Yes, fuckers and gentlefuckers, I'm back. Well, technically, I got back Sunday at midnight, but I had all of these gullible guest posters in the wings and decided to let them post away. Thanks to everyone who contributed!
I have some video to post soon, and I will give a recap shortly. Today, though, I just wanted to focus on one fantastic (sarcasm) element of a completely amazing (sarcasm again) trip to hell Saint Croix.
And, as is typical with my blog, this story revolves around the bathroom.
"Adam," my wife said exasperatedly, "there's another dead roach in the bathroom and it's huge."
"I'll take care of it, but I have to go the bathroom first. I'll be a little while."
"Okay, I'll go down and order our dinner and see you in 45 minutes."
I entered my substitute throne room and sat down. The only reading material I had was a crappy OK! magazine that I purloined from my wife's bag.
About five feet away, dead as dead can be, laying on its back close to the wall of the bathroom, was the largest cockroach I have ever seen. I'm not squeamish around bugs at all – I like most spiders and other bugs just annoy me – but this one creeped me the fuck out.
I continued with my important toilet-related business and became engrossed in a story about how Angelina got her body back so quickly after giving birth. That's when it happened. Out of the corner of my eye, over the edge of the magazine, I saw a twitch.
"What the fuck?" I closed the magazine and stared at Roachzilla. Nothing happened. I slowly picked up my magazine and began to read about Lauren and Heidi's fight when it happened again! "I saw you this time, shitbrick," I said. Almost in response, both antennae twitched violently. They reached around like little hands trying to feel their way in a darkened room.
The antennae was just the start. Shortly thereafter, the front legs began to slowly bend and extend. I was suddenly very interested in trying to finish pooping as quickly as humanly possible. "Oh why didn't I eat more fiber today?" I sobbed as I tried to mentally push the blockage through my colon. A vein popped in my forehead. The giant freakazoid roach's back legs began to slowly do the breaststroke in the air.
"I am NOT going to be stuck here when you flip back over!" I shouted at the violently thrashing roach. Tears streaming down my face, I sighed with relief as the last vestiges of waste was purged from my system. As I stood and reached for the toilet paper, Frankenroach's kicks found purchase and he righted himself. Antennae twitching, the fucking thing charged right for me!
"AAAEIIIIEIIIIEIEEIEIEEEEEEEEEE!" I'll admit I may have shrieked. A little. I went to smash the little bastard and he flew ONTO MY FUCKING HAND.
"AAAEIIIIEIIIIEIEEIEIEEEEEEEEEE!" That time I really shrieked. And I flicked my hand away and the roach flew directly into the toilet, where it landed upside down and struggled violently to free itself from its fecal prison.
"Eat shit and die, Mr. Roach," I said in a gravelly voice and flushed him to his inglorious death.*
*Okay, maybe I actually said "ohgodohgodohgod" in a high-pitched squeal and flushed him. But I thought of that line later.
In other Avitanews:
- Today is the 55th birthday of cantankerous RW. There's nothing he'd hate more than a big group of people he doesn't know wishing him a happy birthday, so go give him some birthday felicitations!
- Thanks to everyone who tuned into the show last night! You can download it here or go here to listen to it. You can even subscribe to our podcast on iTunes!
- This is the last week to order T-shirts! If you've been waiting on ordering a Dave shirt or one of my other Halloween designs, now is the time!
