Slog - Comments on Note on Freeway Park http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park It is not without reason that the squirrels in Freeway Park are so strange and bold. That reason is found in the high number of squirrel mystics who visit the park. These types have something in them that is greatly satisfied by physical contact with the little creatures. These types stand or sit still and wait for the squirrels to overcome their natural fear of humans. The satisfaction of contact has its source in this overcoming. The squirrel mystic feels he/she is clearly a good person because he/she has won the trust of a creature that lives much of its... Copyright 2008 Mon, 12 May 2008 11:38:55 -0800 Mon, 12 May 2008 18:03:32 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by NapoleonXIV Stay in one place too long on the UW Campus and they'll come up and try to hump your leg. (The squirrels, not the squirrel mystics....)

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022402 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022402 City Mon, 12 May 2008 11:26:14 -0800 Comment by Scott Dow Is it time to stage an intervention for Charles?

This seems like a cry for help.

]]> Scott Dow http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022421 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022421 City Mon, 12 May 2008 11:37:33 -0800 Comment by w7ngman "a creature that lives much of its life in panic"

Best characterization of squirrels ever.

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022430 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022430 City Mon, 12 May 2008 11:43:08 -0800 Comment by Hernandez Did the squirrels tell you this themselves, Charles?

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022459 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022459 City Mon, 12 May 2008 12:10:34 -0800 Comment by Jeff Stevens And lest we forget: squirrels, being the shyest of God's heaven-on-Earthly creatures, are also the only ones that truly understand Michel Foucault. If you wait long enough to truly gain their trust, they will fully explain The Order of Things to you, free of monetary charge.

And then they will shyly yet gleefully proclaim:

"Now that I've told you this, I'm going to have to gnaw you to death. Trust me, this will hurt me more than it hurts you."

]]> Jeff Stevens http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022466 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022466 City Mon, 12 May 2008 12:14:35 -0800 Comment by Nora Panic?

When I see them they are mostly eating or playing and not panicking at all. Maybe midwestern squirrels are more relaxed?

They don't even REALLY panic when my dogs chase them--as evidenced by their bypassing tree after tree until the dog gets really close, then running up the nearest tree and sitting on a low branch, chattering. I think they taunt the dogs, frankly.

]]> Nora http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022468 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022468 City Mon, 12 May 2008 12:15:43 -0800 Comment by PopTart Man, I don't know why but the squirrels by my house are absolutely fearless. I swear one flipped me off the other day. I could hear the spaghetti western music playing as we faced off against each other. Maybe I should call a squirrel mystic for help.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022469 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022469 City Mon, 12 May 2008 12:16:03 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger I am going to Freeway Park after work and give those squirrels something to be scared of...REALLY scared of!!!! Where is my gun?

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022484 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022484 City Mon, 12 May 2008 12:28:37 -0800 Comment by Natalie Merchant's Enormous Death Stars Charles,

Don't you know that squirrels, as deceptively cuddly as they are, are in fact a species of rodent?

Ewwww! Rodents are grody!!!

]]> Natalie Merchant's Enormous Death Stars http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022508 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022508 City Mon, 12 May 2008 12:47:13 -0800 Comment by Hey wait Charles' posts are why I troll through all of Slog instead of just reading the BOOM category.

Charles, you remind me of BLDGBLOG.

]]> Hey wait http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022654 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022654 City Mon, 12 May 2008 14:38:05 -0800 Comment by Vince Perfect for the Green capitol of the Golden Age.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022679 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022679 City Mon, 12 May 2008 14:52:13 -0800 Comment by Spoogie Squirrel gravy. Mmm...

]]> Spoogie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022720 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022720 City Mon, 12 May 2008 15:19:12 -0800 Comment by Greg Yes Charles, yes. I want some of that good shit, too.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022740 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022740 City Mon, 12 May 2008 15:35:52 -0800 Comment by D Squirrel mystics? People satisified with physical squirrel contact? A creature that lives its life in a panic?? Where do you get this...SHIT?!

]]> D http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022828 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022828 City Mon, 12 May 2008 16:35:57 -0800 Comment by CP And capitaism is screwing up the squirrel/mystic encounters how?

Are there any squirrel mystics in this park with really nice hips?

I could see Natalie Merchant smiling beatifically as a squirrel clambered up her thick leg. Oh yes.

Do any of these squirrel mystics carry the squirrels home in plastic grocery sacks?

]]> CP http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022896 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/note_on_freeway_park#c1022896 City Mon, 12 May 2008 18:03:32 -0800