Insect and Spider Identification: Help identifying friendly(?) spider, 2 by derfman

derfman wrote:
Hey there,

I used to be terrified of spiders, but after reading Howl's Moving Castle, I've grown quite fond of them. I no longer kill them, in fact, I don't interfere with them at all, but I'm still kind of scared, and my inability to identify whether a spider is dangerous or not doesn't help.

So the last couple of days, this spider has been crawling around my desk, under my computer wires, etc. Just a few moments ago I saw it crawling up my arm and freaked out a little. I used a tissue to transport it back to the table, where I managed to snap a couple of fairly well-focused pictures (my camera doesn't like macro photography). It then ran away (I'm pretty sure it just jumped off the table onto the floor!).

Can anyone identify it? And if I let it walk over my skin, is that dangerous? Is that dangerous with spiders in general, and how should I handle them so that they don't bite me?

Thanks!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7096/7180923192_270facd780_b.j...
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7073/7180926168_7473d2194b_b.j...

I'm using flickr pictures because the forum doesn't seem to upload mine.