Freaking

[ithildin]

I am totally phobic when it comes to spiders. Snakes? No problem. Spiders? I FREAK! So a few days ago, I come across a Black Widow in the garage. I'm just getting over that. Tonight, I go into my my mum's bathroom to get water for the kitties, and there's a freaking HUGE Black Widow on the side of the sink. I shrieked and ran. Nin washed it down the drain. With prejudice. My mum goes in two minutes later, and the damn thing has crawled back out. so she pushes it into a cup and flushes it down the toilet -- six times.

I am crawling right now. And I'm shaking.

The exterminator is scheduled for Monday and I am directing him to search and destroy!

I don't know if I can sleep now.

Comments

[dallion.livejournal.com]

I guess it won't help for me to tell you that I've heard that no matter where you are, you're always within at least six feet of a spider...

Or the average number of spiders you eat in a year...

:p

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

No, not really.

[dallion.livejournal.com]

*hands you some bug spray*

good night =D

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

assuming the Horsemen can't protect you, I'm sure Stark would be happy to defend your sleeping self.

spiders have book lungs - that means they drown easily.


if you need to talk, I'm here.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I need a flamethrower.

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

I think the Mythbusters tried that once...flames and toilets don't mix well.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I've used Lysol and a match before. Works wonders.

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

hm.. okay. (we need to inform the Mythbusters of that)

they don't like bright lights, if that helps any.

[catyuy.livejournal.com]

I'm okay with spiders if they are far away from me.
If one is in my home it must be killed.
If one is on me......lets just say that I freaked out my roommate cause of that.

[dj-aida.livejournal.com]

Gah! We share a phobia! Though in my case it's grounded in experience: I was stung on my shoulder by a spider once when I was a kid. Don't know what kind, but it hurt, and the area turned red, black and blue, and was swollen. Ever since then the tiniest spider freaks me out.

[idontlikegravy.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

I sympathise as a fellow arachnophobe, but at least you have real poisonous bastards that deserve your fear. Over here we have nothing dangerous (unless it snuck in on a boatload of bananas) but I still gonzo when I see one. I have night terrors frequently that feature spiders, and they have me sleeping with the light on. *shudder* creepy little smeggers. I don't know how I'd react to a black widow, but I suspect it would involve moving faster than I've ever moved before and screaming loudly.


That average number of spiders thing is an urban myth, btw.

[winks7985.livejournal.com]

holy shit!!

reading this, i picked my feet up off the floor. spiders freak me the christ out!

and black widows? i would move to alaska!

*shudders*

i can't stand the little things. i get it, they eat mospuitos and other bugs and that's nice and all... do it where i can't see you.

and the only thing worse is tarantulas. seriously? that's not a pet it's a PEST.

i feel for you. carry a spider thwacking mallet. or a shillelagh. they're good for everything.

[ronin-lethe.livejournal.com]

for what it's worth, black widows are really non-aggressive and have very short fangs, so the chance of getting bit is relatively low.

i know that isn't a HUGE comfort, but...it made me feel better to know that at least my cat was safe (widow fangs can't get through cat fur)

[anya2112.livejournal.com]

Nice ink! What does it say?

[ronin-lethe.livejournal.com]

the top tattoo is from boondock saints and says veritas/aequitas (truth/justice)
the symbols say strength, hope, justice

thanks!

[ronin-lethe.livejournal.com]

the bottom one is "brotherhood"
hit post too soon...oops!

[strangevisitor7.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I'm sorry I wasn't there for you - I have no spider phobia so i would have protected you. I'm the bug killer in my household. Growing up in Houston with cockroaches the size of small animals kinds of numbs you to all Insects - they are just something to squish.

[dejla.livejournal.com]

I'm with you there. I can't even kill the damn things--or if I hit one with a shoe, I have to throw the shoe away.

[enchantersnight.livejournal.com]

arrgghhh I don't mind spiders but we don't get poisonous (to humans at least) here! you poor thing (sends cookies)

[anya2112.livejournal.com]

I feel for ya Girlie! I fraking hate spiders...and most other bugs. Yuck! Snakes are cool! Wonder if the snakes will eat the spiders? Maybe you should get a snake!!!

Sends more Lysol and matches!!