The Lesson of the Dragon Fruit

"Can we PLEASE get this? PLEASE."

"Um, what is it?"

"I don't know. But LOOK AT IT."

Usually it's me the one doing the please-can-we-get-this deal and it's usually always something chocolate. But this time it was Jason and he wanted this big, weird, spikey fruit. Later discovered to be a 'dragon fruit'. I'm convinced that his unhealthy addiction to watching Chopped is the reason..

So, we got the dragon fruit. Jason woke up the next morning with a purpose. His purpose was dragon fruit.

"GET YOUR CAMERA!"

"Why..?"

"To document the dragon fruit!!"

Now what? Google. Google tells us to cut it down the middle.. which exposes..

COOLEST FRUIT EVER. You have to admit, it's kinda pretty with the pink and the "polka-dots" and what not. The black things are seeds (not bugs.. ew bad visual) and the whole thing kinda has the texture of kiwi.

It scoops out nice and easy...

Now we.. eat it?

That's better. Jason hands me a piece, "Okay.. we need to each take a bite AT THE SAME TIME." Which we do. And taste nothing.

"It tastes kinda like a flavorless cucumber." (me)

"Tastes like poop." (Jason)

I think I had high expectations because my favorite snow cone flavor is called Dragon Blood and it's pink. In my head I sort of expected there to a correlation there. Google teaches us that no one actually eats plain dragon fruit by itself. So...

strawberry + mango + banana 

greek yogurt + lime zest

So apparently, dragon fruit is just one of life's wonders that looks pretty cool but has no real flavor. I think there is a deep, meaningful lesson in that somewhere. About how stuff isn't always as cool as it seems. But adding a bunch of other good stuff made that un-cool thing good again. Next time you're looking for an object lesson/meaningful metaphor/deep wisdom, I give you permission to use the lesson of the dragon fruit.

Weddings

Like I talked about in THIS post, I took a basic graphic design class online this semester. I put much more effort into each project than was actually required, just for my own personal satisfaction (if only that same motivation carried into math?). Quite a few of them turned into wedding related projects because I love it. I am way more interested in weddings and gowns and decor than I was when we were planning our own wedding (unfortunately producing a few regrets and "wish I had"s about our big day). Does that happen to anyone else?

This is just a fun little magazine spread for a project I did - the teacher's suggested topic was "The History of Popcorn" - no thanks. I love being able to use my photography AND doodles AND graphic design skills all in one.


Being in California now is great, but the number one thing that absolutely breaks my heart is missing Utah's biggest wedding season. So many opportunities missed and the same will happen next summer as well. Sooo.. anyone getting married in December?

We Made It

Moving. Is. The. WORST. Especially when your car is borderline compact size and you've got two people's things and making two trips is NOT an option (our last move was about 1 mile down the road.. so yeah we took 2+ trips on that one). By some miracle *most* of the important stuff squeezed in and the car did not explode, like I started to imagine happening.

^^^Other than a tiny gap for the rearview mirror view, it was PACKED to the brim. ^^^And all this commenced on our one year anniversary - happy us! ^^^Duck leads the way.

Thoughts on California...

• As a white, blonde 22-year-old college student - I am SO the minority.
• Should have learned Spanish.
• "La Pizza Loca" - even PIZZA is Mexican.
• The beach is seriously 7 minutes down the road.
• And Target directly across from our front door.
• ALL I WANNA DO IS EAT STRAWBERRIES.