The Friday Five spring forward....

[magnetic_pole]

First and most importantly, happy birthday, write_out! Two photos to brighten your day:





And a springtime set of questions courtesy of thefridayfive

1. What is your least favorite part of Spring?
Precipitation. Last week I got caught in a downpour with graupel sans umbrella (because I'm optimistic and foolish like that). What's that? You hadn't heard of graupel? Me, neither. Wasn't aware such a thing existed until it was dumped out of the sky on my head. *sigh*

2. What is your most favorite part of Spring?
Longer days! It's such a relief to have a bit more sun in the evenings.

3. What is the latest good book you've read?
Hm. I'm just starting this: Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State. Hopes are high. I'll let you know how it goes.

4. What are your plans for this weekend?
The second half of the grading I was complaining about last week.

5. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck would chuck wood?
Only qualitative analysis 'round these parts, thank you!

What's a good book you've read recently, flist?

Comments

Sunlight = Spring = YES

[jesse_the_k]

I've just DNFed several graphic novels, but I'm delighted to report I finished two novellas by Margaret Killjoy, set in a near future where Shit Has Fallen Apart, and romantic anarchist punks squat in libraries and provide public services for free. Also, magic is real, and scary. I enjoyed THE LAMB WILL SLAUGHTER THE LION and THE BARROW WILL SEND WHAT IT MAY even though I'm usually a hard SF lover. The magic has no charm whatsoever, and the way the community is attracted to it and then fights it is realistic. The viewpoint character is massively anxious and deals with it as well as one does, and that's also intriguing.

GLADSTONE! You got a picture of Watson's bull pup.