The Great Pimpkin

This is where I am in my life. Going on 27 years of age and I still express myself with alpha-male tendencies. However, in my own defense, this carving really isn't as narcissistic as it appears. It is not a philosophical statement conveying the objectification of women. I would never do that.

I only hit and/or belittle women on a "as needed" basis.

But seriously, I wanted to make some great intricate carving that even I would be impressed with but it turned out to be more complicated than I assumed. First off, I couldn't find any carving patterns that I thought were unique or fit my personality, so that alone disenfranchised me. Then, when I did find something I liked, it asked for my credit card number. Are you friggen serious? Finally, the free ones that I found seemed like they would have taken a week to carve-- and that is assuming there were no screw ups.

Then I found a picture of a "mud flap girl". Not very original, in and of itself, but it appeared to be something relatively easy to do, so I went with that. My obsession with order and symmetry compelled me to mirror the girl so that they would be facing each other. But still, it lacked something. It needed one more thing.

I wasn't in a clever state of mind and I needed it to fit between the girls so my options became limited. I settled on "PIMP" because it was short, easy, and fit the theme. I could have put "ERIC" on there but that came off as somehow being more lame than the other. I suppose being lame is better than being a douchebag. Go figure.

Anyway, that damn pimpkin took me 3 and half hours to carve. I swear to god that I had carpel tunnel and arthritis set in that exact night. Holy hell, that was a pain in the ass! But it was worth it. I think it turned out pretty damn well, despite the frat boy juvenility of the content.