Maybe August is the month of Av in the Hebrew Calendar? Is that your reason for hating it?

Octavian better known as Caesar August was the architect of the Roman Empire and unlike the shephard (king? no way) David of the Hebrew Bible a REAL person.

On his dying bed he said: "Did I play my part well?

In Europe and specially in Italy, the last two weeks in August (Ferie d'Agosto) are a general holiday. I mean the country shuts down completely and heads for the beaches or the mountains.

May the ancient gods of Rome grant us AUGUST for ever.