Babies, Brock, and Birthdays ... Oh My!

It was my first baby shower so I had only the advice of others on what to expect while my friend is expecting! Awful pun and kitschy party games aside, I had an amazing time and I now demand that all of my friends get pregnant so that I may attend more showers. This particular party was for my best friend Shannon, her boyfriend Jason, and their soon-to-be-born baby Vada. (Congratulations again, you guys!) Having never attended one of these deals before I had no idea what was considered a "suitable" gift, but I do have my own little midget, giving me first-hand knowledge on what a new mommy truly needs - diapers, and lots of them. After a ton of internet research, a mass of videos, and more design changes than I'd care to admit, I ended up with my finished product. Honestly, it took about three hours to assemble completely (and I had help rolling up all of the diapers), and it was as easy as ... pie! (Betcha thought I was gonna say "cake", huh?) In case anyone out there wants to order one themselves, or is simply curious, I'll list what this cake includes:

"Shannon Sweetheart" 3-Tier Diaper Cake

• 84cnt. Size 2 Huggies Little Snugglers Premium Diapers
• 2 bibs (one with Dinosaurs, one with Cupcake)
  
• 4 "Rabbit" washcloths
  
• 3 pairs of "Rosette" socks
• 2 pink spoons
• 6 bath-time water squirters
• 6 glitter hair-ties
• 1 bottle baby powder
• 1 bottle baby wash
• 1 colorful rattle
• 1 cuddly "Piggy" blanket
  
• 1 soft, pink plush

And the cake comes decorated with a gorgeous pink and yellow wire ribbon featuring a print with tiny feet and pacifiers. I'm not entirely sure on the price range right now, but eBay sellers are making a GRIP on these cakes; I won't tell you my final cost because there will be a mark-up for profit, of course, but I've done the math on similar cakes and some are selling at 100-150% profit PER cake. So yeah, {plug} Are you or is someone you know planning a baby shower? Don't know what to get or need a zazzy centerpiece to add that certain "zazz" to your party? Candace's Cakes© can help with made-to-order Diaper Cakes for ALL themes, including but not limited to: Jungle, Sweet Treats, Dinosaurs, Cars, Disney™ characters, Emily Strange™, and The Nightmare Before Christmas™! {/plug}




Now that my shameless plugging in finished we can move effortlessly toward the next topic of da blurg: The fucking Venture Brothers. If you, yeah you, if you have never seen this show GO DO IT NOW. I am making my way back through season three, having recently acquired the unrated DVD version, and it requires constant discipline to contain my gigglefits and joygasms whilst watching. This may be old news to some, but SRSLY, I'm waging this epic battle in my head now - Venture Brothers very well may take the lead as "Best Adult Swim Show To Date" ... we shall see. It's absolutely worth first place, no doubt, with it's superb voice acting, idiotically creative characters, complex underlying themes, extremely beautiful digital animation, wittier-than-fuck dialog, and countless homages to so much shit ranging from passing fads to obscure comic book references ... but I won't let Home Movies down from first place just yet. (Betcha thought I was gonna say Metalocalypse, didn't ya?) Oh yeah, I am a FREAK for Home Movies - hands down the most underrated show on AS. Don't worry, though, my fellow brutalists, the boys of Dethklok take the bronze with pride.



Before I end this post, because it's getting way too fucking long, I have a few more things to talk about. The first being this website that my little brother got me to join called Last.fm . So far it's pretty fun - basically it's a social network for people who are in to music. It compares your music to your friends, syncs with a whole bunch of music players to grab your library, tally charts and graphs, and silly stuff like that. I enjoy it, and I think others with an interest in music and an analytical mindset will as well.

In the interest of being more outwardly social, and not for gifts, I'm pointing out that my birthday is on Friday. We will be seeing "Taking Woodstock" sometime Friday evening in Newport News, and we'll have ice cream cake if anyone wants to be a big kid with me. Everyone is welcome to stop by, and if Newport News is too far of a drive, I believe we've changed the Virginia Beach thing to Saturday, but I'll have to double check.

Well, that's all I feel like typing this morning, it's still quite early and I've only had one thermos of coffee thus far! As I part for more caffeine I will leave you with my favorite poem (J.D. started in on Facebook):

Death Be Not Proud

Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not soe,
For, those, whom thou think'st, thou dost overthrow,
Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill mee.
From rest and sleepe, which but thy pictures bee,
Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee doe goe,
Rest of their bones, and soules deliverie.
Thou art slave to Fate, Chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poyson, warre, and sicknesse dwell,
And poppie, or charmes can make us sleepe as well,
And better then thy stroake; why swell'st thou then?
One short sleepe past, wee wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.

John Donne (1572-1631)