Mrs. ACW and I did some pumpkin carving the other night, as is our yearly tradition, and I thought I’d share the jack-o-lanterns with you. Not because you care, but because I think they are awesome, and I don’t really give a crap what you think, so you can suck it.
Anyway, here’s the first one.
I guess this isn’t a true jack-o-lantern per se, because we didn’t really carve it, and because it’s got no candle in it, but it was fun to make anyway. They only issue was that the stupid people who designed this thing were under the impression that it would be positively simple to stab the pieces into the pumpkin. The soft, round-tipped pieces. It was like trying to carve a turkey with a tampon. So I had to break out the drill and pre-drill the holes for the Mr. Pumptato Head Pirate guy. You should also make notice of all the little bumps and warts on his face. I took special care to pick a pumpkin with “character” since I knew I wouldn’t actually be carving it. Next year I think I’m going to use a styrofoam pumpkin and glue the pieces in place so I can just get him down from the attic each year.
This was my favorite pumpkin this year. I carved Jack Skellington! The pumpkin is actually upside-down, because I thought that little lumpy part at the top really made a good forehead. I cut out the eyes with a knife, but to make the mouth I used a Dremel and sideways-cutting bit thinger. It was slow, delicate work, but I like the way it turned out.
This Frankenstein Monster was sketched out freehand and then carved with a regular old knife. I was going for a stylized stamp type look, but I did sort of copy the mouth from Bill Watterson.
Finally, Mrs. ACW carved an Homestar Runner pumpkin. Because we’re internet nerds. I think it turned out pretty good considering the top half is actually kind of detailed with the beanie and underbite profile.
Of course the stupid douching cats had to help.
And here they are lit up.
Again, super excited by how this one looks.
Tomorrow I hope to have more stories about fat children being rude, as is also our tradition.
ZOMG you rock the house, ACW. <3 the pumpkins!!!
Jack Skellington! SWEET!!! You, sir, deserve a cookie. Bravo.
The pumpkins look awesome! Nice work!
This year the only thing the greedy little bastards can expect is a 5lb bag of candy from last year full of the shitty tootsie pop gear.
Nice pumpkins. Apparently the fact I’ve never carved pumpkins makes me something of an oddity. At least it did until my friend heard on the radio today “Black people don’t carve pumpkins”.
So I just read last year’s Halloween story and laughed so hard I cried. Mostly because I could picture Mokie saying that. I was really glad he came by my desk to see it (at the exact moment I was trying to call him), because I don’t think I would’ve actually gotten any coherent thoughts out…
Thanks, ACW! :)
Halloween is my FAV holiday! Hubby & I were married the day before, celebrated our second anniversary yesterday.
*I* have photos of the dead guy we made for our extremely creepy party held on Sat.
Loving the HSR pumpkin, but it is impossible to argue with the awesomeness that is The Pumpkin King.
Don’t lie. Sherlock and Wookie carved all the pumpkins, while you and Mrs. ACW sat back and drank the Redstripe. They all look fabulous, especially Jack Skellington.
Sweet jack o lanterns. The pumpkin shape is absolutely perfect for Jack. I love what you did with his mouth, too. I did a different kind of teeth design on my pumpkin this year and wish I had a tool like that for it.
My favourite is the Jack pumpkin. Good job! And, of course, I love that you added those pix of the kitties just for me. I know you know how much I like them. Thanks for that. Heh. They look really well fed (= plump!).
Awesome jack-o-lanterns! I wanted to do that this year, but by the time I thought about it it was too late to enjoy them. LOVE Jack Skellington. Also, my cat Berta looks exactly like your cat (the patchy one, not the stripey one).
I would love to see a picture of someone drilling holes into a pumpkin. That is quite classic.
I have to give you props for the carving. It’s inpsiring, actually. Maybe to kick myself into gear, I’ll carve some up next year. That was kind of a Halloween rhyme.
Instead of giving out candy to kids, we’re turning all our lights out tonight and going to a bar. Happy Halloween.
You’ve inspired me…to go out and smash the pumpkins of people who are more creative than me (i.e. everyone).
Also, if you haven’t already seen this:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jP6nYs9Il7c
Love the pumpkins! I did Jack Skellington this year, too. We also did two of the Oogie Boogies.
Someone down the block did two hands pulling apart an asscrack. I thought you might enjoy that one.
You are a mad pumpkin haxxor. VERY cool jack-o-lanterns.
These rock! Especially fond of the Mr. Pumpkin Head. Looking forward to the stories of rude fat children.
Poppy- Thanks!
Andrew- Thanks! I’ll take that cookie now.
emaleejayne- Thank you!
mj- eff yes, they gets the garbage.
antonio- That’s because black people can’t be trusted with knives. I mean, um… uh, that is… I meant “something not racist”.
Katie- Yes, if you know him, it’s even funnier.
Lori- Well then Happy Anniversary!
jwer- I effing love that movie, if you couldn’t tell.
Danielle- Yeah right, I wish they were that smart. My beer drinking time would go WAY up.
S. Reed- Let’s see your designs! You’ve got a blog!
Sourpuss- I always think of you when I post about the kitties. And yes, they are fatties.
Valerie- That’s Wookie, she’s a diluted tortoise, or so I’m told.
Stephanie- If I didn’t have class, that would be a great plan.
CBC- I will kill you if you touch my Jack Skellington pumpkin.
Jess- Cool! Did you do Lock, Stock, or Barrel?
Carol- I’m totally 1337. Thanks!
I think your wife really meant to carve the Insane Clown Posse guy. At least, that’s what you should tell the semi-stoned pizza delivery guy. He’ll be impressed.
“It was like trying to carve a turkey with a tampon.”
LMAO! (and ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww)
Both of my pumpkins turned out weird. One wore a stern and disapproving glare, and the other seemed to judge my shortcomings
by continuously shouting in Spanish what can only be loosely translated as “Sub-par! Sub-par!”
I need a vacation I think.