Well ladies and gentlemen, once again Farrar has through means of glorious combat picked their Pumpkin King. The pumpkin smash was last night. Don't know what a pumpkin smash is? Well image pumpkins thrown off of the roof of a dorm onto a large tarp, beat to a pulp and then used as the grounds for a king-of-the-mat wrestling extravaganza! There must have been 300 spectators there, including the Campus Pastor, and The Schools president and his wife. Being an upper classman I got first dibs on throwing pumpkins off of the roof! Unfortunately while up there I managed to cut my leg quite badly on a vent pipe. Undaunted I still fought.
My costume this year was the old standby, the sleeveless shirt dress. This I wore with french braided hair. I got alot of cat calls from the crowd and I think entertained them a bit. Also I joined the group of guys in the dorm fighting for the honor of a lady. My lady procured at the last minute was Juliet Sena the makeup lady for the play. i displayed her colors(a friendship bracelet) and I found out afterwards she wore a headband in honor of me.
I only came in 11th place out of about 35, but I must say I fought like a mule when they tried to drag me out. Also I must thank Jon Daniels who attempted to save me from being thrown out but was a tad late. All in all the pumpkin smash is one of my all time favorite things to do and I will miss it in the future.
Jake
