homage

i may or may not have mentioned this before, but i'm afraid of worms. i have been for as long as i can remember. i learned quickly as a child not to tell my classmates of my phobia because the boys took advantage of rainy days and would pick up worms and chance me around with them. when i was in grade seven, the bus stop was across the street from my house (in fact, i stood at that bus stop with thomas peters for 8 years - we never said a word to each other. we're far more friendly now). on one rainy day at the bus stop, as i steeped onto the bus, i noticed the girl in front of me had a worm crawling up the back of her pant leg. i was horrified, but i didn't speak up because i was so creeped out and that girl was kind of mean to me. i sat silently on the bus looking out the window, feeling quite disconcerted when i happened to overhear someone point out the worm to the girl and her reacting to the discovering. for the rest of the day there was a thin muddy line up her pant leg left behind by the worm.

as a tween, my fear expanded to caterpillars. i won't get into why, because that's a story in itself, but the hairier the more frightening. i would opt to walk around a caterpillar by a good 3 feet than step over one.

this lunch time as i walked i noticed an inch worm, and i found it quite cute. i concluded that inch worms are the only Caterpillar i am not afraid of because they are green and non-threatening.

this evening the irish and the melles' are duking it out in a battle of wits. who will win in this game of trivial pursuit?? one can't say. they have a 15-20 year advantage, but we are nerdy, my partner-in-crime even more so than i am, so we might stand a chance. personally i think it's a good sign that the first question i read last night (after buying the game at value village) was about eric clapton. we may be fated to win. i'll keep you posted.

she don't know what she don't know.