Ugly Pumpkins

In the spirit of Halloween, I wanted to make (and wear) a pumpkin costume this year. I've always been a fan of bright colored round objects (they seem so elegantly simple and happy), but I will have to put off my pumpkin suit until next year... due to lack of funds (I'm a poor graduate student - what did you expect?).

Sergio took some pictures of a pumpkin patch that he passes on his way to work and there is a hideously ugly pumpkin there. I did not know pumpkins could be so ugly.

Would you be afraid to touch that pumpkin? I would. I'd be afraid to sprout orange warts afterward.

Even though I will not be wearing a pumpkin costume this year, I am very excited to hand out candy to trick-or-treaters this Halloween. My house (in Pennsylvania) is located on a rather isolated road, so the only trick-or-treaters we get are those pesky idiotic racist children who live on the road... and they never come in costume (and they even egged our house once - not on Halloween). So this year, I'm excited to live in a little cute house in a nice neighboorhood. I just hope there are nice children who come and ask for candy!

And the color orange is not as bad as I thought. I used to hate the color, but the color has somewhat grown on me... but I will always be a purple-lover. :)