So instead of peacocks at UWA, I've had to settle for squirrels on campus at Berkeley. These little buggers are everywhere, but yes they are oh so cute. They come up to you while you're eating outside, and then stand up on their hind legs and wave their bushy tails with their front paws extended. I mean, how can you say no to that? Here you go little squirrel, have some of my protein shake.
But they're not all cute. I was windsurfing the other day (yeah I know the only kind of board I ever set foot on in Perth was a boogieboard) and while we were out on the water our food and bags got attacked by 'scrats' - 'squirrel-rats'. To imagine what these ugly-fuckers look like, think of a large rat with a mole's head and a squirrel's tail, then multiply that by Lady Gaga's face at the MTV awards and you get pretty close. OK sorry that was a little bit low-brow.
On a related note to Berkeley, yet again one of the Professor's here has won a Nobel Prize - this time for economics. Go Cal! Shit I bet even the squirrel's here are smart. So congratulations to the 'Edgar F Kaiser Professor Emeritus' (what a killer title!): Professor Oliver Williamson for deservedly winning a Nobel Prize today through his hard work and endeavour, and not through his skin colour.
Well, that may be a bit harsh but since when have Nobel Prizes been given for effort? In any case, when the nominations went out Obama would've been President for all of a month. But regardless, major respect! He doesn't live by the rules.
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