I said, STEP IT UP
Last year, my Halloween prep was lame. I thought it was good at the time, but in hindsight, it was lame. This year, I'm bringing it. I'm stepping up to the plate. Bringing my A-game.
As a reminder, here's my lame 2005 effort.
Here's how we roll in the oh-six:
Oh, I'm sorry, did I cause you to wet your pants in fear? Did your arachnophobia kick in, causing mild convulsions and cold sweats? Well GOOD, because I told you I'm not playing around this year. Sure, the pumpkin pirate skeleton guy might appear to be missing some teeth. I'll tell you what, you go find me a skeleton pirate - a REAL skeleton pirate - with a full set of teeth in his mouth, and I'll fix my pumpkin. I've also got my costume set to answer the door in, and the wife bought some orange lights to decorate the porch.
Write this down. Quote me on it. If we don't win the trick-or-treat contest with our neighbors this year, I will never compete with anyone in anything ever again.
Luckily, that outrageous statement doesn't matter, because I guarantee that we will win.
Comments
Radioactive Dentifrice said:
No offense but the spider looks more like a tick. But the skelepirate takes up the slack. Seriously.
I said:
Whatever, ticks are scary too.
Is there a word for having a fear of ticks?
Matt K. said:
Yea... it's called "entonophobia"
Becky said:
ticks ARE scary. so are bees, by the way...
and your pumpkins make my goofy o'lantern look, well, goofy.
Becky said:
and matt, that's really interesting. i thought the word for having a fear of ticks was "normal".
Jonathan said:
Apparently pumpkins on their own are scare to some - Cucurbitophobia
who knew?
jazzy said:
i have to say, i can't stop giggling at your last year's pumpkin attempt. it's hilarious. i'm full on laughing at my computer at work.
i heart this blog.
Lia said:
I like the spider better than the pirate. The spider works in light or dark, and the pirate only works in the dark. But in the dark, he's totally cool.
Lianne said:
Wow. You do virtual art and vegetable art.
Talent.
Jon said:
Not bad... not bad at all. I'd still like to see this in contest format though... give the rest of us something to shoot for.
Way to step it up. I stepped it up this year too. But the fact that I carved a pumpkin at all was really all it took. I could have jabbed a couple of holes in the pumpkin at random and it would have topped my previous year's effort, so that's not saying much.
cadiz12 said:
ticks are mighty scary. have you ever read about the illeffects of lyme disease? absolutely frightening.
i know you're going to win, omar, because if you're putting competition on the line, you must have a lock on it.
Rhonda said:
I find the tick really scary...they suck your blood, they burrow into your flesh. EEK!
glo said:
I'm with everybody. Ticks, spiders, and pirates with moderate levels of dental care - scared me. I'd give you the prize.
girl_spit said:
Wow. Mine was totally standard this year, except my husband insisted I give the pumpkin earholes. Yeah, I don't know why either.
I said:
116 kids, plus 15 comments on the quality of the pumpkins. Still waiting to hear how the opponents fared...
seventeen syllables said:
I would have comment sooner but I ran from the computer shrieking in fear after being confronted with the skeleton pirate. That's one fierce jack-o-lantern, my friend.
Histrionic said:
I hate spiders!
Holy crap, a Iive comment preview! Freakish!
And the pirate skeleton guy looks like he's from one of the Monkey Island games.
Syar said:
any pumpkin would be scary with any type of insect as a face. creepy.
I'm convinced omar. I was convinced the first time you said this. now I'm just more convinced-er.
that skelepirate could kick 2005's pumpkin into next halloween.
elasticwaistbandlady said:
For every missing toothed pumpkin skelepirate is a sad, and nearly bankrupt pumpkin Tooth Fairy.
Houston is HOT on Halloween still and our pumpkins get moldy and wither away. We didn't even bother this year. I saw one tip that you swipe Vaseline all around the cut edges to make it last. So, did you lube up your pumpkins, Omar? I hope you were gentle.
Becky said:
please tell me there was no pumpkin lubing.