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[vulgarweed]

My state's ex-governor's wife ate a tarantula on a reality show yesterday.

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[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Here we go!


There's a video. Sweet dreams!

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

At least it died with a higher approval rating than Blago.

[ladylisse.livejournal.com]

Oh Illinois.

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

From the sublime to the ridiculous.

"Get your FUCKIN' GOLDEN Senate seat here! Still warm from Obama's fine ass!"

[zillah975]

AGGGHHHH OMG NIGHTMARES OMG.

*cough hack cough* *scrubs brain* *SCRUBS HARDER* Ptooie, omg, I can't -- that's -- AGHGGHHHGHGGG.

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

I can tell you right now, you don't wanna watch the video.

I heard her jackanape of a husband said she did it "because she loves her kids."

I'll be the first to brag that I don't love anyone that much, and hope I never do.

[zillah975]

People are CRAZY.

And I'm just - just - *flails* I'm scared to death of spiders but also recognize how nuts that is and how harmless poor wee tarantulas are, so on the I'm horrified that anyone COULD do such a thing and appalled that anyone WOULD.

*cowers*

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

I know. I have HUGE spider issues. Cannot deal. (Even after all these years, there's still about 15 minutes of The Return of the King that I've never actually seen.) But I can recognize that they are harmless, and beautiful to some, and serve a useful and worthy function in the ecosystem...which is more than I can say for Rod Blagojevich.

[aineotter.livejournal.com]

Aw. Poor spider :(

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

I know, right? It's not even an honorable death.

[celandineb.livejournal.com]

WTF?

Also, EW EW EW EW EW EW EW!

*shudders hugely*

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Story in a nutshell: this is the governor who's been tarred-and-feathered out of office for countless audacious and bald-faced crimes, including trying to sell a US Senate seat to the highest bidder while it was still warm from Obama's butt. He was the one who originally eagerly accepted the offer to be on "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here", until a judge pointed out there was this little problem, ahem, federal indictment, upcoming trial, can't leave the country, yanno? So his wife heroically took one for the team, even though she's reportedly only worth half as much as her husband, ratings-wise.

[celandineb.livejournal.com]

Damn. That is serious spousal loyalty. I would not do that for mine!

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

There's a pretty amazing Heavenly Creatures level of folie a deux going on here - they are both in spectacular denial that he's done anything wrong.

There are people I think I might be willing to die for, but there are none I'd eat a tarantula for. It's funny how that works.

[celandineb.livejournal.com]

Eating the tarantula would take longer (depending on the variety of death, of course). I am still completely grossed out just at the thought.

[modillian.livejournal.com]

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD:

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

Now, that's a sentence I never expected to read. Was it alive or dead at the time? Raw or cooked?

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Dead. Cooked, I think. On a plate with a garnish.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_silverfox/]

The poor tarantula!