I don't like bugs.

I was making a sort of black bean salsa the other day and grabbed a green pepper out of my fridge. When I cut it open it was the grossest thing I've seen in awhile; the inside was covered in brown stuff and half the seeds were gone. Then I took an even closer look, and screamed; there was a full grown caterpillar inside my green pepper. Ew ew ew... I have no idea how it got there since the pepper had no holes in it, but judging from the amount of caterpillar poo in the vegetable, it had probably hatched and grown up there.

Of course, I don't kill bugs (I'm vegan, yo) so I just put the little veggie house on the ground outside. If the caterpillar lives, whatev and if he gets eaten by a bird or something then it's natural.

I wonder if other vegans would agree with this? What do y'all think about killing bugs? I don't agree with it (how could I refuse to eat honey or wear silk but walk around squishing bugs, right?)

But I hate bugs.

Especially ants. We have an ant problem in our house (and this entire city I think). It's pretty bad, I can't leave food out for literally five minutes without it becoming covered in ants. Sometimes I have to brush off a table before I can use it because it's covered in ants. It's gross. But I don't kill them, and I don't let my family use poison in the house (mainly because I'm worried about it hurting my cat, and also because the ants will just come back anyways)


Ants are small so you can't tell how gross they are. So here's a close up picture I took in my kitchen the other day...


(click on it to see more detail... if you dare)

Look at those crazy Middle Eastern ants.

I'm creeping myself out here. And I've just realized that writing a post about bugs right before I have a nap isn't the best idea. I bet I'll imagine bugs crawling on me as I try to sleep. Or actually will have bugs on me, it's pretty likely judging from this post.

ew ew ew