spring, spiders, and scary movies
this is like the sixth day in a row now that i've had spider encounters. can we talk about this!?!?!? this is SO not ok. first of all, six days, does not mean just six spiders. there have been more than six. yes, that's right. that means multiple spiders in a single day. sometimes within the span of 3 minutes. not really how i like to start my day, but ok.
it was starting to get warmer at the beginning of last week, so i just kind of figured it was the weather, and they'd all decided to come out of hiding. and spring--yes, i know it's still february, but today definitely felt like spring--means spider babies, you know, like in charlotte's web. by the way, i know a lot of kids are really traumatized by that book and/or movie because of wilbur and everything, and all of a sudden they won't eat bacon anymore or something. but me? nope. my vegetarian phase started much later, and has nothing to do with wilbur, adorable as he may be. i always had nightmares about the part where charlotte's eggs start to hatch, and there are millions of little baby spiders parachuting all over the place. in fact, it seems they've all parachuted into the general vicinity of my room. aghhhhhhh!!!!!
but speaking of movies that cause nightmares... out of nowhere today i remembered this scary movie i'd watched with some friends at a sleepover, and i couldn't remember what it was called or anything, just the basic plotline--it was based on an urban legend that we'd all heard growing up, and all i really remembered was that we'd all woken up at some point during the night totally freaked out. (they even made a sequel, so you know it was bad!) then i was reading the new york times online today and happened to look at the box office info for last weekend... "when a stranger calls" ...hey...wasn't that the name of that movie!?!?! yup. freaky. a remake, evidently. super. (i still get chills when i think of the scene with the tea kettle...) kind of curious about the new version. probably not curious enough to see it, though, because you really shouldn't see that kind of movie outside of the context of a jr. high sleepover. besides, the spiders are scary enough at the moment, thank you.
oh, i just remembered why i thought of the movie in the first place--my phone rang today, and when i went to answer it, there was no one there, and it kind of freaked me out. i mean, not really. i do realize this kind of thing happens. but somehow it led to the whole "when a stranger calls" thing. weird.
it was starting to get warmer at the beginning of last week, so i just kind of figured it was the weather, and they'd all decided to come out of hiding. and spring--yes, i know it's still february, but today definitely felt like spring--means spider babies, you know, like in charlotte's web. by the way, i know a lot of kids are really traumatized by that book and/or movie because of wilbur and everything, and all of a sudden they won't eat bacon anymore or something. but me? nope. my vegetarian phase started much later, and has nothing to do with wilbur, adorable as he may be. i always had nightmares about the part where charlotte's eggs start to hatch, and there are millions of little baby spiders parachuting all over the place. in fact, it seems they've all parachuted into the general vicinity of my room. aghhhhhhh!!!!!
but speaking of movies that cause nightmares... out of nowhere today i remembered this scary movie i'd watched with some friends at a sleepover, and i couldn't remember what it was called or anything, just the basic plotline--it was based on an urban legend that we'd all heard growing up, and all i really remembered was that we'd all woken up at some point during the night totally freaked out. (they even made a sequel, so you know it was bad!) then i was reading the new york times online today and happened to look at the box office info for last weekend... "when a stranger calls" ...hey...wasn't that the name of that movie!?!?! yup. freaky. a remake, evidently. super. (i still get chills when i think of the scene with the tea kettle...) kind of curious about the new version. probably not curious enough to see it, though, because you really shouldn't see that kind of movie outside of the context of a jr. high sleepover. besides, the spiders are scary enough at the moment, thank you.
oh, i just remembered why i thought of the movie in the first place--my phone rang today, and when i went to answer it, there was no one there, and it kind of freaked me out. i mean, not really. i do realize this kind of thing happens. but somehow it led to the whole "when a stranger calls" thing. weird.
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