Oh... hi blog. What? Did you think it would be another... 8 months for an update? Pffft. I said that I'd be back soon, right? I also feel compelled to mention that my frequent blogging sabbaticals were in no way brought on by my wacky muse taking an extended vacation. It's really more a case of... choosing not to listen to it. But I've since realized that deciding not to blog is not always a good idea, especially when your blog gives you just enough pennies to refill your cherry cookie jar. 'Cause cookie addiction withdrawal is a bitch. BTW, my blog turned 3-years old this past August 29. Yay?! I didn't write a "blogiversary" post on that day, so consider this... it. Yup, 3 years and still kicking. 
Yes, the title is a mix of Lady Gaga's song "Starstruck" and a Black Eyed Peas song.
I know that I previously wrote, "I've grown weary of Pinoy blog popularity contests...", but I promised Maria "Ria" that I would vote for her for Bloggers' Choice Award (Mindanao) in the 2009 Philippine Blog Awards. In order to vote, one must write a post. I vote for Life with Ria! Why, you ask? (Let's pretend that you did.) Ria, a self-described "professional blogger / researcher / speechwriter / marketing consultant / content manager / multitasker / wedding coordinator", manages several blogs. I can barely manage waking up early. What really impressed me is the fact that she can bake. (Sure. That's a legit reason for voting.) 
For example, she made that fabulous-looking Sans Rival (pictured above, click on the thumbnail to enlarge) - a popular cake in the Philippines. It's a sinfully rich torte cake made with layers of cashew or almond meringue, French buttercream, and chopped nuts. "Sans rival" is a French term for "without rival" (unrivalled, unequalled, incomparable). Pssst, I can be bribed with Sans Rival or cookies. Kidding. Maybe. 
Remember when I wrote about taking a break from blogging to study French? Oui.
Back in May, I played an online Flash game called My Brute until I quickly grew disinterested in it 'cause the game (if it can be called that at all since it has severe lack of control) was... in a word, boring (like this post). At the time, nearly everyone in my Plurk timeline was engaging in "friendly" smackdown talk and blogger-on-blogger violence. Sad. 
I don't know why, but the game's random algorithm often had my brute winning with a club. (Oh, you haven't stopped reading yet? But why not? I mean, seriously.) Janette Toral, Fritz, The Lady Programmer, Flair Candy, Jehzheel Laurente, and Batang Yagit get a smackload of wholesome clubbing here:
TURN UP THE AUDIO because in the last 33 seconds, I tell you the remedy for BLOG CONSTIPATION (a condition when you can't crap... I meant, "blog"). Did you know that eating fresh cherries is an excellent way of helping you to shit? The fibres help relieve constipation and the acids aid digestion. Don't say you never learned nuthin' from me.
Hover your mouse cursor over any image to read its description. To cycle through all thumbnails, click on first photo to view the full-size image. Nummy, yummy cherries:
- Pac-Man Lemon Cake (the cake with cherry rum sauce in the first photo above). I made it on the day Manny Pacquiao (a Filipino boxer) knocked out Oscar De La Hoya (a retired Mexican-American boxer) in a fight called "Dream Match".
- Bordeaux Cherry Ice Cream with Chocolate (inside a local Laura Secord shop).
- Breakfast of Cherry Jam & Cream Cheese on Toasted English Muffin and hot tea.
- Breakfast of Cherry Jam Cinnamon Pancakes (yup, that's Barnyard... the cat).
Bringing back the Cherry Cherry Boom Boom Pow flavour to my blog 'cause I miss it.
Adieu, 
Massa P aka "fruity"
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I just noticed below that "Comments must be at least 40 characters", so I guess "No blog post yet this year?" or "Where's Max?" would get rejected right away. But "No blog post yet this year? Where's Max? More food pics, please!" would be OK.
Just wanted to say HI!!!
Looks yummy... sweet nga lang... nakakagutom.
*slurp* Happy anniversary to your blog!
Yes, I am the same Deanna from fantasy-nerd.com. I'm glad you were able to find me.
This blog entry makes me hungry. *grumble*
Now I feel bad for missing your blog anniversary. Hope this late greeting catches up still.
Happy New Year too! =)
After all the holiday gluttony, I was sure I wouldn't have the appetite for anything but celery and lettuce for the next three months, until, that is, I happened upon your post.
Where does one find a Sans Rival in Montreal, at 11:07 pm?!
Parang sa cafe world triple cherry, hehehe. I love it. Looks so yum!
Froo-teey! Dropping in to say hello.
Happy 3rd Blogoversary!
For some reason, I can't find the dates on your posts. It is making me antsy, haha.
I miss Max & Lucky and their antics...
Your posts ALWAYS make me hungry!
Happy 3rd blogiversary!!!
Cherries? Seriously? And where the hell did you get that crazy video? Coz if it's a TV ad, it's crazy.
Wouldn't I love to be there when you make the Pac-Man cake. The one who gets the Pac-Man-making slice.
Sweet galore. I've met my match. Did you really eat the suckers? Or where they just forced to strike a pose like in a line up? LOL!
On a completely unrelated note, some related incomplete factoids:
- At 3 years, the milestone of a vocabulary of 900 words is typical in children.
- If your child speaks and suddenly does not, then the selective mutism may be an indication of over-stimulation of the amygdala.
- Fictional selective mute, Chief Bromden (Ken Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"), was convinced an ominous mechanized system controlled society. The system was called The Combine.
- Fans of Valve's Half-Life series will recall Combine as an occupying force, exerting harsh rule over humanity.
- Opera singer Ellen McLain, the voice of the Combine Overwatch also voices GLaDOS, the cake-promising AI from Portal.
- "Still Alive", the parting song of GLaDOS, exhorts the following:
- A Pennsylvanian Walmart made a birthday cake for a 3-year old. On said cake, Happy Birthday Adolph Hitler Campbell.
- The more famous Hitler had his birthday on April 20.
- There are other celebrations on April 20th. But I wouldn't know about that. Really, I don't.
- Memory loss is associated with... umm... something.
Happy Blogiversary. Keep on Blogging till you run out of fruitcake.
Signed,
Nameyouwillchangeanyways
I hate you. This blog post made me hungry even though I just had dinner. Haha, I love the cakes - they look so yummy.
Welcome back, Ms. Fruity.
And yay to food porn. 
Hope we'll get to see more of you in these parts of the internets. And by you, we mean your blog posts. We kid you not.
Ang daya ang video... mababa ata level ko dyan eh... hmp hmp... pero muntik kita napatay, haha.
Now I know what blog constipation means. If there's blog constipation, then there must be such a thing as blog diarrhea. I just hope no one goes searching for cherry constipation.