I Got Bit By A Squirrel

Feeling giddy as I ever was around squirrels + Feeling lucky from this experience + Buttmunch squirrel

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This was a period during the school year where I always carried around peanuts and one happy day after an exam or something, I wanted to go out and feed a squirrel and pet it. I found this one curiously, cute little guy  who wanted my peanuts. After feeding it for a while by just placing the nuts on the ground, I built up enough faith and trust in my squirrel friend to hand-feed it. That's when things all went awry and the rascal duped me! He was so smart about biting me too. First, he grabbed my by the fleshy parts of my palm (so I can't escape), then he bit into my thumb and thrashed his head around (so he can make it as painful as possible) and lastly, he made me drop the nuts from my hand (so he can eat em).

In conclusion,...

I'm glad I had this experience. I have the privilege of saying I pet a squirrel and now also that I was bitten by one. I would even say it was a pretty good experience. It actually didn't hurt that much, though it looked like a dreadful, dreadul injury. I was dripping blood everywhere and it didn't stop bleeding until like an hour after.
And I also learned a lot:

• Squirrels are not tame
• Squirrels have very sharp claws. If they're sharp enough to hold onto trees, they're definitely sharp enough to break skin.
• Squirrels have very sharp teeth. If they're sharp enough to break through nuts, they're definitely sharp enough to break skin...and deeper.
• Squirrels like nuts. If you're stupid enough to feed it to them with your hands, they're definitely crazy enough to bite your hand along with it.
• Squirrels are still cute.
• I want to pet another squirrel
  
  AND THE BIGGEST LESSON THAT I TAUGHT EVERYONE WHO KNEW ABOUT THE BITE...
• Squirrels RARELY carry rabies. But they DO carry tetanus. Tetanus can kill you. I got a tetanus shot. Now I won't die. I love squirrels.

World Of Dance Chicago 2012

Wow! This is my first World of Dance post even though this is my third year attending. Well, I guess it makes sense since I wasn't a very active blogger in 2011 and 2010.

Just to sum up this event, just like many other dance showcasing events, it's a great competition where a spectrum of different hip hop crews around the area display their talent, love, and passion for dance. It's a great, wonderful, and always super hype show. It's one of those things I always look forward to months in advance. It's just.. great!

This year, a few of my favorite acts included...

Versatile ENT

I don't know what this style of hip hop is..

But I like it.

I'm still trying to find out if there's a more specific term for it.

Vicious

Work in Progress

And lastly,

The Puzzle League (1ST PLACE)

Not only do I love watching dance, I love watching it live. There's this raw energy and feeling that you can't capture in video. It's still wonderful to watch and relive the event. For you readers and watchers, hopefully the cheering and screaming can give you a little understanding of just how hype it gets.

That Valirian Root Experiment

In a previous post, I've mentioned the good and bad effects of valirian root. Basically, good = helps you sleep and bad = gives you really f***ed up dreams.

Regardless of the bad, I wanted to try it ... AND I GOT MY ROOMIES TO TRY IT WITH ME TOO!
Let's make this really quick and dry.

Purpose:
The purpose of this experiment is to observe the effects of ingesting valirian root in tea form.

Materials:
-Valirian Root
-condensed milk
-boiling water
-participants

Procedure:
-put 1 tbsp of valirian root into a cup
-add however much condensed milk to sweeten
-pour boiling water (boil water prior)
-drink
-repeat all steps for each participant

Results:

Hiep: knocked out, no nightmares
Henry: knocked out, no nightmares
Jeff: experienced difficulty sleeping, no nightmares
Dan: experienced difficulty sleeping, no nightmares
Emily: experienced difficulty sleeping, no nightmares

Conclusion:
Inconclusive. Results varied. However, although it worked for only 2/5 participants, I would argue that it's a potent sleeping aid. Hiep, who had only been awake for 4 hrs prior to ingestion of said weed, managed to knock out for a whole day and miss his classes. Henry also knocked out and missed all his classes. Jeff, Dan, and Emily may be sensitive towards sweets and the condensed milk may have kept them awake more than the Valirian Root made them want to sleep.

Nightmares. I wish I had em. I wonder what I would dream up. In the future, I would like to try this again but without the condensed milk. Give me nightmares, damnit!