Bugs Bugs!

So our friendly window spider was frightened by the air conditioner repairman and has appeared to have moved into our bathroom, and what a great place for it to be too! Normally there are around ten small flies that hover around the drain, but they were suddenly gone one day, and upon looking above my head, I saw they were all stuck in my new best friend's web!
It seems to be a social species, since there are always 2-3 of them fairly close to each other. Has some interesting behaviors I have never seen in a spider before too, very interesting for me.

Last night I was standing outside with a few people and all of a sudden something thwacks my belly. I look down and see the eyes of a 3 inch long grasshopper. Very pretty, had black markings on its underside. I got excited about it and one of the people I was with (an Austrailian named Tim), noticing how calm I was said I should be a buddhist, lol.