Assignment 8- Richie Lane

Fears: Spiders, most bugs in general, public humiliation, private humiliation, physical altercations, disagreements with my peers
Annoyances: Arrogance, stupidity, excessive need to be noticed/liked, emotional immaturity, high expectations
Accomplishments: Can eat fast, can drink fast, never failed a class, made it to this point
Confusions: What is a mortgage, how do you pay taxes, how do credit cards work, physics in general
Sorrows: no backbone
Dreams: showed up to school in my underwear
Idiosyncrasies: I looked up the definition of this word and still don't understand it
Risks: Eating a really hot pepper(want)
Beloved Possessions: money, phone, MY EDUCATION
Problems: Time management, being taken seriously, being serious

I'm quite afraid of bugs. I don't know what it is about them, they just creep me out and I hate the sight of them. Spiders and centipedes especially. I'll stand over a spider or centipede with a shoe in my hand for like 20 minutes before I build up the courage to squash it. I don't know what I'm afraid of in that scenario, I mean, I have all the power, right? I'm the one with the shoe. I guess I have an irrational fear that once I swing the shoe down, it's going to dart away into some crack I can't reach and plot its revenge. I really don't think I'd last in the wilderness just because every time I lay down I'd know there's a bunch of bugs all around me and when I fall asleep they are gonna be crawling all over me. It's creeping me out just to think about. And it's almost impossible to know which ones are venomous and which ones are harmless. Which also contributes to my fear of the unknown. I know they say stuff like the ones with the black spots on their back are venomous or something like that, but I rarely analyze the spider before I attempt to kill it. And if it gets away, and it is venomous, it'll come back one day and get revenge my biting me. And spider bites are so small that you probably wouldn't feel it right away, you'd feel it once it starts to get super painful and you have to go to the hospital. Or maybe my parents will be like "You probably just have a cold" and make me wait it out and before I know it my arm is black and has to be amputated. If I ever think I've been poisoned by something I'm gonna exaggerate the pain so much to make sure my parents take me to the hospital.