Halloween and Cupcakes

My plan was great. It was going to be awesome.
Bring awesomely delicious halloween-themed cupcakes to a party while being considerate to that one attending sensitive vegan, and maybe even score some additional orders from her! I imagined her awesome surprised look and then followed to indulge in the sugary goodness...

On Friday night, her facebook message noted she was making cupcakes for the party. The first ohsh- moment. Wanting to avoid having her feel upset on the night of the party, I decided to drop her an sms telling her I was bringing the same. A call came a minute later. From her.

It was an interrogation.

You're bringing cupcakes?
Why didn't you tell me?
Why are you bringing cupcakes?
How are they vegan?
How much are you bringing?

Questions and the answers that followed were filled with awkward silences.

At the end of all of it, I offered to only bring my giant box of regular sizes since she had minis. I knew it wasn't going to end happy either way at this rate, but there was no reason why I should not bring mine because she made some too. I purposely made this order and reserved it for the sake of the party.

Saturday afternoon, I get a call from someone I least expect - her again. She lets me know there's no vegetables at the party and asks if I can get some. Sure, why not but why me? Ooh, that's why...

Are you still bringing the cupcakes?

Yes.. do you not want me to?

Yes.

YES? How selfish and immature can one get? She followed to ask me what flavours I had.. and I felt bad listing it since I knew it was nothing close to what she'd be bringing (cough). I don't want to admit it either but I can bet mine will look and taste better... which is the only reason why I'd be hesitant on bringing it, but the whole reason of bringing it to begin with was for HER SAKE (and because damn our cupcakes are good - vegan/organic or not.).

WHOLE PLAN WENT DOWN THE SHIT HOLE FUCK.

Now she gets to glare at me all night.
Snap at me if I try and distribute my cupcakes.
Maybe punch them when we're not looking.
All while ruining the night's mood.

Here's hoping all my premonitions are wrong.

To hell and back...

School inevitably means frequent visits to hell.
The weekend before was one of those bad visits... Saturday and Sunday was dedicated to my soon-to-be 20+ page major research report proposal which was fortunately only a few pages in comparison. However, our marketing instructor is a stickler for proper writing, reference (APA for some reason instead of MLA) and critique.

The dread continued into Monday (luckily it was a statue holiday) and Tuesday after class when I stayed at school until closing for my final major project research proposal. I had a few hours of sleep that night before I had to wake up to get my report printed and binded before class started at 8.

Lack of sleep hooo!
Well at least the visit to hell was nicely balanced by a visit from ToFu that following weekend... and apparently he's going to be a permanent resident! :>

So I drove through the Second Narrows for the first time - the tunnel is pretty cool. North Van isn't as bad as I thought, though that one lane traffic thing they're have during construction is not very smart. The weather was relatively shat so we decided to hang around locally. I also got to see MINI for the second time in my life and the three of us roamed Daiso, had Posh and e-spot arcaded. During, we met our destined bff - Ben Posh. Oh, Ben~

The next day was visit all the stores you think you used to know but apparently does not exist anymore. It was a rather depressing. My further research has revealed me to me that indeed the import games and figure stores are dying and everything has probably moved to the internet.

Hm it seems Sty was sick when I met her. I didn't touch her but... my throat hurts now. Hm, I worry. I thought I'm H1N1 immune already. :(

Here's something to finish this off, the 20min rushedly edited video for shits and giggles.. and for marks:

FF Distant Worlds

The long awaited FF Distant Worlds concert happened in Vancouver yesterday night. I met up with el gang (Sty, Steph, Saboo, Gar, Nina, Michael) at 5:30-6 and grabbed dinner first at Earl's. We contemplated whether to get drunk before the concert so we'd feel no embarrassment screaming "Sephiroooooooooth~~" but nah, maybe at another concert. I swear we were probably half serious. The low balls were on special too.

We made our way to the Orpheum 7:30ish, met up with some other people (Val, Clara) and headed in. So about "merch"... there was this lol!book that went for $30 and it consisted of about 10 coloured pages with bits of Final Fantasy CG and artwork you'd find on the internets. I ended up getting the CD which I will probably never listen to if I didn't mention it now, so I will follow to open it and listen to it in the car later... perhaps.

The concert playlist was nothing spectacular as there was nothing out of the expected. Do I sound a bit disappointed? I am, a bit. It felt like there was too much 8 and 7, and not enough love for the other numbers. For example, where was the appreciation for 1, 2 and 3? I expected that medley to be played but it didn't happen. I suppose that got replaced by Ronfaure which isn't bad actually but the video didn't have enough rabbits, orcs and sheep to make it the Ronfaure I know (maybe I'm just asking for too much). Speaking of videos, whoever that put together the videos is a douche and did a crap job at it.

The tracks that gave me the most goosebumps and feeling were: 1. FFXI - Distant Worlds (so many CoP memories) 2. FFVII - Intro (Bombing Mission) 3. FFIX - Vamo alla Flameco. The opera scene from FFVI was pretty awesome too. The One Winged Angel encore was also expected too. There was no video footage of Sephiroth throughout the concert so it was pretty obvious. Speaking of that song, a girl who sat two seats to my left literally spazzed/flipped out when One Winged Angel started. And speaking of fangirls, the one in front of me was definitely one too. She squee'd. A lot.

During intermission we stuffed ourselves with chocolate covered marshmallows that was left from that mornings bake sale at school. I don't think food was allowed.

Uematsu Nobuo wasn't there as expected. I forgive him because he's busy with FFXIV. Hurry up and finish it already, Uematsu.

After the concert, we waited around for the place to clear a bit before we went out and then we followed to debate whether to get drinks, go to Timmy Ho's or McDix. McDix somehow won. What does TP mean on a McDonalds cup lid? Probably isn't Tactical Points or Toilet Paper.

Arnie, the FF Distant World's traveling conductor, mentioned the Square-Enix concert he helped out at and so I looked it up. Symphonic Fantasies seems to have only done two concerts so far in Germany. I'll be keeping a close eye on this and hopefully they'll go world-wide if their demand is high. I have high hopes! I'd kill to meet Mitsuda Yasunori (and Shimomura Yoko).

Feels like winter, where did autumn go?

Project milestones crunch time! This week: Video Monday, Research and presentation Tuesday, Logo redesign Thursday. Next week: Research proposal Tuesday, some group project marketing plan Tuesday, Research and presentation Wednesday.


Red bean blowfish.


Fish heads, fish heads - eat them up - yum!
As you can see, this one was really ugly though.


Cupcakes were baked. A whole crap load.

Our grad fundraising progress seems to moving along slowly. Though there's been a lot of planning and not enough doing. Cupcakes on the other hand have been doing well since it started last year but it'd be nice if our grad year was known for something else rather than good cupcakes. C'mon we're graphic designers, not bakers.

So last Saturday: "Your daughter should get her car waxed [by that acquaintance who's willing to do it for cheap]," said mom. Later that morning, dad's interpretation: "Your mom says you need to wax your car." I ask about the acquaintance guy who would do it, in which he responds: "Do you know how expensive it is? Are you going to pay for it? I know how to do it so why do I need to get someone else to do it?!" Dad forever wins.

Thanks to my mom (as always), my Saturday was dedicated to waxing my car. I am in the white collar field for a reason, Dad.


Awesome signage.