After careful consideration, Twix is the best candy out there. And Smores bar suck. I’ve been eating way too much candy since Halloween. I think the other morning I ate 5 little candy bars on the way to work. Then at work I ate a bunch more. Then I got all exited… then I got really tired. I really have to stop doing that.

Speaking of other things I have to stop doing… I really need to stop antagonizing people. For example, a couple miles from my house on the commute home there is this corner that always backs up. It’s one of those bumper to bumper situations where you either have to be let out or cut someone off. Either way you’re going nowhere slow. So I must have spaced out for a minute and didn’t notice a nice driver letting me out, because I was making her wait for an extra 3 seconds the driver behind me lays on the horn. I look in the mirror to see her yelling and flapping her hands around. this kind of thing really gets on my nerves, and sets my maturity level back about 15 years. I didn’t go… In fact I put the car in reverse and backed closer to her car… This sort of freaked her out and frantically put her hands back on the wheel and worried that I would hit her or something. probably because women don’t know the dimensions of there cars as well as men… it’s a proven fact! I didn’t hit her… I didn’t even come close, but I hope it made the stick pop out oh her ass. I then calmly waved to her and turned left. During all this the car that was going to let me out had moved about 12 feet. People are such dumbasses…

Later!

I apparently didn’t take that many myself, I was occupied with other things. But my documentary photography team of Wade, Kristen, Jess, Emmaly, and Kenny will be filling in the gaps at the party. Look out for evidence soon.

Later!

The decorating is coming along nicely. I should really start getting my costume ready also, but i seem to be the chairman of the decorating committee. I spread out the rest of the webbing, set up the smoke machine, and set up the lights… Oh and I put up a giant picture of an electricuted skull.

Ive been wanting to do a rasterbation for that wall for a while and this image keeps coming up when I do a google search for “skull”. What a perfect fit. I think it’s from a flyer for a band? I found the source once, but i’ve lost it now and dont’ really care that much.
Later!

So last night we decided to carve pumpkins. Nothing to get you in the Halloween spirit like carving the guts out of a vegetable. We had some friends over and had some beers over too. We got together about 7 and went to the store together to pick out our pumpkins. I got myself a tallish one with some cool warts on the outside. I don’t know what it was but I think this pumpkin has some kind of skin disorder. The rind was like cutting a rock. It literally bent the knife when I tried to stick it in there. Everyone else was already done scooping when I finished cutting the stupid top off of mine. I just sat there for a minute and recovered from the work. Then I realized that I was way behind and that I really didn’t want to cut through this rind again. So I decided to do it my way.

I got out the power tools…

Now the girls must have seen too many episodes of “Home Improvement” since they were kind of upset with the idea. But I assured them that I would keep all of my fingers attached to my body. They obviously aren’t familiar with my liberal use of power tools. This hardened shell stood no chance against the power of my mighty 20 year old jigsaw. One minute later my pumpkin was done. Oh man is it beautiful! Beautifully disgusting!

Later!

So I think we’ve fixed the problem that I caused the other night. Not that it was easy or anything, but it’s fixed. When I got home the plexi-glass pieces had been soaking in turpentine all day. Unfortunately, like Rainer Wolfcastle’s goggles… “They do no-sing”. So all the scrubbing in the world wasn’t going to get them clean. On to the next idea. Through some trial and error I discovered that by using the edge of another piece of plexi-glass I could scrape off the frosting without scratching the glass. It was 5:15. 4 1/2 hours later with my hand gnarled into some kind of claw and cuts on my knuckles, I finished. It was like some kind of punishment for screwing up. But it was worth it. While not perfect the inserts were looking pretty good. I told the boys that we’d have to abandon the frosting plan and just use them clear which I think looks better anyway A quick rubdown with the liquid sander and we were back in business. Now on to the next step… the clear coat…

I had a little experience with this when I was about 14, making paper weights and just general monk eying around. But it kind of scared me to be mixing epoxy and pouring it over the table that I’d worked so hard on. The instructions said to mix the two parts equally, which we did. The instructions also said that we didn’t have enough to fully cover the table… but what do they know… stupid instructions. We proved them wrong my making it last to cover the whole table. Nothing horrible happened, yet, so I’m hoping that this step is a success. It wasn’t quite dry this morning, which makes me a little worried about pouring on more tonight. Maybe we’ll just let this dry and pour the rest on after the party? I’ll have to consult with the team.

Pongfather Out!