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.
I have finesse! I have finesse coming out of my bottom!
Anya ,'Showtime'
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."
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
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.
Volans - Mar 21, 2004 5:52:27 pm PST #1667 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Now if I can just figure out how to read on the treadmill.
Susan W. - Mar 21, 2004 5:53:19 pm PST #1668 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
The only time I can't read in a car is if it's a sunny day and there's a lot of trees or buildings close enough to the road to cast frequent shadows. Then I get dizzy.
Jessica - Mar 21, 2004 5:55:27 pm PST #1669 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Now if I can just figure out how to read on the treadmill.
Now that, I can do, as long as I'm not going too fast. The elliptical is easier because there's less bouncing.
Hil R. - Mar 21, 2004 5:55:58 pm PST #1670 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
When I was a kid, I'd always take a huge stack of books on long car trips, and just read the entire way. Got through plenty of NJ-Maine trips that way. Lately, I've been getting dizzy if I read in the car for too long. Not sure what's up with that, but I don't like it.
I never had to sneak-read as a kid. By the time I was 2 or 3, my parents had pretty much accepted that I just didn't sleep through the night, so reading at 4 in the morning was fairly normal.