Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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Legs legs legs legs engulf devour legs.

Brooke, being Brooke, and hence attracted to anything that involves "science" and "spiders," provided me with a link to a full-sized piece of fabric made from spider silk. Because this was awesome, I promptly shared it with my friend Rae. The following conversation occurred:

raelee: That is a lot of spiders. But very purty silk.
seanan_mcguire: I will put them all in the bed of the next human who vexes me.
raelee: *eyes you* Duly noted.
seanan_mcguire: You rarely vex.
raelee: Still, sharing my bed with a million spiders, while extremely kinky, is not high on the list of activities I'd like to participate in before my death... especially since it has a high probability of leading to said death. Therefore, I'll take the proper precautions so as not to vex.
seanan_mcguire: It'd be like, LEGS LEGS LEGS LEGS LEGS LEGS LEGS *enrobe* *devour* LEGS.
raelee: Yeahhhh, I just freaked out reading that.
seanan_mcguire: ...oooops. Sorry.
raelee: s'ok, everyone needs to have a mini seizure at their desk occasionally.

There are days when I truly feel that being my friend ought to come with a hazard advisory of some sort. Or maybe just a little label that flashes after pictures of horrible things, like botflies and flesh-eating bacteria. "WARNING: Seanan is going to think this is cool, and probably want to discuss it with you. Please begin self-sedation now."

I was invented to make sure you stay fully alert and aware of your surroundings. Lest the million spiders in your bed catch you by surprise.
Tags: animals rock, mad science, rae
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Legs, legs, legs...uaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!
:)
I used to hate spiders with a passion, but since I really made an effort to fight my arachnophobia, I find spiders abslutely awesome. Those golden orb spiders are really beautiful (although they really have LONG legs). And this fabric. Awesome. I never thought spider silk could be this golden yellow. We only have spiders making boring white silk over here.
Maybe it only looks white because it's so thin...
Right, never thought about that. *goes collecting spider silk to see if a bigger amount of german spider silk might be golden, too...*