The not-so-itsy, not-so-bitsy spider

[icepixie]

Things that should not be: a spider in my bed. The little bastards can have the outdoors, and honestly I've realized that with the trap door to the attic in my bedroom keeping them out of the room itself is a lost cause, but they have no business being in my bed.

(This wasn't even that little; it was a bit bigger than my fingertip. My spider identification skills do at least include the black widow and brown recluse, neither of which this was, so while I'm reasonably certain it wasn't poisonous, that still does not give it the right to be in my bed. I squished it with extreme prejudice.)

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Publicity photos are out for the first S2 episode of Body of Proof. (Well, technically it's a leftover from season one, but whatever.) Looks like Bud and Sam are going to have an opportunity to be awesome.

Comments

[spockette]

a spider in my bed

Oh, god, that is the WORST. I do not like spiders, but I can accept their existence as long as it as an existence that remains within, say, a 2-foot radius of me, and is never, ever in my bed, or on my chair, or in my clothes or shoes.

Have I shared my spider-in-my-bed trauma with you? I woke up once, and saw a huge spider (about half the size of my fist) on the pillow next to me, an inch away from my face. The only thing that stopped me from screaming was the thought that if I opened my mouth, it would climb in. Needless to say, I spent the rest of that night on the couch. *shudders*

[icepixie]

Yeah, I actually kind of like spiders when I can't see them in my personal space; they eat the silverfish that plague me, among other bugs.

That is some serious spider trauma. D:

[nickless.livejournal.com]

a spider in my bed.

*shudder* I want to go wash my sheets just READING this. Haaaate spiders...

[icepixie]

I ended up getting in bed after killing the spider, because I figured hey, I got that one; what are the chances of more showing up? It made me feel better, anyway.

In the abstract, I like spiders; they eat the more annoying bugs like mosquitoes and silverfish (of which I have a lot, ugh). They're welcome to the areas behind my dresser or bookcase and things like that. They just don't need to be anywhere where they can get on me.

[pezprez.livejournal.com]

Since I like spiders and feel bad about squishing them, I have special rules about when it is OK to kill spiders:

1) if they are in the bathroom and I am naked. 'Nuff said.
2) if they are in my bed, dresser, or clothes. Yes I have had spiders fall out of clothes I was about to put on.
3) if I suspect they are poisonous and/or they are especially creepy. This usually only applies to spiders I find in the house. They can be as creepy as they wants so long as they do it out in the wild.

You are within the rules, so you have the pezprez stamp-of-spider-killing-approval.

[icepixie]

I don't like killing them either, but my rule basically boils down to, "Are they within a two-foot radius of me at this moment? DEATH FROM ABOVE. No? Everyone go about your business."