Well, that was kind of a bust.

I went into the week, determined to enjoy Yoshi Day as a whole. I may be getting older, and this world may suck, but for all that is icky and bad, at the very end there is cake. Minutes before getting in the shower, though, my sister TXTs me saying she’d be coiming along with Robert as well, and part of me is just “oh shi–!” because my sister and mother together = DRAMA MONSTER POWERS, UNITE.

I was about to tell her that she might be wiser to sit this one out (Bro could always come snatch me later) but she’d already made up her mind, but in my optimism that this year’s Yoshi Day could not possibly be wrangled in boo, I did not.

After showering, I was being a little lazy because I didn’t think people would be coming over yet… but then the land ling rings with my sister’s number, and minutes after that, mother suddenly bails from the house without a word, and Evil Stepfather’s barking at me to stand by at the door to let Robert in. Good lord, dood, putting on my socks is not exactly trivial for a big person who cramps easly. Besides, Robert has a key, he can let himself in.

My sister, by the way, made this megacookie:

I may not have an Angry Birds-themed cake (it’s a generic chocolate cake with yellow frosting) but everything else is Angry Birds-related. XD

I’ll admit, it was… really awkward. Usually what happens is that mother dominates in the conversations and setting up entertainment and other things and I’m kinda pushed off into the corner (even when it’s my birthday) and this time it’s the equivalent of me being put on stage with no prep or support… mother’s taken off for destinations unknown and last-minute attempts to contact her result in “enjoy your day, I’d just be a drag,” (really, if you were serious about it, you’d have taken Evil Stepfather with you! >_>;) and I’m still competing with bulldogs as far a noise levels go.

Um… er… what do I do…? I mean… after 26+ years worth of Yoshi Days, I’d have figured this out by now…
A little bit of tech show and tell– my iPhone, for one thing. They ask if I would ever want an iPad, I say “Hell no, I have something better” and bring out Dinah and tell her story– when I bought her, it was either shell out for another Windows laptop just to make sure it has something better than failtastic Intel onboard without any guarantee it still wouldn’t otherwise suck, or put the same amount of money towards an Apple and know it has some semblance of a solid setup as far as hardware goes.
But then the conversation begins to veer in a direction I am not comfortable with Evil Stepfather being in earshot for, AND allergy medication that both siblings chugged before coming here (to protect against the kitties) is starting to wear off. I can’t just boot them without actually doing something… hum…

Actually, I think I wanted more of a scenery change just to take my mind off the anxiety coming from mother having taken off– by itelf, a bit of a jerky move but forgivable if it was meant to prevent drama, but it would have been nice if I had been told beforehand. So I suggested ending the night with an IHOP run– it’s close and yay chocolate chip pancakes and mozzarella sticks :D

Caveat: Robert’s car is awesome, but DEFINITELY NOT friendly to the big and tall. (Bren’s car and the Yoshi Car– especially the Yoshi Car– those two are way easier to board/disembark from if you’re big) It’s seriously a low-riding car and I cramp up so easily, so getting in and out is a nightmare– I keep bonking my head on the door and my glasses fall off, as does my hat. This is partially my fault, I really do need to get on walking about more, even if I’m stuck in this cluttered, barricaded house. Probably I should have asked for a walking stick and Dr. Scholls inserts for my moccassins. Ah…

So, that was Yoshi Day, and every time I’ve tried to write about it I’ve dozed off. Oh crap, I should probably go plug Dinah back in, that’s how tired I was.

Despite what mother did, part of me feels I should offer to “reboot” some aspect of Yoshi Day for her sake. I came home too full to eat any cake, so there’s one thing… I wonder if, even if we don’t actually go out, I could just lure her away from bulldogs for a little bit? I’m such a weirdo. After everything I put up with coming from her, part of me still wants something resembling a mother…

So some time back, I gave Domino’s another chance after a hella-long hiatus and decided that they hadn’t changed all that much from how I remember to justify that they had indeed overhauled themselves to become as awesome as their ad campaign claimed.

And it would have ended there, but then I happened upon their chicken parmesan sandwiches, and holy freaking crap those are redonkulously tasty, so much that I would forgive their otherwise “meh” pizza. I could just… only order the sandwiches but I still need a pizza fix too, so I’m trying to fine-tune their pizza into something I could actually look forward to eating. (As it stands, Costco and Papa Johns are the only ones that send me into a “DO WANT, GIVE, NOW” nom-fury at the mere thought. Especially Costco. I would give them all my pizza money forever if they had online ordering.)

