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Oh, Winter, how i hate thee
14 years ago
Im sure ill be subjected to dozens of Glaceon puns for this, but i feel the need to express my dire loathing for the season! If youre bored, and feel like hearing me rant for a bit, read on!
If youre like me, you enjoy comfortably warm weather, and the outdoor activities such weather permits.
Thats why im not too particularly happy when October rolls around, and the warm summer weather disappears from the state of Michigan just as fast as it sets in, and is replaced by the 6 long miserable months of Michigan winter, which seems to be quite different from most winters.
When you think of how winter happens, you probably think of thick powdery snow blanketing the scenery, bright cloud filled sky, christmas lights dangling from houses and trees as snow lightly falls to the ground.
Now let me tell you how Michigan winter happens.
There is no fall in Michigan, and there is no spring in Michigan. There is simply summer, and Michigan winter. October rolls around, the temperature drops from upper 60's to low 40's and stays there until next Summer.
Then comes Christmas time! Thick blankets of snow shall cover the frozen earth as all enjoy the spirit that is winter, right? Wrong!
The temperature stays at low 40's high 30's throughout the entire month, just enough to be frustratingly cold and uncomfortable, and just warm enough for all of the snow that touches ground to instantly melt and turn the ground in to a messy muddy hellstorm of water puddles and thick mud.
The beautiful winter scenery one expects to go with christmas is replaced by a view of leafless, lifeless trees, dead grass, dark gray sky, and rain, because most of the time, its too warm for it to be snow this time of year.
So yeah, this weather continues on through most if not all of January. You may get an occasional snow that stays on the ground for a day or two, but give it three or four days tops, and the temperature rises a few degrees, and youre back in mud-puddle hell.
Michigan winter is kind of like the guy who shows up late to every party hes invited to, drinks way too much, makes a mess, and then stays way longer than anyone wants him to.
I say this, because February rolls around, and NOW Michigan winter wants to cover the earth in thick blankets of beautiful snow. Now that Christmas, the only time of the year that most people actually WANT snow to be present, is over, Michigan winter decides its time to shower everyone with his spirit... for the next three or so months.
Oh, and you figure with such chaotic weather coming like CLOCKWORK AT ALMOST THE SAME TIME EVERY YEAR, people would have learned to drive in this shit by now. Nope, come the first snowflake to touch ground in Michigan, 80% of drivers on the road are in a ditch, or parked in the back of another car within the hour. It never fails, and it never will.
Come the end of February, most Michiganders are so sick of winter that they contemplate killing their family with a wood chipper just for the insurance money to buy an airline ticket to somewhere warm.
Then come the middle of March, people sit in their homes with their eyes glued to the TV, watching the weather channel as if theyre about to announce the winning lottery, wondering if next week will be the week the snow finally ends for the year. The snow will melt, most of the time from a torrential downpour of rain... but give it a day or two, and sure enough, the snow is back, in seemingly impossibly larger amounts than before...
Come the middle of April, when everyone has given up hope and prepares to embrace the jaws of misery for the rest of their lives, the snow melts one last time, never to be heard from again. People are cautious, not willing to believe its over, saying "oh, its just teasing us, it will be back tomorrow!". Eventually, at the end of April, with no snow in sight, people slowly start to look around, like a turtle slowly poking its head out of its shell after just being dropped from the jaws of a wolf who was trying to bite him in half for the past 12 hours.
Then, finally, the beginning of May is upon the state of Michigan, and just as quickly as Michigan winter set in, it disappears without a trace, and is replaced by warm, sunny weather, and with it, the state of Michigan is left to scratch its head in confusion, and wonder how the state some how ignores the laws of nature to cause such chaotic seasons.
But soon enough... all thoughts of winter are forgotten, as boats fill the waters, bikers and runners fill the streets and trails, and people can be seen outside enjoying themselves for the first time in what seems like a century.
People often ask me why i hate winter, and i tell them the same thing any other sane Michigander would; Because it fucking sucks
I can understand why folks from places like texas would find a cold winter to be appealing, but trust me... from a guy who has experienced all kind of weather, the hot dry season you put up with is much less depressing than the cold, wet, gloomy, suicide inducing season that plagues places like Michigan for half of the freaking year.
I guess thats all the haet i can spew for now
/rant off
If youre like me, you enjoy comfortably warm weather, and the outdoor activities such weather permits.
Thats why im not too particularly happy when October rolls around, and the warm summer weather disappears from the state of Michigan just as fast as it sets in, and is replaced by the 6 long miserable months of Michigan winter, which seems to be quite different from most winters.
When you think of how winter happens, you probably think of thick powdery snow blanketing the scenery, bright cloud filled sky, christmas lights dangling from houses and trees as snow lightly falls to the ground.
