What marks your official start of summer?

xenocrisis0153

Finally we're able to talk about warm, sunny weather. I love it!! So anyway, what annual event do you consider to be the official kick-off to the summer season? Is it the end of school, Uncle Ted's barbeque, Memorial Day (or other national holiday in your home country), first day of 80F degree weather, the day the first ice cream truck rolls by? I can think of a thousand more.

To me, it's always been Memorial Day (May 31st). My town has a big celebration every year and back when I was in school, it began the countdown of days preparing for final exams and ultimately... the last day of school.

Now it's your turn....
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Bowser · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:36 pm Post subject:

For me it would be the first day I find a wasp in my house...

You just cant have summer without wasps...
and so summer realy starts when you see the first one buzzing round you'r house trying to escape by hitting itself gainst a closed window until it finaly decides to start chasing you round the house...

..so yeah...the frantic Waspophobia dance around the family householed marks the first day of summer to me~^^

xenocrisis0153 · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:47 pm Post subject:

Bowser · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:53 pm Post subject:

seefutbow · A-Source Staff Joined: Mar 08, 2005 Posts: 207

I would definitely have to say that summer officially begins for me when my last final is over. There's just something so liberating about finishing all your tests (regardless of your scores -__-). Once I finish my finals, it's like a huge weight gets lifted off my shoulders, and I'm free to sleep 10 hours a day and catch up on all the rest I've missed out on during school.

CGY · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:50 pm Post subject:

No school, that's when summer truely started...

Itachi-kun · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:07 pm Post subject:

Personally, I kick summer off with about a week of pure anime marathon. Every anime I have watched over again and reviewed which usually takes me about a week when going on little sleep and 7 times the usual amount of caffine.
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Yurri · newbie! Joined: Feb 19, 2006 Posts: 31

When I drop off every single one of my friend to their home while I'm crying since I'll be going to Canada for cram and still single.

doujo · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:40 pm Post subject:

well, like most of people, when school is finished... I finish school on May 26th ^^ yay! maybe even before =)

Streak_Hedgecat · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Aug 23, 2005 Posts: 56

for me, either when I get my first blood nose from the heat, or when Christmas comes around...
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rag_gurl · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:49 pm Post subject:

For me, when summer offically starts is when the weather hits around 80 degrees. When it's 80 degrees over here, IT'S DYING!!!! I could feel heat rashes and feel my skin sizzling in the heat. And when it actually is summer....I just want to do, cuz it can get really hot...

Frundock · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 1:11 am Post subject:

When the snow is completely melt away and green life starts to appear.

StrawberryKiwi05 · newbie! Joined: Apr 16, 2006 Posts: 13 Location: Canada

Sometime around the end of june/beginning of july I think... It's usually marked on the calender, but I don't have one at the moment

xenocrisis0153 · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:43 pm Post subject:

KeLw · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:34 am Post subject:

wow....u r dam lucky....i hate summer....its the only SEASON i have!!!