Pretty much, my chief issue is with the sauce, and even there it largely depends on what crust type is used with it. (as far as toppings go, assume sausage and pepperoni, normal cheese) Hand-tossed with normal sauce is barely tolerable, so this time I tried Brooklyn w/ light sauce… which behaves like there’s no sauce at all (which is not bad but, you know, it’s okay to have SOME sauce!). Maybe next time… Brooklyn w/ normal sauce. Or I could go in a completely different direction and go Deep Dish, like I did for much of my childhood. :P

In a perfect world, I could loot the actual pizza from Costco (or Papa Johns if I had to have sausage + garlic dip), sides from Pizza Hut and chicken parmesan sandwiches from Domino’s every time I wanted this kind of feast. Doable, yes… practical in execution? Not really!

In other news: Holy crap, February’s almost over already? That means March… which means COUNTDOWN TO YOSHI DAY EPISODE 27. If we follow the rules of anime, this would mean this is the first episode of the second season. Hm…

~Yoshi Day Episode 26~
Funny Chocolate Hats
Quiet Thursday is quiet.
Ridiculous amounts of chocolate AND pizza (not just regular pizza, but also this freak hybrid of pizza and lasagna that is strangely nomtastic) and ThinkGeek loot! (Fail Whale, Achievement Unlocked: RROD and pi*z*z*a shirts + OMGHORNS)

Freak coincidence: my cake also involves horns. It’s Ice Age-themed. FTW!

Thanks to everyone who sent Yoshi Day well wishes and such. ;P
My brother made it a point to plaster a notice of Yoshi Day on the guild MOTD in teh WoWz. Much lulz ensued.

Finally, as promised… photographic evidence of me wearing the aforementioned funny hat (the horns) as well as the Fail Whale shirt for the amusement of the internets:

The horns don’t exactly hug the cap portion, but I’m pretty sure I can fix that with a couple of stitches on each side.
Nonetheless, it’s getting quite a few laughs. Kestine, on the other hand, thinks the horn tips are toy mice and keeps batting at them. XD

It dinged midnight of the 31st, and right away Semagic flashes the “dude, tomorrow is ayarane‘s birthday!” And surely I’ll be getting those automated forum messages (because some places I frequent are a day ahead). :P

Weather widget wavers between calling for rain or lightning on Thursday… Wrath of Tellah much?

Moar details re: House Ayarane end of Yoshi Day stuff:
- Cake: half-sheet, chocolate buttercream, will be ready on Thursday at 2pm
- …which also implies that my brother may be coming over instead of him kidnapping me for the day. I’ll have to bother him when I log into WoW later today and find out what’s happening >_>;
- ThinkGeek order is also supposed to arrive on Thursday. I WILL HAVE MY FUNNY HAT.
- How to Train Your Dragon… I must see this movie (because my late-night overlord Craig Ferguson is in it, for one thing >:D)

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On stuff not related to Yoshi Day…

Happy birthday to Maaya Sakamoto, the JP voice of Aura (.hack) and Lightning (FFXIII), to name a couple. Check that Wikipedia entry, particularly the listing of American movies that she’s worked on the Japanese dub for. XD (I want to watch Land Before Time in Japanese now….)

The weather widget predicts rain on Thursday. :O
Whether or not that will actually happen is anyone’s guess, given that it’s been quite windy the past few days. Still… o_o

It seems the theme of this year’s Yoshi Day is chocolate. Chocolate cake, chocolate pancakes, supposedly the best milk chocolate candy EVER… I already like this. Only way this gets better is if ThinkGeek starts selling chocolate soap. (What? They already sell caffeinated soap… and I think they even stock BACON-scented soap!)

Speaking of ThinkGeek…
If the timing is right, I’ll be wearing this funny hat on 4/1. That’s right… the ThinkGeek version of the Majestic Goat. Well, minus the ears, anyway.
You know who else does funny hats? :D

Semi-related: I may be seeing How to Train Your Dragon this week. If so, it’d probably be on mother’s side of Yoshi Day shenanigans.

Truthfully, though… the best part about 4/1 is that I will be, at least for a day, spared from that awful CACOPHONY OF WOOF and all the pointless yelling and such that goes with it. (Inversely, this also means I’ll be away from my big orange purrbot. Boo.)

And now I go play some more FFXIII. Wee~