bugs need love too....shameless self-promotion

...But can't live at all if you douse it in Formula 409. It works on 'em like a nerve poison, quiver twitch argh expire &c.

It's one of Dad's idle amusements in the summertime; he grew up in a desert, and his less-than-complete happiness at the fact of living in one once again expresses itself in odd ways.

Me, I think it's just funny as hell to listen to him join battle with stray roaches while I ring him up, especially considering how gentle at heart he is.

...And it is an effective if peculiar way of releasing anxiety. ::grin::

"A cockroach can live a week without its head."

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/roaches/pg000332.html

I can honestly say that despite the fact that it gets cold cold cold here up north for long periods of time, I have never, ever had to deal with cockroaches. Ever. From the stories I've heard, this is a good thing.

Now to head on out and catch me some West Nile Virus.

Edited by author 05-27-2003 03:36 AM
I don't think anyone knows what cockroaches truly are until they live in Florida.

...Maybe not, never been there. But Texas Size Cockroaches are more than an urban legend, I assure you.

For all the time I've spent living in places where cockroaches are endemic, I didn't know until I was in San Diego that they could...

Live in laundry soap.

Freaked my shit out. No foolin'.

...And I suppose it says something for my housekeeping skills (when I'm allowed to exercise them). Though here in the Land of Muck and Moss I've gotten sloppy, very sloppy.

trying to hide the fact...

IMHO nothing is being hidden, only tastefully carried on in the wings. A certain entry from a month ago would, at first glance, appear to buttress this sentiment.

took down the desktop-cam

Blar. D'oh. Etc.

aw man, did I miss catching britt smoking on the stalker-cam? I haven't been watching much lately. just noticed you took down the desktop-cam :( And do you always sleep with the lights on?

Edited by author 05-27-2003 02:42 AM
brittney, i happened to check your cam out, and i think it is funny that you are trying to hide the fact that you are smoking tree from your own webcam. i think you are cool.

Both being "punk rock" and listening to Marilyn Manson can be considered rebellious, no?

Edited by author 05-27-2003 02:17 AM
I would just like to state, and, for the record, I'm suprised my esteemed colleague jonmc didn't mention it: Listening to Marilyn Manson is the polar opposite of being "punk rock." If your hair was listening to Manson, it would also be supporting a more indutstry created, MTV style look.

Thank you for your time.

(Also, your bugs seem to not have a sexual preference as one meets me at my door nearly every night and has spent some time on my wall watching me in the shower... unless it's just passing time, waiting for my wife.)

I don't think anyone knows what cockroaches truly are until they live in Florida.

Where they get to vote.

Edited by author 05-26-2003 11:45 PM
...Here instead of things with six legs it's things with no legs at all. Up through the drain. After a rainstorm.

The ifrst tradeoff is that if you go into the boonies, you can see National Geographic caliber critters of all sorts, if you know when and where to look. It's actually really neat if you have that sense of adventure.

(The second tradeoff is... cockroaches? What're cockroaches?)

Gawd, now I read like some kinda naturalist or some shit. ::snort::

The stripey thing is a paper, hand-made Cat in the Hat hat.

I fucked it up, but it was a gift, so I can't bear to toss it.

For now, it lives on the couch.

My devious plan to channel the insect and see through it's eyes has been foiled.
But really, I was only curious as to what the stripey thing is on the couch.

Yes, that is definitely not going to bite you, for it is not a big-ass mosquito. Rather is is a 'crane fly', some people call them 'mosquito-eaters', but that's not a very good name since they do not eat mosquitos. Maybe people just like to fantasize that they eat mosquitos because they do look like big-ass mosquitos, and what better bug to take revenge on the little pesky mosquito than something that might be a mosquito in disguise. So, you're right, he didn't want to eat you, but he probablly did just want to watch.. what a creep.

Edited by author 05-26-2003 04:54 PM
Anti-anxiety medicine is a myth, darling. Next time, turn on Bryan Adams.

(Doesn't it weird you out that your hair is dead?)

Maybe your hair is dead, my hair is undead. Eventually it will be roaming the earth.