Brandon, Barb & Maya too!

Oui Oui! It is true! The Frenchman won the pumpkin carving contest hands down this Halloween with a carving so good that it should quite honestly make him question whether he is in the right profession (which might just be the case with any more Coastal Carolina University budget cuts!).

The field was limited this year due to illness (the entire Keene clan had to pull out) and some no-shows. We also had some non-participants. Ken Small removed his pumpkin from competition after reading the 2008 amended rules that stated no financial equations allowed. His preparation of carving the infamous Hamada Equation thus went down the drain.

The Krupkas simply wished to keep their fingers in tact, so no carving for them...

Yoav was too busy working on his Dracula accent to get to his pumpkin...

Barbara was too busy answering the door for all the kiddies looking for goodies...

And Kay Keels couldn't find a pumpkin...so she stopped at the store to buy a Spaghetti Squash that ran her $10+; therefore, it was just too damn beautiful to cut open and gut.

This left two contestants: Brandon Taylor Charpied and Matthieu Chan Tsin -- which really wasn't much of a contest at all.

While Brandon was at a creative loss, the only thing he could come up with was creating a 'support sign' for Barack Obama to show his support:

It was tough finding an Obama-Biden sign, so this was the next best option.

Matt on the other hand wanted to do something to represent Coastal -- the Chanticleer. After the group laughed at him for a bit considering how detailed the logo is, Matt jumped on the laptop, found the logo and sketched out his creation.

If you aren't familiar with the Chanticleer logo, here it is:



And here is Matt's amazing creation:



You have to admit, that is damn impressive! Coastal would have paid someone to carve that at a University gathering. So, Matt was the winner hands down. His prize? Well, he received two prizes for this masterpiece -- 1) Hannah Montana crayons (a 3-pack no less!), and 2) Belly Dancing Music compact disc. The prizes just keep getting better and better every year!

We did have a new unexpected competition fall into our laps -- "Lost Children of the Stars"

Basically, what would happen if two stars got together to have a child?

Contestant #1 (Pink & Davis Love III)

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Holy crap that's scary! Not nearly as scary as the child of these two (below), but mighty damn close to it (this has to be one of the funniest pictures ever)!




Okay, okay...let's keep going.

Contestant #2 (Tom Henke & Elvis Presley)

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Woah! He can pitch AND sing! Good combo...

Okay, so there you have it...Pumpkin Carving Party 2008. Hope you enjoyed ;-)