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squirrels totally crack my shit up. we have a ton of the little guys out back, and they basically leap across the snowy fields, jumping up and down, like they have invisible springs on their tiny, tiny paws. you can't even see their tracks in the snow, they are so fast and light. they also enjoy terrorizing the local bird feeder, in squirrel gangs of three or four. they are menacing. totally. the birds freak out, and the funniest thing is when the squirrels act like, "no, really, it's okay, we aren't here to bug you," and the birds believe them and swoop down onto the ground to peck at the seed, and then the squirrels bum rush them. i love them. the cat and i watch them while we have coffee in the morning and i find myself cracking up and aria meows like "yeah, right." she wants to chase them around, i want to watch them all day instead of going to work or dealing with the real world. honestly, they are pretty funny. i'm not just saying this because i don't have cable tv.