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[vyvyanx]

Calling was quite good last night - virtually _everyone_ was there. Much pleasant chatting and stuff; tried not to drink _too_ much so G could get into work at a reasonable time today. Can't help comparing it with the Hallowe'en Calling last year, which really was not good at all from my perspective. But then that part of last year was generally pretty chaotic for me.
Yesterday I carved a swede with a scary face. Swedes are quite hard, and challenging to hollow out effectively, but I don't like eating pumpkin. Mm, mashed swede.
G and I are rather concerned that his contract at the Jobcentre may not be renewed after next month, which would mean a return to the endless unbearable jobhunting - this time with _both_ of us looking for work. I had a nice chat over coffee with oakdryad yesterday afternoon, however, about post-academia job prospects mostly, and she's lent me an interesting book called "What else you can do with a PhD". It seems quite positive and cheering so far.
Oh, I wish this foul drizzle would go away. It's sapping my will to live.

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[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

When we were kids, we always carved turnips or swedes, not pumpkins - in fact pumpkins were very hard to get!
I suppose we can thank globalisation for pumpkins having become the generic carving vegetable.

[lnr]

Same with us. Pumpkins just seem very American to me :-)

[vyvyan.livejournal.com]

Mm, my mother always got me swedes to carve when I was little; the whole pumpkin thing seems to have taken off relatively recently. Have you done a Hallowe'en swede this year, lnr or kboyd?

[lnr]

No, I haven't had time really which is a shame.

[sphyg.livejournal.com]

> everyone was there

I wasn't :(

[vyvyan.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry! It was a shame not to see you there; I haven't seen you for some time. Would you like to come round for dinner at our flat some time?