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
Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
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."
Consuela - Mar 21, 2004 5:41:44 pm PST #1657 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
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.
DavidS - Mar 21, 2004 5:51:31 pm PST #1666 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You'll all be pleased to know that Emmett has been caught waking up in the middle of the night and trying to sneak-read Roald Dahl. According to his mother, he had the most amusing, "Acch! I'm caught!" look on his face when she opened the door on him at 3am.