Yay! Cupcakes!

I've decided to feature cupcakes, instead of full-sized cakes on the blog for a while. Why? Well, why not?!? Ok, that may just be the painkillers talking, but it seems like a decently solid idea.

The definite upside to maiming myself is that I get to ride those ridiculous motorized carts through the grocery store. To my amazement and delight, they even make the "truck-backing-up" beep while you are going backward. I can totally see why people order "Rascals", and then never bother to walk again. These things are amazing! Plus, they seem to wield some sort of unholy power over others. People who would never otherwise move for me scurry around the aisles to avoid me when I am on the cart. Also, it's a great way to make sure that my friends do not want to be seen anywhere near me. All-in-all, it's a brilliant machine.

Well, it's no grocery store power-scooter, but here's today's cake...or, cupcake, rather.

In Other News...

...I've managed to give myself a "grade 2 ankle strain", meaning that I've torn some of my muscle tissue. I'd love to claim that I did this via some spectacular display of stunningly limited athletic prowess, or that the injury is resultant from a terrifying [insert vicious animal] attack, but, alas, I just fell. I didn't even fall for any particularly good reason- it was rainy, and I slipped. Now, I'm off my feet and out of the kitchen.

On Tuesday, my boyfriend came over, and when he showed up, he was wearing his "Award Winning Panda Sandwich" t-shirt. Here's a little exposition about this t-shirt, internet:

Rob and I both really like to use StumbleUpon. The other week, we were "stumbling", when we came across the "Random Nonsense Generator" (http://pages.prodigy.net/jschla/random.htm). All this site does is give you sentences like, "The demonic puppeteer graciously heralded the arrival of the squishy bowl of blood pudding." when you press a button. It's delightful. Anyway, we were given, "The boyishly cute mind reader defiantly sprinkled pixie dust on the award-winning panda sandwich." Having decided that "award winning panda sandwich" had to be the best combination of words in the English language, I set out to make t-shirts. Really, it was the only logical thing to do. I honestly never thought that Rob would ever wear said t-shirt, but I was thrilled that he did. Sadly, I took the Sharpie promise of indelibility a little too seriously, and washed the t-shirt. Post-laundry cycle, it's the AWWEFSD PAERGD t-shirt, with a [now inexplicable] panda on a bun.

To commemorate the loss of this great work of art, today's cake is a panda cupcake. R.I.P., "Award Winning Panda Sandwich" t-shirt...