Bring on the Monsters!

   In honor of Halloween, I made a monster pie (vanilla cream in a chocolate crust and drizzled with chocolate).  Did I mention that is was a scary shade of green?  This color can only be achieved by using the ENTIRE little tube of green food coloring.  I took this pie to my friend Amy's for dinner.  After an enlightening dinner conversation about fruit, vegetables and green/blue food (the highlight of which was when Wendy pronounced, "Celery is a silent killer.")  we partook of the monster pie.  It was very tasty but served up like vanilla pudding due to a small problem with the set up process.  Looking at it in the bowl (bowl - enough said!) I was reminded of the scene from "Better Off Dead" in which questionable green food moved across a plate.
   It has been a week full of monsters.  My day job (for those who are not aware) is teaching pre-kindergarten.  This is usually a pretty fun gig and this week was no exception.  The class put on a play called "Monsters Rock Out" with the help of my co-teacher (Ms. Tina) and our music teacher (Mr. Chuck).  Tina thought we (the adults) should dress up as monsters as well.  This is how I came to be Edward Scissorhands. 
   A week full of oozy green pie, Edward Scissorhands, Halloween music and "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (my favorite) makes me love Halloween even more.   Mr. Chuck jokingly said that Edward Scissorhands fits my goth persona.  Really I think I am about as goth as fuzzy kittens or pink bunnies. But I do wear a lot of black. I do wear Converse.  I do listen to broody music.  I do write poetry.  I do love Tim Burton films.  I do make scary slime colored pies. 
  Maybe, just maybe, there is a goth princess lurking inside me.  And soon she will hatch her nefarious plan to take over the world - one pie at a time.