I realize and appreciate that spiders are one of God's creatures and that they play an important part in the scheme of things. However . . . that doesn't stop them from being evil wee beasties that I cannot stand! :P

They're smart and sneaky and ugly. Really ugly. Why'd they have to be so freakin' ugly? Why couldn't they look like tiny puppies or something less hideous than their eight-leggedly selves? :P

I hate spiders. When at all possible, I try to avoid killing them, because I don't like killing anything. (Ok, maybe tourists. :P) However, when it's 2 a.m. and I'm trapped in the bathroom for 20 minutes because there's a spider between me and the bathroom door (a.k.a. freedom), it's either me or the spider. And I'm not dead yet. :P