Mosquito FestI felt a little tickle on my arm. It turned into a pinching itch. I looked down at my vulnerable white arm to find a small, black-striped mosquito stalking my clean flesh for the perfect spot to strike. At the speed of light, it was already injecting my skin and by the time I looked, it had conquered my blood. Mosquitoes, mosquitoes, mosquitoes! Aaaahhhh! They can drive anyone crazy. While walking around in the hammocks, even insect repellent won't save you. I just don't understand. I sacrifice my skin by wearing insect repellent containing Deet (which melts plastic) and these salt water monsters still managed and dared to pinch and penetrate through my skin, sucking my blood. One of my classmates told me a secret against mosquitoes. She said that if I pulled on my skin, stretching it in opposite directions while a mosquito bit me, its stinger would get stuck in the skin and explode. I wondered how this was possible until she told me that the mosquito would continue to draw blood in an attempt to get out. I trusted that she was right because she works with the Everglades and she did it herself. I was so amazed by this information that I couldn't wait to bust one of these little nuisances myself. It's weird because I never kill insects. I don't have the heart for it. I believe that just like humans, they have their own lives and have the right to live. I don't even kill flies. I guess it's because they don't bite me or physically harass me. Every now and then I find a lizard wandering into my house. When I find myself in a situation like this, I open the nearest window or door and push it out or sweep it out with a broom. Small lizards that I catch with my bare hands. Plus, I'm glad they eat flies and lizards. I don't tolerate or use insect repellent (I think it's completely cruel). So back to the mosquitoes: driving through Bid Cypress Swamp, Lynette and I were trying to let the mosquitoes bite us so we could pop them. But we had no luck. I for one couldn't stand the fact that I was going to end up with a red bump, not to mention that it would really bother me with itching like crazy for a few days..