Oh boy, oh boy–my boyfriend’s birthday is this week and I bear gifts for him!

Here, I have the Full Armor Unicorn Gundam MG wrapped in a drawing of an actual magical Unicorn. It’s huge! I only had Christmas wrapping paper available, so I used one of them but turned it inside out. It was just white wrapping paper so it looked quite boring. I decided to draw a unicorn on it, which is pretty much a hint for his actual gift.

For the cake, I went to a French-Vietnamese bakery shop called Boulangerie Pierre & Patisserie and they boxed it up with a really cute, chic box. It’s a nice place and all but terrible typical Vietnamese customer service. I’m aware that there’s a flower on top of this cake, and seeing how manly my boyfriend typically is, it doesn’t really match with his, well, manliness. Believe me this cake, out of all the other cakes, had the least amount of flowers on it. I hope it’s good!

The picture below was taken just a few hours ago with Hipstamatic. Yep. There, I admit it. Does this make me less hip since I had my photo taken with an app that lets me take pseudo retro photos?

I do get a sense that photographers (and elitist hipsters who think they’re too indie for everything) have somewhat of an aversion towards Hipstamatic, and you know, I can completely understand–an antique camera can take really unique pictures with the same or similar results from a fucking iphone. Where’s the goddamn magic in that?

But can Hipstamatic photos can still be considered as art?

Is it just me or is there something hilarious yet so utterly insulting and frustrating about the obvious photoshopped noses you’d see in magazines, ads and posters?

Yes, it can be funny because it’s one of the easiest things in the world to catch when you’re not even trying (at least for me). No matter how gifted of a photoshop-nose-thinner you are, it’ll always look ridiculous. People are excellent at recognizing and remembering faces. Namely the nose because it’s smack dab in the center; one little digital alteration to the nose a five-year-old will be able to point it out and then probably say “Why is there an invisDIBle hand plugging her nose daddy????” (Ok not really).

It’s also offensive because every other body part that actually needs editing usually comes from a particular habit, lifestyle, behavior–not genetics–or at least something that you can change and “improve” naturally. Acne and pimples? Eat less pringles and stop stressing. Flabby arms? Listen to Eye of the Tiger while bench pressing. And wider noses? Uh, sorry…but you you were born with that one.

So not only is it unappealing to carry even a little extra baggage in photos, but your nose–the thing you can’t change without plastic surgery–has to be small, thin and perfect–if not they’ll just slice it off with Photoshop (or hire an invisible hand).

Basically, you can’t look human. That’s just unacceptable. I mean, check out these fine mannequins women: