further evidence this isn't my day

[rm]

I want to go to bed but there's a centipede the size of my head on the wall.
This would be reason #875 to spend January in Australia except... well... the spiders everyone keeps telling me about.

*growls*

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[schpahky.livejournal.com]

Wait, that's what our Boston centipedes look like. What's "normal"?

They're out in this damp weather and change of season, it's awful. The cat likes to catch them under furniture and bring them to me in her mouth. Disgusting. But she looks so proud.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Real centipedes are much longer and have segmented worm-like bodies.

[tinywarrior.livejournal.com]

That's the centipede I was thinking of. We have them here too, and they are scary! Do the ones you have up there sting?

I just assumed that scorpions were everywhere. I was thrilled to know I wouldn't have to deal with them when I moved. Most bugs don't bother me, but scorpions really creep me out.