a rant about ants (and other household pests)

[newmoonstar]

My house is over-run with ants. I have never seen so many ants indoors in my life. What the heck are they doing? They never get into our food, they just run all over the place. For all the ants we've killed this summer, you'd think we'd have decimated the entire local population, but no, they just keep coming and coming, like the proverbial Energizer Bunny. And another question, with all the spiders I keep having to kill all throughout the house, why haven't the ants been eaten by the spiders? Why do I have to live in the only house on earth where the ants and spiders live in harmony? WHY?

I hate insects. And arachnids. Especially arachnids. But one good side effect of having increasingly bad eyesight is that when I spot a huge spider in the house, I can only see the basic outline of it instead of all the details, and thus don't get grossed out enough to run in terror like I used to. Now I kill giant spiders without mercy or fear. I am a mighty spider slayer. Fear me.

Good grief, with all the bugs I have to deal with in summer, I'm actually sort of relieved that the weather is getting colder! Except that now I think I should have made a thicker dress for the Renaissance faire... hopefully it'll be warm that day, so I won't have to cover up my new dress with a cloak or something. Le sigh.

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[solidor.livejournal.com]

I hate, hate, hate, hate spiders. With a passion. A passion that I cannot even begin to describe.

[newmoonstar]

So do I. There is absolutely nothing in the entire world I hate more. I would rather go to a Bush rally than have to deal with spiders. (Which is REALLY saying something!!!)

But I've found that since I've started killing them, I'm not as afraid of them as I used to be. Becoming their cold-blooded hunter is quite empowering. Although I can only do it with a really big shoe; I still don't want to get too close!