Various funny stuff

[changeyourstars8]

Incident #1:

I'm in the rental store, searching for another low-budget horror movie to either appreciate or laugh at, when I hear a girl's voice say, "Oooh! RENT!"

And then she proceeds to sing part of "No Day But Today".

Her mother: *gives her a 'what the heck' look*
I: *give her a thumbs-up*
She: *grins*

My people. :-D

Incident #2:

My husband is over at a friend's house. Said friend is about three sheets to the wind, as are most of the others there. The talk turns (as it usually does with a drunk crowd) to sex.

Girl 1: "So how many people have you slept with?"
My husband: "None. I'm a virgin."
The first girl seems to be pondering this, when--
Girl 2: "Nuh-uh! I know you. You're married."
Girl 1: "Dammit!"
My husband's friend: "There go your plans for the night!" *starts laughing, falls off his chair*

Incident #3:

My brother's stayed the night, watching some aforementioned low-budget horror movies with us. In the morning, he sees the cat stalking something in the kitchen. It turns out to be a spider. A biiiiig spider.

My brother: *runs into the kitchen, grabs an empty pizza box, throws it at the spider from a foot away-- and misses*
Me: *laughing so hard I can't see*
My brother: *also laughing, while backing away from Shelob* "Shut up!"
Me: *picks up the pizza box and smashes the spider*

We measured it once it was dead-- four inches. I've been on the lookout for relatives ever since.

Comments

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, 4 inches! Did you figure out what kind it was? I'd have gone to the net first thing. I mean, if there are more around, you want to know if they're dangerous or just creepy.

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

I'm looking it up now. There was also one on the rearview mirror of Chris's truck that was this tan/reddish color, thick body, and its legs looked like they tapered off into talons. It's Creepy Spider Month here or something.

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

Aha. Pretty sure it was this (http://entomology.unl.edu/images/spiders/pholcus.jpg), a cellar spider. If not, about that size.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Hm. this (http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/spiders/cellar/cellar.htm) says the body length is about 1/4". That seems kind of small?

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

Hm. Well, the graphic I posted is about how big it was. Now to find out what it actually was. LOL *continues search*

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Can you post a picture of it? With cellphone or something easy?

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

My husband has the cell phone at work, but I'll see what I can do. It resembles a huntsman spider, but the info I found says those are native to Australia. ???

I almost don't care what it is just so long as none of its cousins follow it. lol

[silverjewel7.livejournal.com]

I am so scared of that spider O_o

RENT people! One of my friends and I tend to burst into RENT at random moments... ah, fun.

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

Yay for random RENT moments. :-D I think my family has learned to fear me come Christmastime. Heh

[silverjewel7.livejournal.com]

There can never be enough RENTheads :D

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

*needs a RENT icon* This is the closest one I have right now.

I found out about the show years ago when a friend of mine at the theatre brought in the cast recording. So during set construction, as soon as we went on break we'd start singing along. If only my parents had known that their fifteen-year-old daughter was bouncing around on stage singing "To sodomy, it's between God and me; to S&M. . ."

Well, okay, they probably would've laughed. Which is why they're awesome. lol

[silverjewel7.livejournal.com]

I'm a brand-new RENThead, just begun in recent months. A friend introduced me to the film soundtrack, it got stuck in my head... you can guess where it went from there ;D

That's a great mental image!

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

Hee. Yeah. There was me at fifteen, the guy who introduced me was about nineteen, and our two friends (one of whom had NEON red hair). The director of the show came in, saw us, rolled her eyes, and tried very unsuccessfully to hide her amusement.

And welcome to the fandom! *G*

[silverjewel7.livejournal.com]

LOL! A lot of our non-RENT friends do that...

Why thanks! :D

[jadelynx.livejournal.com]

If only my parents had known that their fifteen-year-old daughter was bouncing around on stage singing "To sodomy, it's between God and me; to S&M. . ."

omg,I would have been grounded til I was thirty! :D My mother took issue when the 18 year old in my book kissed a boy. :D

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

LOL My parents took issue with some of the stuff I was reading (I scared them to pieces when I walked up to them with a book of horror stories at age eight and asked, "What's intercourse?" "What are you reading?!?" "...... So you're not gonna tell me?")

Finally, when I turned eleven, dad said, "Fine, you can read most of the King books, but not Gerald's Game or Rose Madder."

A week later he found me in my closet at midnight with the nightlight on, reading Gerald's Game. "C'mon, I'm ten pages from the end! Pleeeease?"

I think at that point the poor guy gave up. lol

[rosevaughn.livejournal.com]

Yuck. Spiders...although I would have loved to have been able to see you guys trying to kill it.

(Note to self: bring BIG can of bug spray next time I stay over.)

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

And I believe YOU, my friend, are the first person I've ever seen with a "creepy-crawlies" tag.

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

lol What's sad is I think I have multiple entries under that tag. Our house is a scary-arachnid magnet, I swear.