Dear guinea worms,

It's been an interesting day for you.  I know about you thanks to Scott Westerfeld's Peeps (an awesome book!) but now I think I shall be known as "guinea worm girl" to my MWF class.  What a thing to be known for.  Enormously long parasitic worms, right up my alley. 


The coolest part is that the snakes you see in this image - ARE ACTUALLY GUINEA WORMS.  Because you have to twirl them out of the body on a stick.  That's how gross these things are.  But they're so cool... Ah well, I'm famous for them now.

Thanks a lot Naomi.  Your character infested with a guinea worm gives me a weird reputation.  Well, I know how you are about bodies...


love,
hannah