Overclocked

 Hi!

My name is Cynthia. Or Cynth.

and I

am still trying...

to finish Sekiro.

 But that's neither here nor there. It'll happen when it happens. I'm just upset, because a ton of people kept talking about Lady Butterfly, and I had no clue where she was. And I'd been everywhere. Mostly guided by the very annoying fact that I couldn't get past Drunkard, so I left and went further into the castle. Regretted that.

ANYWAY.

Earlier this month was Chicken's birdday! And since he has everything he ever needs, what better gift than to surprise the living shit out of him?!

 This whole thing was an intricately orchestrated event. I had to organize with his friend to get him out of the house for the whole morning. But... he never leaves the house. Unless he's hungry, and that's usually in the evenings.

But it worked out. And earlier in the week I went and ordered his waifu cake and decorations to stealth into the condo with while they were out.

 Marbled mocha and hazelnut cake mmpfff

So, while they were out, his closest colleagues and friends started trickling in. They all pitched in to help with decorating. Everyone was so awesome and brought food and drinks. And sake. Someone even brought steaks to prepare. He went into the kitchen and took over while the rest of us turned the 1st floor into a proper af 8 year old's birthday party. Some would even argue 3 year old, but there was booze, so.

The whole time, I was communicating with his friend for updates. Would've been cooler with radios, but sadly it would've given away my position. As they arrived and parked, we all took positions... by not the door. He walks in.

We probably shouted Happy Birthday at him.

So. Here's something about Chicken. He's like.... he'll kinda lag if there's a lot of emotion thrown at him, and his process time, while very quick to register, is not as quick to react. HIS FACE.

He just stood there for maybe 2-3 seconds, his eyes huge as I charged him with a stupid birthday necklace and a tiara courtesy of our friend, and watched him emotionally overclock internally. We broke him. With love.

 Thankfully, the pizza had also arrived moments before they did. Phew!

 

Someone also brought tons of unicorn stuff. Like a unicorn pinata, unicorn straws, plates, and matching unicorn birthday hats. It was genius.

 he's a maiko in training.

 In addition to the steaks and pizza, we also had a bbq lol. SO MUCH FOOD

Everyone wanted to pitch in. It was awesome. The love was definitely felt that day!

Funny. We started singing happy birthday to him, and my mom calls RIGHT IN THAT MOMENT. I hold the phone up to his ear, and she tells him happy birthday as well. Crazy, but also really just... :)

 

 He kept his waifu all to himself.

Um, so since there was a pinata, we needed to solve this. Because it had been stuffed with candy lmao, and ... there are rules. yanno? Once it's stuffed, especially with candy, to completely leave it would be... blasphemy. 

So they tied it to a pole, and Chicken went and grabbed his 5 year employee sword.

 RIP.

While I don't think this needs to be said, I'll just throw it out there. We weren't being reckless with the sword, and took precautions to make sure everyone was safe and out of risk's way.

Okay um. So, there were like.... 3 different kinds of hot sauces. One was a ghost pepper one, one was some Sichuan madness, and another one... I forget what. Most of us tried them individually on slices of pizza. They were serious sauces lol. So.... FOR FUNSIES...

I took all 3 and mixed them in a shot glass with a little bit of water- you know, just in case it's too hot. The water. totally helps. yeah..

And then they put it on a spinner thing... and surprise, birthday boy got to shoot it.

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 we supported him by also taking shots so he wouldn't die alone.

it wasn't as unpleasant as I anticipated, but it also sucked lol.

"DEV!"

 If we don't feed him, he starts barking

 All hail Chun D

he regretted wearing shorts

but if we're not blessing his glorious thighs, can we really call ourselves supportive friends? I think not.

 weapons. weapons everywhere.

Here's some fan service:

 Are you

Horde or Alliance?

Everyone just... started trying to pop balloons with their legs. And NO ONE could do it lolol, all except for one person. Not Chun D. it's harder than it looks!

