I can't see you bug!

I am not a bug killer... I'm not an anything killer really.

My parents often operated under the Catch & Release method when it came to bugs in our house growing up. Even today, when I release a bug somewhere I say "Fly! Be Free!" just like my Mom used to do with real Lady Bugs. The Catch & Release method is fine and all, but personally, I prefer the I Can't See You - Bug Amnesia method. I just had an opportunity to use my method when a smallish centipede came crawling across my floor. I first looked away and busied myself with something, and possibly pulled my feet up off of the carpet. Sadly, the second amnesia part is having trouble taking hold because he keeps crossing back in front of my line of vision. Not all bugs are safe from meeting their demise in my presence, however, I still feel a strong sense of guilt when any living thing dies by my hand (a leftover from pet deaths?).

Case in point: Wasp Killing (Summer 2005) I saved my away message:

I swung my legs onto my bed and I felt a little tingle on my right calf, (being such an optimist) I thought "Hmm, something scratchy is on my bed." THEN, I moved my leg a bit and something else moved, I thought "Hmm something moving is on my bed" yeah a GIANT BLACK WASP which happened to sting the shit outta' my calf!! Well, I trap the bastard in a cup (if you know me, you know I have trouble killing insects) and I decide letting him go would be too kind after the sting, I will flush him down the toilet and then I will feel like less of a participant in his certain death... Surprise! That didn't work so well. Amanda and I ended up freaking out all over the bathroom chasing and spraying the wasp with various cleaning products. Eventually, I gave in to bludgeoning his chemical coated body to death.

I can still vividly recall black, wasp abdomen and thorax flecks shooting across the white tile. I believe I yelled each time I bludgeoned him, partly because I was horrified and partly because it aided in putting the poor bastard out of his misery as quickly as possible.

I am not a bug killer.