urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:gopets_erin The web log of a mad pet fiend! Erin 2005-10-27T18:57:17Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:gopets_erin:1444 2005-10-27T18:57:17Z 2005-10-27T18:57:17Z I can access this account again! Huzzah! Many thanks to <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_cbscribe' lj:user='cbscribe' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://cbscribe.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://cbscribe.livejournal.com/'><b>cbscribe</b></a></span> for his help. =) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:gopets_erin:1035 2005-01-25T23:29:06Z 2005-01-25T23:29:06Z Okay, generally speaking I like squirrels, but the ones in my apartment complex are driving me NUTS.<br /><br />I have all of these potted plants on my patio -- a couple of big ones (a hibiscus, an angel wing jasmine, a small gardenia, a HUGE aloe plant), and I used to have some small ones. I really love pansies -- they were my grandma's favorite flower, so I keep them around to remind me of my family, and because they're colorful and nice to look at. But these stupid squirrels have been EATING them all! I also have this really cool Hawaiian wedding flower vine that I got from the county fair last summer, and they keep digging it up and exposing its roots. The leaves are getting pretty battered, I'm worried that it's going to die. And the pansies are entirely gone. ARGH.<br /><br />The squirrels are totally fearless, too. I think it's because we're in the middle of L.A. and they're used to being around people. But they won't even run away if I go out onto the patio... I have to bang on the wood with a broom to get their attention before they'll run away, and one of them I had to actually chase with the broom to get it to leave.<br /><br />My brothers say they can loan me a pellet gun, but I don't want to hurt them, I just want them to stop killing my flowers. =P Oh, I had this "cherry sparkler" double impatien, too, but they ate that awhile ago as well. Stupid squirrels! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:gopets_erin:1012 2005-01-25T22:51:04Z 2005-01-25T22:54:06Z Hope everyone had a great New Year!<br /><br />In other news, my pet parrot said a new word yesterday. He said his name, "Smeagol." We didn't name him -- I adopted him and he already had that name, according to his foster caretaker because he looked so "small and precious" when he was born. He also said something else yesterday that I think was "Whatcha doin' Mister Smeagol?", but I'm not sure... when he first says things they tend to be kind of hard to make out.