And I Jack...the Pumpkin King

Phase one of party prep:

Awesome invitations courtesy of Janell. (Now we just have to get around to handing them out)

I carved a pumpkin tonight. It looks cool. I sliced my hand with my knife in the process. It hurt a little. It is the second time today I have made myself bleed. At least it was a different hand the second time. I edited out the blade of the knife simply out of spite in this picture. You can see the handle being used to keep the pumpkin from tilting forward.

I spilled some blood for this pumpkin. That makes it awesome.

I always worry when I throw parties. What if nobody comes? What if people show up and it's lame? What if people are bored? What if no one wants to come? Yes, I repeated that last question, but that's only because it's my biggest concern in the process of party planning. I know I am perfectly capable of planning and throwing an excellent party. The problem is that just because I know it doesn't ensure that anyone is going to actually attend. Hopefully they do though because so far the menu includes:

• 2 dozen cupcakes
• candy apples
• popcorn balls
• sugar cookies
• chips/salsa
• punch
• regular popcorn
• candy

And I most certainly do NOT want any leftovers!

Also, something strange and somewhat unfathomable happened in my sewing lab today. I had my iPod mix playing over the speakers in the class. It's a pretty eclectic mix so as to hopefully appeal at least a little to everybody in class. One of the most noncontroversial (and possibly one of the best songs) on my playlist is Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles. A few seconds into this song someone in my class stood up walked over to my iPod (without asking mind you) and skipped the song. He then announced something to the effect of "No offense, but I don't want to hear that song." 

All I could think was Really?  I mean REALLY? It's the Beatles for goodness' sake. What's not to like about The Beatles? Especially Here Comes the Sun. Also, don't touch my stuff without asking, thanks! Someone please explain to me how someone could object to this song! I just don't get it!

I found this picture in a stack of my stuff left over from our Matisse lesson last week. It is definitely blog worthy.

One last thing: How awesome are these boots?