Half a Monster
Happy Halloween!
This has always been my favorite holiday, but once again this year, we didn't do anything for Halloween. Last year, we had the excuse that Paul had broken his arm in several places two days before, as reported here. Sometimes it's amazing to think how much can happen in the space of a year.
Tonight, in the spirit of Halloween, we tried that semi-annual experiment of spending an evening without watching TV. It was pretty scary, for reasons that will soon become obvious.
Here's an actual transcript:
PAUL: Wanna play Scrabble?
ME: No.
PAUL: Boggle?
ME: Nah.
PAUL: Commemorative edition "Lord of the Rings" Risk?
(short pause)
ME: As our Halloween costume, can we go as people who are too cool to own something with that particular combination of nouns?
(short pause)
PAUL: Wanna do that thing where you draw the top half of a monster, and I draw the bottom half, and we can't look at each others halves until we're done?
ME pretends to be too cool, before realizing that this is futile.
ME: Okay. Fine. You win. Let's draw a monster.
PAUL: Really?!
ME: It'll pass the time.
ME and PAUL both look at the darkend TV with more than a hint of longing.
PAUL: Wanna call Amy and Brian and ask if they're drawing monsters, too?
ME: Sounds like a cry for help.
PAUL: Yeah, they'd just be jealous.
So we drew a montser (the bottom half was mine, which might be obvious).
Here's our chef d'oeuvre:
I think the two halves reflect male vs. female priorities pretty clearly (note that my half is nicely accessorized, and Paul's ... uh, isn't). We named him/her Diqweena D. Head.
This is a cautionary tale of all couples who might be considering turning off the TV tonight. Just... put down the remote ... slowly, now ...
This has always been my favorite holiday, but once again this year, we didn't do anything for Halloween. Last year, we had the excuse that Paul had broken his arm in several places two days before, as reported here. Sometimes it's amazing to think how much can happen in the space of a year.
Tonight, in the spirit of Halloween, we tried that semi-annual experiment of spending an evening without watching TV. It was pretty scary, for reasons that will soon become obvious.
Here's an actual transcript:
PAUL: Wanna play Scrabble?
ME: No.
PAUL: Boggle?
ME: Nah.
PAUL: Commemorative edition "Lord of the Rings" Risk?
(short pause)
ME: As our Halloween costume, can we go as people who are too cool to own something with that particular combination of nouns?
(short pause)
PAUL: Wanna do that thing where you draw the top half of a monster, and I draw the bottom half, and we can't look at each others halves until we're done?
ME pretends to be too cool, before realizing that this is futile.
ME: Okay. Fine. You win. Let's draw a monster.
PAUL: Really?!
ME: It'll pass the time.
ME and PAUL both look at the darkend TV with more than a hint of longing.
PAUL: Wanna call Amy and Brian and ask if they're drawing monsters, too?
ME: Sounds like a cry for help.
PAUL: Yeah, they'd just be jealous.
So we drew a montser (the bottom half was mine, which might be obvious).
Here's our chef d'oeuvre:
I think the two halves reflect male vs. female priorities pretty clearly (note that my half is nicely accessorized, and Paul's ... uh, isn't). We named him/her Diqweena D. Head.
This is a cautionary tale of all couples who might be considering turning off the TV tonight. Just... put down the remote ... slowly, now ...
posted by Marguerite at 6:59 PM
3 Comments:
TV? Jesus, together on the couch? No, no, no. We retire to seperate media areas to play/browse/view our seperate media.
You see that way we have less contact. Because that makes a good marriage. Less contact. You see?
Help.
That's awesome. I love the handbag.
I can't see the picture, but the idea is strangely interesting.
I don't watch much TV (other than Lost and Project Runway), but have never resorted to drawing monster halves with my husband. Might have to try it sometime, just for fun. :)
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