oh i lied, the worst thing is all the christmas BS that starts showing up in stored before halloween. let me enjoy my goth new year before you ruin it with christmas
@Thumperchick i guess technically it is a holiday movie that covers both holidays, but that falls firmly under tim burton or henry selik fandom, not holiday in my book. i have a ridiculously large jack mug i use year round.
@depeche78 Count me as another OMG CAN WE STOP WITH THE PUMPKIN SPICE SHIT! person. I used to like it, now it is over. I saw pumpkin spaghetti sauce last week. It was orange, and looked like pureed pumpkin guts. Just, no.
@jaremelz Thank you. I still happen to like pumpkin spice! I thought about trying these when I first saw them advertised. Just haven't gotten around to it.
@SSteve I get it. The kids give me an excuse to dress up. Also, thanks for showing yourself. I couldn't believe how many people voted they didn't like Halloween.
@vampje we would except we like: - big lake fresh water - real seasons - winter sports - clean air - unlimited supply of un-subsidized domestic water - rational cost of living - rational taxes and regulation (a degree of freedom) - traditional schools - noxious-free bug/snake/etc... nature
These guys are hanging out in the field behind the house right now. They are very noisy. All night they party. They are making practice runs and meeting up w/ travel friends. Soon they leave for parts south. This makes me very sad because I am not going south for the winter too. They are the linch pin of fall -- geese remind me of all the other stuff soon to happen. Don't even get me started on the whole clocks changing thing, and everything else on that list {except Halloween}. Stupid geese. *kicks rock *
@Pamtha I'm in complete agreement here! @ceagee, come take the geese from our area! They poop all over the place and then my dog tries to eat it (and this is also the reason my dog's "kisses" gross me out).
Nothing is wrong with October. It is the absolute best month of the year. The air turns crisp and cool, the leaves begin to change color, kids are back in school, football fills the weekends, etc. I love October.
Knowing that it's only a matter of time before the goat goes away and I'm back to a normal person. It's not easy being normal. Especially for me. I prefer being awesome over normal every time.
Everything mentioned in the voting list. One more thing, you forgot dragging out winter clothes. Or r u lucky enough to live where that doesn't happen, eh meh? Hawaii, maybe?
Nothing is bad about this time of year, except that all of the Oktoberfest/Pumpkin beers, things I should be enjoying now, have been out since mid July...
Also, fantasy foozeball discussions seem to overtake our Monday night D&D sessions.
"Daylight Savings Time lingering too long and making the mornings too dark"
Oh hells no! "Daylight Savings Time ending" is the worst thing about November. I can deal with waking up while it is still dark, but it getting dark before I leave work is so devastatingly depressing. DST is the only thing that makes me feel like I have some of the day for myself Monday thru Friday.
@DrWorm I agree, what good does it do to have the sun creeping up before you've got enough sleep anyway? And then it's gone before you can get home to even walk your dog.
@connorbush I used to be a strict leggings-are-not-pants kind of person. But now I work from home, and I have just realized... why the hell would anyone wear regular pants like ever?
@harrison The reason I no longer like Halloween is that the school carnivals have taken the place of door to door trick or treating. We used to get over a hundred kids, now maybe two or three. Decorations are a waste of time (and we have quite a few). Getting all bah humbug about it.
@harrison The world doesn't want squat from me, it's me that wants from the world and it's just not working. Yeah, I tried the wanting in one hand and all I got was a big mess.
@sammydog01 And they'd get enough chocolate to last until Thanksgiving. I'd love to have kids here again. I loved seeing them all dressed up in costume.
@lisaviolet@sammydog01 I'd send my kids too! We live on a dead end street and we never get anyone either. But this sounds like a perfect opportunity for someone who has the ability to post pictures to open a forum post where everyone can post Halloween costume photos!
@harrison I already bought my trick or treat supplies ! Great sale on snack sized "monster trail mix" at Target. I love that stuff. Um, wait, I mean the kids love that stuff !
I love October. I love when Halloween falls on a weekend so I'm home for the trick-or-treaters (work gets out later all the time and 'official' trick or treat hours end before I get home). We may even decorate this year!
I hate that workdays keep getting longer and longer and every 'hump' we have to get through to get back to "normal" just leads into another and another... but thats not October's fault. We just have yet another overload happening in October
oh i lied, the worst thing is all the christmas BS that starts showing up in stored before halloween. let me enjoy my goth new year before you ruin it with christmas
@vampje with the exception of TNBC - which is allowed from October - January... and longer!
