Thursday - April 22

Adam was an early bird this morning, as he came ramming his little beak into the window around 8 a.m. We didn't even get a picture of him because our coworker with the iPhone/camera wasn't even in yet. We thought he just came to greet us for Earth Day, but he had bigger news for us... much bigger.

Crazy Cake Lady brought not just one, but two desserts today:

Chocolate Espresso Truffle Cake

This cake actually answered a pending question for us. Remember Secret Squirrel's droppings? Well, those little balls on top of the cake look quite similar, so we can nearly guarantee they weren't droppings, but in fact chocolate coffee beans. Thank god.

We try not to eat any of CCL's food, except brownies. Brownies are my weakness and my only no-guilt-allowed work dessert.

This crumbly, gooey, cream-cheesy, chocolatey, nutty explosion was probably the best thing she has ever made:

Good and Evil Brownies

Someone said the "Good" part was the cream cheese in the middle. I don't know if they meant good as in healthy, or good as in tastes the best, but they're probably wrong on both accounts.

You're probably wondering, my god, how obese are these people; eating cakes everyday?!

Well, we wouldn't call Crazy Cake Lady obese, maybe a little chub chub, and now we know why:

Omm Yung Doe

CCL's secret workout is Omm Yung Doe. We think people were bitching to her about her making them fat, so she brought in a flyer to join her Omm Yung Doe class. I was going to summarize what Omm Yung Doe is, but we find this Wikipedia explanation much more informative and hilarious than I could ever explain:

Omm Yung Doe is a line of martial arts schools founded by John C. Kim. Oom Yung Doe schools teach the "Grandmaster 'Iron' Kim style" of martial arts. In addition to teaching physical movements and self-defense, the training also incorporates meditation, philosophy, and the use of herbal formulas and equipment. Training in the school is rigorous, and students describe substantial benefits including self-defense skills, mental and physical health, and improvements in conditions such as asthma and diabetes. Critics, however, accuse the school's instructors of unethical behavior, charging large fees, and pressuring students to commit to long-term contracts. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, several TV and newspaper reports publicized these accusations, and described the school as a "cult." Furthermore, Kim and eleven of the organization's instructors were found guilty in 1995 of conspiracy to commit tax fraud and some (including Kim) were incarcerated in federal prison.

Oh, god. CCL is going to make us fat then coerce us into joining a cult to lose weight. (jk, you people who like Omm Yung Doe) OK, I'm kinda scared...

One of the traditions at our work is to bring your own food on your birthday. Today was Weaselly Weasel Harry's Birthday!

He asked us what we wanted him to bring for his birthday and we said "you better not bring a cake!" So,

Fruit Tray

He brought us fruit! Yay! and we didn't even bring it to the lunchroom to share. Yeah, we're rude. But he brought them cake instead so we didn't have to.

Weasel's Chocolate Birthday Cake

"The people downstairs get really mad and jittery if you don't bring in a cake for your birthday," Weasel said. "Because they have to stay on their sugar high."

(When we say "the people downstairs" it sounds like we work in a creepy place with a dungeon, but we don't really. We just work upstairs, with big windows and a beautiful view, and they work downstairs, on the main floor and the basement, where it smells bad. It might as well be a dungeon.)

In our office we have different traditions than the people downstairs. We think it's backwards to bring your own treats on your birthday, so we have to go to the cupcake store and buy Harry a birthday cupcake.

Trophy Cupcakes

Possibly the best cupcakes in the entire world

Neapolitan Cupcake

Harry's Birthday Cupcake

Isn't it so cute :D

Of course, we couldn't just get one cupcake at possibly the best cupcake store in the entire world.

(from top left)

Peanut Butter Chocolate, Triple Chocolate, Chocolate Vanilla, Vanilla Choclate

Mini Red Velvet Cupcake

I know you're jealous right now. You should be.

And then you shouldn't be, because we probably gained 10 pounds today.

We're not even done.

Carrot Cake

No one knows who or why this was here. But we ate it.

And last but not least, because we've distracted you so much you forgot it was Pizza Day:

Evil Pizza Man

It's a fuzzy picture because we want to protect his identity, not because we're bad at taking pictures.

UGH. Work makes us fat.

-Weight-gaining worker