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jecca_mehlota) wrote2008-02-14 11:49 am
jecca_mehlota) wrote2008-02-14 11:49 am
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My day could be less exciting.
The universe has a strange way of wishing me a Happy Valentine's Day.
Jecca: la la la, cleaning my glasses, cleaning my glasses~~
Jecca: Blessed clarity! I love you so, o world with edges!
Cat's water dish: There is something floating in me!
Jecca: So there is! Well, good thing I just cleaned my glasses and can see what OH GOD THAT IS A SPIDER.
Jecca: It's the middle of February. What on Earth are you up and about for?
Spider: *gurgleblub*
Jecca: uhm! Er! Don't drown! Ew, you're a parson spider. That is not an excuse to let you die in there, and anyway the cat would never forgive me if I did, but I cannot pull you out because then you would crawl on me.
Parson Spider: *twitches across the surface of the water*
Jecca: YOU STAY ON THAT SIDE OF THE BOWL, BUDDY.
Jecca: Right. How can I save the spider when I can't use anything to touch the spider without risking self-spider contact?
*remembers the sink has a pluggable drain*
Jecca: Spider, you make one wrong move and I'm hurling this thing into the bathtub, and then you'll be sorry. I'm the only one who checks for spiders before turning the water on.
Parson Spider: *...blub?*
Jecca: YEAH. LOTS OF "BLUB."
Jecca: *plugs the drain, empties the cat's water dish into the sink, and then carefully lets the water back out* Now, if you just wait in the sink, I'll go get the spider-proof container and put you down in the base-
Parson Spider: FREEDOM! MERCIFUL FREEDOM! I WILL NOW SCALE THE SINK AND RUSH FOR THE TOOTHBRUSHES!
Jecca: AAAAUGH!
Paper cups: Quickly! To the rescue!
Jecca: *claps paper cup down on the spider*
Parson Spider: Haha! Foolish mortal! As if your waxed paper prison can contain me! *squeezes out from underneath and crawls up the cup*
Jecca: DON'T TOUCH ME!
*Standoff!*
Jecca: ... *puffs air at spider*
Parson Spider: EEK! *scurries down and across countertop*
Jecca: PAPER CUP REDUX! And now I will put this book on top of the cup! So that you cannot free yourself!
Parson Spider: ...*is still there*
It'll have to wait until someone else gets home.
... I am the worst arachnophobe ever. I don't like spiders, but I don't like killing them (though if they're in my bedroom, they're fair game).
May your Valentine's Day be less full of spiders than mine! Unless you like spiders, in which case I hope you have plenty of them. You may even have my share!
Jecca: la la la, cleaning my glasses, cleaning my glasses~~
Jecca: Blessed clarity! I love you so, o world with edges!
Cat's water dish: There is something floating in me!
Jecca: So there is! Well, good thing I just cleaned my glasses and can see what OH GOD THAT IS A SPIDER.
Jecca: It's the middle of February. What on Earth are you up and about for?
Spider: *gurgleblub*
Jecca: uhm! Er! Don't drown! Ew, you're a parson spider. That is not an excuse to let you die in there, and anyway the cat would never forgive me if I did, but I cannot pull you out because then you would crawl on me.
Parson Spider: *twitches across the surface of the water*
Jecca: YOU STAY ON THAT SIDE OF THE BOWL, BUDDY.
Jecca: Right. How can I save the spider when I can't use anything to touch the spider without risking self-spider contact?
*remembers the sink has a pluggable drain*
Jecca: Spider, you make one wrong move and I'm hurling this thing into the bathtub, and then you'll be sorry. I'm the only one who checks for spiders before turning the water on.
Parson Spider: *...blub?*
Jecca: YEAH. LOTS OF "BLUB."
Jecca: *plugs the drain, empties the cat's water dish into the sink, and then carefully lets the water back out* Now, if you just wait in the sink, I'll go get the spider-proof container and put you down in the base-
Parson Spider: FREEDOM! MERCIFUL FREEDOM! I WILL NOW SCALE THE SINK AND RUSH FOR THE TOOTHBRUSHES!
Jecca: AAAAUGH!
Paper cups: Quickly! To the rescue!
Jecca: *claps paper cup down on the spider*
Parson Spider: Haha! Foolish mortal! As if your waxed paper prison can contain me! *squeezes out from underneath and crawls up the cup*
Jecca: DON'T TOUCH ME!
*Standoff!*
Jecca: ... *puffs air at spider*
Parson Spider: EEK! *scurries down and across countertop*
Jecca: PAPER CUP REDUX! And now I will put this book on top of the cup! So that you cannot free yourself!
Parson Spider: ...*is still there*
It'll have to wait until someone else gets home.
... I am the worst arachnophobe ever. I don't like spiders, but I don't like killing them (though if they're in my bedroom, they're fair game).
May your Valentine's Day be less full of spiders than mine! Unless you like spiders, in which case I hope you have plenty of them. You may even have my share!
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Spiders are THE WORST THING. Spiders are ANTI-LOVE.
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THANK YOU FOR CONFIRMING THAT THIS IS INDEED A POSSIBILITY.
*hides*
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Um. Actually, I have that same paranoia. I always rinse things out and eye the water (or, you know, whatever I'm drinking) suspiciously. (I have a friend who found a - no. I am not finishing that sentence.)
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Oh good gracious! I don't think I would have been half as kind to that thing ... I hate spiders and that this is horrid!
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I considered smashing it, but couldn't quite justify it after I worked so hard to get it out of the water. Why I bothered saving it from drowning, however, is a mystery.