Today is the first day of October. In my mind, that signals the first day of Fall. I know that fall technically started 9 days ago, but it just didn't feel like it. October always signals Fall for me. As if on cue, today is the day I noticed leaves actually changing. I've actually been looking for leaf changes and haven't seen them at all. Not a single tree turning color. As I pulled in to school today, thinking about October and Fall, what do I see? Trees with changed colors! They weren't that way when I was there 2 days ago! It truly is the first day of Autumn in my mind.
It kind of seems stereotypical. I think it's Fall and the leaves change colors. Seems kind of like a bad stereotype. It's what you expect and so that's what happens. It wouldn't have surprised me if other stereotypes grouped under the newly changed trees just to make it the ultimate stereotype meeting place. Underneath, there would be Mexicans eating burritos with Asians eating only rice. Maybe a snooty professor in a brown jacket with taupe patches, casually smoking a tobacco pipe pondering complex problems; possibly while stroking his beard.
But reality is boring and there is no such thing as a meeting ground for stereotypes to meet up.
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