We’re having a pumpkin decorating contest at work this Friday. My original reaction to this announcement was, ‘Ugh. Burnt. Out. Brain. Tired. Creativity, DEAD.’ Two weeks ago, I was perfectly content with the idea that the sum total of my responsibility for this event was a potluck bowl of rice and a giant dish of Green Chilie Chicken.
But. then. A few days ago, The Voice started meeping. From waaay in the back closet of my brain, where I keep all lonely piles of Later-If-Not-Never cares, I felt it tilt it’s head to the right, tap a fingernail on the floor and mumble, ‘hmm. pumpkin contest.’
To which I thought, ‘SHUT UP. I’m tired. I’m not doing it.’ Another tap. ‘It’s just a *little* pumpkin contest.’
Closing my eyes, I thought, ‘I. DON’T. CAA-A-ARE. And also? Hey, CRAZY. Shut uuuuuup!’
‘Huh. Looky there. Martha Stewart’s got about a bajillion pumpkin decorating clips on Comcast On Demand. But no. Don’t watch it. I DARE you.’
‘Crap!’
So yeah. Guess what I’m doing tonight? The same thing I do every night. Trying to take over the world! [insert plan for the World's Greatest Pumpkin here.] Bwah-ha-ha.
I’ve drummed up a few old entries from the Great eBay Gourd Competition I’ve mentioned here before, but am still coming up a little ‘empty-shelled’. Anyone got any bright ideas? What are your Great Pumpkin plans this year?
Swan Lake
Gourdilocks
Gourd-In-the-Hat
Lady Gourdiva
the Matrix Re-Gourded
RASCI, the MonGourd
The Gourdfather
The Gourdtrige Family
La Gourdia
UPDATE: Wow. I learn the craziest, most randomest things while reading my blog feeds. From Presentation Zen (a blog about, you guessed it – presentations) I found this awesome pumpkin carving contest gallery from Duarte Design. And, dang. Just…DANG. Their employees have been doing this for 13 years, and from the looks of the Specimen, Carved Crusader and WIIIIIILSON! pumpkins, they’re my kind o’ people.
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