@vampje This, this is even worse than sportsball hysteria!
@vampje I noticed the 20 or so overflow cargo containers at wal-meh the other day, way too early... way too early... they have lost their minds.
@Thumperchick i guess technically it is a holiday movie that covers both holidays, but that falls firmly under tim burton or henry selik fandom, not holiday in my book. i have a ridiculously large jack mug i use year round.
@Thumperchick
@vampje I came here to say the exact same thing! Before we know it, we'll be singing songs about the 12 months of Christmas, instead of just 12 days.
Darn you Christmas Creep!
Pumpkin spice evvvvverything.
@depeche78 Damn, that's true too. And here I thought I didn't really have anything against the month.
@depeche78 Count me as another OMG CAN WE STOP WITH THE PUMPKIN SPICE SHIT! person. I used to like it, now it is over. I saw pumpkin spaghetti sauce last week. It was orange, and looked like pureed pumpkin guts. Just, no.
@depeche78 It's not "Pumpkin Spice." It's Cinnamon.
@depeche78 @jaremelz
Stop bitching, it's all your fault!
@cinoclav I don't see her goat yet... BLAME the one with the goat icon for the few days/hours/minutes... you have left :P
@sohmageek No, I strictly abide by the calendar. If I followed the goat icon some of you would get too much extra blame and others not nearly enough.
@cinoclav I blame myself for you doing that :(
@cinoclav Here, maybe this will make you feel better,have a Peep.
@jaremelz Thank you. I still happen to like pumpkin spice! I thought about trying these when I first saw them advertised. Just haven't gotten around to it.
Can't stand daylight savings time when we lose sleep in the morning, grr. But in the fall we gain, right???
NONE OF THE ABOVE! (ok, maybe Rocktober) October Rocks. And anyone who says they hate Halloween show yourselves!
@mfladd Halloween is my jam! Who can hate it?
@mfladd I hate Halloween. I don't like dressing up.
@SSteve I get it. The kids give me an excuse to dress up. Also, thanks for showing yourself. I couldn't believe how many people voted they didn't like Halloween.
@mfladd Correct--October is the BEST month! I even like Rocktober--especially hearing Rocky Rococo saying it's time for Rocktoberfeast!
Can't really act like it is sorta summer anymore.
@RedOak move to california, i's been inthe high 90' for months now. it's always summer here.
@vampje we would except we like:
- big lake fresh water
- real seasons
- winter sports
- clean air
- unlimited supply of un-subsidized domestic water
- rational cost of living
- rational taxes and regulation (a degree of freedom)
- traditional schools
- noxious-free bug/snake/etc... nature
These guys are hanging out in the field behind the house right now. They are very noisy. All night they party. They are making practice runs and meeting up w/ travel friends. Soon they leave for parts south. This makes me very sad because I am not going south for the winter too. They are the linch pin of fall -- geese remind me of all the other stuff soon to happen. Don't even get me started on the whole clocks changing thing, and everything else on that list {except Halloween}. Stupid geese. *kicks rock *
@ceagee enough of those thugs live here full time now that they are just annoying. I wish they would leave.
@Pamtha I'm in complete agreement here! @ceagee, come take the geese from our area! They poop all over the place and then my dog tries to eat it (and this is also the reason my dog's "kisses" gross me out).
@nhbillups a cat would never do something like that.
@ceagee Cats are too busy licking their own assholes.
Nothing is wrong with October. It is the absolute best month of the year. The air turns crisp and cool, the leaves begin to change color, kids are back in school, football fills the weekends, etc. I love October.
Wow, you really tried to flip everything there. None of those are bad things, they all are part of what makes October great.
The bad thing is suddenly realizing another year is nearly gone and you haven't got anything done.
Well, that and pumpkin spice everything.
Knowing that it's only a matter of time before the goat goes away and I'm back to a normal person. It's not easy being normal. Especially for me. I prefer being awesome over normal every time.
@sohmageek You can still be awesome. Just a little stale...
@sohmageek - The goat badge has nothing to do with your awesomeness.
Everything mentioned in the voting list. One more thing, you forgot dragging out winter clothes. Or r u lucky enough to live where that doesn't happen, eh meh? Hawaii, maybe?
@Felyne If you live in Hawaii you're not lucky. You can't get meh crap delivered to you without paying an additional forwarding company!
Oktoberfest is the best thing about the year, let alone October.
Nothing is bad about this time of year, except that all of the Oktoberfest/Pumpkin beers, things I should be enjoying now, have been out since mid July...
