speaking of being grown-up
i'm afraid of the dark.
but not as afraid as i used to be, when i was, say...4, or 14, or 24...or, well, 30. i'm definitely not AS afraid of the dark since i turned 30. but, still.
with earth day nearly upon us (and in northern california, we should just hurry up and make it a holiday already since i never seem to get cesar chavez day off), i feel compelled to turn off the lights when i leave a room to conserve energy.
(if you're filipino & you don't know the meaning of "turn off the lights," i really mean "close the lights." these americans speak weird english, i know. they also don't tabo in the banyo, so go figure.)
when i was but a wee lass of four (occasionally the irish filipino in me slips out), my cousin joseph had me convinced that the boogey man lived upstairs in his house and it was dark up there because they didn't want to wake him up. actually, his whole family played along because they didn't want people wandering in & out of their bedrooms. eventually, i figured out the boogey man was just joseph hiding under a bedsheet shooting paper airplanes at me, but i couldn't get past being afraid of the dark.
now that i'm a wee bit older than four & a few decades, i still turn on (open) every light i pass when i enter my home, and they generally stay on (open) until i go to bed, at which point i turn off (close) the lights, having already plugged in & turned on (opened) the nite lites in the bathrooms & hallways, and run up the stairs with a quickness, hoping the real boogey man doesn't catch my feet and drag me back down the stairs into the fucking dark where paper airplanes will be shot at me from all angles and i'll pee my pants. not that it's happened...yet. i'm just sayin'.
i hate the fucking dark.
in my defense, i conserve water, i recycle, & i try to buy as many recycled goods as i can. the earth day gods up above will probably forgive me for leaving a light or two on (open) until i'm good & ready to sprint up the stairs and jump into bed. besides, i only use energy-saving light bulbs, so it's really like i'm saving the environment by leaving the lights on (open).
fuck it. i'll just send some extra money to the sierra club.
but not as afraid as i used to be, when i was, say...4, or 14, or 24...or, well, 30. i'm definitely not AS afraid of the dark since i turned 30. but, still.
with earth day nearly upon us (and in northern california, we should just hurry up and make it a holiday already since i never seem to get cesar chavez day off), i feel compelled to turn off the lights when i leave a room to conserve energy.
(if you're filipino & you don't know the meaning of "turn off the lights," i really mean "close the lights." these americans speak weird english, i know. they also don't tabo in the banyo, so go figure.)
when i was but a wee lass of four (occasionally the irish filipino in me slips out), my cousin joseph had me convinced that the boogey man lived upstairs in his house and it was dark up there because they didn't want to wake him up. actually, his whole family played along because they didn't want people wandering in & out of their bedrooms. eventually, i figured out the boogey man was just joseph hiding under a bedsheet shooting paper airplanes at me, but i couldn't get past being afraid of the dark.
now that i'm a wee bit older than four & a few decades, i still turn on (open) every light i pass when i enter my home, and they generally stay on (open) until i go to bed, at which point i turn off (close) the lights, having already plugged in & turned on (opened) the nite lites in the bathrooms & hallways, and run up the stairs with a quickness, hoping the real boogey man doesn't catch my feet and drag me back down the stairs into the fucking dark where paper airplanes will be shot at me from all angles and i'll pee my pants. not that it's happened...yet. i'm just sayin'.
i hate the fucking dark.
in my defense, i conserve water, i recycle, & i try to buy as many recycled goods as i can. the earth day gods up above will probably forgive me for leaving a light or two on (open) until i'm good & ready to sprint up the stairs and jump into bed. besides, i only use energy-saving light bulbs, so it's really like i'm saving the environment by leaving the lights on (open).
fuck it. i'll just send some extra money to the sierra club.
posted by rach at 2:15 pm
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