louise on the left (coast)

I had a vaccine, but I guess when everyone around you has it, you're going to get it, anyway.  I mean, it was an act of the purest optimism to think that I would avoid the flu given that the day I got vaccinated both my husband and daughter came down with it. It took 6 days for the bug to work it's magic on me, and now I've got it. Today, I went in and tested positive for H1N1, even though I didn't have a fever at the time. For some reason this seemed to surprise the doctor.  I don't know why, I explained the three other people I live with also have it. So, within one week and it got every one of us. I still think the vaccine is useful, but apparently it takes a long time for it to kick in.  In the end, it didn't help me much after all. By the time I was home today from the clinic I'd hit 102 and was sneezing more than I ever have in my life. Oh, well.  Thank God for TCM and motrin and kleenex and great nurses in this ward. By they wa

...And so the little pig decided to build a house of bricks He knew the bricks would keep him safe from harm. And this made the wolf so mad.   The wolf howled "Let me  in , let me in!"  "Or I'll huff and I'll puff till I blow your house in!" "Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin" laughed the pig. He laughed so hard that he started to cough. Before long the little pig realized he couldn't let the wolf in at all. The little pig couldn't let in the wolf  because was too sick to get out of bed. The wolf repeated his demand, "Little Pig, little pig, let me in!" And the little pig thought to himself. "I can't.  You're already here." Finally, the wolf heard the little pig coughing and the wolf tucked his tail between his legs, and took off running just as fast as he could run. -- The end. Mr. Swine Flu.  H1N1.  It's here. Yes, yesterday we had a visitor in our house.  Mr

Here's how (my new favorite artist) Lucy Pepper introduces her film short: "a story you'll know quite well if you've lived on this planet for more than a week. If you are new to this planet, then you'll need to understand that there's nothing we like better than a POSSIBLE crisis"