Friday Five for 2007-03-02

Belatedly, yet again...

1. At your next birthday celebration you can have any flavor, shape, size, and style of cake you want. What do you choose?
I choose to be surprised!  Although, yeah, okay, I would secretly hope for a well-made real* Black Forest cake.

2. For friends and loved ones: do you buy a birthday cake or bake one for them?
Considering that I don't really know how to bake birthday cakes all by myself, I've usually either just bought them, or enlisted the help of family members with baking skills.  (Particularly, I remember helping out in the making of Rainbow Poke Cakes when I was younger.)

3. Do you prefer sumptuous flavor or incredible decorations?
I prefer sumptuous flavor over incredible decoration, but, of course, the ideal cake would have both.  And ice cream.

4. What interesting cake, frosting, and filling combination would you most love to try?
(Wait, isn't this just a variation of question #1?)
I really couldn't say, offhand, simply because there are surely a lot of really interesting cakes out there that I haven't even heard of yet, but I'd sure like to try them.

5. Tell us about a school subject or hobby that is a "cakewalk" for you.
(Ha, ha, cute, going for a pun instead of another actually cake-related question.)
"Something very easy or effortless", eh? Well, I suppose my hobby of collecting neat pens might apply; I don't know. x)

What's kind of funny is that at work, on Friday, one of my co-workers celebrated his birthday.  A cake was brought in for him to share with everyone in the office; it was nearly unanimously agreed that the cake was made of awesome, for many reasons, not the least of which was its inner layer of rich caramel.  Many of us thought it was one of the best birthday cakes we'd ever tasted, and eagerly inquired as to where it was made, expecting to learn the name of a high-class bake shop but surprised to find that it came from Safeway.

1. What's your favorite game show to watch?
Lately, it's been Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, though in the past I've also very much enjoyed Family Feud, Jeopardy, and Wheel of Fortune.

2. What game show would you like to be on?
Ehhh... not much desire to be on any show, but if I must pick one, then, perhaps the aforementioned Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

3. Do you know anyone who has been on a game show?
I've been on a game show. ;)  In high school, I appeared twice on a locally produced teen quiz bowl show called Challenge of the Minds.

4. What do you think the worst game show is?
No idea.  Could I just lump all the present-day "reality shows" into one generic answer?

5. Bob Barker, Howie Mandel or Alex Trebek?
Oh, they each play to their strengths.  Alex certainly comes across as the most erudite of the three, and Howie arguably the most animated, but when it comes down to it, you gotta give props to Bob for sheer staying power.  Dude's been hosting The Price Is Right longer than I've been alive, man.  When he retires this June, it'll be the end of an era.