The Power Within!!

Ever since I was a little kid I've wanted to have super powers. You know why? Because that would be awesome, that's why. I don't care what power it is. As long as it isn't something useless (able-to-see-his-breath-no-matter-how-warm-it-is-outside-man!) I'd pretty much take anything. Telekinesis, shape shifting, time manipulation, you name it, I want it. Hell, I'd even take something simple like super human agility. I DON'T CARE. I just want to be super.


Maybe it's wishful thinking, but every once in awhile (and my friends will back me up on this) I think I can tap into the ability to teleport...or at least run really really fast. Unfortunately, this only happens when I encounter my mortal enemy...

I was going to link a picture of a spider, but I was too scared. Here's something I found googling "adorable kitten snuggle pile."

Yes, spiders. These little beasties are the bane of my existence. So many legs...*shudder*

I don't know what it is about spiders that terrify me. They just do. I think it's the way that they move. They scuttle for crying out loud. Scuttle. Seriously, read that word and then try to not shiver against your will. You can't. You can't because it's terrifying. It goes in your ear and nestles in your spinal column and then you shiver. It's science.

Seriously though, I'm pretty sure that when my fight or flight response kicks in upon seeing the eight legged death creature, I unlock my hidden potential. I can traverse an entire room and no one will even see me move. We were once in Biology class, and my friend Krista shoved a picture of a spider in my face, and then everyone blinked and I was in the back of the room and no one knew how I got there.

Me, upon seeing a spider. Also my favorite super hero...so that's cool.

Unluckily for me my Biology teacher kept a giant, petrified spider in a case in the back of the room. A piece of me died that day.

Maybe if I just faced my fear and confronted the spiders I'd be able to harness my inner Nightcrawler. But as awesome as that might be...I think I'm too scared.