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sameolme and thoughts of squirrelicide
enter my mind. Damn squirrils
are eating the seed out of the
"squirrel proof" bird feeder.
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unhinged when joseph_and_i were chilling with the coffeeshop_sage waiting for his friend matt to get off work, matt came across a hilarious book that someone left in the shop. it was a book all about squirrels. the table of contents made me lose it. one chapter entitled 'human problems (from the squirrel perspective)' and then the chapter immediately following entitled 'squirrel problems (from the human perspective)'

squirrels have been a nemesis of mine since childhood. dumb things; remember where you bury your damn food assholes. i couldn't walk barefoot in my own yard as a child thanks to the monstrous black walnut tree in my immediate neighbor's backyard that attracted all the squirrels in a two square block radius. tree rats are not cute people; especially when they have evil tendencies to throw things at you out of trees and torture your poor indoor cat.



i do not abandon the possibility of snow around here until may. and it will not be consistently above 50 degrees until may either. the daffodils and tulips are still sleeping in wisconsin.
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sameolme I've had a problem with squirrels for a long time. The way they panic and run under the wheels of cars, my car in particular, is infuriating. I find myself screaming at them "Don't you do it!" if I come across one near the road while I'm driving. And yet for all their instances of dire stupidity, they also come up with fiendishly clever strategies for overcoming obstacles in the way of food. They are so stupid and so smart, Their supidity seems to arise from paniclike fear, and yet they can sometimes do some impressive problem solving despite this fearful nature. 070319
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unhinged the squirrels in my parents' backyard right now are just downright assholes. i only find it amusing when they torture the yappy dog on the next street or when they fall out of the trees, which happens quite often.

my mother has to compost her yard waste in the small strip of trees they live in and they THROW things at her out of the trees when she goes back there. they also like to use her big flower pots on the deck to lay up their food for the winter. they used to torture the hell out of my cat by literally just sitting in front of the sliding glass door and watching my cat throw herself against the glass to try to scare them off her territory.

those squirrels are pretty smart actually except for the whole thinking they can fly thing.
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