 Ultimately, the turnout was great. Everyone who made it was awesome and I appreciated everything they contributed to make it all happen. He was extremely happy being around loved ones, and that's all I could ask for. Also to Yangster, thank you so much man for coming out. I know it's been a while, and it was great that this gave you guys an opportunity to reunite.

 BITCH

 FACE

Channeling my inner Tomie.

 While in Germany during our layover, I found a Hitmonlee, and like... Hitmonlee is hot. He has no face, just eyes. But not just crappy human eyes, they're like, mysterious kind of. And so I took a screenshot of it and posted it somewhere saying I thought Hitmonlee was hot lmao.

And apparently, that post was never forgotten.

We took the miata out to meet with Chicken's sister for Taiwanese birthday noms that week. It was such a nice day!

is gurd

Aaaannd. Because I like durian so much, one of Chicken's friends from work gave him this durian cracker to give to me. I appreciate both the thoughtfulness, and goofy bro code application because I see him every day lol. Still, I REALLY LIKE IT :D

durian is great. they don't call it king of fruits for nothing. just saying.

it can kill you.

Anywho. It's night market season. And con season. God there are so many cons in SoCal. It's a little overkill. I'm not sure if AX is in the itinerary for this year. It's become so ridiculous and massive that it's just not appealing to me. Small cons are actually more fun imo. we'll see. I LIKE going to cons. Just... it's gotten a little insane. At least AX has.



OH. SO. IF YOU'RE NEAR IRVINE....

Or if you aren't, but are nearish, or just... aren't. You know... if you've read my stuff for a while.. every time the night market comes around, I scream about how awesome Seoul Street is and how much I love them?! WELL..

They were able to finally open up their own little shop in Irvine. And I'm just... still in disbelief. PROBABLY gonna go tomorrow after work, just because... I can. They had their grand opening last Tuesday, and I went to visit them with a few other people after work. 

I'm SO proud of them! There's a reason why they're always brought up, and it's simply because the stuff they have is delicious. Everyone who's had it (because I nagged them into it) is just dumbstruck. I think there was one person who wasn't fond of it, but he just tried a side dish lol. 

 Went out on a date ^_^
watched Detective Pikachu. It was cute! Gengar's teeth are unfortunate, but it's fine because I had sweet potato french fries in my tummy.

 Rant incoming!

There aren't enough spoopy manga. I need ghost and horror shit. I   N E E E E E D  it. There was this one that looks cute called Yokai Rental Shop. But it's not spoopy. Just cute. As most tend to be. Honestly, idk why I like ghosts so much. They just fascinate me.

 For some reason, often times people correlate gore to horror. And ... we can't be that lazy, guys. Gore is off-putting or whatever, but it's kind of like the fart joke in the comedy umbrella. Gore isn't nuanced, it's just.... gore. So when people classify Parasyte, Corpse Party, HS of the dead, or Berserk as horror... like.. would you kindly? show me where it is? the horror? because all I see is gore.

It's also why I don't classify zombie movies as horror. It just... Isn't. If I'm not stressed out over the story after a cheap jump scare, it's not horror. 

But we can all agree to disagree. That's probably why I feel like horror in terms of manga and anime is severely lacking. My classification is so niche. Like, it requires mental stimulation and not just shocking visuals. 

ELFEN LIED IS NOT HORROR 

 Soooo. I just wanna be the Poe Collector dude in Ocarina of Time. He just hangs out in his room and only leaves to find ghosts. Who also sells and buys them from people. That's.. me. I wanna be him. WHERE DO I APPLY 

I'm not kidding. A few years ago, I cosplayed a Poe and met someone at the same convention who went as the Poe Collector. We didn't leave each others side the rest of the con, and we fucking killed it.

 and then people tried to catch me D:

Maybe I should revamp that cosplay. Can probably make a better mask too lol, it's probably destroyed somewhere... lost.

Lost. Like the time I invest into Sekiro