I, for one, do not applaud the coming of winter, as its freezing winds, wet snow and moody days marks the moment where the act of swimming in the local lake leaves its family friendly image and becomes an extreme sport not to be toyed with. This abrubt change in an image is only seen when a man is ordained as a Catholic priest, and sexually molesting a minor goes from a heinous crime to being God's wish.
But, in its entirety, winter is a pretty damn great season when compared to the single worst of them all (yes, ALL FOUR!); AUTUMN. Yeah, the trees are suddenly beautifully orange, but winter beats that easily by leaving every tree NAKED - winter is basically a drunk uncle at a family party, being extraordinarily inappropiate by tearing everybody's clothes off. Autumn, however, is a bridezilla DEMANDING everybody must wear the same shade of orange to her obviously crappy wedding, where the band only features wind flutes and the wedding cake is made from the dying laughter of freezing children.
As I see it, winter is therefore the lesser of two evils (some might argue that being at an all-orange wedding with a wind flute orchestra sounds infinitely more awesome than attending a family celebration where everybody's naked, but hey, that's just, like, your opinion, man), and why? Winter is EXTREME, a season where the weather simply stops giving a fuck, and starts turning everything into ICE. Autumn, on the other hand, makes that sun shine for you, so you're thinking "Hey, what a great day to go for a run... naked", but little do you know, that the -22 degrees are only a mere cloud away, and a 200mph storm is waiting for you around the corner.
So when you have slipped and used your face to shield your body against the icy pavement, after being chased by a million 9 year olds armed with cautiously prepared snowballs harder than diamonds, all worthwhile a freezing storm is terrorizing your badly covered ears, you may come to think; "this is the worst winter EVER", but just remember... it will never be as bad as the worst autumn.. EVER!
