{"id":2469,"date":"2015-10-31T22:13:58","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T22:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/?p=2469"},"modified":"2015-10-31T22:13:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T22:13:58","slug":"halloweekend-preparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/2015\/10\/31\/halloweekend-preparations\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloweekend Preparations!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finally! It&#8217;s almost time for my favorite holiday: HALLOWEEN!! So to prep for the weekend festivities, a few friends and I gathered for a pumpkin carvin&#8217;, hot buttered rum makin&#8217;, pumpkin seed roasting&#8217;, scary movie watchin&#8217; extravaganza.<\/p>\n<p>First stop: Safeway to go pumpkin pickin&#8217;!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2471\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image2-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2471\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2471\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image2-3.jpg\" alt=\"My buddies Billy and Nate pickin out their pumpkins\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image2-3.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image2-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image2-3-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My buddies Billy and Nate pickin out their pumpkins&#8230; what cute faces!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We brought our haul back to my house and began carving!<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image4-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2473\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image4-2.jpg\" alt=\"Processed with VSCOcam with c1 preset\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image4-2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image4-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image4-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image4-2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image3-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2472\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image3-2.jpg\" alt=\"Processed with VSCOcam with c1 preset\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image3-2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image3-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image3-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image3-2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how my pumpkin turned out, all lit up in the dark on my porch: The Hylian Pumpkin! (Based of course off the Hylian shield from Legend of Zelda)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image1-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2470 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image1-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image1-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image1-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image1-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image1-2.jpg 1866w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/oot_hylian_shield_by_blueamnesiac-d4jypro.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2501 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/oot_hylian_shield_by_blueamnesiac-d4jypro-252x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/oot_hylian_shield_by_blueamnesiac-d4jypro-252x300.png 252w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/oot_hylian_shield_by_blueamnesiac-d4jypro.png 819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a>Not bad, eh? Here&#8217;s my pals and our pumpkins: a spooky crow, the Hylian shield, and a skull from Heart of Darkness.<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image6-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2475\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image6-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image6-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image6-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image6-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image6-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following pumpkins we watched The Thing and baked the pumpkin seeds, the best part, in my opinion.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2474\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image5-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2474\" class=\"wp-image-2474 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image5-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image5-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image5-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image5-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/files\/2015\/10\/image5-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delicious!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Can&#8217;t wait to show off my costume this Halloween! You bet there&#8217;ll be pictures of that too. Happy Halloweekend!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally! It&#8217;s almost time for my favorite holiday: HALLOWEEN!! So to prep for the weekend festivities, a few friends and I gathered for a pumpkin carvin&#8217;, hot buttered rum makin&#8217;, pumpkin seed roasting&#8217;, scary movie watchin&#8217; extravaganza. First stop: Safeway &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/2015\/10\/31\/halloweekend-preparations\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[450,141,220,146,274,448,449],"class_list":["post-2469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-autumn","tag-fall","tag-friends","tag-halloween","tag-photos","tag-pumpkins","tag-spooky"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2469"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2503,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469\/revisions\/2503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}