October 31, 2005

Happy Halloween

While I roasted pumpkin seeds, the love of my life carved up this lovely design.

We wanted to carve a Cartman or Napoleon Dynamite pumpkin, but we didn't have a carving kit, and the stencils cost money to download. We's cheap, yo.

I like his original pumpkin face much better, anyway.

If you're wondering what we'll be doing tonight, allow me to paint a little picture...

We will be sitting in our living room with all the lights off, watching Alias and hiding from the trick-or-treaters. (Last year at this time, Tony told David Sedaris about our traditional Halloween plans, and he just looked at us funny.)

Lest you think we are antisocial Halloween Scrooges, allow me to refute your misconceptions. This year, we did purchase some candy to leave in a bowl on the porch.

N.B.: I have been informed that the pumpkinal masterpiece cannot be viewed in its full glory on my website, because the picture is too small. Please click on it to be taken to my flickr page where you shall be awed by a photo collection of pumpkiney wonder.

Retraction: I have been informed that David Sedaris did not look at us funny when he learned of our Halloween plans. It was reported to me that Mr. Sedaris did, in fact, LAUGH when presented with the information.

And since everyone in the world apparently SUCKED in October, 2004 by not leaving me any comments on the entry (hint, hint), here's the David Sedaris story from last Halloween.

So basically you bought candy for one person cause ya know that first trick or treater's gonna dump that whole bowl in his bag and leave none for the next poor schmuck!
P.S. Remeber that halloween when we were the color "blue" cause we were really too old to go out trick or treating, but we wanted to go out and the grim reaper chased us an we had to hop a fence to get away! scary!!!!!

Sheri, how do I not remember that? Maybe it's because we spent most of our teen years acting like fools in public and getting chased, that they all seem to blend together!

I do remember the year we went as Huey, Dewey and Louie, and the year we all went to K-Mart and bought those cheap-ass plastic costumes. I was the Count from Sesame Street, you were a Care Bear, Seana was Barbie with the real-hair mask. Was Kelsey Strawberry Shortcake?

Nothing like a minimalist, sardonic pumpkin on Halloween, I always say.

That's very cool that you met David Sedaris. "Me Talk Pretty One Day" is one of those books that made me burst out laughing as I was reading it.

I once wrote his sister, Amy, a serious letter, asking if she would like to be involved in any anti-fur activisnm, since she has talked about her rabbit, Dusty (for "dust bunny") on TV, and rabbits are treated so horrifically in the production of fur. No response, but next time you see David, maybe you can use your influence... If he's read your wonderful blog, he'll be the one nervous and blushing.