{"id":3077,"date":"2010-08-25T23:59:42","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T06:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=3077"},"modified":"2010-08-26T22:27:10","modified_gmt":"2010-08-27T05:27:10","slug":"mission-1-yummy-in-my-oratory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=3077","title":{"rendered":"Mission #1: Yummy in my Oratory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note: The 2010 scavenger hunt is over (a concluding post will come soon) and we got first place out of 121 teams! This is a series explaining the background and thinking of our missions of the SF Street Food Scavenger Hunt 2010<\/a>!<\/p>\n

I don’t even remember what the original mission said. But it was first about a 80s band. Then a popular track…that somehow we figured out to be Caravan (thanks Joe). The mission said that it started with K and to go to the mobile lounge of deliciousness and do an epic scene.<\/p>\n

When I realized that it was referring to Karavan, I knew what I had to do. I quickly emailed the friend who I planned to have lunch that Friday at the Moxise-sponsored Street Eats…because…I knew that Kara’s Cupcakes was visiting. I described my plight, apologizing that I was a little bit insane as part of the SF Street Food Scavenger Hunt…and that I would have to do something crazy while she watched. All for an “epic scene”.<\/p>\n

I had met Cynthia<\/a> a total of 4 times in my consciousness\u00e2\u20ac\u201dat a reunion last year, once at Palo Alto Caltrain Station, another at a mutual friend’s BBQ, and finally at a happy hour. Barely what you would call “friends”…and here she was!<\/p>\n

She emailed back shortly…with a script inspired by the first scenes in 2001: Space Odyssey.<\/p>\n

EXT. STREET – DAY<\/p>\n

OVER BLACK, theme to “2001: A Space Odyssey”.<\/p>\n

At first musical impact, CUT IN to concrete background. Plain, uniform, boring.<\/p>\n

Second musical impact: a cupcake RISES SLOWLY from seemingly nowhere. Rising, rising, until finally, it stops. The audience takes a collective breath. What is this amazing cupcake doing here? What is about to happen to this glorious cupcake?<\/p>\n

Suddenly, a head enters the frame. SLOWLY AND DELIBERATELY MOVES towards the cupcake and TAKES A LARGE BITE, smearing gooey frosting all over their nose. With various crumbs clinging to their lips, the head TAKES A SECOND BITE, then A THIRD. Now, the mouth is full of delicious cupcake. So good, so tasty.<\/p>\n

Triumphantly, the mouth captures the last bit of cupcake-y goodness, swallows, and basks in the amazing feeling that can only follow after devouring a cupcake in four bites.<\/p>\n

FADE TO BLACK<\/i><\/p>\n

I was so thrilled.<\/p>\n

And when Friday, came around, I came with a backup plan<\/a>. But we’re all set. I roped Chris into in it. I had gathered all my props\u00e2\u20ac\u201dour whole collection of stuffed animals, random props…<\/p>\n

It was warm…and I gulped down a gumbo from the Louisiana Truck. If had been any other Friday, I would have enjoyed it more, but it was up to me…to engulf the entire cupcake.<\/p>\n

We spent several minutes behind the Karavan setting up with Chris cheering me on and Cynthia recording the entire thing on my handy Canon Powershot S90.<\/p>\n

Because I read the rules, I decided that we could not use the 2001 soundtrack (although I balked later for other missions) and that we had to create our own. Both Chris and I “sang” the track. Fortunately, we decided that my attempt was not suitable for the general public (aka I was doing a public service for not sharing my horrible singing).<\/p>\n

Then I spent the weekend trying to find out how I could get a cupcake flying in the air. This is why we had a stunt cupcake. Purchased for $1 two years when Mervyn’s was going out of business in Daly City.<\/p>\n

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I did engulf the entire cupcake. With paper. It was the strawberry flavor, FYI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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