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.
Angel: Just admit it: you think you're gonna ride in, save the day, and sweep Buffy off her--Spike: Like you're not thinking the same thing. Angel: I'm already seeing somebody. Spike: What, dog girl?
'The Girl in Question'
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."
Volans - Mar 21, 2004 5:24:53 pm PST #1656 of 10002
move out and draw fire
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.
Consuela - Mar 21, 2004 5:50:43 pm PST #1665 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Now I'm much less able to read in moving vehicles. Planes are okay, but cars are limited to highway driving, and rarely in the rain. I trained myself to read on the bus after I moved to the Bay Area because I'm on transit so much.