Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!

Xander ,'Chosen'


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.