Equinox

[clevermanka]

stuology pointed out that today is the 21st. Fall Equinox. The end of summer. Summer is my favorite time of year. I revel in the warmth and the sun and the rush that comes from being way too busy with too many activities. I love summer. But this summer sucked. It was, hands down, my worst summer ever. I'm glad it's over. I'm happy to be moving on, finally. I never thought I'd say I was ready for autumn, but I'm definitely ready for a change. The fact that the change is also seasonal seems fitting.

It's been a long time since I generated any of these (mine usually suck), but I got a couple funny ones this time.

Haiku by chernobylred

god please don't tell me there's even a choice here 16 have you ever

Username: Haiku! by Hutta.

Haiku by chernobylred

and if i drop my sword it's not like it'll be the first time in the world

Username: Haiku! by Hutta.

Haiku by chernobylred

avoid blinding the audience this weekend with my pallid stomach

Username: Haiku! by Hutta.

Comments

[rougewench.livejournal.com]

Technically, tomorrow is the Equinox this year. It varies a bit.


D.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Oh. OK. Nothing to see here, folks, move along. ;)

I imagine my feelings will be much the same tomorrow as well.

[stuology.livejournal.com]

I typically hate this time of year, but not because I hate autumn. I hate winter. Hate it. All autumn in Kansas signals to me is the fast approaching cold death. Blech.

With a cooler, wet summer, hopefully autumn will at least be a colorful change. I love driving around on a cool day when all the leaves are changing colors.

[radcliffe.livejournal.com]

Yes exactly!

I prefer spring, simply and only because it means winter is finally over. And fewer bugs.

I have to give romantic beauty to autumn though, we all look lovely under falling leaves, when the air becomes crisp and snuggling seems like a good idea again.

[stuology.livejournal.com]

Spring is my favorite season. Everything smells fresh and clean. My favorite day of the entire year is the first day in spring it is warm enough for me to sleep with my window open. Ah, freshness.

Summer used to be my favorite season, but that was when my life afforded me the luxury of more recreational activities. I get no more in the summer now than in the winter. Now it is just kind of sweaty.

[shrijani.livejournal.com]

I typically hate this time of year, but not because I hate autumn. I hate winter. Hate it. All autumn in Kansas signals to me is the fast approaching cold death. Blech.

You took the words right out of my mouth.

[angelbedwell.livejournal.com]

*breathing deeply* Smell that? Applebutter, hot cocoa, burning leaves and an intangible coldness in the air. Autumn on the Mississippi is breath-taking. In the very early morning, if you're lucky you can see ice on the shore of the river and if the sun hits it just right it glows with the color of the leaves...it's a color of bright warmth that comes from a mixture of hot and cold. Truly spectacular. And underneath the ice...the river slowly moves on.

I love autumn.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

What a gorgeous image! Thank you for sharing that.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Nice writin', pardner. You capture much of what I love about the colder time of the year.

Perhaps I'm a freak, but I like fall and winter. And it's so much less intense here than, say, in Minnesota where I spent much of my youth. The only thing I don't like about winter is that the days are shorter; the plus side of that is that we mammals tend to snuggle in our little caves with those we love, and that's a nice feeling.

Spring is the worst for me: winter's dark finally hits me, everything is muddy and wet, and it's not yet summer. Not that I love boiling to death in those heavy humidy days of summer, but this year it was pretty sweet!

"April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain." and "Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages."

Chris

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

If anyone could convince me to actually enjoy autumn (instead of spending it dreading the coming winter), it would be angelbedwell.

[angelbedwell.livejournal.com]

We're so going to jump into a carefully collected pile of leaves this autumn!

[thebruce.livejournal.com]

Remember to remove the rake first. Yes, the garden instrument, no, not the roguish scotsman...

[stuology.livejournal.com]

...that we mammals tend to snuggle in our little caves with those we love, and that's a nice feeling

That is the only benefit to winter besides StuDay and the Holidays. I've found winter more tolerable since I've had a garage, and I have to drive to work and park in a garage that is attached to the building I work in, and I have heat in my house. When I had to get up early every morning and scrape the windshield or wait for a bus and then still had to walk a ways to get where I needed to be, call me spoiled, but ugh! Or, when I was a kid and didn't have any heat, I was fine sleeping underneath a big pile of blankets, but eventually, I did have to get up. I grew to really hate winter.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

You know, now that you mention it, I'm not fond of riding a scooter up the hill when it's icy out. So there's a negative. But no bugs! No humidity (oops, another negative: I get dry skin during the winter). Clear skies for telescopin'.

Chris

[stuology.livejournal.com]

So there's a negative

That's the spirit!

And the dry skin, yeah, I have dry skin in summer. December - February are brutal for my skin! Itchy, Itchy!

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism...

[stuology.livejournal.com]

Now, if we can only reroute the Mississippi to go through Lawrence...

Re: Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism...

[angelbedwell.livejournal.com]

whatever gets you through the night....

If they'd have let the river run it's natural course it would be running through Columbia now and would have eventually gotten to Lawrence...what price glory? The 93 floods.

[solan-t.livejournal.com]

Autumn is actually my favorite season. But maybe that's because my birthday falls (no pun intended) in it.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

*touches a deep red glass of pomengranate juice with you*
Here's to a new season and new life.

Just in time to sequester into the depths of finding yourself again.
Hail Persephone!

my funny haikus!

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

has vacuumed her
house regularly and gasp
dusted verily

very plainly told
her she was not welcome and
she scooted away

shout where's the salt
where's the goddamn salt in
margaritaville

Re: my funny haikus!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

<3 the margaritaville one. =)

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

too funny that this came up to counter your:
*and if i drop my
sword it's not like it'll be the
first time in the world*