Argh, not again

[tarigwaemir]

Lowell House on the Feast of St. Gregory III

A truly horrific sight greeted me today in the bathroom.



Isn't it horrible? I swear, the thing was at least two inches long, the result I'm sure of years of selective pressure from exterminators and roach spray-wielding college students.

I am proud to say that I didn't scream like a girl. No, instead I calmly went for my camera (which probably only goes to show how weird I am), snapped this photo just as it scrambled over the curtain, got my roommate so we could quietly freak out together, and tried to kill it with a boot. Alas, I did not succeed, which means that monstrous bug is still running about in my bathroom somewhere. -_-

Oh, and I went across the hall and used ladydaera and schwimmerin's shower. Thank goodness for blockmates who live close by.

Yours &c.

Comments

[memlu.livejournal.com]

JASKLDJASKLJDKLJKJASKLDJ D:!!!

OH MY GOD IT IS ENORMOUS.

*hides under bed*

[troisroyaumes]

::hides with you:: GAH, ISN'T IT MONSTROUS? >_<;;;;;;

reposted for grammar wut.

[memlu.livejournal.com]

ITS LEGS ARE INSANELY LONG. That cockroach could play in the goddamn NBA.

Re: reposted for grammar wut.

[troisroyaumes]

That might explain how it got so far up that shower curtain. ;_;

[svz-insanity.livejournal.com]

*stares*

Holy crap. It looks mutated...*shudders* Nice use of the camera though! O.o

[troisroyaumes]

I'll bet it is. Who knows what it's been feeding on? ::shudders:: >_<;;;;

[faeryetale.livejournal.com]

::dies::

[troisroyaumes]

T_T

[unrequitedangst.livejournal.com]

...

That is the MOST HORRIFYING THING I HAVE EVER SEEN, and I like bugs. *hides* O_O

(... of course, it probably doesn't help that I watched Supernatural last night and it just happened to be the episode about the bugs of eeevil. Um.)

[troisroyaumes]

I know! I like bugs too, normally. Heck, I used to like cockroaches until I learned that creepy enormous versions like this existed. Aagggghhhh.

[clocklike.livejournal.com]

GEH! That is the biggest cockroach I've ever seen. I would've ran into the bathroom door trying to escape if I were you D:

[troisroyaumes]

Yes, I don't know how I'm ever going to go in there again. ::wails:: >_<;;;;

[tryogeru.livejournal.com]

YYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

That's me screaming like a girl. Goodness know s I would have done it if I saw that mutated monster about to attack me like that. Then I would instead of grabbing my camera, would systematically burn/disinfect everything it could have touched then seal the bathroom off from the rest of my room with duct tape. Biohazard ya kno.

[troisroyaumes]

I probably would systematically burn/disinfect everything, if it didn't mean that I'd have to go back in there. Augh.

[worldserpent.livejournal.com]

Not too bad by sub-tropics standards... What you have to watch out for is when they start flying around and landing on you.

[troisroyaumes]

O_O Ack, that's even worse.

Now I have something to be grateful for: at least these cockroaches don't fly.

[worldserpent.livejournal.com]

I dunno. It kind of looks like the most common species we have here....which can fly, though not v. well.

I would recommend buying a sticky trap.

[troisroyaumes]

Augh, really?! Okay, traps are going out tomorrow ASAP. >_<;; I've never seen flying roaches before...and I don't think I want to either. Ack.

[worldserpent.livejournal.com]

Also try buying the traps that have bait so that the roaches can take it into their hiding places and spread the poison.

Bug spray tends to slow these guys down so you can smash them...nevertheless, they tend to be hardy critters.

[karabana.livejournal.com]

*SCREAMS*

The one thing I have a serious fear of (childhood trauma involving China, toilets, and huge black monstrous flying roaches). Am ENTIRELY in awe of how calm you are.

[troisroyaumes]

Heh, I doubt I would have remained so calm if the thing were flying. ::shudders at the thought:: Thank goodness the roaches haven't evolved that trait yet. >_<;;

[delentyevox.livejournal.com]

gech - EEE! i applaud your calm in the face of freakin' terrifyingness. good luck on catching the monster!

[troisroyaumes]

Haha, we did freak out quite a bit, although most of it was us going, "Oh my gawd" at each other while I chased after it with a boot. I don't know where it went though...maybe it'll go back to its hole and never come back? ::wishful thinking::

[moderntime.livejournal.com]

*dies* Damn that is one big mofo.

[troisroyaumes]

Isn't it? I didn't know that they came in such large sizes! >_<;;

[lacewood]

....... omg. Those are seriously long legs, WTF, that is clearly a RADIOATIVE MUTANT COCKRAOCH. You mean your first instinct WASN'T to reach for the bug spray and kill it till it died really really dead? XD

[troisroyaumes]

I think I was trying my best not to scream. Although why it occurred to me to go for my camera is...probably some sign of psychological weirdness. >_>;;

(I'm starting to wonder if it escaped from some sort of lab on campus...)

[geekette.livejournal.com]

MEEP! If I were in your shoes I'd have screamed my lungs out.

And DAMN, that cockroach should go on the catwalks as a model!

[troisroyaumes]

Hahaha, true, true. I'm going to invest in bug spray but I'm wondering if it can even be killed, this huge beast of a roach.

[geekette.livejournal.com]

More like a sentry gun, maybe! These crazy mutants are scary.

[phoebs.livejournal.com]

OMG it's Gregor Samsa!

[troisroyaumes]

:O Whoa, you're right!

Strangely enough, now I almost feel sympathetic to the thing.

[murinae.livejournal.com]

gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah~!

Well, they will rule the world. One shower at a time. XD I have to admit, I'm strangely impressed somehow. He is a big 'un. Look at those hairy legs!

-muri

pst: Cockroach bait traps work better than spray ... they'll bring the stuff back behind the walls and kill other cockroaches. Just make sure you have it in an area with no pets. Sticky traps are a mess. >_<

I used to live above a yakitori. They come in ... bigger sizes.

[xiaraix.livejournal.com]

woahh... that is a big one... now that stupid chinese songs that i coworkers is singing all day came back to my head... do you believe they sing about cockroach? anyway, sticky traps will work better then spray :P

[kittu9.livejournal.com]

Oh, ew! (you poor, brave soul.)

That reminds me of the time I was cleaning the bookstore basement and I found this enormous (dead, thank goodness) bug. I ran upstairs and cried, with all due drama: "Quick! I've found the corpse of Gregor Samsa!"

...Luckily, there weren't any customers yet.