Tag Archives: SPIDERS!!
The Trials and Tribulations of Housesitting Or, why is there a spider in the pool?!
Gather round, my readers, and I shall tell you a tale. A tale of an unsuspecting swimmer. As some of you may know, my parents have a pool. Not a fun pool, though. No, they have an stupid exercise pool. … Continue reading
Filed under General madness, SPIDERS!!
When a young girl’s fancy turns to thoughts of…SPIDERS!
Okay. I am NOT pleased. Just last weekend, I proactively spider-bombed my apartment because it’s spring and, you know, all the bugs that have been asleep all winter are starting to wake up and plot all the ways they’ll get … Continue reading
In which I explain my recent absence…
So…there have been more than what I feel is my fair share of spiders in my apartment lately. I haven’t been happy about it, but I’ve managed to kill them (I won’t say calmly, but at least with a limited … Continue reading
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I’M SO 80s-TASTIC!
So after conquering my first Monkees song, I set my sights on something a little bit easier.* Now I just have to get myself an awesome 80s outfit like Pat’s rockin’ in that video, find myself a sleazy girlie club … Continue reading
Filed under Adventures in bass guitaring, Music, SPIDERS!!, WTF yo?
Also…
…last night I dreamt that instead of spiders? Lobsters. Like, lobsters that are lobster-sized, but act like spiders. So you’d come home and sitting on the wall up in the corner would be a lobster. Or the cat would be … Continue reading
SPIDER UPDATE!
The spider was waiting for me when I went out to my car this morning, dangling serenely on a string of web from my gear shift to the radio. Actually, I think he may have died during the night as … Continue reading
HUGE SPIDER…IN MY CAR!
Is there an internet acronym for a disgusted, shuddering type of noise? If so, please insert that here. I went to drop off my car for its 60,000 mile check up (which turned out to be MUCH more expensive than … Continue reading
FUCKING HELL!
Not one, not two, but THREE spider sightings tonight! I may have to move. Fair enough, the first one was on my balcony, which I’m not pleased about but at least he’s outside. The other two? IN THE SHOWER! Let … Continue reading
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In which I am needlessly brave…
…and exceedingly cowardly. I was just getting ready for bed when I noticed a spider perched on one of the cabinets in my dressing/technology walk-through area (my apartment defies description). I quickly grabbed my designated spider-killing shoe (no treads for … Continue reading
Holy fucking hell!
<freak-out> DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE SPIDERS IN ILLINOIS? Wait. That’s not right. Of course there are spiders in Illinois…DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE TARANTULAS IN ILLINOIS! Uh, not that I have seen one, mind you, because if I had … Continue reading