Pop Goes the Evil: Corns and (Pineapple) Palaces

 That 70s Grow Necklace

Top: Self Esteem, Macy's

Skirt: TJ Maxx

Shoes: Guess, DSW

Bag: Old Navy

Flower bangle: Mixit, J. C. Penney's

Striped bangle: ZAD, Zulily

Blue bead bracelet: Cloud Nine

Beaded bracelet: Plymouth Plantation gift shop

Pompom charm bracelet: Zulily

 People of the Pineapples Necklace

Top: Decree, J. C. Penney's

Skirt: Worthington, J. C. Penney's

Shoes: Shoe Carnival

Bag: Circus by Sam Edelman, Kohl's

Belt: J. C. Penney's

Pineapple purse charm: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

Palm leaf purse charm: Michaels

Catherine the Ornate Necklace

Top: Self Esteem, J. C. Penney's

Skirt: Celebrity Pink, Macy's

Shoes: Guess, Marshalls

Bag: J. C. Penney's

Beaded bangle: Amrita Singh, Zulily

Other bangles: B Fabulous

Sunglasses: Rampage, Boscov's

Barrette: The Tote Trove

You've heard of Children of the Corn.  Well, this is People of the Pineapples.  Except it's a necklace, not a horror movie.  And I made it because I enjoy bringing you the best in off-putting produce.  That said, corn and pineapples aren't all that different.  Both are yellow and segmented, with a green tuft on top.  And in this case, both are haunted by undead spirits: the corn by frightening farm kids, and the pineapples by severed head silhouettes.  Which are more than likely children, too, but the kind that come from the city.

Pineapples, at least, can be playful.  As in, "Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?  SpongeBob SquarePants!"  The scariest thing to ever happen on that cartoon was Squidward playing his clarinet.  

But corn -- corn is something else.  It's stringy and strange and gets stuck in your teeth and dies an awful death come autumn.  Talk about Kernel Killjoy!  I've never seen Children of the Corn, and if all goes well, I never will.  Nevertheless, its namesake villainous veggie has begun to work its black magic.  Here it is, less than a week after my summer-ain't-over-until-it's-over Labor Day post, and I'm already ranting about a topic that would be more at home on Halloween.  I'm pitting the summer pineapple against the harvest corn husk -- a starch I secretly love -- and I hate what it's doing to me.

No wonder they say that corn syrup's the devil.

Here's hoping that your corn stays sweet and unspoiled.  And that it finds some other poor sap to stalk.