So lately I've become fond of the idea of going to pastry school after art school.

I don't want to be part of the cupcake boom, but I doubt I would be, because that bubble is due to burst soon, and I don't like cupcakes as much as I like cookies.

I don't get the idea behind cupcake-eries. Well, I do sort of.
People don't have a lot of money to spend on big luxuries so they buy little ones, like cupcakes, right?
They don't want to buy a lot of cupcakes because then they'll get fat, so they buy one really nice one. And then promptly start discussing how bad it is for them and how they're trying to be on a diet but it's been hard since blah blah blah.
That's where cupcake boutiques come in, and sell you $4 or $5 cupcakes with beautiful designs and exotic flavors.

Now, the problem comes when more and more people get the idea that they could start a cupcake boutique/specialty bakery, too. So they do, and they make some money, enough to get by or even make a profit. And the cupcake bubble inflates.

What I don't understand is why people like cupcakes so much. Too much icing, and I don't like paying much for a 9th of a sheet cake.
Cupcakes are kind of like tiny, more mobile cakes, but messier because you eat them with your hands.
What I like about cookies is that although you eat them with your hands, you can often just wipe the crumbs off, unless they're covered in powdered sugar, in which case you're SOL because you'll inevitably get it on your clothes even if you're careful.
And cookies don't REQUIRE milk to keep from getting that cakey-chokey feeling in your mouth.


Moral of the Story: Cookies > Cupcakes

Anyway, on an art-related note, I made my own Oreos the other day and I was going to take a nice macro shot, but I ate them all.