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Dot in the Sky ([personal profile] dotinthesky) wrote2006-01-15 08:48 pm
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Attack of the Carnivorous Larvae

Our fight against the Larvae is almost at an end. We spent today re-engaging them in battle, our weapons charged for the final confrontation. We poured bleach on their squiggly heads in a shower of anger; we chopped them in half with brooms never meant for war; we dodged aerial attacks by their moth squads, tearing their wings apart like determined King Kongs. Basically, we did a hell of cleaning job on the apartment.

How ironic that yesterday, while attending the birthday party of eminent horror writer Love Muffin, I had no idea that I'd be waking up today in the grip of terror as a legion of Larvae attempted to eat me alive. How innocent and carefree I must have looked yesterday, playing footsie with Suzi underneath the pub table (and barely avoiding getting my crotch squashed by her two-ton boot); how thirsty I must have seemed as I drank foul caramel-tasting beer, hoping to dull my senses and forget the future; how pleasant I must have seemed to all the goths in attendance as I tried to simulate a semblance of joviality while fear gnawed at my insides: for I knew I must eventually return to this apartment and tackle the invasion.

Now we sit and relax. The kitchen, source of their lair and centre of our nightmares, has been wiped clean by Fairy Liquid bombs. The toxic recycling pile which grew by the entrance door has been carried to the containers by the canal and summarily destroyed. Even the bathroom, which seemed strangely devoid of their presence, felt my determination as I furiously rubbed and wiped every shit-stained corner. But now we wait and listen. The mere thought of hearing their bodies squiggling again over our biscuits is enough to send shivers up our spines.

Night has fallen. Although the air outside seems fresh and inviting, we dare not open our windows: there may be more of them outside, in the courtyard that faces our apartment, poised on the bodies of eager moths, ready to fly back into our lives and shatter our sanity. I can almost feel them as I write these words, burning holes into my back with their demented eyes. But they don't know who they are messing with. Giving me the evils won't break my resolve. I'll stand guard, even if it means not sleeping tonight. I have to repeat to myself: I will survive, I will survive, I will survive...

[identity profile] roguejournal.livejournal.com 2006-01-15 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
mandei um convite pra vc!!
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh..vai ser meu amiguinho de orkut...que lindooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2006-01-15 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
orkut eh coisa do demo, mas eu topo!

[identity profile] roguejournal.livejournal.com 2006-01-16 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
se é....e já vou te avisando que a coisa vicia...quando vc se dá conta está bisbilhotando a vida alheia (lendo os scrapbooks dos outros!!!) ...coisa de novela.....um Big Brother!!!!
uia!

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2006-01-16 08:44 am (UTC)(link)
Medo!

[identity profile] roguejournal.livejournal.com 2006-01-15 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
mandei pro .....@yahoo.co.uk

[identity profile] roguejournal.livejournal.com 2006-01-16 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
a gente vai se divertir naquele lugar!!!!!!!!!!!!!
uuuuuuuuuhahahaha.

Fairy Liquid

[identity profile] rojagato.livejournal.com 2006-01-15 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm fighting back a similar moth/pupae invasion, by capturing the randy adults and creeping grubs, and feeding them to my flatmate's fish.

Last Monday, I read a piece about insect control (a heavier version of this without the Neruda at the end), and nobody "got it", although they did clap.

I invoked Gloria Gaynor in an early version of a vampire romance, which was pretty bad, but based on Gloria's real-life surprise concert in Beirut between the civil wars. I didn't see this concert at Summerland due to a weird blip of timing, but when I talk to Beirutis of that mid-80's period, it's like talking to Boomers who could have been at Woodstock. Everyone was there, even if they weren't there.

Re: Fairy Liquid

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2006-01-15 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that what baby moths are called? Pupae? Because first there were tons of pupae, then tons of moths (or flying ants, as Kevin calls them) inside our cupboards, on our ceilings, everywhere. The bleach and cleaning seems to have worked... though I did squash a flying one just after I wrote that post.

Re: Fairy Liquid

[identity profile] desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com 2006-01-15 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
they're larvae when wiggly, pupas when in the little shell in which they turn into moths.

