THESE JUMPY LITTLE FUCKERS HAVE INFILTRATED OUR DORM HOUSE!!!!

and i'm PISSED!

i'm laying in bed, after waking up from probably the most fucked up scary ass dream (flipping through the dream book now), so i'm kind of shaken...

and BAM! out of fucking NOWHERE, a cricket jumps and lands on a stack of photos
like it made a loud THUD.

i nearly shit a brick i was so fucking freaked.
so i slammed an art mag on it -the photos were not harmed, despite ooze.

I don't care! I have plants! they are NOT FOOD for these creepers!




AAAUGH!!!

speak to roodboi, he'll tell you how to get rid of them

jami0mckay said:

i'm both intrigued and scared at the same time..

sammij said:

I have that effect


he does (or did) have something to do with pest control I think

jami0mckay said:

I hate those things! YUCK!!!!

they've totally ruined my day

CRICKET


Intuition and Belief



The appearance of Cricket is your life heralds an awakening of sensitivities
and finding light within the dark.
Dreams become more clairvoyant.
Trust in your intuition – it is more accurate than you believe.

Make sure to stay grounded and balanced while exploring
your intuition and psychic abilities.
The appearance of Cricket might also be a reminder than you are using psychic powers without proper grounding.

In China, the Cricket symbolizes a fighting spirit.
In England, it is considered good luck to find a cricket on the hearth.
Crickets were believed to be familiars who watched over and
guarded the home's occupants.

Mach said:

well the dream i had beforehand did kind of give me a gut feeling to stay home and not go where i had planned on going today...(i was being followed and ultimately harmed)

...i guess i shouldn't have squashed the little bugger...

thanks mach for the info though

sammij said:

OMFG you killed the messenger






stay home

Mach said:

i didn't mean to!
it literally went down like this: *THUD* "AAAGH!" *SMACK*

i have an artist talk and class to go to today, but it's all in my backyard pretty much

YUCK! I went to camp once and when he came back from camping I felt something wet in my shoe and when I took it off there was a mashed up cricket all over my foot!! I'm still tramatized after 20 years

wlcm2thdwn said:

ugh



i honestly feel bad for killing the wee thing now too
he REALLY scared me, and i was so shaken from my dream
ugh... what a morning


and i'm out of oatmeal!

WTF is a cricket doing around at this time of year?

I thought they were green? Or am I thinking of grasshoppers?



Anyway, I'm afraid I would have killed it too.

sj1600 said:

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING!
i should also mention that this is the SECOND one i've been confronted with in the past week or so

but i figure

- my house is right infront of a quarry/nature trail
- my house is warm refuge from the cold quarry/nature trail
- and i have plants

im still freaked, hours later.

sammij said:

Yeah, I suppose that's enough to bring them in. Freaky nature madness

I would also be feeling a bit freaked out, I hate bugs. In the autumn, when the spiders come in I am so thankful that our cat eats them in the night (she just leaves the legs ) because I CANNOT deal with that.

Hypnotherapy people and it will get your killer instinct out of your system joking
We kill animals when we are scared (or when we want a juicy burger)

I've decided that crickets (including Locusts, grasshoppers and the like) are just HOPPING ROACHES!!!!!

I know that they can do no harm to me but I can't stand them. I will creep out if there's one anywhere near me.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

that's the thing it made my blood run frigid when it just hopped out of nowhere

actually NOWHERE. i'm still sick about it! i'm just glad the day is over - i hope to not wake up the same way tomorrow

sammij said:

I'd get myself one of those nets that go around your bed. Ugh.

sammij said:

I understand how you must feel, don't worry tomorrow is another day.
Even if you feel powerless, go and buy repellent products, you will feel more in control.
Avoid leaving any food around or trash (unless it is only paper).
Don't worry

my housemate just shrieked - there was yet another (smaller) critter in her room
i felt better this time

but damn, they're like - everywhere.

Strange... perhaps signs of the plague?

there have since been 2 more in MY room

ive bought the poison - it's on like donkey kong.

I'll send you the bats from my attic to eat them for you.

littlemissG said:

i used to keep a cricket as a pet, they are mad cool..

i love crickets chirping, it reminds me of better days..

My house, scratch that, my ROOM always has crickets. Hell, I JUST ran out of my bathroom because I saw one of them. I HAAATE crickets. Nasty, moving, jumping, flying pieces of filth! They always come into my room because my window is open alot.

ToraToraDreams said:

My window has never been open...


i want to move out.
residence here is a fucking joke.

You think these are bad...honey stay OUT of Orlando, Florida. Those suckers are KFC biscuit size. I saw one trying to crawl under the bathroom door while I was in the tub. I just kinda sat there and prayed he'd turn around. The fucker was loud as hell when he started to sing.
The ones that frequent Chicago are just horribly irritating. They love to hide in our nice, quiet basement. When they hear you coming, the stop. When you walk away, they start again. I get them to stop by hollering "SHADDUP!!" at the top of my lungs.

Of course then, my boyfriend usually is like "Roni...yelling at the bugs doesn't do anything baby..chill." (It does, I swear.)

But if all else fails, use that spray, throw some shoes. Or get a dorm frog...lol.

It's gon' be ok.

Maybe he wants to be your next art subject?

i just might paint crickets eventually

well, the poison has been out - haven't seen anymore yet