I don't like spiders.

[active_apathy]

Let me restate this: I don't like spiders.

Some, I can ignore, trusting that they're harmless. Others, I coexist with since they're too big for me to want to be near them.

One of the latter kind was standing on the wall above the shower this morning.

Let's just run through a quick list of things spiders can do:

• Stand on walls
• Stand on ceilings
• Some can jump
• Most can bite
• They're fast
• They have exceptional reflexes
• They're incredibly strong, for their size
• They can spin webs
• Any size!
• They can catch thieves just like flies

If they can catch a prepared, skilled thief like a damned fly, honestly, what kind of chance do I have?

So, I'm there in the shower. I'm warm, somewhat content, rapidly becoming cleaner and ever so slightly terrified by the creepy eight-legged thing standing above me and staring. Honestly, I should've gotten the hint when it was fighting to keep its footing as steam condensed on its patch of wall.

And then, it fell.

I don't remember opening my shower door. I don't remember closing my shower door. I do remember finding myself standing on the opposite side of it, then timidly opening it again to turn the water off. It didn't seem terribly impressed, either; the big, grumpy and slightly damp spider clambered back up the wall to make a little home between my shampoo and conditioner, and that's ok, I can always buy more if it really wants them.

It's moved to a different corner, now. It's by the towel rail.

Waiting.

And so, a bit later, I did the only thing that makes sense in such a situation.

I went out and bought myself a copy of Super Mario⁶⁴ DS. I'm especially interested in the way they write it, because Mario⁶⁴ expands as:

Mario₁ × Mario₂ × Mario₃ × Mario₄ × … × Mario₆₂ × Mario₆₃ × Mario₆₄

It sounds like particularly scary fanfic.

Still, it's Fun thus far. Yay Yoshi! Yay minigames!

...

Yay getting used to moving with the touch screen!

Comments

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

(Incidentally? Spider free for 3 days! Whee!)

[rastnim.livejournal.com]

Huzzah! I did go into my story of dealings on meta with an arachnid but LJ ate it. Ah well, such is life.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Maybe LJ has a comment-eating spider on staff...

[rastnim.livejournal.com]

Grrr, most annoying, what the hell is a talkid anyway and why do I need one!?

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

It's a magical thingy that makes the thingy do that thing to the whatsit so that it does the other thing with the thingy.

Translated: I haven't a clue. :)

[rastnim.livejournal.com]

Aaaah so you mean the doodlewhatsit that starts the ooja-ma-flip.

K.

^_^

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Exactly! And then it... um... stuff. *nods*

[rastnim.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh. That simple eh?

Don't I feel dumb.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

The good news is that the mythical, magical talkids typically do their mythical, magical jobs in a mythical, magical and helpfully invisible way.

[rastnim.livejournal.com]

Oh look I forgot the question mark on my last comment, how ironically quaint.

They do all that and we don't even thank them. In fact, the only time we ever address even them is when we are swearing at the lack of them. My question is, where do they go?

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

They go into safekeeping with Samantha Mulder?

[rastnim.livejournal.com]

Or they're hiding from talkid tax.

Yea, the time has come, it is almost 5 in the morning and I have yet to sleep. This talk has been most delightful. Do you mind if I friend you? Well good cos I'm doing it.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Sleep well, and... huh? wha- oh, ok.

(Your question, by the way, is answered in my userinfo... OF DOOM.)

[rastnim.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

I had read that, but I felt I should say something before randomly friending you.

^_^

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Shiny :)