Kipworld

So, I just killed this huge silverfish crawling up my wall to hide behind my whiteboard. I saw it, and my body went into fight or flight mode, even though the thing is way smaller than I am. Maybe cuz it’s much creepier.

Anyway, I kept an eye on it and thought about pinching it off the wall with a paper towel, but none were on hand and I really hate that squish feeling you get in the center, right under your fingers as the things wriggles for its life.

So I grabbed up the Spy vs Spy Complete Handbook I got from the library, 40 years of fiendishly devious gadgetry and in a most straightforward way, smashed the bug into the wall. No squish. No feelings under hand. I drew the book back, and I guess I’d miscalculated the armor of a silverfish because I’d left bits of it on the wall (legs and an antenna) and the rest was flat on Spy vs Spy (which I’ll be returning to the library posthaste). I ran to the kitchen and wiped off the book (I’m not a totally inconsiderate ass).

Now I’m sitting here (I was about to go to bed) researching silverfish. It’d be one thing if they were attracted to food in the room, but get this: they’re attracted to books.

How can I get rid of my books? I did gather all of the books beside my bed and put them into my shelf. I threw out newspaper (even though they don’t care about it, supposedly) and then I trashed all of my scrap paper.

Now I’m going to sleep, all rolled up in a sheet like I used to as a kid. I used to think that if a part of me was visible, it was fair game for monsters.

Freakin’ monstrous silverfish.