What’s cooler than a zombie cake? – One baked in a convenience store, duh
Meet Zin.
Zin is stranger than I am. In case you don’t believe me, take another look at that picture and notice is head gear. :P
And then keep reading. Because this is Zin’s cake, made on a whim, and no, not in his own kitchen.
Awesome zombie cake, no? When I asked what the teeth were made out of because I couldn’t quite tell, I got more pure awesome details about how the cake came to be.
Take a look for yourself:
Not censoring his name because every time I ask if I can do something, he tells me to go for it. We’ll treat his name the same way.
Zincathion: Teeth and brains are Good & Plenty, teeth are just cut in half, the eyes are marshmellows sliced up, with a dark recees pieces glued on with frosting.
Then my attempt at hair was screwed up badly by the lack of twizzlers pull & peels, so I used basic Twizzlers
I was slightly saddened by that, but considering two hours ago I didn’t even know I was going to bake a cake tonight, I think it’s pretty good.
Jessi: You had those things on hand already? Or just the store didn’t have the pull and peels when you went to find them?
Zincathion: Store didn’t have any.
Jessi: boo
Zincathion: I actually baked it in a convinyence store…
Jessi: you did?
Zincathion: Yep. I can give you pics of that if you want to.
Jessi: how did you manage that? and if you have them, sure!
Zincathion: With my awesomeness.
Jessi: haha
Zincathion: I am really really good friends with everyone that works here.
Jessi: they have an….oven? at the store? or like one of those toaster oven/microwave things that gas stations tend to have?
Zincathion: It’s actually a old
Restaurant Namebread oven.Jessi: nice
Zincathion: Old
Restaurant Namewhere equipment just sits. Under the NH stickers is aRestaurant Namelogo. Had to just hide it to use it.(After some more picture exchange….)
Jessi: ok, that last picture is just epic
^ Yeah, I’m still giddy that he shared the pictures with me. And that he actually baked and decorated the cake in a convenience store, because really, can you get any quirkier than that?
Quirky bunny chocolate chip cookies – Why it’s awesome my sister knows about QC
I really, really wasn’t sure about telling my family about blogging. It’s not that I’ve ever posted anything awful or that I would regret, of course.
In fact, my “about me” section on QJ has always included a line about how if I wouldn’t want my mother seeing it, I wouldn’t post it….even though she didn’t know about either site until recently. It’s just a little different when people you actually know are reading what you write.
But then there’s things like the entire BlogHer experience that never would’ve happened had I not told them. And specifically with my sister, there never would’ve been the tons of pictures we took posing with bunnies (or as bunnies, ha). 
And more importantly, she wouldn’t have made Quirky bunny cookies and sent me the pictures. Oh yeah, definite perks to them knowing, hehe.
Pure awesomeness, right??
Here’s some more pictures she sent me of the process and specific bunnies…
Yum! <3
Laziest BlogHer Recap Ever – My, what big ears you have!
The better to hear you with, my dear readers. <3
And therefore, I heard your whining.
I heard all fussing about how there are soooo many BlogHer11 recaps and you’re sick of hearing about it.
I heard all the procrastinating from the others saying “I’ve been home for a week and still haven’t posted about it!”
And the only reason this post is happening at all is because I most definitely heard your whining of “When are you going to post your recap??”
But I don’t waaaannnnaaaa. It’s a food blog. I post about food. And while there were a few quirky food items at BlogHer, those were far from the highlights. I’ve been slowly trying to upload pictures but there are so, so many, and most of the things I *would* post here, are going to get their own special posts.
So here’s your recap. Collage style. Not even edited….you see those pictures that need rotated? Oh yeah, tilt your head, pfft.
Really, I *will* get to sharing more of what I experienced. If we’re not Facebook friends, make it so…..tags there are showing pictures of my time there faster than I am. And if you only want food stuff, just like here.
Short answers to some questions I got about it from BlogHer non-attendees (and well, attendees, too, actually, but they already got the answers).
Did you wear ears the whole time you were there?? Yup, sure did. Most fun ever. <3
Weren’t you wearing different colored ears earlier? Yep, probably.
How many ears do you have?? Um, I took 4 pairs with me. Blue, yellow, white, pink (which are white with pink middles really)
Why are you wearing ears? Why not? It’s fun! (And the longer answer being that it goes with the rest of my bunny display pictures and people wouldn’t recognize me if I weren’t wearing them…duh. :P )
*insert another question about ears….and then maybe another* People loved the ears. I love the ears. I knew they would draw some attention….wearing bunny ears to a professional conference and all….but I really had no idea I would have my picture taken *quite* that much. And not like the posed ones up top. There were times where random BlogHer photographers would snap a picture of me before I could even smile…or sit down…or turn to face them…or even notice them. The flash often preceded the photographer, yikes, lol.
In all seriousness (or not?), it was so much fun and I met so many great people. I’ve kept up with BlogHer stuff the last several years as everyone took off to the various conferences, so I knew what it was all about….but at the same time, as prepared as I thought I would be from that, nothing could describe what I actually ended up experiencing. It was incredible….and trying to say anything beyond that would still be a flat understatement.
So many, many thanks to the people who made it possible in the first place (even if that falls on deaf ears….I cannot express how appreciative I am)….and to all the people I met at the conference who made it a spectacular time (especially Sarah from nerdyapplebottom who became an instant friend and balcony escape buddy)….and to my friends who came out before and made the pre-conference days special in San Diego….and to my mom and sister who flew across the country to meet me after where we continued the whirlwind of activities at Coronado, Seaport, and the huge SD zoo in under 48 hours.
And yes, I’m wearing ears while I write this.
I wish they had speakers. Ooo, or maybe spy cameras so I could record people’s excitement, confusion, and giggles when they do double takes at my ears. Remind me of that if I go to BlogHer next year….
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