It’s time for my annual blog tradition of angering my incontinent readers by revealing my scary Halloween jack-o-lantern! Though I guess that now I’ve warned you, you really shouldn’t have any reason to be angry, right? Do what you need to do to ready yourself right now. I’ll wait.
Great! But before we get to this year’s effort, let’s take a peek back at the last three years:
2005, the metrosexual vampire jack-o-lantern. He’ll scare you by showing you his credit card statement after all the shopping he’s been doing! Boo! Mani-pedis all around!
2006, the pirate skeleton and spider that looks suspiciously like a tick. The pirate skeleton may be my best effort to date.
2007, the ghost with a giggle so annoyingly cheerful, it’ll make you sick to your stomach in such a way that it will be indistinguishable from that feeling you get in your stomach right at the moment you’re being scared.
And finally… drumroll please… the Suburban Juggernaut jack-o-lantern for the twenty oh ate:
Happy Halloween, all. Be good to the kids, give out good candy. Don’t give out those nasty caramel cream things, unless the kid isn’t wearing a costume.
October 30th, 2008
Yeah. So where I live they announce on the news that trick-o-treating takes place on a different random day other than on October 31st. I mean, what is that all about? Trick-o-treating was tonight. Just got back with the kids. October 30th.
Halloween here is wholesome and great. I have no problem with it. The candy was much better than any Halloween when I was a kid. Just weird. I don’t know.
Omar. Awesome pumpkin.
October 30th, 2008
Those are awesome pumpkins! We do good to get a few jagged rectangles carved out for facial features.
October 30th, 2008
I tried to prepare myself. But it was not enough. I am totally amazed by your pumpkin skills. So are pumpkin skills something that someone strives for? Or does it just happen? I’ve got none. No artistic skill what so ever… not even a little.
I liked the pirate the best. But this year’s made me smile too. I’m more in the school of jagged triangles and rectangles…
October 30th, 2008
Impressive Omar. Impressive… 10.0!
October 31st, 2008
nice work!
how about those peanut-better abominations that masquerade as candy in black or orange wax wrappers! ugh, those should be outlawed!
October 31st, 2008
You have incontinent readers?
You surely know your readership.
October 31st, 2008
Okay, I wanted that to be my only comment, but I just can’t do it. Captain. You have some amazing carving skills. I don’t even know how one wields a carving knife so skillfully against a tough gourd.
I have never carved a pumpkin.
Instead, we sit around talking about how weird it is to mandatorily celebrate Halloween a day early.
October 31st, 2008
lemme guess - you’re going as Don King this year, for a change?
October 31st, 2008
I love the ‘08 pumpkin!
Though pirate skeleton still looks like a worthy contender.
Someone brought those orange/black wrapped abominations to our church party last night. They were meant for the communal candy bowl but I’m happy to tell you I took a stand and made sure they stayed at the very bottom =)
October 31st, 2008
Fun Mexi fact of the day: Feliz Halloween! (that’s how you say happy Halloween in español)
October 31st, 2008
All of them are AWESOME, and the tick creeped me out!
November 1st, 2008
i admit it: i’m incontinent. yes, now it’s out there.
i’m rather impressed with your pumpkin carving skillz, and even though he’s your oldest on there, i’m loving the metrosexual guy.
November 2nd, 2008
the pirate skull is totally radical.
quit your day job to focus on this calling.
ps your latest comment= my new favoritest comment.
November 3rd, 2008
I love your pumpkins. Caspar the all-too-friendly ghost is still at the top of my list.
November 3rd, 2008
I LOVE the oh-ate pumpkin! He is the awesomest.
Ted and I made that skelaton pirate in oh-five. Good times.
November 4th, 2008
I am reaalllly surprised that you haven’t gone to yeswecarve.com. They have a printable template to make your pumpkin into a Barack Obama clone.