List Tuesday- February is cool... pun intended.

Reasons why February is Awesome

1. February has the highest monthly rainfall of the year for Los Angeles, AND it’s the shortest month, which means that it’s like pure concentrated rainfall! Which, when you think about it the idea of concentrated rainfall is impossible. It would just be an empty can.

2. It’s Black History Month. As tragic as the history of the African Americans may be, it is also the most awesome tale of a group of oppressed people facing adversity and standing their ground despite crippling odds and a system that was constantly working against them. The best part/worst part is that this story is still playing out today. We are writing the conclusion of African American inequality! That’s pretty cool… although I wish it were already written.

3. Groundhog Day! The movie AND the holiday are awesome. People dressing up as old Amish folks and pulling a groundhog out of a hole, how awesome is that?! Not to mention it is the one US holiday that has yet to be overly commercialized. It’s like all of the US population just collectively go “What in the world?!” as we cock our heads to the side at the sight of Groundhog Day.

4. Lower probability of werewolves (like REAL werewolves, not just shirtless Native Americans). February is the only month that can go with out a full moon.

5. February just does whatever it wants. Oh, an extra day? Sure just toss that in at the end there every so often. Nobody cares. I’m FEBRUARY.

6. It’s a month of cleansing. The beginning of February, Februa, means cleansing in Greek. It wasn’t until 700 BCE that the Roman’s had a month of February and before that winter was considered month-less. Like it was just this long droning mass in the calendar, but when they added February and January they decided that the month before spring should be a month of cleansing, and so many people focused on cleaning up or getting right with God (they would have said gods but they were wrong so whatever). I think that’s what my February is going to be.

7. February is like an indie month. It’s constantly trying to be unique and do stuff different. It just completely stands out from other months for no reason, just because it’s February. I like its spunk and charisma even if it’s annoying and unwanted.

…I still hate February.