I Love Autumn/I Hate Autumn
Well it’s come to that beautiful time, the leaves are falling off the trees, all shades of orange and brown, the smell of bonfires in the air, pumpkins in the shops waiting to be carved, plenty of exciting things to get by in the enjoyable (for me) build up to xmas… Then there’s the fact that my birthday is in Autumn, October 17th or the 17th of knocked over as I used to say incorrectly as a small boy. As beautiful as it seems I dread this time of year, it means that I will have to read and hear the annual cynical groans of people who don’t appreciate some or all of the above; “Halloween, american thing, Trick or Treating is begging”, “I went to a shop and they had Christmas music on already”, “They should only sell fireworks on November 5th”, “Xfactor signifies everything that is wrong with society” etc etc. It’s tiring, I know I go on about Arsenal, and occasionally Apple, but change the bleeding record. I think some forget what it’s like to be young, wanting to go trick or treating.