Apparently, I communicate with squirrels

[darcydodo]

So the concert went well, though it didn't actually feel so when we were singing; but having been reassured that we must actually have been fairly loud, and the acoustics were just bad for performers, I'm a bit reassured.

But the strangeness of today: I was walking towards Chavez just before we were meeting there to warm up, and I saw a squirrel run down a tree and into the ivy. So, as I tend to, I clicked at it to see if I could get its attention briefly. Well, I didn't just get its attention. It stopped and looked straight at me, so I stood still and kept clicking. And it ran towards me and jumped onto my leg and began climbing up it. I was, of course, freaked, so I jumped, which scared it, and it ran away. Besides, it probably had ticks or fleas or rabies or was otherwise unsanitary, so it's just as well that I didn't let it climb up high enough that it could bite me. But woah.

Comments

[whiskeypants.livejournal.com]

was probably one of the squirrels that jet and christopher and i were feeding today. they were crawling all over us for peanuts. it was adorable. generally if you click at them they figure you've got treats for them.

[darcydodo]

So doesn't explain the beeline for my leg and subsequent clambering up as though I were a very small tree.

[pseudomonas.livejournal.com]

Hurrah for small trees!
it wasn't trying to mate with your leg, was it?

[darcydodo]

No, it really was trying to climb it.

[pseudomonas.livejournal.com]

With honourable intentions?

[elettaria.livejournal.com]

Are you suggesting that squirrels are related to dogs?

And please, I've just realised there's a fair bit of bestiality in Chaucer (as far as we can tell, the notes are coy as usual - they translate "queynte" as "sexual favours" to give you an idea - but the word "pryking" keeps coming up in Sir Thopas, alarmingly in relation to the horse) and am reeling, keep your filthy thoughts to yourself!

[darcydodo]

*waits expectantly for bestiality to crop up in the Westley-poet's oeuvre*

[whiskeypants.livejournal.com]

was really really excited about the possibility of treats?
"hey! she clicked at me! she's got treats! holy shit that's exciting! must run! must climb! must--hey, why is she running away?"

(let's see if the link works)

[judytuna.livejournal.com]

my friend shigi says: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~lkshigi/squirrels%20are%20evil.html

Re: (let's see if the link works)

[darcydodo]

How disturbing... but the pictures on that page are priceless. :)

[sampiano.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of when you were trying to sing a frog mating call, and managed :)

[darcydodo]

It reminded me of that, too....

[elettaria.livejournal.com]

tell us?

[darcydodo]

Lots of frogs in the pond back behind sampiano's house in Edinburgh. They were croaking at each other most romantically, it being springtime. So I thought to imitate their call, and got lots of pairs of frog eyes staring at me. It was highly amusing.

[sampiano.livejournal.com]

It's also probably the thing my mum most remembers about you :)

The thing I most remember about that journey was the Trossachs...

[darcydodo]

Hee hee, you said Trossachs. ;)

[sschmitt.livejournal.com]

I hate squirrels. They freak me out. mciac can back me up on this one.

[emidala.livejournal.com]

oh darcy how wonderful! it thought you were a dryad! :)