Happy Birthday to Meeee!
May 12, 2009 It's muh birfday.
Awwww yeeeeaaah.
Now, I could celebrate by taking a cruise:
(A really really short one.)
Or go the traditional route and just get schnockered on booze sprinkles:
(After which I will apparently choke on ribbon and die. Hm. Ok, maybe not.)And yet, all of those options (particularly the last one) pale in comparison to how I'm going to celebrate my birthday. How's that, you ask? Well, allow me to tell you...in song.
Hit it, Bobby!
[cranking up Ghostbusters 2 soundtrack]
my name is Jen Yates and it's my birthday, yo!
So I'm throwin' a party, virtually speaking,
And I've got amazing news so please keep reading.
Now pack up your group, get a grip, come equipped,
Go pre-order lots of my book and then split!"
[music screeching to a halt] Of course I mean "split" in the ice-cream-eating way, not the hike-taking way - but you knew that, right?
And did you catch the big shocking news*, or were my sweet rhymes too dazzling for you? (*Granted, it's not quite as shocking for you Twits, since I inadvertently leaked it last week...) Yep, that's right: Cake Wrecks the book is now available for pre-order! Can we take a moment to savor that bit of sweet insanity?
[savoring] Mmmm. Yeah. That's the stuff.
Now, since I know how absolutely terrible you must feel over not getting me a birthday present - or even a card! You bum! - may I suggest a way to alleviate that burden? Buy yourself a gift. The gift... [cuing Hallmark music] of laughter:
(NOTE: This is NOT the final cover. Check back at 12 pm EST to vote for the cover you like best!)[announcer voice] Yes, that's right! You'll get this lovely 6x8 hardcover edition of Cake Wrecks, When Professional Cake Go Hilariously Wrong, with over 19o pages of new Wreckage, fan favorites, behind-the-scenes commentary from Jen, reader stories, cakey controversies, and much, much more, all for the low price of $12.99! What a deal!
Why pre-order today? I'll give you seven good reasons:
7. It costs a heckuva lot less than a CW t-shirt.
6. It makes me look good.
5. Buy one for all your friends, and your Christmas shopping is done.
4. You'll get the book automatically shipped to you as soon as it's released.
3. High volumes of pre-orders somehow factor in to the mysterious industry formula that lands titles on best-sellers lists. Is that a lofty goal? Sure it is. So loft with me, darlings.
2. Every single order will give me a personal warm fuzzy. And it's my birthday, so today's the best time to send me warm fuzzies.
And the number one reason to pre-order Cake Wrecks today? (drum-roll, please.)
1. The Carrot Jockeys command you!
Wrecky World Domination, here they come! ;)
You can order Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong from Barnes & Noble, Borders, or Amazon. (And as a bonus, both Barnes & Noble and Amazon are now offering impressive discounts off the cover price.) So what are you waiting for? Do it! Do it NOW!!
Reader Comments (201)
HAPPY BURFDAAAY!! Enjoy the cakey goodness coming your way and for the love of God don't eat the plastic baby!
Happy happy birthday!! (I personally hope you get your own baby jockey cake with some horrible writing on it!)
I hope it's a great one :)
Happy Birthday!
I've never commented before, but I thought that now would be an appropriate time to express my appreciation for this site. I check it every day (and it's thus left in the history of many a school computer), and it never fails to make me laugh, or grin at the very least. It's one of my favorite sites to show to other people, and I'd love to both own and gift the book.
I also find that my craving for icing-bedecked baked goods has greatly increased over the last six months.
Happy Birthday Jen!
That's Awesome! Today is my b-day as well. Happy Birthday to us! There must be something about our sign that brings us to the love of sugary confections. Have a great one!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
It's My Birthday too!! Happy Birthday all you May 12th girls!
Sarah
Hey, it's my birthday too!!! And I did a post on my own blog with the very same title, extra "e"s and everything.
"HapY" BrifthDay (in pink)
Jen, Cara, 2slippers, and Lani's husband -- it's my birthday, too!!! Happy Birthday to us all. Looking forward to the book, Jen. :)
Chantal
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEN!!!
Just wondering, what exactly is on the sprinkly, ribbony cake behind the passed out pink elephant? Looks like a pile of something! EWWW.
Happy Birthday, Jen!
May the inscription on your cake be spelled right, may your icing balloons never swim in a circle, and here's hoping it's not a CCC. (*Patooey*)
okay, that boob job cake is spectacular. I keep stealing the wrecks I like and doing them myself...now if only I could find someone getting some work done...
oh! did I miss the part that says it's your birthday? clearly! hope it was a great one!
well it was between the book and "Happy Falker Satherhood" t-shirt... my bank account won and I went with the book :) but soon I will work a double shift and order the t-shirt!
