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I Carved Another Pumpkin With Ashlee

Some girls from my ward asked me to join them on a group date to Divine Comedy last Friday. It was a pretty funny show. They did a "F.H.E." rendition of The Beattles' "Let Her Be". They also did a funny skit using life-size shoulder angels. Afterward, we went to Macys (for the 2nd time in 24 hours) to buy a pumpkin. This time I bought a giant one and carved an eyeball into it. We used the guts as little, bloodshot lines around the iris. It was pretty fun. (Note for future parties, don't serve finger foods like popcorn when working with icky pumpkin guts.



My favorite pumpkin was a outline of Winny the Poo.


This is a shot of all of our pumpkins lined up. The outside ones are Snoopy and his dog, Zero. (My favorite Snoopy character is Linus who carries around the blanket all of the time.)


This is my date, Ashlee, trying on the Pumpkin Head from the previous night.


(Flash Forward to last night)

Ashley call me up again this afternoon, after I spent the morning shopping for my winter coat, to "see if I was doing anything tonight." She and her roommate, Haley, didn't have any plans. Not requiring my keen Detect-a-Date super abilities this time, I planned a evening on the fly. I invited them over for some "grapefruit and guitars". That was fun for about 2 hours. Then we made snacks and watched "The Abyss". We didn't finish it though. Ashley's old roommate had an emotional breakdown and called Ashley's phone. I told her that we could finish the movie later. It was boring anyway. I almost couldn't handle it. We had sat through over an hour and we were still developing the plot and main characters. The only redeemable part of the experience was that Ashley (Licensed Massage Therapist) gave me a dual hand massage. It took me like 10-15 minutes to return the favor after she kindly offered the service for me. Dummy! I'll chalk it up as a learning experience: Usually when someone offers you a service, it is polite to offer them the same. (A lot of times it's expected.)

Here is a shot of the pumpkins we carved last Friday. (Mine needed a little assistance so we blew up a balloon inside his head. I hope it will hold for a few more days.



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Listening to: Annie - Two Of Hearts (Skatebårds High Energy In The Night Remix)
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  1. HeatherSun Oct 26, 02:40:00 PM MDT

    LOVE the balloon inside!

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  2. NoelleMon Oct 27, 06:53:00 AM MDT

    Nice eyeball, did you know that's what we carved last year? You're fitting right in with the men of this family (Ophthalmologist, Optometrist...eyeball carver...) I love the balloon idea, though pretty gross she'd put it on her head with presumable mold covering the inside. Was that her reai hair sticking out? Nice you got a hand massage!

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