Pumpkin Carving
Last night, Jeff and I attended a pumpking carving party hosted by my officemate. In the 8 years we’ve been together, I don’t believe Jeff and I have ever carved pumpkins. The last time I tried was in college. Neither of us has even tried to get much fancier than your typical eyes/nose/toothy-mouth pumpkin. But this year we decided to have a crack at doing the more three-dimensional kind of pumpkin, where you carve into the flesh but not all the way through (at least, not everywhere) for a textured, “fancy” look.
Except mine ended up looking kind of like, oh, NOTHING, and so I hacked out most of the pieces in the end after all.
Here is my pumpkin:
Is it:
a) A tiki mask?
b) A skeleton with acne?
c) a screaming SCUBA diver?
Jeff brought a printout of the shark “Bruce” from Finding Nemo, and declared he was going to sculpt a Bruce pumpkin. I fully expected his pumpkin to just be a hacked-up blob.
Turns out I’m married to the Pumpkin Whisperer:
Luckily, mine looks somewhat better when placed next to Jeff’s for context:
In case you don’t believe that’s actually a pumpkin, here’s how it looks in normal lighting:
One of our friends brought her 4-year old son. He instantly recognized “Bruce,” and then completely cracked me up by saying – in a tone of genuine wonder – “I’ve never seen an actual shark before!” You still haven’t, kid. But I can’t blame you for being fooled.
Yeah, pretty much nailed it. :)
Comment by Jeff — 10/29/2008 @ 5:52 pm
That is some serious carving skill. We’re doing ours tomorrow night. Prepare to be… underwhelmed.
Comment by Ben — 10/29/2008 @ 9:28 pm
Whoa, that is pretty good.
Comment by Sarah — 10/30/2008 @ 6:58 pm
Wow, I’m impressed. And a little scared!
Comment by Carol — 11/4/2008 @ 10:50 am
I second the “whoa” and “wow”! I’m very impressed with Bruce… Anna, I kind of thought yours might be WALL-E at first…
Comment by Mir — 11/4/2008 @ 1:13 pm
Wow, Jeff, makes me wonder what other hidden talents you have. Ever toss a caber?
Comment by Russell — 11/4/2008 @ 5:54 pm
WOW- a post. A actual, “stuff going on in my life post!” You need a lot of praise for this so you will post more…. Of course what does it say that I am just now finding a Halloween post….
Comment by Cookie — 12/13/2008 @ 4:25 pm