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Spike's Bitches 42: Which question do you want me to answer first?  

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meara - Aug 27, 2008 10:41:20 pm PDT #3468 of 10001

If I leaned over the edge of the bed, and stretched my arms veeery far, I could get my book in a sliver of light from the hall.

Heh. I'm not sure if I ever actually WAS afraid of the dark (I think I was) but I figured out that if I said I was, and got the door open with the hall light coming in, I could then read by the light of that...but I got in lots of trouble when I got caught for that. Though I still say that the punishments for that were excessive.


WindSparrow - Aug 27, 2008 11:03:52 pm PDT #3469 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

I think I got into more trouble for reading in low light, than I did for reading past my bedtime. I liked reading by candlelight, and my dad used to raise heck when he caught me at it. Of course, this was probably at a later age than what you all are referring to, as my older sister completely controlled the light level in our bedroom until she moved out.


Gadget_Girl - Aug 28, 2008 12:41:41 am PDT #3470 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".

Portable Cell Phone Jammer: $45.

Amazing. This would be absolutely great.


brenda m - Aug 28, 2008 2:55:31 am PDT #3471 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Though I still say that the punishments for that were excessive.

Took your book away, did they?


Sparky1 - Aug 28, 2008 3:45:18 am PDT #3472 of 10001
Librarian Warlord

Portable Cell Phone Jammer

Illegal for use/sale/manufacture in the United States, though. There are a number of law schools that have turned off Internet access in classrooms. It's one of the ongoing conversations right now amongst the Deans.


Ginger - Aug 28, 2008 4:18:54 am PDT #3473 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I remember I had to tilt the book just right to be able to distinguish the letters from the page. I got pretty speedy at hiding the book and pretending I was asleep.


brenda m - Aug 28, 2008 4:22:12 am PDT #3474 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Ginger is me. Also Andi, with the "you'll hurt your eyesight."


SailAweigh - Aug 28, 2008 4:27:19 am PDT #3475 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

I could occasionally convince my mother to leave the hall light on. Most of the time, I had to lean over the bed to use the hallway nightlight. It always made my eyes tired, so I really didn't do a lot of reading that way. Still, whenever I could!


Trudy Booth - Aug 28, 2008 5:11:55 am PDT #3476 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

My Mother wouldn't let me, brace yourselves, READ IN THE CAR.

She had heard via some pre-internet Hippy SPAM grapevine that it was bad for your eyes. So we'd be in the car for HOURS and I would have to not read.


Sparky1 - Aug 28, 2008 5:17:16 am PDT #3477 of 10001
Librarian Warlord

I don't remember ever being told I couldn't read in bed -- the flip side being that if we stayed up until all hours reading there was no forgiveness the next morning. We had to get up and go to school/do chores/etc. We weren't allowed to sleep in.

I did set my bed on fire once with a reading lamp.