Random Ramblings Redux

Last Friday's random ramblings seemed to go over well, so I thought we'd try that again. Here's some random crap I've been thinking about that I'd like to share with you. Don't you feel lucky?

-- Tomorrow is the official start of our "wedding season"! I'm going to my first bridal shower of the year. We only have 2 weddings to attend this summer, but both are destination weddings (at least they are for us). One in Chicago in June and one in Virginia/DC in August. And I'm really excited for both! I heart weddings. And what's even more exciting is that I get to play photographer tomorrow and take pictures for the bride! Yay! The formal debut of my new camera. Wish me luck.

-- I'm in the process of making myself a "craft room." I know, I know, another project! I'm crazy! But at the end of this project, I'll have a designated place to do other projects, so it all works out. Hint: zebra stripes may be involved.

-- I know I said I wasn't going to watch Parenthood because Lauren Graham could never be anyone but Lorelei to me, but I did. And I love it. Really really love it. Ryan even likes it. Although it totally freaks us out every single week about whether or not we could ever be parents of a teenager. But the grandparents have the coolest backyard/patio on the planet.

-- Have you discovered Hyperbole and a Half? I am so loving this blog. This post on fish/fishing/fish tacos made me laugh so hard I choked.

-- I'm attempting to make a carrot cake for Easter. I want it to look like this:

But it won't. That's so fancy! So I'm just hoping that it'll be edible and taste good.

-- My friend Alice told me she's making a lamb cake for Easter. At first this conjured up pictures in my mind of a cake made of lamb...like chunks of meat (i.e. mince meat pie style). And that was just gross. But then she said it was a cake mold and the lamb was decorated with coconut as the fleece with jelly bean eyes. Although way less disgusting than the chunks of lamb cake, this sounds bizarre (and kinda creepy) to me. She said it's a family tradition to make one every Easter. I was intrigued. So I did some internet research on lamb cakes and apparently they're quite popular. However, the pictures on the internet are seriously disturbing. *WARNING: PROCEED WITH CAUTION*

This lamb is laying in some lettuce. Not too bad.  Although I'm not a big fan of salad with my cake.

This lamb has been gagged with an apple or something. Does this remind anyone else of a specific scene in Pulp Fiction? So messed up.

This one looks like it has some kind of degenerate skin condition. Or it's really really old. And that it might cry any minute. It makes me sad.

Um...I don't even know.  Is it wearing the mask from Scream?

This one looks more like a poodle than a lamb.

A sheepdog. Nike?

Monsieur Lamb. Bonjour! Oui!

Shhh. This one's sleeping. I think it's been gassed.

I think this one might have already had it's throat slit.

AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Evil devil lambs. I'm seriously going to have nightmares from this shit.

And who eats the head part of the lamb?

I'm sorry Alice, but I'm just creeped out. I'm demanding that you send me pictures of your lamb cake asap. Please tell me your cake looks more like this...

...or this...

...or this...

Oh, see now that's cute.