i f*cking hate spiders.
yesterday i was taking a shower and as i'm rising the shampoo out of my hair, my eyes are closed (naturally, since i don't want soap in my eyes -- stings!). i open my eyes to the sight of a spider (daddy long legs) crawling on the shower sliding door, literally 3 inches away from my face!
i freak out and let out a scream, but no one's here to save me! DAMMIT! where's jasper when you need him?! i'm just standing there, feeling the water hit my back, paralyzed because this spider is on the side door, blocking my escape. i manage to get it to go in the opposite direction (away from me) by throwing some water drops at it. i nailed it with water a few times, watched it dangle, and whimpered at the idea of the spider (in my twisted panic) FALLING onto me nekkid and all.
worst of all, this spider must KNOW that i'm scared because it KEEPS crawling towards me. it was the most bizarre thing. maybe it can smell fear. who knows. so there's a back and forth replay of it crawling towards me and me throwing water at it to get it to go away. i realize my fear is irrational ("it can't hurt me," "i can kill it easily," yada yada), but the fact that it kept coming at me was really traumatizing. a few painstaking minutes go by before i am finally saved.
did i mention i f*cking hate spiders?