I could never read at night with the flashlight, because I hate having anything over my head.
Spike: Heard what happened up top, offing your dad and all. Don't know if you know this, but, uh…I killed my mum. Actually, I'd already killed her, and then she tried to shag me, so I had to-- Wesley: Thank you. I'm…very comforted.
'Lineage'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Vortex - Mar 21, 2004 5:24:52 pm PST #1655 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Volans - Mar 21, 2004 5:24:53 pm PST #1656 of 10002
move out and draw fire
I had a 25-watt night light (a life-size goose). I still got in trouble for "reading in the dark."
The fact that I wore big ol' glasses until the laser surgery has no relation to this habit.
Consuela - Mar 21, 2004 5:41:44 pm PST #1657 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I used to read in the back of the station wagon by the lights of the cars behind us on the highway.
Yes, I am the only member of my family to require glasses before the age of 40. I started at 14. t sigh
Pix - Mar 21, 2004 5:42:32 pm PST #1658 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I did that too Consuela!
Consuela - Mar 21, 2004 5:45:42 pm PST #1659 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Sistah!
erikaj - Mar 21, 2004 5:46:39 pm PST #1660 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I couldn't. It made me feel sick.
Jessica - Mar 21, 2004 5:48:22 pm PST #1661 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
When I was a kid, I used to be able to read in cars, on planes, anywhere. Nowadays, just riding in elevators makes me nauseous, so forget about it.
Pix - Mar 21, 2004 5:48:35 pm PST #1662 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
And the worst part was when there wasn't a car behind you or the streetlights started coming few and far between and you sat there in frustrated anticipation waiting to see what was on the next page!
Volans - Mar 21, 2004 5:49:09 pm PST #1663 of 10002
move out and draw fire
I did that briefly, but was too annoyed by the breaks in light.
I would read on car trips to Albuquerque, and after about 30 minutes of NM sun all I'd be able to see were moving black spots.
Ginger - Mar 21, 2004 5:50:36 pm PST #1664 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I read by car lights, by night lights and by the light that came in under the closed bedroom door. And, yes, I got glasses when I was 10, the only person in my family to be nearsighted except for my mother's brother, nicknamed "Four-eyes" back in the era when cruel nicknames were in vogue. It was certainly worth doing until I needed glasses.