Boy do I have a tale to tell! My workplace offers its employees a complimentary birthday congratulation with a side of tax write off cupcakes. So being as May is my birth month, I wondered when I was going to get that minimal effort token! That's when my boss pulls up an email he got weeks back to notify me that the scheduled event was already taking place and that he was supposed to have notified me 30 minutes ago to report to the office. Being kinda miffed I decided to play up the hijinks when I arrived to the meet up location. Upon entering the room I see a group of people sitting at a table with a pizza. I then proceeded to make a flamboyant entrance saying I was sorry to be fashionably late. Looking around the room I smiled and said, "How thoughtful to bring me a pizza. I was expecting cupcakes, but free food is nothing worth fighting over." It was then that the entire room fell silent. All I got were surprised stares and angry glares. Not knowing what the problem was I commented, "What's up? Y'all act like I just shot someone!" That of course was a poor choice of words as apparently my little company birthday excursion was cancelled due to the recent workplace shooting that occurred the day before. No one had notified my boss or myself that the office was being used to counsel the employees who were suffering PTSD over witnessing that event. You couldn't have made the situation play out anymore comedically. However I do love the challenge so I leaned into the embarrassment and made a few morbid jokes for what amusement I could get away with before being kicked out of the office with a stern reprimanding, haha!

It's my birthday and I can DEVIL MAY CRY if I want to! https://youtu.be/mIsnIt1p978?si=xwEnVIbedyrrCZVT

I went for the first time about 7 months ago on a 3week trip. I liked it so much I'm already trying to save up again for it.

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https://youtube.com/shorts/BqMkkg0b1qs?si=qlNGA0RysVZRJTo3 What have they done to the alphabet song.

Not a flashy dish, but I think I nailed this white rice. Git the texture nice and fluffy. Added butter, olive oil, sea salt, finely diced cauliflower to blend in. And just a bit of sausage. Could have used more meat, but I was a bit short on sausage at the moment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGt6JTB0368 The 3.5 Nikke anni event was one of the best. In the story the co-writer of the song was a big fan of Anis, but she committed suicide when the music group was constantly being shit on by haters and the record company before making it big. When they chose this song as their first big concert song it was soo good.