Louder than a Bon Jovi concert around here

Just resurfacing from the the unconscious long enough to say that this is not “cicada season,” as you Bawlmerese charmingly call it. This is hell on earth.

I am not amused. These guys are stinky, ugly, lousy and loud, and alternately freak me out and piss me off. I have a strong feeling that the cicada entrails drying on my windshield as we speak will never really go away, and that the multitude of cicada body parts [a wing here, a thorax there] decorating the sidewalk, the road and the foyer of my building will never disappear either.

In a word, it’s gross. Ick.

Please, just please tell me they’ll all die soon, so I can open my windows again, and step outside without flailing my arms about in a ridiculous effort to keep the bugs from alighting on my hair and clothing.

That’s all I ask.

May 28, 2004 | Filed Under blather

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6 Responses to “Louder than a Bon Jovi concert around here”

Troy on May 28th, 2004 5:32 pm

Today, I watched a kid walk into the Ruby Tuesday’s in Charles Village with three cicadas on his back. I tried to yell at him because I didn’t like the image that was forming in my head of what was going to happen when he sat down and leaned back in his booth, but he went through the revolving doors before he heard me. So I suspect some lunchtime unpleasantness occurred.

I fortunately live downtown and have seen nary a red-eyed demon bug in my area until just a few days ago. However, I had my first direct cicada encounter about a week ago when one landed on my chest and wouldn’t leave no matter what I did. Cicadas 1, Troy O.
Trish on May 29th, 2004 6:57 pm

I don’t know if the cicadas’ master plan is to start at the coasts and descend in one giant swarm on middle America, but so far we’ve been cicada-free. Of course, it IS mufflehead season and I think mayflies are just around the bend. So I can’t say we’ve been entirely spared from the plague.
Reverend H.L. Spork on May 30th, 2004 9:58 pm

I, and apparently much of Chicago, have been blessed. The girlfriend and I have yet to see a single cicada here in Chicago. Not one.

I did, however, encounter a rat, who ran through my legs last week as I opened the door to my apartment building at one o’clock in the morning. I’m not sure if that’s better or worse than a cicada encounter, but I’d rather go without both.
A Perfectly Cromulent Blog on June 1st, 2004 12:43 pm

“I am the Lone Locust of the Apocalypse. Think of me when you look to the night sky.”

Reports are beginning to filter in about the Great Cicada Invasion of ‘04. - Mary at Naked Furniture has issues with those who use the insects as jewelry - At Supafine, the swarms are compared unfavorably to a Bon Jovi…
MB on June 1st, 2004 2:30 pm

Oh, dear. Troy, I had a cicada freak-out m’self the other day, when one landed right near my ear and this hippie girl who’s so not afraid of bugs had to remove it for me. I squealed, and I’m not ashamed to say so.

Trish, if you can believe it, I’d take those nasty mayfly clouds over cicadas any day. At least mayflies are tiny. And fly-like. Not monstrous and huge.

And Rev, oh ew ew ew. A rat, for real? I can’t say whether it’s better or worse, either, but I can say it’s damn nasty. My sympathies.

Just a few more weeks to go … but will I last?
LL #2 on June 2nd, 2004 12:23 am

Ah, Ohio (at least the southern portion) is cicada free… you should just move here and leave all the nasty bugs behind. All your problems will be solved. At least that’s MY solution.