Avocado & the Origin of Symmetry
I went out to the local produce market just down the street from my house today. You've probably heard that San Francisco is expensive, but if you are willing to live on an all vegetable diet, you could eat in this city for about $10 a week or LESS. Here's what I bought today:
1 bottle of balsamic vinegar
1 loaf of french bread
1 large zucchini
1 large bunch of spinach
2 small heads of broccoli
2 small white squash
The total bill came out to only $5.68. And let me tell you, the vinegar and bread alone were $3.50, which means the vegetables only cost me $2.18. I will no longer buy produce at the grocery store because the market down the street from my house is so cheap.
While I was out this morning, I also discovered the Origin of Symmetry. I think that symmetry did not exist before the avocado. Have you ever looked at an avocado? Now tell me that the symmetry of an avodcado is not just impressive. Granted, it has symmetry only along the vertical axis, but if you have the right avocado, you can draw that line anywhere on the vertical axis around the 360 degrees of the avodcado and you will still have symmetry. Doesn't this just boggle your mind?
Actually, my discovery of the Origin of Symmetry and my enjoyment of avocados have nothing to do with each other, but still the above observation is interesting to consider. In all honesty, Origin of Symmetry is an album by a band called Muse, which is a band I only discovered about a year ago when I bought another album of theirs called Absolution. I absolutely love that album. Anyhow, on Thursday I got my wrap gift from RENT - a wonderful iPod Shuffle with "RENT film crew" screen printed on the front of the device. I love it - I've been wearing it all over the place this weekend. When I loaded up my music onto the iPod, I loaded on another Muse album called Origin of Symmetry, which I had actually never heard before. While shopping today, some of the songs from that album happened to play, and I loved them. There are some extremely moving songs on the album. I mean, the songs tend to be pretty loud (not soothing music), but some of the instrumentation is just really impressive. You should check it out.
I did also enjoy an avocado today, though in a slightly modified form. Until about a month or two ago, I hated avocado. (This reminds me of a funny story that is completely unrelated, so I won't tell it now.) But avocado is really an "in" thing right now, so virtually everything in California comes with avodado now. Seriously - avocado burgers, avocado billboards, avocado pizza, even avocado wedding dresses. There is even a new cable station that launched June 1 called the Avocado Network ("All Avocados All the Time"). The programming on that station is genius. Anyway, being surrounded by such an adoration of the avocado, I was tempted to give them another chance - and was pleasantly surprised to discover that I enjoyed them. My enjoyment of avocados, though, had never been enough to persuade me to try what basically amounts to an avocado smoothie at my local bubble tea shop - until today. That's right... today I enjoyed an Avocado Tapioca. I have to be honest - it was absolutely delicious. As shocking as it may sound, it tasted exceptional. I recommend you all give it a try sometime.
Well, I should get back to my laundry so that I can have that all done before I head to church tonight. One of our priests is leaving St. Dominic's this week, which is sad; however, I am happy because he is going to my sister's parish in Utah! What a coincidence, huh? After mass there is a wine and cheese reception for him, which I am looking forward to, and then I will be cooking dinner here at my house for at least myself and my friend Mike, though who knows who else might show up.
Until next time...