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Friday
Nov072008
That'll Teach Me
Friday, November 7, 2008 at 2:10AM
Do you know what happens when you forget yourself for a second and write a really angry, seething sort of post on your blog? Do you know what happens when you then re-think that vitriol laden post and re-work it into something deep and introspective? Do you know what happens when you re-evaluate that post and get yourself stuck in a place where you can no longer find any words to say what should be something as simple as "What the fuck, yo?"
You walk away from the computer, go upstairs, and realize that your children have hidden pumpkins in their bedroom well past their expiration dates, and you also discover, upon picking them up, that one of those pumpkins thought it would be loads of fun to rot from the bottom up, that's what.
You walk away from the computer, go upstairs, and realize that your children have hidden pumpkins in their bedroom well past their expiration dates, and you also discover, upon picking them up, that one of those pumpkins thought it would be loads of fun to rot from the bottom up, that's what.
Reader Comments (50)
Ewwwwwwww.
Ali wrote..http://callapippertree.blogspot.com/2008/11/ceramic-headgear.html" rel="nofollow">Ceramic Headgear
I think I know what you were writing about.
I can feel your anger and the anger of all of us pulsating through your blog.
And that pumpkin didn't rot. It shat itself.
Kelley wrote..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MagnetoBoldToo/~3/445307641/" rel="nofollow">The therapy cupboard
Well, 1.) the initial post loses it's energy and 2.) you're gonna have to do a truly angry post aimed at those damn pumpkins... -B
Ben Murphy, TheFatherLife.com wrote..http://thefatherlife.com/testnewsite/2008/11/07/spreading-the-word-about-movember/" rel="nofollow">Spreading the Word About MOVEMBER!
awww man......
what were you gonna write about??
Tammy wrote..http://thopgood-mylife.blogspot.com/2008/11/acdc.html" rel="nofollow">AC/DC
Thanks for the warning. That sounds exactly like how my day would go. Of course in my case, I wrote an angry rant about my mom, kept it up to keep it real, and a few months later she found my blog. Ugh!
Hope things are better today.
Mom24@4evermom wrote..http://4evermom.blogspot.com/2008/11/finally-finished.html" rel="nofollow">Finally Finished!
Wow...Karma can really suck sometimes...
No clue what to say, so:
Eww. Gross. But - it will be funny later, right? "remember that Halloween that you all let the pumpkins rot in your bedrooms....?"
That's disgusting!! But also funny. Only because it didn't happen to me.
jessica wrote..http://stapeliad.blogspot.com/2008/11/aed6.html" rel="nofollow">AED.6
Good luck with that.
I am still periodically scrubbing the marks off my front porch from *last years* rotten pumpkins.
However, all things happen for a reason. Did those rotten pumpkins maybe save you from an even worse fate?
Sophie,Inzaburbs wrote..http://www.inzaburbs.com/2008/11/06/science-projects-with-some-room-for-improvement/" rel="nofollow">Science Projects With Some Room for Improvement
That sounds like something that would happen to me, except that there would probably be dog shit involved (there always is around here.) SIGH
They say that Lincoln used to write angry letters, put them in his drawer, and read them after he calmed down. He then would decide whether or not to send the letter.
I bet he TOTALLY would have recommended rotten gourds, if he had thought of it.
miko564 wrote..http://themonkeyandscratch.blogspot.com/2008/11/why-not-let-sam-say-it.html" rel="nofollow">Why Not Let Sam Say It?
What are you getting upset with me for?
Also, I sent you a homework assignment. I'm going to flunk you if I don't see it soon. Just becuase you're in-tight with the teacher doesn't get you off the hook.
:)
Audubon Ron wrote..http://ducksmahal.blogspot.com/2008/11/wife-of-nobel-character.html" rel="nofollow">A Wife of Noble Character
At least it was just a pumpkin and not a small animal!
Well, at least it wasn't in your car!
I do think the Goard God's medicine here is obvious though. Go with your gut. Let it out without second guessing, or the PC anger control will rot you inside out.
