Gotta admit upfront, this could be an "interesting" week. I like to write most of the following week's Countdown articles on the weekend, because there's just no guarantee that I'm going to be lucid enough to write them when I get home from work. This past weekend, I wrote no Halloween Countdown articles. I had a family thing Friday, a friend thing Saturday and a pass out thing Sunday. If you notice any strange asides about death and about wanting death and about pleading for death during this week's run of articles, you'll know why.
Today's feature came out okay, though. "Spare Parts" is a silly kit that lets people make jack o' lanterns without actually carving them, Mr. Potato Head style. I wasn't impressed, but I wrote about it anyway.
Oh, I have more to say.
I've already told you about Target's Mountain Dew Pitch Black Freezes, but at the time, I didn't know about these. They have official cups! Why is this important? I've held onto empty (and full) cans of the first two Pitch Black incarnations, and now, I'll have a memento of the third. You should have that, too. I recommend buying an extra just for the cup. Don't fill it, because it'll be sticky forever no matter how many times you wash it. Keep one empty -- that'd be your trophy piece. Your mantle's gonna be freakin' awesome.
Posted by Matt on 10/02/2006. E-mail me!
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Old E, that’s a woman posting that Test Pattern blog. She runs another blog, popculturejunkmail.com, where X-E is mentioned frequently.