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.
I disagree.
February with its frost and freezing winds absolutely pwns. And I wasnt even born that month.
I forgot to add I liked this rant, though.
I'm in agreement with L on this one, I think...
though April (the opposite of October) is a close second.
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Definitely agree with this one. My birthday was monday, so October is my month. Love your description of the smells, btw.
BMW
October :shock:
::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.
What? You don't like...
(http://www.studentaffairs.ttu.edu/parent2002/october.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/SssBella/homer.jpg)
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).
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.
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Also, apple cider.
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.
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.
(http://valiante.plugnpay.com/scstore/graphics/Procreation%20Plaque%20Small.jpg)
I guess its the little things that make life worth living. :D
Bella, you just need to start wearing your tin foil hat again.
Quote(http://valiante.plugnpay.com/scstore/graphics/Procreation%20Plaque%20Small.jpg)
That rocks!
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.
Why can't we type in B-e-l-l-a?
I don't know what you're talking about. 8)
Quote from: SssBella, Oracle of DoomI don't know what you're talking about. 8)
I'll demonstrate:
B-ella.....right?
Now I'll type it without the "-" hyphen.
Here goes.....ready? Look -> Bella
See what happened?
You try it.
And then "quote" it and see that the code has changed none.....somthing's fishy around here ever since Eris came back.
Quote from: Irreverend Hugh, KSCQuote from: Sss Bella, Oracle of DoomI don't know what you're talking about. 8)
And then "quote" it and see that the code has changed none.....somthing's fishy around here ever since Eris came back.
The Bella thing started before Eris came back, maybe some souls needed to be sacrificed before she would return :twisted:
Hmmm.....I tried substituting a "3" for the "e" and got B3lla.
Quote from: SssBella, Oracle of DoomHmmm.....I tried substituting a "3" for the "e" and got She Who Sees the Darkness in Your Hearts.
B3lla
I would say that that works well.
[quote="SssBella, Oracle of Doom"]Hmmm.....I tried substituting a "3" for the "e" and got She Who Sees the Darkness in Your Hearts.[/quote]
B3lla
I would say that that works well.
Bella
B3lla
but, SssBella still works.....for now :shock:
edit: not anymore :lol:
I wonder if I can get that going on for me whenever someone uses the name "Hugh" without any of its other silly titles.
Quote from: SssBella, Oracle of DoomHmmm.....I tried substituting a "3" for the "e" and got She Who Sees the Darkness in Your Hearts.
Hmmm.....
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I just tried some other combinations and nothing strange happened.
Be1la
Thats Be1-la minus the -
Hahaha! Good shot. :lol:
Someone's having fun with this.
Methinks the Mgt has been playing with the word filter again....
bella
:shock: it's true.
and i also really like october as a month. it reminds of walking down a vast tree lined avenue, large expensive houses all around me while listening to a solo piano version 'Round Midnight' as played by Thelonous Monk....(and it was his birthday on the 10th..)
sorry b-e-l-l-a....but i am going to have to give this month a 'yay'.
What, Bella?
Quote from: Rabid Badger of GodWhat, Bella?
huh?
you got her name! they keep getting 'she who eats souls'.
Bella
Bell-a
Be1la
Be-lla
Bel-la
B311a
B3lla
Bella?
Hmm.
Bellа..
Bellа...
Bellа Bellа Bellа
Nope, works just fine for me.
Most people can't say fnоrdiscordia either, I think it might be some sort of genetic damage from inbreeding...
I fucking hate this month. On the 31st, I age yet another year.
:evil:
An entire year in one day?
Well, no wonder. Most people do it gradually.
Quote from: Rabid Badger of GodAn entire year in one day?
Well, no wonder. Most people do it gradually.
They don't drink as much coffee as I do.
Congradulations on being OLD Rog!
I hear if you drink enough coffee you become enlightened...
..or you develop colon cancer.....
I forget which, but on a lighter note if you smoke and drink coffee coffee reduces your chances of prostate cancer or bladder cancer or something like that...
..
.....
Have you ever read accounts of caffiene overdoses? That shit fucks you up, man.
Quote from:  Congradulations on being OLD Rog!
I hate you all.
Quote from: Rabid Badger of GodHave you ever read accounts of caffiene overdoses? That shit fucks you up, man.
Coffee is your friend. It keeps the sleep demons away.
My stomach hurt so much for the rest of that day that my friend had almost called 911 due to my incoherent wailing, excessive vomiting, and random acts of showering (the final count was somewhere around 12 showers altogether). (http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=1196)
Quote from: Rabid Badger of GodMy stomach hurt so much for the rest of that day that my friend had almost called 911 due to my incoherent wailing, excessive vomiting, and random acts of showering (the final count was somewhere around 12 showers altogether). (http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=1196)
Obviously not a sooperhuman studborg, like myself.
I just like the thought of random acts of showering.
Hey! YOu should go post your recent experimentation with hallucinogens there.
Quote from: Rabid Badger of GodMy stomach hurt so much for the rest of that day that my friend had almost called 911 due to my incoherent wailing, excessive vomiting, and random acts of showering (the final count was somewhere around 12 showers altogether). (http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=1196)
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I should try this out!
