let's go fly a kite ... or not

i think i am pretty much in love with spring. i'm sitting in a coffee shop not working on an article, and across the street there is a whole lot of hipster kite-flyin' going on.

we never flew kites when i was a kid, partially because our backyard had too many trees and partially because we lived in the country and had to make our own fun, fun which usually entailed locking my sister in her room and telling her she was adopted (the two days she actually believed this were some of the best ever).

when i got to college, i bought an x-men kite in hopes of flying it in the myers quad. the only problem with this plan is kite flying is apparently difficult for people who locked their sisters in their rooms and told them they were adopted.