Friday, July 21, 2006

Project CHP :: An Epic Quest

(I hope that wrist of yours is RSI-proof. This is gonna be a loooong scroll down)


So, this bro of mine came over once and said: "Yo check this bro, I got sum'n here that we gotta try, it's teh shizzle!" He showed me a kind of treasure map, where a prize of unimaginable size was waiting for those who could master the secrets and instructions on the map. And thus we started an epic quest for action, adventure.. And pie.


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PROJECT CARAMEL.HAZELNUT.PIE

"Two Guys Making a Cake??"

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Yes, the treasure map was cunningly disguised as a cookbook. But we knew the true worth of the CaramelHazelnutPie, and embarked on an adventure of the grandest magnitude. Having broken the code language used in the book, our first destination was shopping centre Paddepoel, a metropolis of the best markets, blacksmiths, armories and other enterprises that would provide us with the necessary material. Reading carefully, we not only set out to find the necessary ingredients, but also the tools with which we would be able to craft the ingredients into valuable minerals. It was not easy. Only a few of the many stores offered what we needed, and their price was high. The quest for one of the most fundamental ingredients, the Caramel, was the hardest to get, but our perseverence led us to victory!

With all of the gear complete, we began the much more difficult part of our quest: constructing the treasure. It was very delicate work.




















A mistake could spell the end of our long voyage. It was very dangerous as well. Some ingredients wouldn't go willingly, so we had to use a lot of force to get the ingredients to co-operate.
















The old aged Butter did not resist long. Despite all our precautions, even the most prepared heroes will sometimes face unexpected turn of events. At a certain point we had to use grinded Hazelnuts. We only had stubborn whole Hazelnuts, and without a trusty grinder















to help us out, we had to improvise a little.
















The Hazelnuts swiftly fell to our mighty swings.
















Unfortunately, this quest would also require some sacrifices. In order for our treasure to be completed, we would have to use some innocent Caramels as well.















Our hearts pained to sacrifice them, but our nothing would stop us from reaching our goal.















Nothing.
















Some hearts showed less pain than others...





















The Hazelnuts were to be used in the Ritual Of Baking The Cake. This process took quite a while, leaving us with a shorter timeframe than expected (other people were expected to show up later on, and this damn thing just had to be finished so we could show off our treasure. Once the cake part was ready, it was time to join it with the Caramels and also the whipped cream that Oene gave life to.






























The whipped cream however, became rebellious and refused to be used in our scheme. Obviously Oene needs some more skills in parenting before we try to give life to anything else again.















But then again, Oene is not the kind of guy to stop at a little setback.
















Now that the Caramal Hazelnut Pie was complete, we also needed to do a little something to really make it shine. And what better thing to bling bling your pie than with sugar coated Hazelnuts?






























Following the rule of the Sport of Posing, we also had to make some shots with us looking cooool. Well, at least one of us..


<- "What the pie was supposed to look like" ".........................." V
























After our victorious voyage, our adventure ended with presenting our beeaaautiful pie to our guests and dividing the spoils among us. Oene kept a weapon at hand, in case the pie would try to escape unexpectedly.















(note the people on the side also trying to do the art of posing, too.. PUT DOWN THE CELL PHONES AND ENJOY THE CAKE!)

With this adventure coming to an end, all that was left was to erase any traces of our treasure, in case someone would try and steal the formula from us.















My bro was suddenly nowhere in sight anymore...


~fin

Sunday, July 09, 2006

I Need An Agenda..

It's kinda strange how the summer holidays bring more need for an agenda then during the school season.. If this keeps up, I won't even have time to go on holiday anymore! But then again, if the vacation is filled with parties and other fun things, it's not so bad.. I will have more need for an agenda though, with all the busy stuff going on.

I don't even have time for my usual organizing of things. I usually keep an eye out for the storage of text messages on my phone, I hate it when there are so many messages on it.. At a certain point, you don't remember what they were about and you have to read all of them over again. Plus it's a pain in the ass to delete them, since I can only delete them one at a time. I usually keep around 10 at most, but when I checked my phone moments ago, there were 58! I didn't even know my phone could hold that many.. It also sort of indicates how busy it's been these last couple of weeks and also how much I actually use SMS (when I see the number of texts on other people's bills I always roll my eyes, but I guess it really does stack up fast).

Well, aside from all the partying and texting, I didn't really have anything important to say.. Just letting people out there know I'm still here. And Germany won the consolation match of the WC! I don't know why, but I'm kinda happy for them ^^

I've also been busy with deleting the abundant text messages, I started at the same time when writing this post (and I can tell you, I take a loooong time to write things). Still only halfway....