another spider story

This afternoon after one of the many rain/sprinkle/spit episodes, I went to open the picture window in the living room. I unlocked the window started opening, and to my left (not by the screened part) was a LARGE spider! I'm posting a picture I tried to take, it's a little blurry, but it's large. (i should point out, it's on the OUTside)
I'd like to call it ugly and very frightening, but it's not ugly black which intrigues me the slightest bit. It's like one of those "it's so awful you don't want to look, but you have to, or still somehow want to" does that make any sense. Or, as my sister told me of the pictures we took of the birth of Julia... (ie. they were sorta graphic) she didn't necessarily love the angle of the shots, but also just had to look because of the miracle. So, spiders I wouldn't say are the best miracle of the world, but to see the intricacies of the arachnid is pretty amazing. so... interesting yet, still mildly paralyzing to me. (i can't believe i just compared my niece's birth to an arachnid!)

I think that it was a wrong choice to watch that awful movie "Arachnaphobia" when I was in middle school. I really think that's where my fear deepened.. seriously. Who wouldn't be freaked out by deadly spiders... they can migrate to different cultures... it's not like it's out of the complete realm of possibility.

This really looked like a mini-turantula (sp?), makes my knees weak. blech...
Here's the infamous creature:

It's really hard to figure the size, but it's body is about the size of my thumbnail, but maybe a little less wide. eeeeewwwwww...
atleast it's on the OUTside... and it better stay there!