Yes, I hate bbq, summer, and Memorial Day. I'm a terrible person.
Of course, I don't hate Memorial Day itself, what it represents, I hate that it signals the start of summer, my least favorite season. I hate summer the way Lost fans hated Nikki and Paolo (yes, everything I do comes back to television). Maybe even more.
Here are the 8 reasons I hate about Memorial Day and summer in general.
1. The heat and humidity. This has nothing to do with food, but God I hate it.
2. Barbecues. I'm just not a bbq guy. It's not that I don't like chicken or hot dogs or burgers (though I rarely eat burgers nowadays), I just hate the whole ritual of barbecuing. Oh, and did I tell you it's done outside where it's hot and humid (see #1)? For the record, I don't like parades, fireworks, or the beach either (yes, I know, you're just clamoring to invite me to your next party, eh?).
3. All the beer drinking. Hey, I like beer! But you ever notice that summer brings out the drunk jerks more than the fall and winter? Just an observation.
I also don't like the fact that the drunks that pass by my neighborhood on a hot summer night think it's necessary to leave their beer bottles and cans on my front stairs.
4. I can't drink hot tea in the summer. Of course, I can drink it if I want to. There are no laws on the books that say I can't. But it's usually just too hot for me to drink hot tea, one of my favorite things to do in the world. I think it's a myth that drinking hot liquids on hot days cools your body (though I guess getting to drink iced tea is a plus within a minus).
5. My favorite foods are fall/winter foods. Besides the hot tea, I like bowls of hot soup and hearty plates of pasta and bowls of turkey chili. The summer just makes you want to eat lighter and not turn the oven on because it's too hot. Blah.
6. There's only so much salad I can take. I know, salads aren't just a summer food, but it's the season I find myself eating them the most. And I can only take so much salad every week, even if I do use a different salad dressing each time.
7. More bugs in the summer. And they always seem to want to crawl near or fly around my food.
8. The heat and humidity. Did I mention these already?
Labor Day can't come soon enough for me. There must be other people like me out there?
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