June 8, 2006

  • shower with a spider

    this past weekend, i walked into the bathroom and looked up to see the same fat daddy long legs spider that had been hanging out in the same corner above the mirror for the past couple of days and wondered why it was still there--was it dead? had it chosen that corner as its final resting place?

    but my attention was quickly diverted when i opened up the shower to find that another daddy long legs spider had chosen a corner living space. i say living space because this spider was very much alive. and for some reason, i didn't have it in me to throw tabo after tabo of water over it until it curled its legs inwards and made the descent from web to wall to tub to drain.

    instead, i turned the water on and directed it close enough to the spider to ensure i wouldn't be risking it somehow flinging itself onto me, but far enough away from it so that it wouldn't be swept down. to somewhat ease my discomfort, i decided to shower with my glasses on so that i could maintain a visual on the spider--which was difficult because i had to turn my back to it to rinse my hair out, which always made me dread having to turn around to see that the spider had disappeared.

    it didn't help that steam and condensation would build up on the lenses of my glasses, which rendered the spider camouflaged into the tile. i eventually had to put my glasses on top of my head--kinda like a headband--because my blurry eyesight was better than wet glasses. it also didn't help that daddy long legs was very determined to get in a few stretches every few minutes. one time it looked like it was falling and i actually flinched. other times it crept towards the water--which also meant towards me--and i could see it struggle to remain steady on its spider web as the droplets of water--bigger than his body--threatened his existence.

    i could've crushed that little arachnid under the tip of my pinkie, but there i was close to almost cowering behind my semi-wall of pouring water, and there he was moving into a hurricane and hanging on by a thread.

Comments (7)

  • the other day the JUICIEST spider was on my wall ... and i smashed it with a crumpled piece of paper. too bad its remains fell behind my TALL ASS BED that is against the wall.

    then the next day, its ghost (or maybe its homie g / lover) popped up on the wall next to me as i was looking for undies. this time i killed it and didn't drop its carcass behind anything... i made sure to watch as i flushed it down the toilet.

    spiders are conniving!!

  • The only reason why the spider in my room lives is soley for the fact that he's been killing all the other bugs that have wandered into my room this past week - ants, flies, mosquitos, etc. I evict him this Saturday >:)

  • Hah, Vic had quite the experience at his apartment with a spider I hear.  Alas, Vic has long been deceased in the Xanga world.

    As for spiders, I take them out whenever I can.  I had several bite experiences that I did not like at all.  I don't know if it was spiders that did it, but I ain't about to let it happen again.

  • hahahha. man crys you always crack me up! no you didnt say tabo! hey I'm not gonna lie I have one in my bathroom..but for the kids of course. U know what's hecka funny though? I remember that same experience happened to me not too long ago and I had to put my glasses on too cause I was paranoid that the spider would jump on me while I'm in the shower not paying attention to it. We should do some research though on why that is their favorite spot! ewwww.. I was getting flashbacks when you posted this! I hate spiders!!!

  • too bad you can't just put up a bug zapper type of contraption specifically for spiders, then we wouldn't have to worry about them crawling out and surprising us. but then again it would be pretty scary to have a bunch of spiders piled up in one place.

  • they do us so much good, but we still freak out. no worries there's always the vaccum ;)

  • Weren't you freaked out that the spider might be getting pleasure out of watching you shower yourself??? Hehe... Oh yea, David killed two big-arse spiders in my room the other day. But I don't want anybody to kill the spiders outside the front door because the help kill the mosquitos.

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