extravagance?

first of all, randomly, i decided that taking precalc last year was the worst idea ever.  we went so ridiculously fast that i don't remember ANY of it.  like today i was reviewing stuff that i had supposedly already learned but i was like wtf we never did this.  stuff like complex numbers and derivatives and limits and shit.  gahhhh.  

also, today my dad and i went to this ridiculously amazing japanese grocery store.  ridiculously amazing because the prices were so obscenely high that it was hilarious.  the best thing that i saw was a $115 melon.  a single melon.  jesus christ.  and then there were less expensive melons that had "kinokuniya" (the name of the store...yes it's also a bookstore) written in gold on the melon.  oh, and by the way, these gold-emblazoned melons were the same type as the $115 ones.  except these only cost $40.  what's the difference?  the expensive ones had perfectly symmetrical, T-shaped stems attached.  $65 dollars for a friggin' stem.  great.

they were also selling strawberries - 15 very carefully arranged berries for $31 dollars.  no wonder japanese people have no money.  they're eating $2-a-berry strawberries.