Woo! I went to the bank today, and I successfully did it all by myself in Chinese! Normally I get Chinese friends to help me with bank transactions, but this time I went solo. I got the bank teller to take money from my Chinese bank account and exchange it for 20,000 Japanese yen, because I am going to Japan next weekend.
And, while I'm there, if I need more money, I get to do it all over again, except this time in Japanese.
You know, we really should make a FAIL thread, or something like it. One of my friend's motto is ALWAYS ANGRY ALL THE TIME, and I think it would make a good sister thread to this one. Where we can brag in this one, we can bitch and look for sympathy on the other one. And for the people who can't stand other people bitching and moaning about their life, they know not to read that thread!
I would make it but I'm too full of fail to actually start something right now.
I remember when I went to the Daibutsu in Japan, the squirrels and birds would both take food from you... it was amazing. My friend even put a peanut on his tongue and a bird picked it off.
LOL! You remninded me of our trip to Oosaka Doubutsuen. They had the North American Gray Squirrel on display. and the sign said do not feed, but people were giving them food anyweay. and they were eating french fries and it was really cute. and Ryan and I were like, "why do they have squirrels?" and then we saw goats and our Mongolian classmates were like "why do they have goats?" and we saw bears having sex and we all had fun
Lol, I wasn't going to post anything but since we ARE talking about squirrels, I did see an albino squirrel yesterday. I don't have any classes on Friday though, so I think all my good luck was wasted on NOTHING. Sad.
I love the squirrels here... I think squirrels on just about any college campus are more awesome than regular squirrels. They're just so much bolder here! I saw one squirrel jump up onto a table this girl was sitting at, giving an expression like "Hey, you're not eating but you have food-- wanna give it to me?"
I also saw a squirrel the other day holding about half of a pink frosted poptart, munching on the top of it. It was so cute!!! It would be like if someone my size were eating something the size of a large unfolded cardboard box, and then nibbling at the top of it.
Oh! Once Andrew and I were walking around our campus, and we saw this squirrel run up the tree that was near us and then out to the very end of this branch. Once it got there it didn't stop; it jumped off the branch, separating itself entirely from the tree, and grabbing another branch on an adjacent tree on its descent.
If it hadn't grabbed that branch, it would have fallen to its death. He started from a good two stories up. Maybe more. That squirrel was X-TREME.
It probably wouldn't have fallen to its death. Small animals like squirrels have relatively low terminal velocities and can withstand greater impacts compared to their weight than large ones. You could probably drop a squirrel off the Empire State Building and it would only be a bit dazed when it hit the ground (note: I do not recommend this.)
On the flipside, if an elephant ever jumped it would be crippled for life by the landing.
I shall have you all know that I have not been drunk ONCE since I got into college! Been tipsy maybe once or twice, but not drunk!!
...Under the influence, several times, but not drunk!!
And I've always found squirrels amusing. I wish they were tameable, I would definitely want one for a pet if I weren't terribly afraid of it going crazy and attacking me.
Squirrels are totally tamable as pets. They're still wacky, though. Like, you know how a cat will just run around the house for no reason sometimes, a squirrel is a million times worse.
All we have on my campus are jerkass geese and this one groundhog that my friend Marcus always called a "Whistlepig." We would pick the little apples from the one apple tree that were mostly inedible and roll them over to him.
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And, while I'm there, if I need more money, I get to do it all over again, except this time in Japanese.
I would make it but I'm too full of fail to actually start something right now.
They stopped doing it because the squirrel started going through the mailman's pockets.
http://www.nbc11.com/news/9946298/detail.html?rss=bay&psp=news
They posted signs saying "beware of squirrels." It was hilarious.
I love the squirrels here... I think squirrels on just about any college campus are more awesome than regular squirrels. They're just so much bolder here! I saw one squirrel jump up onto a table this girl was sitting at, giving an expression like "Hey, you're not eating but you have food-- wanna give it to me?"
I also saw a squirrel the other day holding about half of a pink frosted poptart, munching on the top of it. It was so cute!!! It would be like if someone my size were eating something the size of a large unfolded cardboard box, and then nibbling at the top of it.
If it hadn't grabbed that branch, it would have fallen to its death. He started from a good two stories up. Maybe more. That squirrel was X-TREME.
On the flipside, if an elephant ever jumped it would be crippled for life by the landing.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh my god, just thinking of that is hours of entertainment!
I shall have you all know that I have not been drunk ONCE since I got into college! Been tipsy maybe once or twice, but not drunk!!
...Under the influence, several times, but not drunk!!
And I've always found squirrels amusing. I wish they were tameable, I would definitely want one for a pet if I weren't terribly afraid of it going crazy and attacking me.