2. A new theater season.
3. Classes start over.
4. Halloween
6. You can wear nice jackets and sweaters outside.
7. The air gets a brisk chill
8. The campus becomes a hunk-fest again.
9. Hookup apps get dozens of fresh new faces (and biceps and bulges).10. The leaves turn color.
11. You can go outside without getting drenched.
12. Cloudy days.
14. Football. I hate football, but I like football players.
15. Sleeping under blankets.
16. You can cuddle again.
18. Thanksgiving.
19. My birthday. Don't let them tell you that as you get older, birthdays are less important. I'll take cake and presents any day.
20. Fun runs.
22. Gay Pride (on the Plains, it's held in September).
23. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
24. The paranormal. I suppose you could read about ghosts, time slips, and alien abductions at any time of the year, but aren't they more fun in the autumn?
26. There's no pressure of any sort. In the summer people are always after you do to things, drive cross-country, visit old friends, go to festivals and fairs, make sure that "the days are just packed." In the autumn you can relax.
27. Pie. Who ever heard of eating pie in the summertime?
28. Wrestling.
29. The sun goes down at a decent hour, non e of this "broad daylight at bedtime" business.
30. Lumberjack shirts and tight jeans.
31. It's not Christmas.
See also: 12 Things to Like About Autumn
The chill is regional: I'm still hot. And the regions with an autumn chill before November are shrinking. Blame a generation that voted for the party of Big Oil consistently. (And no, not Generation X, the oldest of them couldn't vote in 1980.)
ReplyDeleteMany of these are just for a 4-season climate. I lived in Los Angeles for 13 years and Florida for 4 years, so autumn never came with a change of seasons, and half of these wouldn't apply. Many of the others only apply if you live in a college town or work at a college.
DeleteI actually don't like red delicious apples. Too mealy. Sadly, that's what everyone always has. (I prefer Granny Smith, Fuji, Gala, or Pink Lady.)
ReplyDeleteI dislike some of those, I forget which, because they are too sour -- they set your teeth on edge -- or they have a mealy, wormy texture that is distasteful. I like crisp and sweet.
DeleteFall is my favorite season, too, for the same reasons. (I work near the U of MN campus, so all your criteria apply).
ReplyDeleteI like the Honeycrisp apple. There was a "new" apple at the State Fair, this year, but I forgot to look for it.
Nice list
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