Cynically Optimistic

Encarni, Naoko and I tore up the pumpkins tonight. I picked up a carving kit last week when I was stocking up on low-grade crack candy for the trick-or-treaters. Extremely sharp knives were my tools of choice in the past, so this was kind of a nice change. The little saws in the kit are extremely handy for the detail work necessary on the patterns the kit supplied. Yes, I used a pattern for my castle, although I tweaked a couple of things. Encarni used the template for the witch, and Naoko used an original design of halloween kitty (it even had a tail). Much photography ensued after the last chunk of pupmkin hit the ground. I hope they last until Monday, but I kind of doubt it.

This weekend I will be hitting one Halloween party, out in the woods like previous years. Creep-tacular. I have given in to my tacky-yet-hilarous and easy costume idea. You'll just have to wait and see. Saturday and Sunday I'll probably be in NYC, and Monday I'm going to miss the big NY Halloween Parade. So sad, I loved it the previous times I've gone. But now I have to be home for trick-or-treaters, and it's televised (out here anyway).

Happy Halloween Kids!!!!