As a sophisticated gentlemen, I was just singing the tune to Vivaldi's Four Seasons while I showered. For me, Art equals inspiration (one cannot always know the path of that inspiration, but true Art will always beckon one to embark on a journey!), and the dueling violins sparked this blogpost about the seasons. I've been reading a fair amount of offseason (so to speak lol) basketball and football power rankings, so I'll be ranking the seasons in order of tightness. Here we go:
1. Fall is obviously the tightest season. Football rules, jumping in leaves is fun, and the weather is crisper than a well starched shirt. Also, stores sell fresh pumpkin pies, it's good grilling weather, nature is just bursting with color, and everything generally rules. Now, some may argue that fall brings the start of school, but that eventually goes away, and school can be fun too because the world is so full of interesting things--just don't take math classes and you'll be fine. Also, my birthday occurs in the fall, and that's always a good time. Frankly, there's no down side to fall. Even toward the end is tight because it means people don't give me as many strange looks when I sing christmas colonels.
2a Spring is the second best season. Obviously March MAdness is sick, and spring also has St. Patrick's Day (hater's may hate, but it's my fav holiday). Spring also means thunderstorms, and those are cool (unless I'm in an open field with no cover lol). It's also nice to put my jacket away for the year--I don't particularly mind wearing a jacket (or even cold weather), but it's a nuisance to have to take it off when I go inside and then try to remember to bring it with me from place to place. So, spring has that going for it. Also golf.
2b. Winter is tied with spring for second best season--it depends on how you count March (if March is winter then winter is hands down better). Now, a lot of n00bs will disagree and put winter last, so let me defend it. First off, it's better to have cold weather than hot weather, since you can bundle up and be fine, whereas there's no relief from heat. Second, winter has better holidays, e.g. superbowl sunday, new years, and christmas--that means both presents and time off work. In fact, even if you don't take off work, everyone else does, which means that you don't really have to do anything at the office. Moreover, there's always a chance for snowdays in winter. Also, winter has one of the greatest sports times of the year (when football and college basketball overlap). Also too, I can sing christmas colonels to my heart's content.
4. Summer is the worst season. I like to focus on the positive, and there are some tight things about summer. For example, it's the best time to go on waterslides and/or swim in the ocean. For my young fans, it means that school is out. Some of my best times have been during the summer (e.g. summer 05, from what I recall). That said, there are some real downsides to summer. Mostly, I hate the heat. I usually take like 5 cold showers a day in the summer, and i'm still just physically uncomfortable most of the time. OBviously air conditioning mitigates this, but even the AC is kind of annoying, what with all the noise and unnatural air streams. Summer is also the dark ages of sports. I've tried, but i just can't get in to baseball, so i'm stuck reading stupid off season football and basketball speculation. Also, the heat sucks.
So, those are my definitive rankings of the seasons. Maybe my fans can help me decide between spring and winter for #2.
