This week in InMonopolis: Stuff happened. Things were eaten. Showerheads were installed. In other news, I think I accidentally killed Jerry.*
And now for our top stories:
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*Jerry is a spider who lives in my bathroom. Lived???
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BABY’S FIRST PAYCHECK
LAST MEAL
UNDERCOVER OPTIMIST
WATER PROOF
INSTABEARD
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Alas, poor Jerry. What kind of spider? The monsterkid at the bottom of the lake very much wants to know. ^_~
“UNDERCOVER OPTIMIST” Oooooo…
Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOVBA3QI_rY
Apologize to the Child of the Wooden Sword, but I don’t know. It was tiny and gold? I’m trying to search images on Google but it’s freaking me out. I don’t think it was a recluse or I would’ve killed it a long time ago. But I’m no spider-identification expert. See, I had this unspoken deal with the spiders (there’s another one named Jimmy) that if they stayed in the bathroom where I could see them, I would leave them alone. But I found a spider in my bedroom, killed it, and upon returning to the bathroom, found Jerry had vanished. I can only assume…now I’m thinking I should finish the job and kill Jimmy before he, too, decides to invade my personal space.
Also: BEEEEEEARD.
He disapproves of preemptive strikes against spiders. Also, rather hilariously, both he and the sword object(sarcastically)to the implication that it is his parent. 😉
Hmm… chubby little abdomen and spindly little legs? Like this? (arachnophobes, do not click this link) http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3237/2974659626_89f5aa38a7.jpg
If so, it’s probably some sort of Parasteatoda Tepidariorum, common House Spider.
Beeeard…
Well I was going to say WITH the wooden sword, but since it’s missing, it wouldn’t really be accurate. 😛
The house spider might be it. It’s hard to tell, the thing’s so tiny, and I don’t have a magnifying glass. I’ll let Jimmy live…for now.
That is very true.
I find the tinier they are, the more gold they look, and they’re very common. A recluse wouldn’t usually be out in the open, and they’re shaped differently, too. Hurrah for a live Jimmy! Here’s hoping he is wise enough not to encroach on the Forbidden Lands.
*shudder* spiders creep me out.
This week, I went with Last Meal…
http://thinspiralnotebook.com/2015/10/21/last-wish/
https://johnandmargaret1607.wordpress.com/2015/10/23/a-prompt-response-for-inspiration-monday-babys-first-paycheck/
Pay the baby what she is worth and she grow and inherit the Earth
I’ve been absent lately: https://article94.wordpress.com/2015/10/23/dark-new-world/
I loved Water Proof, and it made the last part of my serial series, Debate the Case, tight as a drum. (This post goes live Sunday, October 25th.)
https://adanramieblog.wordpress.com/2015/10/25/sunday-serials-debate-the-case-part-vii/
I chose another one to while away the time this week!
https://johnandmargaret1607.wordpress.com/2015/10/25/a-prompt-response-for-inspiration-monday-last-meal/