Hank Ups

Hank you very much.

Girl Problems

I have good news and bad news.

The bad news is: I got bugs. The good news is: I want bugs.

If only so I can tell you about the bugs I got.

Perhaps I'm a bit strange, but it is my secret wish to be bitten by some sort of extra-toxic spider so I will have something exciting to document. Perhaps the death and subsequent amputation of a finger. Not an important finger like pointer, middle or thumb, those digits have star power, the audience has gotten far too attached to them over the past 28 years. It would have to be a minor player, like the ring or the pinky, in order to shake things up but not upset the fans.

Well I didn't get bitten by a poisonous spider and I still have all my fingers last I counted.
Not only do I still have my digits intact but I also have acquired a strange infestation:

What look like lady bugs are all over my curtains, floor and ceiling. At least 30 that I can count. In case you haven't noticed I am hesitant to call them actual lady bugs. I seem to remember from a nature show or a schoolyard friend that there are bugs that look just like lady bugs but the only difference is that they bite, or they have more spots, or they have the top score on dig dug at pizza castle. My particular lady bugs don't really seem to have any special abilities except for dying and piling up in the corners.

Besides that not much wildlife news to report. Max is staying in because he got beaten up by some outdoor menace who left him with a mean scratch on his nose. Pagoda keeps begging to be let out only to find that its still raining and rain is still wet and he hates wet. One positive to the rain is I get to wear my new rain coat tomorrow.


Yes that is Blanka from Streetfighter II


And no, he is not going to the bathroom... maybe.

Halloween

I know i have some explaining to do. I have been a bad blogger, I know that. I haven't updated in quite a while and for that I am sorry. I'm going to attempt to gain your forgiveness by putting up some of the pictures I have collected over the past month.


Good ol' Johnny Kall is very pleased to meet you.


For Halloween I'm thinking of dressing these two as little planes and then Brooke and I can be the World Trade Center. Too soon? I think you're right.

Well if you must know the real reason I have been putting off blogging for so long. Besides grad-school, which turns out to be a fair amount of work, I have taken on a computer building project. I would now like to take this time to, as my father says, tell you too much about penguins:


23 inch mac studio display running windows vista home premium 64-bit, with an alchemy elixir keyboard and a razer copperhead gaming mouse.


Antec 900 gaming case with 4 fans, perfect for sucking cat hair into delicate computer parts.


AMD Athlon Dual Core 3.0 gHz processor, running 4gb of ram, with a Asus Radeon 4850 overclocked at 680 mHz.

And it works! I put it together with my own hands and it actually works. The feeling of acomplishment I got after compleating this project was much like I imagine a new mother would feel when holding her newborn for the first time. Except unlike a new mother I'm not bored to tears, my computer has way better graphics then a baby.

Anyways, enough about penguins. I promise my next post will be a real one!

New and improved floor worm! Now 100% more live and writhing!

But somehow still unable to escape the same fate.

Yeah right...

Yes, I don't even believe it either. Some kind of mutant hybrid? Elaborate hoax on par with the lochness monster existing, or family guy being funny?

All I know is this guy is NOT supposed to be on the kitchen counter.


And furthermore, I just washed these clothes and they still look all lousy.

Guess that's what happens when my parents leave. The whole palace gets over run with vermin. I'm so glad they are back.

Back in Buisness!

Just when you think the magic is gone. Just when you think there can't possibly be any more insects of interest hanging around my house. Life hits you with a doozy.
I have no idea what kind of bug this is. A brief look at the displays in the entomology department lead me to believe its some kind of squash bug. Whatever it is, it's obviously prehistoric... and yes, it is on the inside of the window.

P.S. Just found out about this!

This bug theme is running out of juice

When I started this I knew it could not last forever. After going for three or four days without seeing any insects of note, I am now contemplating changing the theme of this blog to something else. Its hard to say goodbye when you've had so many good times together, but if I may quote myself "all good things must come to an end". Yes I just made that saying up. Right "off the top of my head" as I also like to say, when I made that saying up as well. Perhaps this blog can continue as an anthology of my great phraseology, or maybe I can add a 500 word tribute to my new mini fridge. As the end of the era of my insect blogging ends I leave you with the only pitiful specimen I have encountered in the past week.

This fella was quite dead when I found him. Upon returning with some tissue to dispose of the carcass I found nothing there. He was gone, to a better place I suppose. I then noticed the smug look on my cats face, the look of a cat that has eaten the perfect thing to barf up later.

What a pickle!

The other day I was taking my nightly stroll in the gardens around the dad palace when i stumbled into a rather sticky spider web. This is not an uncommon occurance, so I forced myself to keep calm and continue with the engaging phone conversation I was having with a good friend about old times. Most of the time when I walk through a spider web it is a mere wisp of a strand and nothing to get too worried about. This time however I walked through the bulk of the web in all its geometric glory. Being a logical individual I thought surely I must have picked up the occupant of that particular web somewhere on my person. Upon returning inside a brief examination revieled nothing unusual and I continued with my conversation.

Five minutes later I looked down and screamed. The spider I saw crawling up my shirt was of the most foul variety. It was about the size of a frisbee, had inch long fangs, a red bandit mask and what appeared to be a switch-blade in either hand. Again I screamed and threw my phone to the ground. At some point in my wild flailing I knocked the monster off of me and ran from the room to grab my camera. I gathered all my courage, I knew this needed be shared with the world. I snapped what pictures I could before the horror overwhelmed me, This is what I found:At this point the spider had apparently shrunk from its enormous size, but looking closer you could imagine the terror:On closer examination I don't think I should have been as scared as I was:-CAOW AH BUNG AH!

Well at least someone is having a good time.

This may look like some perfectly harmless leaves, but believe me there is nothing innocent about this snapshot. If you look closely, right there in the center, a little more to the left... OH I DO DECLARE!! THE NERVE!!! RIGHT OUTSIDE-A MY WINDOW!!! I BELIEVE I DO NOW HAVE THOSE VAPORS! OH LORD!!

Doo bee doo bee doo!

Just another resident of the palace.

A new infestation

After being turned away from the KSU entomology department, I decided to head over to Hacksworth Hall to have a discussion with the faculty of reptile/mammal studies over a peculiar infestation I have come across. These two specimens have been positively IDed as "East Kansas Hairy Bed Jerks". Good news is, besides being totally poisonous, they are mostly harmless.

Unlike this little kisser:

More little buddys!

For those of you who can't identify these little fellas, I believe they are know as "brown kissing spiders". They are easy to spot by their large cherry red lips and their disregard for personal space. Believe me these arachnids have no boundaries. They have eight legs? More like eight hands! You know what I mean?SHA-MOOCH!

My new roomates!

I am pleased to announce that my new place comes with new friends!