Now let me tell you how Michigan winter happens.
There is no fall in Michigan, and there is no spring in Michigan. There is simply summer, and Michigan winter. October rolls around, the temperature drops from upper 60's to low 40's and stays there until next Summer.
Then comes Christmas time! Thick blankets of snow shall cover the frozen earth as all enjoy the spirit that is winter, right? Wrong!
The temperature stays at low 40's high 30's throughout the entire month, just enough to be frustratingly cold and uncomfortable, and just warm enough for all of the snow that touches ground to instantly melt and turn the ground in to a messy muddy hellstorm of water puddles and thick mud.
The beautiful winter scenery one expects to go with christmas is replaced by a view of leafless, lifeless trees, dead grass, dark gray sky, and rain, because most of the time, its too warm for it to be snow this time of year.
So yeah, this weather continues on through most if not all of January. You may get an occasional snow that stays on the ground for a day or two, but give it three or four days tops, and the temperature rises a few degrees, and youre back in mud-puddle hell.
Michigan winter is kind of like the guy who shows up late to every party hes invited to, drinks way too much, makes a mess, and then stays way longer than anyone wants him to.
I say this, because February rolls around, and NOW Michigan winter wants to cover the earth in thick blankets of beautiful snow. Now that Christmas, the only time of the year that most people actually WANT snow to be present, is over, Michigan winter decides its time to shower everyone with his spirit... for the next three or so months.
Oh, and you figure with such chaotic weather coming like CLOCKWORK AT ALMOST THE SAME TIME EVERY YEAR, people would have learned to drive in this shit by now. Nope, come the first snowflake to touch ground in Michigan, 80% of drivers on the road are in a ditch, or parked in the back of another car within the hour. It never fails, and it never will.
Come the end of February, most Michiganders are so sick of winter that they contemplate killing their family with a wood chipper just for the insurance money to buy an airline ticket to somewhere warm.
Then come the middle of March, people sit in their homes with their eyes glued to the TV, watching the weather channel as if theyre about to announce the winning lottery, wondering if next week will be the week the snow finally ends for the year. The snow will melt, most of the time from a torrential downpour of rain... but give it a day or two, and sure enough, the snow is back, in seemingly impossibly larger amounts than before...
Come the middle of April, when everyone has given up hope and prepares to embrace the jaws of misery for the rest of their lives, the snow melts one last time, never to be heard from again. People are cautious, not willing to believe its over, saying "oh, its just teasing us, it will be back tomorrow!". Eventually, at the end of April, with no snow in sight, people slowly start to look around, like a turtle slowly poking its head out of its shell after just being dropped from the jaws of a wolf who was trying to bite him in half for the past 12 hours.
Then, finally, the beginning of May is upon the state of Michigan, and just as quickly as Michigan winter set in, it disappears without a trace, and is replaced by warm, sunny weather, and with it, the state of Michigan is left to scratch its head in confusion, and wonder how the state some how ignores the laws of nature to cause such chaotic seasons.
But soon enough... all thoughts of winter are forgotten, as boats fill the waters, bikers and runners fill the streets and trails, and people can be seen outside enjoying themselves for the first time in what seems like a century.
People often ask me why i hate winter, and i tell them the same thing any other sane Michigander would; Because it fucking sucks
I can understand why folks from places like texas would find a cold winter to be appealing, but trust me... from a guy who has experienced all kind of weather, the hot dry season you put up with is much less depressing than the cold, wet, gloomy, suicide inducing season that plagues places like Michigan for half of the freaking year.
I guess thats all the haet i can spew for now
/rant off
Now, going out in freezing cold weather, building a fence? Sucks horribly. >w<
Cuddles with me slamming my dick into your ass.
as i child i loved the snow. and i miss it ><. the wether in miami may be nice but when its christmas. it never FEELS like a christmas
UNTIL I GOT MY DRIVING LICENCE FOR A MOTORBIKE.
Before, winters were winters. Now they are "that time of year when I can't ride."
emoglaceon jokes from me. I've got nothing. :xBut I will say that at least your state stays relatively consistent with its weather. Here in kansas, it's every season all throught the year; feels like spring now, for example, but give it a few days and it wiil be either winter or summer again. All you other states have a nack for dumping your share of cruddy weather on us. XD
but it sounds like you hate the weather because of the people in it, and not for the weathers sake. It's sad that a more northern state like Michigan has more problems then we do here in Pennsylvania! I love snow! We generally keep on top of it too.
And no, i dont just hate it because of teh bad drivers, cold nasty weather is pretty much the bane of anything i enjoy doing outside of compooturs