But that might be because I love the drama.
ah hell you stole my f-ing post!!!! i kid. i kid. dude. sorry your day was so craptastic. i've deleted/reworked/deleted/reworked until all i posted was some bs paragraph basically sayin', look yo, i am DONE.
and uhm those pumpkins? eeek. yikes. that's why i never DO pumpkins. they're all shades of nasty to me. (except for pumpkin pie. i heart pie.)
hope your friday is better!!!!!
Lo wrote..http://slaphappymusings.blogspot.com/2008/11/im-putting-my-neck-on-cutting-board-im.html" rel="nofollow">i'm putting my neck on the cutting board. i'm putting myself out there.
I'm angry too - I live in California after all. And yeah, our pumpkin rotted it's ass off too. BEFORE Halloween ... we had to toss it the day prior. WTF? The pumpkin growers must be picking them in Sept. or something if they're all rotting so fast.
I knew you wanted my opinion on pumpkin growers. Admit it, you've been wondering all day what their harvesting schedule is like.
Crap. This explains the smell from the basement. I hate Halloween.
always home and uncool wrote..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlwaysHomeAndUncool/~3/445107018/my-year-of-at-home-dadness.html" rel="nofollow">My Year of At-Home Dadness
Ew! But you have lots of practice from the great Crab Debaucle of Summer 08, so you should be all set!
Jill wrote..http://charmingdelightful.blogspot.com/2008/11/bizzyness.html" rel="nofollow">The Bizzyness
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew. I just vomited in my mouth a little.
Mama Bee wrote..http://momtobee.blogspot.com/2008/11/ever-fallen-in-love-with-someone-you.html" rel="nofollow">Ever Fallen In Love With Someone (You Shouldn't've Fallen In Love With)?
Eek. I believe that rotting potatoes smell 48% worse than decomposing bodies and ammonia. I sure hope that rotting pumpkins smell better than rotting potatoes.
*cheers*
Ash wrote..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PerilouslyPrecocious/~3/443923214/" rel="nofollow">Delirium
Wow, pumpkin melting vitriol. Be careful with that, next thing you know it's all the produce. Then it's back to the grocery store.
Jim wrote..http://h31n0us.blogspot.com/2008/11/smackdown-award.html" rel="nofollow">The Smackdown (+ an award)
Be thankful it wasn't stashed under the back seat of the car.
Gettysburg Mom wrote..http://gettysburgfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/destroyer-arrives-today.html" rel="nofollow">The Destroyer Arrives Today...
Man, blogger burnout seems to be a trend this week.
I hope I don't catch it.
Arjewtino wrote..http://arjewtino.com/2008/i-really-expected-more-from-you-american-apparel/" rel="nofollow">I really expected more from you, American Apparel
Yuck. I can't imagine the smell.
VegasDad wrote..http://ivegasfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/week-in-disarray.html" rel="nofollow">a week in disarray
eewwwww....for the pumkins. Had the same prob. I'm going to agree with the previous posters that at least it wasn't the car...
I over review, over edit and second guess all the time. You shouldn't, your blog is wonderful.
I have experienced rotting pumpkins and gourds. On my good end table. The ONLY piece of furniture that didn't have a scratch or coffee ring or ding on it.
That'll teach me for being festive...
Be glad you found it NOW instead of in another week. Pumpkins are HORRENDOUS and the bugs and critters love them...
tracey wrote..http://tracey-justanothermommyblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/put-those-piggies-away.html" rel="nofollow">Put those piggies away!
Ooooh sorry about the pumpkin. Can't wait to read the post.
At least it wasn't in the laundry pile?
Melanie @ MelADramatic Mommy wrote..http://lacostamom.blogspot.com/2008/11/blog-post.html" rel="nofollow">In the Blink of An Eye
I'm curious now - let it out - you'll feel better. And I need some good entertainment to shake me out of the funk.
It is defintely contagious.
Em
Em wrote..http://eminpursuit.blogspot.com/2008/11/fridays-food-for-thought.html" rel="nofollow">Friday's Food for Thought
Nice. At least you found them before Christmas when they would have been pumpkin mummies.
