Spider Bite

Check out this beauty. So... remember that day I was photographing at the church. Some arachnid caught me in the leg upon arrival. At the time, I thought the pain was a muscle complaining because of the way I squatted for a shot or something. However, the pain didn't subside for a long time. I could feel it half way down my calf and up into my quad. Finally, I pulled up my pant leg to see what was going on, and I found this:




Now, I'm not arachnophobic, and I don't think this bite is going to change that; but it has given me newfound respect for our eight-legged friends in the world.