Also, fantasy foozeball discussions seem to overtake our Monday night D&D sessions.
"Daylight Savings Time lingering too long and making the mornings too dark"
Oh hells no! "Daylight Savings Time ending" is the worst thing about November. I can deal with waking up while it is still dark, but it getting dark before I leave work is so devastatingly depressing. DST is the only thing that makes me feel like I have some of the day for myself Monday thru Friday.
@DrWorm Welcome to the Dark Side.
@DrWorm I agree, what good does it do to have the sun creeping up before you've got enough sleep anyway? And then it's gone before you can get home to even walk your dog.
@DrWorm It's dark when I leave and when I come home these days. No amount of Saving Time can cure that.
@brhfl Don't leave home and it will... or only leave for 2-4 hours at a time!
It's "Daylight Saving Time," not "savings" time.
There's nothing bad about October.
@jaremelz
@Lotsofgoats
@mfladd I'm just here to be the jaremelz to her mfladd, cuz if you do it then we'll get a stack overflow
@Lotsofgoats @mfladd
NOTHING - October is awesome, it is what we make it!!! Make it amazing!
Ug.... Another birthday, another staredown with my mortality.
All of these coming out of the wood-work... Southern California Baisc:
Girl, check yourself.... it is still 99 degrees outside.
@connorbush I used to be a strict leggings-are-not-pants kind of person. But now I work from home, and I have just realized... why the hell would anyone wear regular pants like ever?
those of you who voted for Halloween: you are no longer my friends, and i hope a ghost appears in your home and calls you mean names
Or a skeleton. I'm not really picky.
@harrison The reason I no longer like Halloween is that the school carnivals have taken the place of door to door trick or treating. We used to get over a hundred kids, now maybe two or three. Decorations are a waste of time (and we have quite a few). Getting all bah humbug about it.
@lisaviolet as with many other things, don't let what the world wants from you affect what makes you happy. or spooky, as the case may be.
@harrison The world doesn't want squat from me, it's me that wants from the world and it's just not working. Yeah, I tried the wanting in one hand and all I got was a big mess.
Signed, Mrs. Crankypants
@lisaviolet I'd send my kids to your house.
@sammydog01 And they'd get enough chocolate to last until Thanksgiving. I'd love to have kids here again. I loved seeing them all dressed up in costume.
@lisaviolet @sammydog01 I'd send my kids too! We live on a dead end street and we never get anyone either. But this sounds like a perfect opportunity for someone who has the ability to post pictures to open a forum post where everyone can post Halloween costume photos!
@harrison I already bought my trick or treat supplies ! Great sale on snack sized "monster trail mix" at Target. I love that stuff. Um, wait, I mean the kids love that stuff !
@ceagee The only prep I've done so far is, as I do every October, contained an entire skeleton within my body
@lisaviolet My lady lives in a magnet trick or treating neighborhood. Tons of kids commute in for Halloween evening. My place? Dead.
Hurricanes.
@sammydog01
not the worst...
@connorbush I'll make myself one of those when a tree falls on my house.
The worst thing about October is - yet more chance of being haunted by another SDF!
Crazy Pumpkin EVERYTHING!! Pumpkin Twinkies, pumpkin Ready Whip, Pumpkin Ravioli, pumpkin Blizzards, pumpkin beer!!! Aaaaahhhhh!
@emt305 You just named the second best thing about October. First is Halloween.
@emt305
@metageist Definitely!
Vehicle tags and taxes are due in October for me. Boo!
The shift from baseball to football is about the only complaint I could possibly have. October is the best!
@brhfl yes, the shift can't happen fast enough!
It's that annoying time, having to switch from air conditioning, to heat, back to air conditioning, back to heat.
October is magical, and pretty much the best because it's ushering in autumn.
jeezus. haters gonna hate,
I guess
Daylight saving time in general. For the vast majority of people it's just a disruption of the sleep cycle and a source of confusion. link
I guess for me it would be the wasp or various creatures that seem to be everywhere. I know I shouldn't be afraid but I can't help it.
I love October. I love when Halloween falls on a weekend so I'm home for the trick-or-treaters (work gets out later all the time and 'official' trick or treat hours end before I get home). We may even decorate this year!
I hate that workdays keep getting longer and longer and every 'hump' we have to get through to get back to "normal" just leads into another and another... but thats not October's fault. We just have yet another overload happening in October
Oh, wait, I figured it out… the worst thing about October is that it's only 31 days!
I hate that it signals the end of Wetbike season as the lake water starts cooling off immensely. Count down to May has started.