God Damn Spiders!



I think we need a bigger shoe...



Ah, September...

A time of students heading back to school, people finally giving their air conditioners a chance to rest...and motherfucking spiders EVERYWHERE!

While this might not be the case in America, in Japan, the end of summer until mid-fall is something I like to call the season of the arachnid. Or Arachner if you will(Arachnid + winter/summer...Clever, huh?). In any case, at this time of year spiders and their webs pop up in way too many places, WAY too quickly.

They always look so cool...until they're
wrapped around your skull, that is.

I parked my bike around 5pm yesterday and there was a rather impressive web connecting it to the nearest wall by this morning. Unfortunately, that spider is now homeless as I needed to get to school...although I would not be surprised if it has another web built across my front door by the time I get home.

I suppose one of the biggest problems is that I have to hang my clothes outside to dry...and I never know what I might be bringing back into the house with them. Oh...and the fact that since I am taller than 99.99% of the people in this country I walk face first into a spider web near daily. Which is quickly followed by the "OH MY GOD! It's in my hair!!!" dance...in a dignified and manly manner, of course.

What's funny is that when I came here, I could not stand to be around spiders. Now...well, I still can't stand 'em...but they have transformed from feared entities to annoying neighbors. But, luckily, I can tear these neighbors houses down without the cops giving me any trouble...don't need THAT experience again...