Good grief. It’s not even 5:30, and it’s already pitch-black out. I hate fall. It feels like a rip-off - the dark and cold and wet scratch at the sad, quiet places in our souls, and the dead, falling leaves fly like Mortality’s standard over all. And not a bit of snow to be seen - no brilliant bits of white caught in streetlamps passing to the ground, no satisfying crunch under one’s feet, and absolutely no snowballs. I don’t care that it’s immature and unprofessional, throwing snowballs at friends takes the edge off things. But we can’t do that yet, cause it’s just fall. Damnit.
Oh - and since this is the Pit: Fuck Fall, fuck the short days, and fuck the Earth’s fucking axial tilt that gives us this fucking limp-dick abortion of a season.
Not hardly too strong. I detest the cold, the darkness. I have S.H.T.F.S.D. ( Seasonal Hate This Fuckin’ Season Disorder). All I want to do every winter is crawl into bed and sleep until it’s April.
Oh, yeah. In another month I’ll be starting in to work shortly after dawn and the sun will set before I leave for home. I’m glad I have a window office now , but I still hate, hate, hate having to drive home in the dark.
One of the reasons I looove Christmas is that I actually see it as a solstice celebration – days getting longer! Yay!
There’s nothing about summer that’s better than autumn except for scantily clad (wo)men and I don’t even miss that so much as I love fall fashions as well.
I live in South Florida, so I don’t even get to look forward to upcoming snow. Sure, it’s a little breezier, but these days are just too full of night!
OP, I’m with you. If I could, I would cast magic missile at the darkness.
Seriously, as another SADer who is also a constant student, I love how I lose energy and feel down at EXACTLY THE SAME TIME as when I really need to ramp my work into gear for the semester. And it starts getting better just as my lack-of-work comes crashing down around me for the winter semester. Traditional school schedules: discriminatory against winter-haters.
In fact, I can’t believe it’s 7 pm. I’m certain it’s at least 10.
Man, what about the cooler weather down here though? I can turn off the A/C and open all the windows finally. It’s by far my favorite time of the year here in S Fla.
I also dislike driving home in the dark after work, but that seems a very small price to pay for this glorious cool weather.
Maybe I could enjoy the cooler weather in North Central Florida, where I went to college. Bright sunny days when the temps are in the 60s are my absolute favorite. But in Fort Lauderdale, where it creeps into the 80s in the afternoon? I still need my A/C. If only just one leaf would change colors, I might feel differently!!
Now I’m another one who loves it. I love riding the bus home in the evening and seeing the city all lit up. It’s nice and cozy, and I’m a night owl at heart.
(It’s also nice not to have to wait for the bus in the morning when it’s almost pitch black.)
, but I still hate, hate, hate having to drive home in the dark.