Attn: Websters Dictionary

I invented a new word today.  Insectist: (noun)  One who holds prejudice and discrimination toward insects based on their appearance or lifestyle.  The judgments are culturally influenced by stereotypes of a particular region. 

I must admit it.  My name is Kerri, and I am an insectist.  I am content to live with geckos, spiders, moths, praying mantis, and caterpillars.  However, other species must be either evicted, exiled, or put to death, depending on the level of their ugliness and/or annoyance.

Bug sentences by Judge Kerri:
-Roaches = Immediate and gruesome death penalty by flip flop.
-Ant = Depending on the size of the ant gang, either death penalty by finger squishing or a slow death by toxic fumes.
-Mosquito = Death by hand clap.

Today, I discovered what I believe was a 4-5 inch long grasshopper on steroids hanging out on my curtain.  Although he was kind of creepy, I sentenced him to banishment.  Since I'm kind of a wuss, I couldn't do it myself.  I ran up to Socheata, and started babbling words in Khmer like, "big bug, apartment, help..."  He followed the deranged American, and laughed when I pointed to the insect and motioned that I wanted him to grab it and take it outside.  He quickly cupped it in his hands, walked outside, and flipped it on the grass.