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I think the fellers are all skeert of me.. :( I couldn't catch a man with glue traps!

One of my all-time favorite jazz numbers.. LAUGH, CLOWN, LAUGH ! Based on a theme from the Opera "I Pagliacci" (Ted Fiorito / Samuel M. Lewis / Joseph Young) Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians (vocal: Ted Waring) - 1928 Ted Lewis & His Band (vocal: Ted Lewis) - 1928 Life is a play and we all play a part The Lover, the Dreamer, the Clown The Dreamer and Lover are always in tears The Clown spreads sunshine around The life with a smile is the life worthwhile The Clown till the curtain comes down Even though you're only make believing Laugh, Clown, laugh! Even though something inside is grieving Laugh, Clown, laugh! Don't let your heart grow too mellow Just be a real Punchinello, fellow You're supposed to brighten up a place And laugh, Clown, laugh! Paint a lot of smiles around your face And laugh, Clown, don't frown Dressed in your best coloured humour Be a pallietto and laugh, Clown, laugh!

Umm.. Nakie-cat coloured ones!

My mantis Galadriel has laid her first infertile ootheca. See the brown dead leaf-looking thing next to her in the corner? Mature females are constantly 'cooking' ooths, in case they come into contact with a male. This way, they can be ready to drop a fertile ooth ASAP after breeding. I wish I could find a male Pseudoharpax virescen to breed her to! She is obviously ready!

I collected a new spider today-- a male Tetragnatha species of some sort. He has HUGE fangs that look like sausages! This pic sucks, but he wouldn't hold still.

Catching flies. No, really. I am. My neighbours all think I'm bats, standing next to my rubbish can with a butterfly net.

I think a lot of the problems with the way women of all shapes' clothing fits these days is the LACK of proper "foundation garments." Looking back about 50 years ago, a lady wouldn't be caught dead without the proper shapewear underneath! Whether it be a well-fitting longline brassiere or a girdle, some clothes are just MADE to be worn over these things! Then again, an ILL-FITTING corset will totally SPOIL the line and drape of the clothing..nothing worse than someone who doesn't know how to lace properly, and gets the big roll over the backside of the top, and/or the big bulge of belly on the bottom! UGH!! OH, and I almost forgot about the ladies who insist on wearing their skinny lowriders on a fat day. I'm SO tired of looking at girls' lovehandles and pot-bellies coming over the waistband of their jeans!! Wear your fat pants on those days, PLEASE!! *LMAO*

The term "true spiders" (or Araneae) refers to arachnids which are not a scorpion, mite, louse, tick, opilione, tarantula, cave spider, or solfugid. A lot of arachnid hobbyists use this term to differentiate them from the other orders of arachnids. Most people in the hobby are into tarantulas, or "T's," as we call them for short. GREAT NEWS, everyone!!! My baby spiderlings are finally HATCHING right now as I write this!!! They must like Jay and the Americans' music, because I got the bright idea to start singing "This Magic Moment" loudly into their Kritter Keeper. It actually worked to make them begin coming out! You could knock me over with a feather right now! P.S. I'd attach a picture, but for some reason I'm not getting the option at the moment..must be a temporary glitch in the Forum. I put it up in my gallery..here's the link: http://www.detroitgothic.net/gallery-image5099.html

"The Ballad Of Jane," by L.A. Guns.. I still hear your voice in the wind, I still think of you in the night..

Here's my wild house-spider, the same species as my captives (Phidippus audax). He's had to watch me feeding the rest of my babies for the past week or so, while he's gone hungry. There isn't much wild prey left in my bathroom, where he hangs out, so I gave him a fat mealworm as a peace offering. The little boogins took it right from my fingers! He loves me now.. we're good friends! He's been coming to court Ms. Arwen, my large captive female. He must have a thing for California girls! I've actually named him Froggie-Went-A'Courtin', because he is so interested in my babygirl. Watching him drum his legs, chelicerae, and palps for her has been entertaining-- to say the least! I owed him a treat just for that!

Hehehehe, hey Marc, we should have a Steampunk-themed campsite at the camping trip..would be fun!! Start collecting JUNK now!! Let's brainstorm, and invite anyone else who wants in on this jive.. P.S. I'm real good at reconstructing, deconstructing, thrift store shopping, and quite handy with a needle and thread..not to mention, I've had a real itch to do some cool performance art! I also have a few extra bucks, thanks to your direction!

I want a REAL boyfriend..the old-fashioned kind, who: Always picks me up on time, because he can't wait another moment to see me Orders for me at the restaurant, because he knows just what I like and how I like it Knows how to Lindy Hop, Mexican waltz, and poqueno Holds my hand at the movies Gives me his only jacket if I happen to get cold during our date Lifts up my chin. looks into my eyes, and kisses me with all his heart when we must part for the evening Holds me so tight I feel like nothing will ever break my heart again Where the f*ck IS this guy???? I want and need him NOW! *sticks another pin into Lying Boy's doll*

Hefe-Weisen, with a lemon, of course!

"Blind In Texas," by W.A.S.P. "..But I don't WANNA go home!!"

If crickets aren't captive bred, they can carry many parasites and other microorganisms. Crickets are very VERY dirty-- I have to clean their habitat cube EVERY DAY. They shit all over the place, it's really really grody. They SOOO remind me of cockroaches, and it really creeps me out every time I have to get one out for my spiders! Crickets are really creepy. I dread having any feeder crickets escape into my house-- I would not be able to sleep at night. I'd have to turn loose one of the spiders to have any piece of mind!! P.S. Finny, it's absolutely NO use..my phobia is very deep seated, and it comes from a few experiences that I do not ever want to repeat!! I wasn't ALWAYS scared of the water, but a few things have happened to turn my heart. The sight of a shark, even in an aquarium, makes my hair stand straight on end. I think my reaction to them is more a relenquishing of my invincibility, than a fear..the knowledge that I don't stand a CHANCE against a shark or other large or socially-organized aquatic creature in its own element. Unfortunately, my experience of the ocean and lakes has not been anything like what you see on The Little Mermaid! I've almost been eaten alive by nesting male bluegill (honest!), bumped by something LARGE and UNSEEN while wading out on a sandbar in Florida in the middle of the night in the ocean, covered in leeches, tangled in seaweed and almost drowned, and THEN there was the snapping turtle incident..I won't even go into the details of that one, it was TOO weird to have really happened. I'm quite happy to observe water crathurs from a glass bottom boat, or at Sea World!!

Ok, now I have to confess that I am one of those weird people who doesn't swim in lakes or oceans. I am deathly afraid of sharing water with things that are not people!! On the other hand, I have one new spider already, and two new ones being shipped from California. I am also getting a mantis, a female Pseudoharpax virescens, with that shipment. The cricket raising is going ok, so far..I still say crickets are SO gross!!! I would rather lay in a vat full of spiders, than one full of crickets!