Thursday, March 3, 2011

What the heck is a bobo??

I was reading through OffBeatHome today (love it!) and one of the writers described themselves as a "bobo" with a link to the wiki explanation. In reading it I realized that I too often fit into that category, though--I hope--with less spending. The combination of bourgeois and bohemian fits me more than I would like. I would prefer to be 100% bohemian but am sadly far too materialistic for that. It was interesting to consider whether the combination is a source of disparity and cognitive dissonance, or if believing that you could only be one or the other was actually a false dichotomy.
Hmmmm.
After watching FoodMatters (not nearly as good as Food Inc. but far more challenging) I forced myself to down glass after glass of water today (the bobo in me thinks I should install a filtration device on the kitchen sink). I realized that I definitely snack when I'm just thirsty, and also that I hardly ever drink anything anymore.
I'm really wanting to buy a blender to make green smoothies in but the one all the veg's recommend is $400!!! The bobo in me says it is worth the price to be healthy and knows that I will probably never make a spinach-pineapple shake without an expensive appliance guilting me into it.
Speaking of food, I've done fairly well avoiding bad-for-me foods today, at least compared to normal:

Breakfast (at 7pm) was a handful of spelt preztels with roasted red pepper hummus to tide me over until my baked sweet potato (topped with a little butter, a littler pepper and a lot of cinnamon) was ready. A few hours later came a snack of fruit salad (pineapple, kiwi, blood orange, navel orange, pink lady apples, danjou pears, pink grapefruit and bananas) and organic granola. Now I am settling in to continue my 24 marathon with a small bowl of turkey chili and a tortilla.

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