ode to the nerds

This pretty much sums me up 

grumpy nerd in the jungle

 but actually really happy because I am hiking one of my favorite hikes in Hong Kong wearing a tank top from Laos and shorts from my alum UC Davis

-all things I am pretty enthusiastic about

Other things I am "nerdy" about (aka get way to excited over)

-travel

-books

-good food

-mexican food in particular (missing this!) 

-DIM SUM

-writing

-cooking

-researching trips

-local art that reminds me of places I've been 

-foreign films

-chinese literature

-China in general
-taking pictures 

-wet markets

-hong kong's dai pai dongs

-hiking

-teasets

-any kind of outdoor market
-fresh mozzarella
-autumn leaves (really missing this in HK) 

-bamboo

-tress in general. I really, really love trees 

-fantasy fiction

-dystopian fiction

-when people who didn't like to read discover the book that makes them a reader
-ice cream
-waterfalls
-spicy sichuan food 
-dressing in costume

-libraries 
-dancing badly with lots of hair flipping

-board games

-dailygoodthing 

What gets your inner nerd going?