Sara’s Weblog – ATEC 3325

I had a couple of pumpkins outside my apartment door for Halloween, and they both got stolen. The first pumpkin to go AWOL on me was the one I carved for Halloween. I carved the Weighted Campanion Cube (from Portal) into it the day before Halloween and it sat untouched for the next week. It was getting pretty nasty and moldy, because I was too lazy to take it to the dumpster, and then it disappeared. I was actually glad because it saved me a trip to the dumpster.

The second pumpkin was uncarved and I just like the way it looked sitting there outside my door, it was very appropriate for fall. Then on November 12th University Village put citation on my door for having a pumpkin outside my apartment. Absolutely ridiculous! I refused to remove my beloved pumpkin and decided that if they gave me another citation for having “Halloween” decorations, I would argue that it wasn’t for Halloween, but for fall or Thanksgiving. That would show ‘em…stickin’ it to the man.

Two days after I received the citation I walked out my front door and noticed my pumpking was gone. My first thought was that those bastards at the leasing office had confiscated it; but as I proceeded down the stairs (I live on the third floor) I noticed a smashed pumpkin on the ground below. Alas, my poor pumpkin, murdered. I doubt it was the leasing office, since it was obviously dropped over the side of the building. Perhaps it was those shifty people across the hall…

Now I’m thinking of ways to boobytrap my pumpkins for next year. Maybe they should explode when touched, or maybe I could used ‘mild’ electrocution…