells (though, in its defense, it actually doesn’t taste as bad as it could).

And finally, Restorative Yoga with Helén. Holy crap, if you want to feel completely refreshed in just one hour without taking any drugs or eating any ice cream, this is it. Matthew and I returned from a two-day jaunt to Virginia to visit with family and came back harried and exhausted (I don’t blame the family, I blame the shenanigans involved in the return, which included finding the car that mom and dad left in short-term parking at the airport for us to get since they’ve left for Alaska, which we actually found, huzzah!) only to remember that we had signed up for yoga at 7:30 (we got back at 7:22). We threw the kids into the pie safe and ran over and evidently looked so bad that Helén took one look at us and said “Restorative!”. We did it and it was awesome. I felt like I could move mountains after it was over. Or, at least, walk home, which I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to do on our way over there.

So there you have it. Things I’ve been fond of lately.