So, Wendy and I undertook what could have been a daunting task, but one that others have pulled off on a regular basis….carving a pumpkin. Neither of us had carved a pumpkin since we were about six years old, so I decided why do the goofy triangle eyes when you can go for something cooler? Dr. Asian Snake did an Albert Einstein one, maybe I could find a good one too.
I scoured the internet and found a pattern of Hiro Nakamura from Heroes. It didn’t seem all that difficult, so we decided to give it a shot. We cleaned the pumpkin out and saved the seeds (more on that later), then proceeded to pushpin down the pattern to the round pumpkin, which was extremely difficult.
Wendy took the first swing, cutting out the Heroes helix-looking symbol that apparently means ‘Godsend.’ The pattern became more and more difficult to saw as it became soaked with pumpkin juice, but Wendy did a fantastic job.
She had plans to hang out with her friend Kara, so she had to leave…and I took over. First, I tried to trace around the pattern with a push pin, but when I saw Wendy just going at it, I changed my mind. But as I sawed, the pattern became so soaked with pumpkin guts that it was just sliding around, so I had to go back to my original plan.
I made a connect-the-dots style pattern on the pumpkin, discarded the pattern and went to work….and you know what? It didn’t turn out half bad (which is accurate, because about half of it IS bad…). I’m impressed with our first shot at a pumpkin since the early 1990’s. It wasn’t as good as the Einstein pumpkin, but it wasn’t terrible either.
We tackled the pumpkin after dinner, for which Wendy made a sort of chicken stir-fry. I have included a picture of the dish, which was a combination of chicken grilled in ginger, onion powder, salt and pepper and steamed snap peas, carrots, onions and mushrooms on a bed of brown rice. We had edamame as a side dish.
I also toasted the pumpkin seeds, covering them with a little olive oil. I then covered half of them with salt and pepper and the other half with cinnamon and sugar. They’re delicious, and not bad for you..aside from the sugar….
It was a pretty exciting day at work, as I moved my desk out into the main room. You see, I had been sitting in what’s dubbed as the ‘annex.’ It was me and one other guy who’s never at his desk basically in the hallway that leads out the back door. There is one main room that contains the vast majority of desks, which is where I now reside. I feel like I’ve finally made it….
It seems to be warming up a little bit around here, which is good for me. This morning wasn’t as brutally cold as it has been the past couple days, and I think tomorrow should be even better. Although I haven’t really talked about it, I have still been working out, alternating stair days and run days. Today was a running day, and running in this ice-cold weather is taking some getting used to…but I’m coming along.
Song of the Day: How Do U Want It? - Tupac. There wasn’t really a song that I heard today that really stood out, so we’re going to go with the old, reliable Tupac classic, How Do U Want It? Great song.
Halloween is tomorrow, which means it’s almost November…which means we’re down to about seven months before the wedding. I’ve come a long way, but I have a lot more to do.
More tomorrow.
-Brett
- Hiro!
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