When these unpleasant circumstances arise, I either get my dad to kill it, or if everyone else is asleep, which is usually the case when these things happen, I go downstairs, drag the vacuum up to my room, and with a grimace suck the spider up with the hose attachment while cringing at the crunchy, rattling noise it makes as it vanishes into the vacuum.

This is of course only if the creepy bugger (pun intended) is in a spot where I can get to it. If I can't, I go camp out downstairs for the night because I can't bear to sleep in the same room as a spider. You know, in case I wake up in the middle of the night and it's crawling across my face or something terrifying like that...

Ingrid Michaelson
At a photo-op and signing after a concert at the UCSB University Center earlier this year. She seemed more than happy to stick around and take pictures with everybody. Also, she's got an awesome sense of humor/stage presence when she's performing.

Tyler Florence
At a Food Network Thanksgiving cooking demonstration in the Mervyn's parking lot in Dublin back in 2004. It was a really random place to have a demo, since no one really knows about my hometown (no one ever thinks "California" when they hear "Dublin"). He has very pretty green eyes in person, and was nice enough to sign some cookbooks and take a picture with me even after his press lady was telling people in line "No more pictures." We pulled the "Oh, my grandma would love to have a photo of me with you" card, and it worked, haha.