I love this month.

[LMNO]

I love October.  There,Äôs a certain smell to it.  That crisp smell, on the edge of death, the land is going to sleep.  The monotonous green of the trees and grass, punctuated only by the harsh colors of flowers, painted up like some garish whore, gives way to the subtle, muted colors of the turning leaves.

The oppressive humidity and heat of the summer, with the only repast being thunderstorms and hurricanes, is tamed by a cool breeze coming from the North.  The rattling and buzzing of years-old air conditioners hanging out of windows like an obese fratboy,Äôs ass at a kegger, is silent.  Curtains move gently as they respond to the natural airflows that waft through the house, bringing the scents of that final barbecue, the crisp tang of a dying leaf.

There,Äôs a reason the Wiccans claim October is the last month of the year.  It,Äôs the last time to enjoy your life outside before the winter comes to freeze the world.  The world is dying, to be sure, but there,Äôs still enough time for a fucking party to go down.  All that red wine, dark beer, and whiskey that was just too thick to deal with in August is now free for the taking.  The harvest will be done soon for all you vegetarians, and for us carnivores, hey,Äîwho wants some lamb?

To walk outside without sweating or shivering, in the dry, clean air of Autumn: That,Äôs the gold you find in October.

Ok, it doesn,Äôt hurt that my birthday is the day after Halloween, either.

October is the fuckin,Äô best month of the year.

[Cain]

I disagree.

February with its frost and freezing winds absolutely pwns.  And I wasnt even born that month.

[Cain]

I forgot to add I liked this rant, though.

[East Coast Hustle]

I'm in agreement with L on this one, I think...

though April (the opposite of October) is a close second.

[B_M_W]

Definitely agree with this one. My birthday was monday, so October is my month. Love your description of the smells, btw.

BMW

[Bella]

October

::sits in the corner sucking her thumb and mumbling to herself::

You people have NO idea what happened to me in October.


None.


Well, Demonica knows, but she also knows better than to talk about it.
She better know better if she knows what's good for her.
Anyway, I like the way October smells, but it just freaks me out so we won't talk about it anymore, k?

Suffice it to say that I still can't look at clowns and I never walk in the rain anymore.
Not unless I'm wearing my special raincoat with the big X on the back in florescent duct tape.

[LMNO]

What?  You don't like...

[Bella]

[AFK]

I'm fond of October as well although this year I'm not as excited about it.  That's because 3 days before Halloween I will begin my 30th voyage around the sun on this 3rd Hunk-O-Rock From the Sun(tm).

[The Doctor]

October is a wonderful month. It's like it doesn't know whether to be happy or sad. And it confuses the daylights out of the Summer People.

Frickin' Summer People.



Also, apple cider.

[Eldora, Oracle of Alchemy]

I love October, too.  My son's birthday, plus all the stuff LMNO talks about.  I love the spring, but it is monotonous green.  My problem this year, we had 80's the beginning of the week, 20 degrees above teh average.  Then to make up for it, today was in the 50's, 10 degrees below.  blech, anyway, I will feel better now.

[Technocracy]

I love October because.....

Football is in full swing

Hockey is getting underway

The weather starts getting cold enough the homeless start their migration to warmer climates to panhandle

I get to answer the door on Halloween to find little children collecting for UNICEF which allows me to laugh and slam the door in their little socialist faces

The lawn no longer needs to be cut by the illeagal aliens I underpay

Parent-Teacher conferences begin. This allows me yet another opportunity to remind those hapless saps that "yes I know what my child is doing/saying to the other kids" and "no I don't think that such behaviour is socially unacceptable only ahead of its social timeframe"

hmmm...oh yeah its the time of year that I can liberally apply little darwin fish to all of the minivans who stream into the "church" that used a little eminent domain to build right next to my subdivision and level all the lovely trees I enjoyed when I built the house.





I guess its the little things that make life worth living.

[Irreverend Hugh, KSC]

Bella, you just need to start wearing your tin foil hat again.

That rocks!

[BADGE OF HONOR]

I love October too!  Halloween is my most favorite holiday.  It's the last month before the long haul of holidays in which I have to be nice to people.  Plus it's that brief period between the oppressive heat of summer and the bitter cold of winter.

[Irreverend Hugh, KSC]

Why can't we type in B-e-l-l-a?