BEHOLD I have ascended to my true form ( hiya plurk! Feeling much better :> )

recovery had gone slow (tested negative for a while now but body just went through it and needs time to heal) but my spouse and I felt good enough to go to a jackolantern exhibit and it was so much fun

I've been burnt out of ideas to carve for a while now and it was just so inspiring to see everyone else's creativity on display in a delightful spooky glow

like this one made them jellyfish? how cool is that?

I really like the stippling effect in this one

and yeah the big exhibits made of individual pumpkins were super neat

a good spooky time HALLOWEEN INTENSIFIES

my brain is still too much mush for tags, but man I forgot that covid doesn't just make me tired but also SAD. When I look at my messages from last time I had it, my mood also did a 180 and I dropped a whole game.

So while I can't say all of my mood was brought on by illness (those thoughts still live in my head enough to come out regardless) I think it definitely exacerbated things

Oh my gosh, that all looks so cool!

right? that's all it was, no extra food trucks or anything but that was exactly what I signed up to see! It was just the bit of fall goodness I've been craving

my husband knows me well heh

The jellyfish lanterns in particular are sending me

RIGHT? I felt the same like omg I must draw pumpkin jellyfish now. INSPIRED

the big spider one made my laugh because I feel like with a few tweaks you could have a crab rave instead lmao

OMG

ALL THE PUMPKINS

glad you're feeling better!! that looks so rad

thankee ^^ yeah! it was so much fun