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.
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.
Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'
Spike's Bitches 42: Which question do you want me to answer first?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
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
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.
Vortex - Aug 28, 2008 5:27:40 am PDT #3478 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
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.
there is no reason for the students to have to use the internet during class. the one exception is a research class and those are usually held in the library!
Nora Deirdre - Aug 28, 2008 5:29:21 am PDT #3479 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Well, in a few of my graduate classes, the internet has proved helpful for looking up various facts in the course of discussion.
Sparky1 - Aug 28, 2008 5:34:18 am PDT #3480 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
there is no reason for the students to have to use the internet
But people thought it was a great selling point to say the law school had wireless access everywhere. As you know, universities are all about selling amenities, not, you know, instruction and knowledge.
Meanwhile, the cite checkers are so cute with their absolute inability to decipher any acronym. Not.
Aims - Aug 28, 2008 5:35:35 am PDT #3481 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
MAD. EMPRESS MAD!!!
GUESS who is going to be at the Burbank Best Buy tonight?? Go ahead. Guess who?
Yes, that's right. NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK.
Stoopid move to Michigan.
Vortex - Aug 28, 2008 5:38:02 am PDT #3482 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
starts pricing flights to Burbank from Michigan and setting up a paypal fund.