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June 25th, 2007

Summertime Blues

Yesterday I had to venture outside to do some sawing and painting. I was out there for maybe 5 minutes. Upon returning to my safe haven, I discovered that I had at least 9 new bug bites. 9! That I could visibly see. That’s like a bite every 30 seconds.

I hate summer. I hate summer. I hate summer.

Jared has bought me so many different types of bug spray/lotion, and we have all kinds of repellent things around the yard, but nothing works. I get eaten alive no matter what.

I’m gonna try taking garlic pills and see if that helps any. I wonder if Keirsten gets bug bites.

Posted by: iso.bot at 12:37 pm
In: death, feelings, illnesses, scary


 

  1. We dont have mosquitos in england. wierd but true. when i first moved i was at an outdoor pub at sundown just hanging out and i felt very very very werid. like, why did i have to wait until coming to england to do this. then it hit me: in seattle (no match for the south for bugs….but still) i would have been EATIN ALIVE. I guess that there are midges up in scotland. i havent noticed. all i know is that england like completely mosquito free…and free of poisoness snnakes, and free of big animals to hit when you drive (like deer that i’ve hit in colorado). its totally devoid of harmful nature (but full of harmful people)

    Comment by Byron • June 26, 2007 @ 12:37 pm

  2. oh. sorry. so. the point. come to england. i’ll buy you a drink at an outdoor pub in the summertime and you wont get any bugbites!

    Comment by Byron • June 26, 2007 @ 12:39 pm

  3. done and done. i’m on my way!

    Comment by iso.bot • June 26, 2007 @ 8:17 pm

  4. little to no bug activity here in cool, breezy, great smelling portland.

    Comment by Robot 592 • June 27, 2007 @ 3:55 pm

  5. I have the same problem. Seriously. It is really frustrating. I am in New York for the summer, but I still get eaten alive by mysterious mosquitos and spiders. I recently posted a picture on Flickr of my eyelid mosquito bite, though that was in Virginia.

    I read once that mosquitos are attracted to body warmth, so they go for the warmest one in the bunch. Maybe that’s us?

    Comment by alison e.b. • June 29, 2007 @ 4:42 pm

  6. hot.

    Comment by iso.bot • June 29, 2007 @ 5:11 pm

  7. In my old apartment, I had basil plants everywhere and I never had a mosquito or a fly or any other little winged critter, even in the summer.

    Comment by mallory • July 3, 2007 @ 1:20 pm


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