Good morning!

Another gorgeous morning, and I can't believe how fast the snow is retreating. The fields are clear, and there are dark circles around all of our trees up on the hill.

Have some silly art:


This is my entitled, arrogant, possessive, passive-aggressive ElfQuest elf, dolled up like Number 6 from Battlestar Galactica. River Twine is having a contest for drawing an RTH character as a TV character; this was too perfect a fit to pass up.

High heels are hard to draw! I finished this in a few hours, so there's a lot to nit-pick, but it was still fun.

And, a meme from ysabetwordsmith:

Haiku Birdwatching Meme

1) Watch for birds today.
2) Write a haiku about one or more birds you have seen.
3) Post it on your blog.
4) Encourage other people to do the same and to reply with a link.
5) Enjoy the poems flitting around the Internet. Maybe you'll find one that you want to put in your pocket.

I am not a poet, but here you go:

The geese have come north,
disappointed by the snow,
like the rest of us.

(Though this applies to a few days ago, not today!)

Swine Flu

Is it me, or is this the slowest and lamest pandemic Ever? Come on! If this were Hollywood, half the civilized world would have it by now, and our hero (a doctor, of course - and a sexy one!) would already have isolated the vaccine as well as a miraculous cure and right now there would be a power struggle over distributing it by means of an innovative new vector something etc. And the love interest would be dying of it. Beautifully, with soft lighting and long lingering looks from pristine white sheets.

Instead we get lots of warnings to wash your hands, and some schools closing because there are DEFINITELY some cases of POSSIBLY the flu. But maybe not swine flu. And it hasn't been worse than a cold for anyone outside of Mexico.

And it doesn't even cause zombification.

Color me disappointed.