May 22, 2002

Last night, Sharky and I watched the movie K-PAX with Kevin Spacey (good movie, btw). We were all snuggled up on the couch with Cosmo on my lap with the lights out.

Well, not to give out any spoilers in case you haven't seen the movie yet, but there's a part where a bunch of people in a mental hospital all jump up and start yelling.

Just at that moment in the movie, I noticed out of the corner of my eye something flicker. Then hop. Then jump. Coming ever closer to me.

It then leaped from the floor onto Cosmo who squealed and ran. Then it jumped on me and I jumped up and started yelling. Then Sharky jumped up and started yelling.

It was a palmetto bug - about 3 inches long with wings - hence, the 'jumping'.

Well, after Sharky killed it, we had to pause the movie because we realized at that moment that the 2 of us were yelling and jumping just like the people in the movie and we just couldn't stop laughing.

A bizarre moment, to say the least. :-)

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