31 Reasons Why Autumn is My Favorite Season

1. New TV shows.

2. A new theater season.

3. Classes start over.

4. Halloween

5. Apples by the bushel.

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.

13. The first snowfall of the season.

14. Football.  I hate football, but I like football players.

15.  Sleeping under blankets.

16. You can cuddle again.

17. Pumpkin pie.

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.

21. You can work off the summer pounds.

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?

25. Nobody is pressuring you to eat outside, play outside, or do anything outside. You can stay in the house all day without anyone complaining that you have "wasted" the day.

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

12 Things to Like About Autumn

It's only the 30th of August, still summer according to the sidereal calendar, but in the real world calendar, classes have started, so it's autumn.  My favorite season of the year.

1. Everything is new.  New jobs, new classes, new students, new books, new clothes, new shows on tv, new theater and symphony seasons.  New muscular physiques and bulges to gawk at.

2. Everything is busy. The mind-numbing boredom of summer is replaced by days packed with activity.  Every moment  is vibrant and alive.














3. It gets crowded.  The mind-numbing loneliness of summer is replaced by crowds of people, returning from their conferences, vacations, visits to relatives, and various excursions, ready to hang out with you again.

4. It gets cool, so you can jog a few miles without getting soaked.

5. You can stay inside.  People stop longer pressuring you to spend every waking moment outside.  No more hot, fly-infested, uncomfortable picnics, no more sitting on lawn chairs and swatting mosquitos. It's cold out --- go ahead, stay inside and watch tv.

6. Football.  I don't like watching football, but I like watching football fans.

7. A regular gym schedule. The disruptions of summer are over, so you can get back into a regular gym schedule.  And so can dozens of other gym rats for you to sneak peaks at in the locker room.

8. The trees change.  After two decades in Los Angeles and Florida, where they didn't, it's quite a spectacle.


















9. The days get shorter. The sun sets at a normal time, instead of that ungodly 8:00 or 9:00 pm.

10. The best holidays, Halloween and Thanksgiving.  Not to mention my birthday.

11. You can eat again without worry.  Have an apple cider donut or piece of pumpkin pie.  Your cute sweaters and lumberjack shirts will cover it up, anyway.

12. Snow is coming soon.

See also: 10 Things I Hated About Summer and Playing Outside.