WHO GIVES A SHIT: SHOULD I STILL BE CONCERNED ABOUT BED BUGS??

Like are bed bugs a thing anymore??

Cause I pretty much hear nothing about those little fuckers. 2010 was the year of the bed bug, and things were still rolling pretty hardcore in 2011 too. Do you remember? It was pretty much all bed bugs, all the time, both on FIPS and on all the other NYC blogs and news outlets.

And since no one is talking about them anymore, I've sort of forgotten about them.

I was walking down 8th ave the other day and a book sitting out on someone's stoop caught my eye. I walked over to pick it up and read the back, and maybe 15 or 20 seconds passed by before the "PUT THAT FUCKING THING DOWN IMMEDIATELY OR YOUR CLOTHES WILL BE INFESTED WITH BED BUGS" message started running through my head. 

So what's up, ppl? Are we in the clear? Or are bed bugs still a thing?

BUGOFF: IT'S NOW [KINDA] SAFE TO GO BACK TO THE PAVILION

Now, while we all hope that news of the renovation is, indeed, true, in the meantime there's this: anyone who's stepped foot in the Pavilion Movie Theater plays a dangerous game of what I like to call "Bed Bug Roulette." As in, "Will this $12 movie I'm about to see actually cause me to burn my entire wardrobe and most of my possessions?"

If you're anything like me, you don't even play the game, instead resigning yourself to having every movie spoiled for you by Twitter and Facebook chatter by the time you finally see it three months later on Netflix.

But for those still brave enough to actually go to the movie theater, there's hope.

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NATIONAL BED BUG SUMMIT SUMMARY / YOUR FUTURE SUICIDE NOTE

OMG, I can’t believe I missed the 2nd Annual National Bed Bug Summit!

But I bet those BB experts have that shit crawling all over them, so actually no thanks. Bed bugs are for realizes proof that 2012 THE END OF THE WORLD is right around the motherfucking corner. Luckily Brick Underground went to the summit, probs got bed bugs and then did a run down of all the junk that went on there.

This stuff is important you guys. Like if you don’t read on, you WILL get bed bugs. Or at least crabs.

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Bedbugs At Court Street Movie Theater? [HERRRRE WE GO AGAIN]

So, as you all know: I have vowed to never, ever, NEVER step foot in the Court Street movie theater again.

Thanks to an anon FIPS tipster, I've now got a reason that you all should do the same: BEDBUGS.

Yes, I admit, we are kinda bedbug obsessed around this bitch, but I can't help it...I am so very afraid. And shit like this doesn't help:

Hey,

So, this is going to be an awkward email, but I figured I should let somebody know what went down this weekend.

I've been avoiding movie theaters in Manhattan and Brooklyn for the past couple weeks since I heard about the theater in Times Square getting shut down due to bedbugs.  My friends made me feel totally crazy and my boyfriend eventually talked me into going to the UA Court Street in Carroll Gardens (is it?) Sunday night  to see a movie.  I tried to not be skeeved out and we got in a cab.

We were walking in to get our tickets, when some guy comes out going "Bedbugs! Don't go in there unless you want bedbugs!"  I figured it was some douchebag guy just trying to rile up the masses, but we went over to him to see whats up.  HE HAD A BEDBUG IN A BAG THAT HE FOUND IN THE THEATER.  He'd found it ON HIS SHIRT in Theater 11, and trapped it in a soda cup with a napkin (which were also in the plastic bag when he showed us).  And apparently when he complained to management, they said something about having had screened for them the day before.  Uhh.

This guy wasn't full of shit, after all.  I saw the fucking bedbug.  I did not see a movie.  You could not have gotten me out of there fast enough.

So, I'm bummed and also freaked out, but felt it's my moral obligation as a Park Slope citizen to let you know.

Gross.
-Anon

(PS. You better believe I did a full body scan as soon as I got home.  I'm fine).

Do with this information what you will, ppl.

Who Gives a Shit: Bedbugs in Park Slope?

Ok, so as we all know by now, I'm more afraid of bedbugs than I am of Britney Spears' hair extensions (and I am VERY FUCKING afraid of those things).

I read the article in NY Mag about the bed bugs invasion on the Upper East Side, while gagging through each page of horrific rich people extermination story. But it got me curious about exactly what is or is not going down in Park Slope?

We've all heard the Pavillion rumors, but what else is going on out there? Have any of you HAD bed bugs? Have your neighbors had bed bugs? I'm not looking for wild rumors, ppl (though those are fun too), but like some actual real world experience.

ARE THESE FUCKERS COMING TO GET ME??

[Feel free to go stealth anon in the comments if you feel like keep things all private-n-shit].