So every year at Blizzcon I do this thing I’ve started calling “The Gnomish Cupcake Vendor” – basically, I make a whole bunch of cupcakes and box them up and take them up to Blizzcon to give to my friends (and occasionally Blizzard people, authors, and random new friends!)  – it started out as just a “Oh, hey, I have some cupcakes, here guys!” and has turned into basically a big project but it’s my favorite thing about Blizzcon. I get to make a bunch of delicious things, sometimes trade them for stuff (this year’s take: Some canadian candy, some great stickers from From Draenor With Love, and a spontaneous bearhug that was basically the platonic ideal of bearhugs) and share with my friends!

(because I have a ton of friends that all year see a ton of live-tweeting of cupcakes, and provide flavor ideas (strawberry-lemonade, maple bacon pancake, caramel-apple-cookies-and-cream), funny names for the cupcakes (the “Are you FUCKING kidding me chocolate cupcake”), feedback of the visual and taste varieties and also because I love my friends)

My ‘main’ in World of Warcraft is a gnome, and I giggle like one and identify with them strongly, so of course I’m a Gnomish Cupcake Vendor!

Header graphic is a sketch by Cadistra, of Wow, Eh? fame! She drew it for my birthday! It’s the best thing ever. You can see the full version here: http://fritokal.tumblr.com/post/103255439786/this-was-my-birthday-present-from-cadistra