I am MADE of awesome!

[Angela Harlem]

It has only taken me 34 years but today I got all kinds of awesome on and KILLED a huntsman. For the first time ever. Brown goddamn bread! Ha! It was on the verandah about 2 feet away from the back door so I grabbed a shoe and whacked it. And whacked it again. And again. And maybe a couple more times. I've left its body out there so I can keep reminding myself that I am awesome and they won't rule me again. Ever again. I spent too much money and time last year getting help for this phobia that rules ruled my life, and no more, thank you, goddamn huntsmans. Fuck you all!

This is worth the splitting headache I now have from stress. So worth it. I'm gonna make a cuppa and bask in my own greatness. And maybe take some panadol. God, my head hurts, lol. But I did it. I fucking did it. This is a huge day.

 

[corianderstem]

I'm going to assume that a "huntsman" is some sort of animal and not a guy who was out hunting.

So, with that assumption: congratulations!

 

[Angela Harlem]

Sorry, yes, they're a spider. An unnaturally huge and revolting spider. Hairy. And ugly. A real fuck up by the creator of life!

And thank you

 

[corianderstem]

Ew, giant spiders.

Well done, you!

 

[rootedphoenix]

*happy dances in your honor*

 

[cobl04]

yeah they are fucking horrific looking creatures. well done!

 

[MsPurrl]

Well played, Angela--I hate spiders, no matter their size. I would freak if I saw something like that!

 

[Rachel D.]

Is that anything like a harvestman, aka, daddy longlegs?

 

[BluRmGrl]

Way to get medieval on that arachnid's ass!!!

 

[flybabe]

Geeze, those things are God awfully huge. I am absolutely terrified of spiders, I don't even like looking at one. You my friend, have major guts.

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

I had to google that spider to see what it looked like. horrific. good for you killing this bastard.

 

[martha]

I'm going to resist looking and congratulate you most heartily! Getting over a fear of spiders, especially gigantic motherfuckers is not easy!

with your badass self!

 

[Rachel D.]

I looked them up, and that is nothing like a daddy longlegs! That's like some twisted wolf spider/brown recluse hybrid on steroids!

 

[Lila64]

Way to get medieval on that arachnid's ass!!!

↑THAT!

And I'm NOT googling this thing. Hell NO!

 

[bono_212]

I looked them up, and that is nothing like a daddy longlegs! That's like some twisted wolf spider/brown recluse hybrid on steroids!

I didn't get here in time to respond to your post and save you from the horror, I see

 

[deep]

 

[MsPurrl]

ACKKKKKKK!!! Thank you *so* much!

 

[Sicy]

I was about to be like.. um wtf you killed an animal? But oh, a spider? Good for you!! :heebiejeebies:

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

deep!

 

[martha]

I was going to try to live my life without knowing what they looked like.

 

[Galeongirl]

I remember the day Ali got me to google that. Not good.

You indeed are awesome. :respect:

 

[Popmartijn]

But well done, Anna! Now you know you can do it yourself. You are awesome! I might've told you that before, but it can't be repeated enough.

 

[blueeyedgirl]

Murderer!!!!

Interferencers, come to Australia, we have lots of awesome creepy crawly stuff to see!!!!

 

[BonosSaint]

All, all kinds of awesome! I genuflect. (I may stay in this position for a while cause I can't get up, so it may be perpetual genuflection). So proud.

(Wow, just saw the picture. That's some kind of monster, so Anna's even awesomer than awesome. She needs her own statue or at least a T-shirt)

 

[Pearl]

Wow, Angela! You rock!

I can't go near a spider, and the ones I get are like hairy daddy-long legs, the size of a half-dollar coin or bigger.

Maybe someday I'll muster up the courage to kill one myself.

 

[cobl04]

what kind of lunatic would keep something like that for a pet.

 

[martha]

Interferencers, come to Australia, we have lots of awesome creepy crawly stuff to see!!!!

Not tempting.

what kind of lunatic would keep something like that for a pet.

Fucking tell me about it.

 

[redkat]

That is awesome! I saw the title and had to come in.

I've unloaded any spray cleaner available in attempts to get rid of MUCH smaller spiders from a safe distance. Is that something you might see on a regular basis?

 

[MsPurrl]

Is this monster poisonous??

 

[Angela Harlem]

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Yeah, redkat, they're all too common in aus, but thankfully they're not poisonous. They are, however, mutants. Yes. We get a few each summer, maybe every few weeks. I'm so tired of people always telling me how non harmless they are. It's not fear of poison that scares me. No, it's more the gigantism of them. This one I killed has also disappeared clean off the verandah. It was definitely dead because it did the leg curl thing. I suspect it is now some zombie undead and is watching me. Maybe it's corralled its mates, undead also, and will attack when I'm not looking. They do that. No bites, just armies of hairy
zombies.

BS, if you get a plank of wood you might be able to squeeze it under you and then wriggle it to get some leverage. Maybe you ought to carry some pine in your back pocket for such emergencies.