1. happy birthday (woo!)
2. i may never forgive you for that bobby brown video link.
It's my birthday too! That's weird. I was just wishing that you could've made mention to my birthday with a spectacularly bad wreck.
Happy Birthday! Is that elephant poop?
OH MY GOODNESS! THESE ARE THE BIRTHDAYS OF THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW:
MALENA LOZANO
NATALIA GUERRERO
JEN YATES!!!
HOW FREAKY!!!!
THREE BIRTHDAY GIRLS THAT I KNOW?!?!?!?!?!?
HAPPY BIRTHDAYSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's my birthday too!! Yay - we should all celebrate by having....wait for it....cake!!!!
THIS is the cover you should use on your book, for reals!
Hope your day was as fun as the wrecks you find! Congrats on the book.
Happy Birthday to you and ME TOO!!! 1975
Thanks for all your 80s theme cake nostalgia.
Thanks for your blog, I know that I can always turn to you when I need a good laugh.
It a gril! Uh, I mean, hope it was happy-- and that we'll get to see your cake!
I think I would chose the "I Want Sprinkles" cake, or one of the wedding cakes (the tartan plaid, or the Tiffany's boxes) as opposed to one of the others. Chewy and the doll don't look enough like cake, the Under Neat That cake takes too long to read and get the joke to catch a shopper's eye. I work in a bookstore, and I think that unless I featured any of those books in a staff pick display, they wouldn't sell well just from the cover.
Happy birthday! the first cake is just fine but the second cake is just too kinky (for adults only!)
and the third is just as cute as the 1st one..good luck on the book!
Happy birthday!
And that's what I was talking about in the book cover post! That cover is *perfect*.
It's the one I would vote for.
A belated Happy Birthday to you, and congratulations on the book. Not even going to try to come up with creative misspellings there--the accidental ones done in frosting are way funnier.
Wow, I've been following this blog for a year now. How time flies when you're having fun.
Hey I kind of like the freaky cruise ship.
It's my birthday too! I heard only really awesome people are born on May 12th.
A day late, I know, but happy birthday! :) Hope it was a good one! :)
It was also my birthday! Yay for May 12th-ers!!!
Happy HAPPY birthday hugs from north of the border (that's Canada folks!)
Linda in Toronto
PS. Your book will be a huge success! You'll have to pay someone to watch over Cake Wrecks while you are travelling around the world with CW-Fest 2009!
Here's to mega sprinkles today!!
Hope it was a great day! Although as a fan of the English language, I must say that there is a problem with the phrase "to cold to hold"...
It was my birthday, too! I hope you had a great one, as your blog never ceases to brighten my day! Happy Birthday, Birthday Buddy!
Well, I'll go ahead and order since the carrot jockeys are COMMANDING me to. Must listen to carrot jockeys. Must listen to carrot jockeys....
Happy belated birthday, and congrats on the book! I can't wait to get it!
last one! last one!
oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
Happy Belated Birthday Jen! :)
omg omg omg
it's my bday too!!!!!!!!!!
Well rock me, I'm a Danish!
\m/(><)\m/
This makes me ridiculously happy. Hooray book!
A Cake Wrecks calendar would be awesome!!! (2010 maybe??????)
Happy Birthday!
My vote is the the "under Neat that cake" since it was the one that started it all.
you and your husband are both nuts... as in goofy.crack me up
Borders has a discount too!
Happy birthday. I ordered 3 to get the free shipping. I figure, who won't want one for christmas?
How exciting! I feel compelled to point out that the book is also available through independent booksellers as well, via Indie Bound (http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780740785375).
Are the books being sold in Barnes 'n Nobles, not just online?
WHY WHY!!!! WHY DID THEY KILL THE PRITTY PINK ELAFONT (i spell badly)
but really WHY what has the elafont been doing? (que the scary music)
oh. my. gosh. I just found your site thanks to www.theatre-illuminata.com/contest2 and my life jsut got better. It's hilarious! thanks a bunch for existing hahahahaha
Best part about the Amazon option for purchase is finding out that "Customers buy this book with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! by Jane Austen"
Nothing says "cake wrecks" like Zombie Jane Austen books.
Happy birthday! And I'm with Tracy O: sprinkle drinks for everyone! A shout out to your blog and my newly purchased I WANT SPRINKLES t-shirt: http://betweenjobstheblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/jury-duty.html