The plague

I have just removed about 15 locusts from my room.

There where about 50 of them lying dead at my door this morning.

And there are god knows how many others crawling through the house.

I'm no catholic but I am fairly sure that the bible mentions something about this and on the eve of a show opening tomorrow night called- "Never Forget you are Going to Die"... if I where a superstitious man (which I am) i might think this where a bad omen (which I don't) and I would cancel the show (Which I'm not).

*just removed another locust*

Has god sent me a plague in order that I see the light? I find that unlikely. I find it more likely that he/she/it sent me a plague to annoy me, which if that's the case he/she/they/it is starting to succeed, however I find that scenario even more unlikely.

Much more likely is that he/she/it/they/I had nothing to do with the plague of locusts descending on my house and skipping about my studio running into every surface they can find. It does of course leave me with the question... what the hell are they doing here?

I did read something about locusts descending on Melbourne, but I don't recall them mentioning that they where going to have a sleep over at my house. Had someone mentioned that to me I might have made some Queenslander-esk preparations. Perhaps I would have set up a room under the stairs, made a few little levels in there, set out some beds... or perhaps I could have made some tea, in tiny little cups. We could have all sat around and chatted about... oh I don't know... how long they plan to stay..? But no, no one warned me, everyone is all distracted by the catastrophically big cyclones and floods and such to worry about my insect infestation.

And in fact with all the stuff going on here and all the work I have to do i am finding it hard to worry about it too, it is still at the right level to be amusing... I wonder how many days it will be before it stops being amusing and I just want those stupid fucking insects out of my house. The really worrying thing is that they seem to have gotten into the walls... what if they start breading in there?

So in any rate I have a show opening tomorrow night in the gallery. First one of the year. It's called 'Never Forget you are Going to Die'... you should come down and see it. Especially if you like insects.