Quote from: Rabid Badger of GodI just like the thought of random acts of showering.
Hey! YOu should go post your recent experimentation with hallucinogens there.
That wasn't an experiment, not really.
Quote from:  :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I should try this out!
It actually looks like LSD is safer.
Quote from: TiggerThat wasn't an experiment, not really.
I know, I was teasing.
Safe? Who the fuck cares?
Quote from: Rabid Badger of GodQuote from:  :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I should try this out!
It actually looks like LSD is safer.
Quote from: TiggerThat wasn't an experiment, not really.
I know, I was teasing.
1. Safe? NOTHING is "safe".
2. I know.
In this case, safe meaning less likely to kill you outright kind of safe, not fuzzy blanket safe.
Quote from: Rabid Badger of GodIn this case, safe meaning less likely to kill you outright kind of safe, not fuzzy blanket safe.
What, exactly, is my tagline, again? :lol:
Maybe but they lived to post their experience.
Actually, chance are I'm probably never smoking pot again so this (for better or worse) probably won't happen.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/Marburger/october.jpg)
People used to think that my old house, which was a 110 year old Victorian mansion, was haunted. This was emphasized by the year-round giant string spiderweb on the front porch, which has been there for the last 20 years. Man, my house was the best scary house in the neighborhood! Especially in October!
It's a pity my mom's new house barely has a front porch at all, let alone something suitable for a spiderweb.
Quote from: Rabid Badger of GodHave you ever read accounts of caffiene overdoses? That shit fucks you up, man.
You'd have to drink a lot of coffee to overdose on it. You'd more likely flip out and start babbling incoherently and get yourself locked away before you O.D.ed on coffee.
Quote from: Irreverend Hewn, KSCQuote from: Rabid Badger of GodHave you ever read accounts of caffiene overdoses? That shit fucks you up, man.
You'd have to drink a lot of coffee to overdose on it. You'd more likely flip out and start babbling incoherently and get yourself locked away before you O.D.ed on coffee.
Yeah, I know. Though I think there's an account on Erowid about how this dude like triple-distilled his coffee and suffered the consequences.
Quote from: Rabid Badger of GodQuote from: Irreverend Hewn, KSCQuote from: Rabid Badger of GodHave you ever read accounts of caffiene overdoses? That shit fucks you up, man.
You'd have to drink a lot of coffee to overdose on it. You'd more likely flip out and start babbling incoherently and get yourself locked away before you O.D.ed on coffee.
Yeah, I know. Though I think there's an account on Erowid about how this dude like triple-distilled his coffee and suffered the consequences.
That's gotta suck ass big time. Imagine all the ER people laughing their asses off at the dumbus who ODed on coffee. Damn. Darwin Award for sure.
Hmm. This (http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=1786) isn't what I was thinking of, but it is about how coffee is bad.
Quote from: Rabid Badger of GodHmm. This (http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=1786) isn't what I was thinking of, but it is about how coffee is bad.
Holy crap. I can have a double espresso and go take a nap, as long as it is daytime. At night, fuck it, my body does not want to sleep. No matter whether I have had any caffeine or not.
I have never had anything like that happen, but I have to wonder if that person is allergic to chocolate :?
Quote from: Rabid Badger of GodHmm. This (http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=1786) isn't what I was thinking of, but it is about how coffee is bad.
Heresy.
Quote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: Rabid Badger of GodHmm. This (http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=1786) isn't what I was thinking of, but it is about how coffee is bad.
Heresy.
Sweet! I'm a heretic!
Quote from: Rabid Badger of GodQuote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: Rabid Badger of GodHmm. This (http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=1786) isn't what I was thinking of, but it is about how coffee is bad.
Heresy.
Sweet! I'm a heretic!
Um, yeah, in the same way that Wiccans that don't agree with Gavin Frost are heretics.
Quote from: Guess, I dare youA quarter cup less flour? No paprika? HERETICS!!
Quote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: Rabid Badger of GodQuote from: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I should try this out!
It actually looks like LSD is safer.
Quote from: TiggerThat wasn't an experiment, not really.
I know, I was teasing.
1. Safe? NOTHING is "safe".
2. I know.
who let you listen to billy idol again?
Quote from: The Good Reverend RogerI fucking hate this month. On the 31st, I age yet another year.
:evil:
Halloween - figures...
You know what's fun? Mixing caffiene and cold medicine. I did that by accident one day at work. I thought if I spaced it out I'd be fine. By midafternoon I could barely stand up. I didn't even know my heart could go that fast, I normally have a pretty slow heart rate, around 75 bpm, but this was like fluttering.
You ought to try it again with much higher doses and report your experience to us.
Quote from: mc chrisThe Tussin, the Tussin
Put it down like it was nothing
Robocop couldn't stop me puking and flushin
No balls to be bustin, no fightin, no cussin
Just love for a drug called Robotussin!
Quote from: Technocracy on October 08, 2005, 12:25:03 AM
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
Perfect example of The Loser.