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amelhe
22 / F / straight / Single
Austin, Texas
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The Last Avocado
I've never posted in a journal before, so bear with me...
Every once in a while, I find myself pondering an incident that happened a few years ago:
Anecdote
Driving home after dropping a friend off at her place, I found myself waiting at a red light. A van of boys pulled up next to me and asked me if I knew where they could buy an avocado. I wasn't sure, and said so. Then they asked me if I knew where a gas station was. I told them I thought there was one up ahead. Then the light turned green. As they drove off, one of them yelled out the window: "goodbye forever!" I was left sitting there, both amused and bemused. Why were they so desperate for an avocado?
Musings on Anecdote (note: this is where you stop reading if you just wanted a funny story)
To this day, I wonder sometimes if they found an avocado, and if so, what they did with it. Make guacamole? Grow a baby one with the pit? What most sticks in my memory however, is "goodbye forever." The concept is especially distressing to me, and I can't put my finger exactly on why.
It has happened a few times now, that I've had to say goodbye forever, if not in words, then in deeds. Usually the other party seems remarkably composed and imperturbed about it, whereas I am inwardly in turmoil. The funny thing though, is that if I did have a means of contacting subsequent "goodbye forever" acquaintances, I probably wouldn't. Yet knowing that I could would put me at ease. Sometimes the briefest of interactions-- at a hostel, at a bar, in a store, on a plane-- can make for the most lasting impressions. Perhaps it is the very fact that they are so short that makes them stick in my mind so long: an air of mystery will always remain.
Opinions?
What do you guys think? Do you ever have trouble saying goodbye forever, or are you happy to let certain interactions remain perfect pearls in your memory, and if so, do you think on these encounters from time to time, or never again?
I would also be curious to hear any of your stories, as well as any ideas on uses for an avocado.
She was in the shampoo aisle talking to her bf on a cell. She asked
him which shampoo she should buy, reading each title to him over
the phone. He seemed annoyed. After a long pause she said "What do
you mean, why am I calling?" Another long pause. "Ok." She put away
the cell phone and stood silently for a moment and just looked at
the rows upon rows of shampoos. - I don't know why I remember this
scene so clearly, but I do.
Jeigh commented on
Usually these stories end with: "and the day after, I read in the
newspaper that that night was the anniversary of a tragic
accident..." Are you sure they were not the spirits of young people
who died and could not reach a better place until they found their
avocado ? Did you touch one of them ?
Constant commented on
In my youth I did the whole working in a supermarket bit and I
remember a woman asking me if we had cottage cheese. Now usually we
had it but since it wasn't the biggest market we were out until our
delievery. When I had a look and told her "No sorry" she looked
mortified and said "That's just great" and walked off. Now I like
cheese but not getting it isn't the end of the world. It really
made me wonder why getting cottage cheese was so important to her.
SchrodingersBat commented on
Best scenario for short movies 2009.
A former user commented on
@ Jeigh: Haha! Thanks for the anecdote-- loved it. I can almost
sympathize with the girl though; the array and choice of shampoos
these days can be so overwhelming! haha.
amelhe commented on
whoops, I am still learning the ways of these comments boxes... @
Constant: no, I can't be sure of anything. I wasn't able to touch
any of them to see if they were real. I think you may be on to
something! @Schrodingersbat: haha! again, love the anecdote. Maybe
she was making a special recipe for guests that required cottage
cheese and simply nothing else would do. Or, she needed it for her
cottage cheese collection? Art project? I don't know, I guess I'm
just as stumped as you are. @Flowersoup: Glad you think so. Do I
get to see the end-result?
amelhe commented on
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