California isn't so bad. The house by the lake is the worst because at night we get fucking huge ones and they used to make webs right by the front door with bacs the size of coins, it was awful. Everytime I would go outside I would duck and run and wear something on my head I can't handle it. The tree spider that crawled on my face was the biggest spider I've ever seen in the wild, and it crawled on my face. Those live in the trees though and my grandpa said it was very odd that one would be so low to the ground like it was because usally they are at least 10 feet up. I've seen one since but it was at least 15 feet up and I was just clearing the brush below it but I kept an eye on it and probably moved 10 times slower. Um, what else. Oh yeah, the other spiders we get here in Northern California or at least at my grandpa's house are wolf spiders which are really scary looking but they run away anytime they see you. I once ran into one in the shower, was scary. They are soooo fast but they don't run towards you they run away. So long as I can read their body language I am ok, the ones that don't move no matter how close you get to it scare the shit out of me. Wolf spiders can get pretty big but are nowhere near as scary as that thing you have. I've been less scared of a bigass rattle snake who's head I couldn't even see that was between my legs then I am of some spiders smaller then thumb.