Re: Fairy Liquid

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2006-01-16 10:46 am (UTC)(link)
I hope I never see them again.

Re: Fairy Liquid

[identity profile] desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com 2006-01-16 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
bleh, I hope so too!

[identity profile] daniel-carcrash.livejournal.com 2006-01-15 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
okay, i am in love with you!

where do you live in london? your talks of canals gave me fond memories of walking scared past drug dealers in lovely camden town.

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2006-01-15 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, the drug dealers in Camden Town are nothing compared to the ones I've seen in some parts of Toronto or Montreal.

I live near Little Venice (just north of Paddington Station). It's a sort of limbo area, caught between housing, highways, the canal, and some posh residences. It's not as lively as the eastend, or as chichi as the westend, but it works wonders when you don't like spending hours commuting to work.

Hey, and don't tell me you love me otherwise I might be tempted to leaving my boyfriend! ;-)

[identity profile] daniel-carcrash.livejournal.com 2006-01-15 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
heterosexual love dear! but i liked your slug piece.
i loved camden town... and miss it dearly.
the drug dealers were always harmless to me...

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2006-01-15 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
How long were you here in London for? Was it the same time when Dilva came here? :-)

[identity profile] daniel-carcrash.livejournal.com 2006-01-15 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
nope. i was in london for 2.5 years, uhmm, i came back to canada three years ago.

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2006-01-15 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I would be interested in reading any of your thoughts in what it was like for you to live here, etc. Maybe a future post? ;-)

[identity profile] daniel-carcrash.livejournal.com 2006-01-15 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
okay... bug me (was that a pun? i sure hope not!) later and i will write something.. i am too hung over/tired////blashey right now...
(before you ask, i made up the word blashey..)

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2006-01-15 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
No worries. Have a good rest-of-sunday, chilling out and recovering. It's 11 pm for me, so bed time. I'll remind you later and maybe I'll enlist Dilva too to bugger you.

[identity profile] desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com 2006-01-15 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
that's good, cos i'd have to have a cat fight with you over ollie's crush heart. I'd scratch your eyes out, I would! :D

[identity profile] desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com 2006-01-15 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
like a grand piano?

poor boy...how the heck did you get those and you are a butthead for linking to that pic! I thought it was for a previous post which I'd missed...

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2006-01-16 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
We have no idea how they arrived... must be because we had bits of food lying around our cupboards, not properly stored. Sorry about that "little surprise". Here's a nice picture (http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/fruit/medfly02.jpg) to make up for it. ;-)

Re: *sniffle*

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2006-01-16 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you really afraid of them? Sorry! :-(

Re: *sniffle*

[identity profile] desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com 2006-01-16 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
not afraid, they're just really gross!!! and I trusted you! I wasn't sure if I should, but I did...then you abused my trust!

; )

Re: *sniffle*

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2006-01-16 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
You shouldn't have called me a butthead... that's like asking for trouble (and that's what I call Kevin sometimes, by the way.) ;-)

I'm not having a good day today. Bad family stuff. :-(

Re: *sniffle*

[identity profile] desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com 2006-01-16 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
ah, no, I'm sorry! hugs for you, hope the family issues are swiftly and well resolved.

funny, I don't even remember calling you that. it's sort of a non-insult, to me.

Re: *sniffle*

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2006-01-16 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a non-insult to me too! But it's more like a red flag waved in front of a bull who is ready to then tickle instead of pierce with his horns... if that makes sense.

Re: *sniffle*

[identity profile] desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com 2006-01-16 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
uh...no. not really. *grin*

[identity profile] roguejournal.livejournal.com 2006-01-16 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
já te contei quando eu e meu irmão achamos um monte de larvas dentro de uma latinha embaixo de um pe de cafe!
era uma latinha cheia de "agua" grossa.....hahahahaha.
quando a gente mexeu na latinha tava cheia de larvas de moscas!!!!!!!

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew!!!!
daí a gente jogou um teco de alcool dentro e meteu fogo!!!
eu perdi a conta de quantas antenas amarelinhas saíram da latinha..............

omg!
so disgusting!
fora o cheiro!

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2006-01-16 08:46 am (UTC)(link)
Eu teria enterrado eles... eca.