This list of tweets from LiveJournal/Twitter user januarychill during the course of one day conveys just how consuming bed bugs can be to sufferers.
- 06:23 Apparently i am violently allergic to bed bug bites. I look like i was pelted from chest to knees w rubber bullets at a protest.
- 06:34 Even in Declan’s bed i did not sleep more than a collective hour all night out of itchy agony. This means war, you buggy bastards
- (entries from 6:53, 7:58, 8:07 not included)
- 17:24 Tomorrow, there shall be extermination!
- 17:27 Looking at flights to Jamaica for February. Me and Dec are getting the [f word] outta dodge for a glorious 10 days.
- (two entries from 18:03 not included)
- 23:04 Will and I are doing late night anti-bedbug laundry. Also, we bought mustaches! Flickr for pics!
Waking up annoyed, calling the pest control folks, dreaming of an escape from home, and doing bed bug laundry: yes, januarychill’s tweets provide a window in on the typical bedbugger’s day.