08.09.12

it was our excellent friend judd's birthday last weekend. he loves prince almost as much as i love candy, so i made him an artist-formerly-known-as piñata (on his 35th birthday, you see, prince announced that he was O(-+> henceforth); i filled it with peanut butter candy, purple-wrapped kisses, and tiny purple glow sticks, as one does.

birthday piñata: it begins

piñata part two

piñata the third

piñata the fourth

piñata 5 (the striped menace)

prince piñata: fin

i won't deny that tactical errors were made: i taped up the piñata's recycled-cardboard endoskeleton with such gusto, for example, that (like keith richards or blitzhund the deathless) it could not be killed by conventional means. judd owns a hacksaw, so i figure he can access his peanut butter and glow sticks if his need for them grows keen. truth be told, i never really thought the piñata would meet its end at the party; maintaining possession of one's bat is a key tenet of bartending, no? i also neglected to source fringed crepe paper or fringe scissors, so i burned a few hours listening to the olympics (grunty!) and making it the old-fashioned way. i also also neglected to consider the possibility of steve developing a crepe fetish. readers, i overcame all of those piñata tribulations; fuck yeah, time-intensive homemade presents.

10 comments:

Amid Privilege said...

That is a wild, complete and glorious thing. Can I Pin it? Hahahahaha. But I'm serious.

_M_D_F_ said...

If I was your girlfriend, would you let me praise you? Cuz sometimes, sometimes, those are the things that being a 'tomehead's about. That pinata is beyond awesome. (Also, I esteem yer boy for his taste in candy. Peanut butter > x is axiomatic.)

kidchamp said...

@lisa of course! purple piñatas are terribly vain, i would imagine. 

@mdf look at the bargains over here, ladies. (does butterfinger count as a peanut butter candy? i didn't include it, but i considered it.) 

Celia said...

this is EXACTLY the post i needed to come home to, lauren o. prince + piñata = why i love you. 

Naurnie said...

Are you kidding me? This is incredible. I am IMPRESSED. Maybe you should open a pinata making business.

Rachel (heart of light) said...

This is too amazing. Every fringe was worth it. 

esb said...

HOW DID I MISS THIS?

esb said...

in related news, Keith would have you know the only thing that saved him was pharmaceutical-grade shit.

kidchamp said...

more on that if i ever get done with this next THUNDERTOME (spoiler: i think cherie currie might be a better storyteller than keef is). 

tanthalas said...

This is just wow. :o