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Wednesday, August 24, 2005
don't you just hate insects? in particular, beetles. mind you, they're ranked even lower than cockroaches in my book. because for all their grossness, at least cockroaches are hardy and they're smart. now there's something we can all learn, gleaning lessons from the natural world and all, which robert frost would so love.
beetles, on the other hand, are just plain stupid. there's nothing that redeems them whatsoever. they blindly fly towards the light, knocking themselves against walls and the ceiling as they bump around
tuctuctuc. as they slam their pathetic bodies against these hard surfaces, you can't help but wonder why they don't just fly slower and look where they're going. it not only sounds disgusting (i get really irked by beetlecrashing noises, especially since their wings and body pulsate in an icky bulbuously squishy fashion as they breathe so obviously.) it's also just plain senseless. but i guess since they have such a solid body and exoskeleton it doesn't really matter. you could probably call beetles the dumb jocks of the insect universe. they should just wallow in their brainlessness somewhere else, and not disturb me at night as i try to study but can't since i feel all
ughed-out and unable to because of them. at least moths have the sense to be quiet about it.
and so it really pleases me everytime they get caught in the overhead lamp in my room, able to fly in through the tiny gap (at which i give a little cheer when they start zooming about between the lamp's plastic dome of death and the fluorescent halo tube, as if they were heading towards the holy grail) but unable to fly out due to their inability to calculate escape routes, frying their popcornkernel-shaped bodies into charred bits.
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in other news, i think i should stop my hero-worshipping and work towards my ideal so that i can become my own idol. at least one gets some form of reciprocation and acknowledgement that way.
and why some people trifle with me in situations that they obviously can't win totally eludes me.
mike just took up your time at
7:12 pm
th time!