October June Bugs & Too Much Cerveja

Last night was so funny.  I was having drinks with my new friend and I noticed he had a spider landing in his hair.  It was a florescent green in color and I froze. 

Ok side note; you know those flying beetles?  Well, they are out right now.  We call them June bugs in the USA.  I get so scared of them because they are so heavy and when they fly around lights they are so crazy they just bounce off of the walls.  They make that tink, tink, clink sound as they are crazily trying to fly close to the light.  Well when I was little playing softball, I was always under those huge lights at the park and the bugs would hit me in the head and get caught in my hair and I would scream and jump while I tried to get the big hard bug out of my hair.  It was so traumatic. 

So, they are out here in Brasil and I just freeze.  “Get it, get it, it is going to hit me in the head”, l turn into a little kid.  So, when I saw the fluorescent green Spider in my friend’s hair I guess I did the same.  I just pointed at him and said the weirdest things, but I also did the craziest thing.  I was trying to get his hand and tell him to turn around so that I could hit the spider away with his own hand.  He was so confused at one point he turned around and waved at the waiter.  He had no clue what I was trying to do, I was saying bug and since he speaks Portuguese and he only knew spider in English.  It was so funny actually this was the first time we hung out having beers, so now he thinks I’m crazy.  Or really he is just starting to get to know me. 

Twas a great night, then Rodrigo & Tony showed up and a couple of Elian’s other friends but by that time, it was lights out for me.