i just killed a scary looking spider. it was small, and compact looking, and i'm not sure if i'm being paranoid or just overly cautious, but it seemed to have a bit of red on its body.

i whacked it twice with my university weekly newspaper. now it's lying there in a pathetic heap of mangled legs on my room carpet.

ever since coming to Australia, i've learnt not to take my chances with spiders.

damn. i hope it doesn't have any babies lurking about in my room.