Cupcakes!

Yes, it is a very flamboyant thing to write as a title, though I have to say that I have a taste obsession with those "semi-homemade" cupcakes (the ones with the mix in the box and the frosting in the tin). Whenever I get I chance to, I try to snag one off of a bake sale, though I end up paying. I go crazy when those things are laying around for free; I'll just walk over and take about four.

Playing a recital tonight and coming into a room where a reception (bake sale...) was being setup for everyone who played and those in the audience. Everyone had been setting up and taking a treat for themselves for their strenuous efforts, I made sure that I had not taken any of the cupcakes because I don't ask for anything in return. People around me of course were shocked that I wasn't taking anything and controlling myself. Everyone knows that I'm the food guy.

It did so happen that about 6 of the cupcakes were missing by the time people began to come in for the reception. We'll never know how that happened, and I have no inclination to lying and saying it was me because there were a lot of people there and I wasn't the one who snatched the cupcakes. No matter how much I like those things, I would feel guilty if I stole 6 of them. Whoever must have did that must have been hungry, or has a cupcake problem worse than mine.

However, for my efforts in helping set up and playing a great performance, I was allowed one cupcake for free which made me deeply happy and perfectly satisfied. There were plenty of them anyway, I'm surprised I didn't notice the cupcake bandit in action, I must have been outside at the time, otherwise I had my eyes on the food longingly the whole time. Even six would have been too much sugar for me.

I'd prefer some fine cheese and a glass of olive oil.