All right

[maderr]

Spent too much time slacking off this weekend. Today I am going to finish writing something if it kills me.

Which is entirley possible.

But first - Coffee.

In other news, I was attacked by a Killer Spider last night. It was hiding in my blanket as I tried to rearrange my bed, and scared the living shit out of me. S saved me, thankfully. I might be Bitchtastic about most things in life, but spiders reduce me to Wuss First Class. And I'm informed that the proper name for most of the spiders in this area is Wolf Spider. That name had better not imply what I think it implies...

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[lemmus-egregius.livejournal.com]

EW.

The other day there was a spider in the shower; I stepped in, looked over, was eye to eye with said spider, absolutely FLIPPED OUT. I had to get my mom to come kill it. So much for my spider bravery. But hey, I was naked and defenseless! It was me or the spider, honestly.

[maderr.livejournal.com]

That would have done me in. Attacking you while you were naked! Clearly spiders have lost all honor.

[mikichan.livejournal.com]

From what I have been told wolf spider bites can send you to the hospital. From what I have been told those spiders get BIG and they are fast, they bite and they hurt. Lucky for me I have not been bit yet.

[maderr.livejournal.com]

I'll be moving back to North Carolina now.

[lemmus-egregius.livejournal.com]

I know! It was shameful. What is the world coming to?

Seriously, I almost had a heart attack. I jumped out of the shower, tripped and almost ripped the shower curtain, grabbed the towel for protection, and cried for my mommy. Not an experience I was particularly fond of.

[raielchan.livejournal.com]

No, no, my roommate lived with a wolf spider in his apartment room for a year and a half. It was his friend. It isn't one of the "dangerous" species.

"Wolf spiders are usually large, hairy spiders that are not associated with webs. They look much worse than they are. Most homeowners have misconceptions about spiders-they are pictured to be poisonous (even deadly), and likely to attack at any time."

"The wolf spider is shy and seeks to run away when disturbed."

"Wolf spiders are not poisonous, though as with all spiders, bites may cause reactions in certain individuals."

"For what it is worth, the Golden Guide, Spiders and Their Kin, says that wolf spiders make nice pets."

They are also in NC.

Now, the wolf spider is large, strong, and beefy.

The brown recluse is kind of pale, sickly, and thin with a violin-shaped marking behind the head.

Sometimes, the two are confused for some bizarre reason.

[maderr.livejournal.com]

That's much more reassuring.

And I know a brown recluse on sight. Those are nasty little fuckers; they were in our house in NC all the time. HATE those.

I don't know what was lurking in my room last night; wasn't a wolf or recluse. Then again I was busy screaming at the time.

[stardance.livejournal.com]

When I lived in Southern Arizona, we'd get the hugest wolf spiders I've ever seen, and they'd be in the randomest places, like, above the dryer in the laundry room. Our commander didn't believe there were wolf spiders so we caught one in a paper cup and took it to show him. After that we gave him to a guy who was in trouble and forced to stand outside reading the regulations to everyone who walked in the building, and he began stopping people with "Stop, look at my spider."

I think wolf spiders are scary ^__^.

[maderr.livejournal.com]

Heh, that's kind of funny. I dont' think I would've stuck around to listen to the regulations though.

Why do they have to give spiders creepy names? I mean I'd feel a lot better if it was called a Puppy spider or something. I hear Wolf spider and my mind goes EEEK!

[kiyoshi-chan.livejournal.com]

Puppy Spider doesn't sound half as... well... funky as Wolf Spider. I mean, imagine this:

"Hey, look, I discovered this new spider that's all beefy and strong and hairy!"

"Wow, cool, what're you going to call it?"

"I think I'll call it... *dun dun dun* PUPPY SPIDER!" (and however that translates to in Latin/scientific names)

"..../.../"

See?

[maderr.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but it's funnier. And not nearly so ominous. Why must creepy things have creepy names? If they had fluffy names, they'd be less creepy.

And I really need to stop thinking about spiders, b/c it's making me jumpy.

[kiyoshi-chan.livejournal.com]

*patpat* Okay.

But I think it's a human thing.

[maderr.livejournal.com]

I'm getting patted, *sigh* That means I'm being silly and spazzy. Hee.

I agree.

[kiyoshi-chan.livejournal.com]

*snicker* Nah. It means I'm being sympathetic and... um... fuzzy-brained, and hence unable to come up with other words!

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

When I was little, we use to call them mustache spiders. They are a lot less intimidating that way. ^_^

[maderr.livejournal.com]

bwahahah. that's more like it.

[minni.livejournal.com]

I like spiders. Spiders are my friends.
My roommate came running out of the bathroom, naked except for her towel, and told me that there was a brown recluse the size of a quarter in the bathroom and I was needed with my shoes to kill it. Granted it was the size of a quarter, and it looked suspiciously like a great number of spiders that I used to handle when I was a kid, but I still felt traumatized about squashing the poor thing instead of picking it up and tossing it out of my bedroom window.

That name had better not imply what I think it implies...

That they turn into fleas on full moons and squeak during the night??

[maderr.livejournal.com]

That they turn into fleas on full moons and squeak during the night??

*laughs* Oh if only.

I'm not opposed to spiders being escorted outside - as long as they're away from me I'm generally content. Still, a recluse - those things are creepy looking. I doubt I'dve remembered the towel.

[indigoraven.livejournal.com]

At Pendleton it was the Black Widows and Tarantulas. Did you know that Tarantulas jump? I didn't... Goddamn little fuckers... Well... not so little.

I haven't researched spiders in the Pacific Northwest. I don't want to..