Heebie Jeebies

thebrucie and I went to see Pineapple Express last night. Short review: Occasionally funny, worth renting.

Leaving the theater we saw something fly/fall down from the eaves and hit Bruce in the shoulder. I thought it was a small bird, like a starling. Looking down on the ground we see that it's a bug, on it's back now and unable to flip over. It was huge - as big as my thumb (for those of you who don't have a climate best described as Not Quite Winter, Winter, Still Winter, Construction, a bug as big as my thumb is bigger then anything I've ever seen outside a terrarium locally).

"I think that's a moth", said Bruce.
"I dunno - a moth should be able to flip over", I said.

I turn it over with my toe. It looks like a cockroach.

Now keep in mind I've never seen a cockroach in Calgary that wasn't some weird guy's pet. That doesn't mean we don't get them, it's just harder for them to spread so some people can get away with being slobs and not get invaded by these kinds of bugs. Typically they'll get fruit flies and ants though.

I did see a few in Cuba. They weren't this big.

"I bet you have an industrial strength case of the heebie jeebies now", I say, "Hell, I want to go wash my hair and it didn't even land on me."

We cautiously moved away from the building, looking up at its edge in case there was some big swarm waiting to pounce.

I guess roaches like popcorn. I'd hate to be the guy who ends up cleaning their vents.