Season 2: Appologies

Hey everybody, I'm really sorry about this season and I'm sorry that it took me so long to get around to commenting on what happened.

Around Halloween I ended up being obscenely busy and as a result I only got to carve one pumpkin. I started carving that mammoth, but it was taking too long due solely to it's size (the thing took me almost 2 hours just to clean...) so I took a break for the night. When I returned to it the next day, it had already keeled over on itself and I chalked it up as a failure.

Hopefully this year will end up being better. Thank you for your time.

-b

Season 2: Prologue

it's pumpkin carving season again, but while i'm raring to get going i've got a lot on my plate this year. so instead of one a day, i'm just going to slaughter as many as i see fit. i also have a little plan in action for a fun little pumpkin side project that we'll see if i can get in gear later on this month.

i'm looking for a good way to preserve pumpkins this year, so if you know of something other than vaselining them, lemon juicing them, varnishing them, bleaching the bujezus out of them, keeping them wet 24/7, or shrink wrapping them, let me know. i've tried all of those things to no avail.... for my first one this year i'm going to try bleaching the bujezus out of it, then coating the whole thing with parafin wax. i think the bleach will kill any bacteria, then the wax will seal in everything... i think rot will be my enemy on this one...

in the meantime, i bought Number 1 today and man is he a beast. this miraculous bastard is easily the biggest pumpkin i've ever carved, and i just weighed it in at 53 lbs.... i'll weigh it again after i get a chance to gut and cut him. i chucked a stella in the picture just for scale...

-b

The Final Countdown

well... here they all are in order. pick your favorite for the votes!!

enjoy
-b

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Vote-o-meter

hey everybody, i've added a vote thing on the right hand side, so vote for your favorite pumpkins. my sister had a pumpkin carving party on the weekend, and she sent me these pics of the ones that she did. if you've done a wicked pumpkin that you're proud of, sendem to me and i'll post them too.

enjoy
-b

Pumpkin #31

well... i made it. 31 in 31 days. it's been a crazy experience, and i'm extremely tired... but it's also been fun and rewarding. i can't guarantee that i'll do it in this same format next year, but i'll definitely be doing some more pumpkins as soon as i can.

this pumpkin was the third time i tried to do a POV video recording of myself carving. the first time i strapped the camera to my head, and recorded the cupboards and fridge above where i was actually working. the second time i tried it, my camera ran out of juice about 2 minutes in, but didn't make any noise or anything to alert me to the fact that it was shutting off.... so i recorded two awesome minutes of pumpkin gutting, and 2 hours of nothing. for this guy, i managed to capture pretty decent footage, but it's all a little too close, so i spend a lot of time working just off frame... i'll double check and see if it's worth posting in the morning. here he is though,

see ya next year.
-b

Pumpkin #30

so i've got to do two tonight, so this ones a little simple, but still fun. i'll post again in a while with the final punkin!!

enjoy
-b