Back from Radical Sabbatical!!

WOW-

We are back from our radical sabbatical and squirrel are our heads cleared or what!?

(Some may say are heads were always clear- if that's another way of sayin' empty LOL!!!!)

Sooooooo...

We're back and thank goodness all that sabbaticaling didn't affect our

krazee sense of humor...so watcha back!!!


On a serious note:

we are tremendously grateful for the enormous amout of emails of support and encouragement while we were away.

We are moved by all the goodwill you readers have shown us.

Correction: Zima Exists

www.zima.com

Boy does it ever.

It's got a new look, a new taste and a new attitude.

This is not your father's (or aunt's or second wife's) alchopop malternative.

We don't claim to be journalists, but we at USC Squirrels will admit when were wrong. We thought that Zima was R.I.P., but we gather from the neat website that it is R.I.P.E. for a comeback!

Part I of II- A purified heart + Percy Shelley's + Zima = ???

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a long entry and had to be split in two parts, but our contributor for this entry was very very persistent about getting to blog about something they felt very very strongly about, soooooo without further ado...)

This tip goes out to the fella we overheard lamenting to his friend at Chipolte about lady troubles.

It's from one of our self-professed-reformed female squirrels' male squirrel (you call them a "ladies' man," right?). With notes from our editorial staff.


1) Purify your heart. Females know when you're "frontin'"

(EDITOR'S NOTE: To clarify the above, make sure you are being honest with your feelings. Females can tell when you aren't being honest with them, or your self, and they don't like it.)

2)Memorize the following poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley.



Love's Philosophy

The fountains mingle with the river,
And the rivers with the Ocean,
The winds of Heaven mix forever
With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single;
All things by law divine
In one spirit meet and mingle.
Why not I with thine? —

See the mountains kiss high Heaven
And the waves clasp one another,
No sister-flower would be forgiven
If it disdained its brother,
And the sunlight clasps the earth
And the moonbeams kiss the sea:
What is all this sweet work worth
If thou kiss not me?

(EDITOR'S NOTE: We don't get everything in this poem, but we definitely get the jist. Part II is below)

It's got a RED belly, not a yellow one. Fierce!!

Only four dollars plus shipping and handling. We don't get any profits, we just think it's bada_ _ (rhymes "mad-gas" LOL)

Looks like they may have used Lucky from Founder's Park as a model- before he had his morning coffee...JK

You know We LUV YA LUCK!!

More info from the site:

"Our realistic-looking red-bellied tree squirrel is made of hollow plastic and measures 5 1/8 inches from nose to tail and 3 inches high to the tips of the ears. The body is moulded with a fur-like pattern and details that almost make it seem real. Its name is moulded into the underside of the tail. This sturdy, light-weight plastic squirrel is great for school projects, toys, novelties, animal collections, party favors and more. Our plastic red-bellied tree squirrel is for decoration or play only. You can make a wonderful forest shoebox diorama using this and other plastic creatures from our gift shop. Best of all, there is no mess, no feeding, and no tank or cage cleaning :)"

We're going to ignore the fact they imply this is better than the real thing!!


http://www.tapirback.com/tapirgal/gifts/friends/rodents/squirrel-red-bellied-tree-plastic-animal-f1065.htm

Manifesto / Intro (We're new at this, so bear with us...)

Hi from Sunny Southern California!

We're happy and excited to add our voice and perspective to the Trojan Family, but make no mistake we are setting up this blog to speak to the world!

Our hope and aim is to bring our unique experience to bear in a (mostly) thoughtful, though not excessively reverent, way.

Yes, we are all squirrels, but /and we have a request:

After reading our posts, resist the possible temptation to lump us together or write us off and say,
"That's what all squirrels say," or mutter to yourself "typical squirrel rant"...

THINK, and remember how you feel when you are judged as just-another-demographic-unit or subset of society.

In a word, check yourself before you have to correct yourself. (We love that phrase but didn't make it up- it's part of the urban vernacular.*)

We are all the same but unique, just like you :).

One more thing: we wholeheartedly believe that 'going within' will lead to universal themes and truth.

So our aim is to have the courage to be squirrelnal (think personal- but for squirrels) and to risk that vulnerability.

NOT to add to the cacophony to the Over Self Revealing Epidemic Dance Remix that's been blasting for the last decade**, but to speak to and for what exists in all of us.

Phew! Heady, heavy stuff right here off that bat, but we promise it won't be like this all the time, or even most of the time.

We're just trying let you know where we're coming from, and what our theme is.

To paraphrase what we heard Reese Witherspoon quote June Carter Cash post Oscar win a few years ago...

We're Just Trying to Matter




*Lots of neat words and sayings can be found at www.urbandictionary.com. We turn to this it when the students use an expression that leaves us clueless. A word of warning though, some of the expressions are Not Suitable for Young Ears. And, as always, if you're a minor (and you know if you are or not)

**Is it Getting Louder? We think so!!