Tara R. wrote..http://ifmomsaysok.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/update-interview-with-kathleens-family/" rel="nofollow">UPDATE ~ interview with Kathleen’s family
Our pumpkins didn't even make it to Halloween! Luckily, not hidden in the rooms so I was able to get them out w/o too much trauma.
April wrote..http://formerlyaprildawn.blogspot.com/2008/11/emotional.html" rel="nofollow">Emotional
And that smell....there is no other smell like the smell of a rotting pimpkin. None. And don't ask me how I know that.
Kori wrote..http://korij.blogspot.com/2008/11/take-it-back-bitch-letter-to-instructor.html" rel="nofollow">Take it Back, Bitch! A Letter to the Instructor
I once found a sippy cup of milk a good two years later.
Yeah, I'm with you: What the fuck, yo?
That'll do it. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Tradeja one tremendous, historic blow for racial justice for one sock in the solar plexus to equality for The Gays.
Fewer words than What the fuck, yo? Sick. And. Tired.
Polly wrote..http://www.lesbiandad.net/2008/11/07/the-people-incited-will-never-be-defeated/" rel="nofollow">The people ignited will never be defeated**
Grody.
And I agree with the other's above that a) the pumpkin shat itself and b) thank god it was not in your car. It is hard enough to get Corn Nut smell out of a car, let alone rotting pumpkin.
Carrie wrote..http://www.stopscreamingimdriving.com/2008/11/sixty-months.html" rel="nofollow">Sixty Months
Oh GAG!! I'd have puked in the pumpkin!!
The Real Life Fairy Tale Princess wrote..http://onemorefairytale.blogspot.com/2008/11/poets-society.html" rel="nofollow">POETS Society
Blaaaahhhhhh!
Curious. What reason did they give for HIDING pumpkins in their bedrooms? Yuck.
One Mom's Opinion wrote..http://onemomsopinion.blogspot.com/2008/11/political-wrapup.html" rel="nofollow">Political Wrapup
Ouch.
I suspect that I might know why you're angry - if it's the same reason I'm angry, anyway.
That said, pumpkins are ew.
You should post the angry post.
Karma is one nasty beoch.
ah. gawd love them. but just think how damn cute they were out trick or treating.
raino wrote..http://momofboxer.blogspot.com/2008/11/again-i-chickened-out.html" rel="nofollow">Again. I chickened out!
Funny, 'cause I just wrote a really angry seething post and then toned it way down.
I'm new, by the way. Found you on a comment on Redneck Mommy's blog. :)
Elizabeth wrote..http://perpetualsmile.net/2008/11/07/eugene-bean-takes-the-subway/" rel="nofollow">Eugene Bean Takes the Subway
Well as a rule I would never advise anyone do drink alcohol but a little drunken blogging might solve your problem. Well, not your pumpkin problem. It reminds me of the time I hid candycanes in my closet. I reached for one in mid-January and got a mouth full of ants. Dude, did you know ants like sugar??? I didn't.
janethesane wrote..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YouSeeWhatYouWantToSee/~3/443874593/get-your-obama-on.html" rel="nofollow">Get your Obama On
OMG! I can so relate to the rotten pumpkin!
Nah. No karma here . . . that pumpkin was reminding you that if you keep it in, it'll just rot.
And stink.
And create a mess.
Let it out . . .
LaskiGal wrote..http://laskigal.blogspot.com/2008/11/little-corners.html" rel="nofollow">Little Corners
I was going to say something witty about Prop 8 causing instand decomposition. But then saw Momo Fali's comment and pretty much all thought left my head and I passed out. I've just come to, again - it's been a few hours - and I'm shaking and every so frightened.
Oh gross, I can imagine the stench! Eeeuuw!
I HATE it when pumpkins do that, SO gross! Sorry about that, I hope it all turned out okay.
Jaina wrote..http://girl-with-the-camera.blogspot.com/2008/11/campfires-quads-and-sandstormsoh-my.html" rel="nofollow">Campfires, Quads and Sandstorms...Oh My!!
First water through the nose and now a little vomit in the throat. lol
Kim wrote..http://www.joggingincircles.com/journal/2008/11/12/wordless-wednesday-sisters.html" rel="nofollow">Wordless Wednesday - Sisters