Arachnophobia

My dad used to threaten me with that movie growing up . . . I didn't actually watch it until I was a senior in high school and, although the effects were obviously ridiculous, I still was completely freaked out. That was the summer we moved to Oklahoma and there were ridiculous spiders EVERYwhere . . . my worst nightmare coming true.

Well, I'd like to say I've grown up a bit. Rather than crying, I actually kill spiders on my own. And sometimes I see them and don't kill them. But I've decided to stop that practice since one of the ladies I work with was bitten in her sleep . . . resulting in a very swollen finger and a couple trips to the hospital. No, thank you.

The following are photos taken in the last moments of these little arachnids' lives. Perhaps that is a bit morbid, but I have this great camera and sometimes I think, Is that thing really inside my house? And I feel the need to share that for REAL? moment with others.

Enjoy.