When there's a Spider, there's got to be some shrieks.

I am arachnophobic. Really. I love watching spiders and all on Discovery and Nat Geo but seeing them live and very near me is really freaking me out. Just early today while we were waiting to see the costume fit of the talents, this huge spider just suddenly showed up from nowhere!

This spider about 6 inches in length, legs spread from the center, was about an inch away from one of the female talents. The female talent, ever so petite, was oblivious that the spider was just a few centimeters away from her face. When I was "calmly" telling her to slowly move away she was just ignoring me, until I finally told her that there was a huge spider beside her. She started screeching and jumping that startled the spider. I am not saying it got startled because spiders have ears, but whatever it is that shocked that spider, it sure moved with speed as it tried to scoot from the shrieking crowd.

If I am not mistaken, this spider is called "talon" and mostly breeds in houses, specifically near ditches and canals. They really get to grow this big but they are supposedly harmless and lucky. Peter tells me that they should not be killed because they bring luck to the household.

Cut to a scene from my childhood where I killed a similar looking spider in our factory by dousing it LYSOL, Alcohol and acetone. It didn't die immediately but it certainly got paralyzed after the candle wax took effect. Hmm, maybe that's the reason why that garment is gone now.

Going back to the spider, this whole discussion about it led us to a new fictitious character SPIDER GAY. What if a spider bit someone and turned him gay? What would he be like? I will write more about it soon, but offhand, we were laughing so hard this afternoon just talking about it. Hahahaha.

PS: Please do not steal this concept from me, Lisa and Flemmyne. ehehehe.

Meantime, I've also had dreams in the past where spiders always attack me. Heaven forbid, I hope I don't dream of more arachnids tonight.