I’m not normally the jumpy type, and I haven’t been afraid of the dark since I was 4 or 5 years old. (When I was 9, a had to spend 45 minutes crammed under a stage so I could make an entrance through a trap door. After that, not a lot phases me.) But about 20 minutes ago, all of the power in my apartment suddenly went out, and for the first time in a while, I was genuinely a little freaked out. Have I really become that accustomed to the various LEDs around my apartment that a total blackout is reason enough to get the wiggins? (Well, alright, TOTAL blackout is overstating a bit – my laptop was running on battery, so the display was still throwing SOME light. But even still…)
No way, dude. Blackouts freak me out. Whenever there’s a thunderstorm and it’s night time, I always grab the flashlight and keep it near me…just in case.
Yeah. I’m with ya. The one time the power went out here EVERYTHING was black. Couldn’t see my hand in front of my face. And everything outside was pitch black too. I peed myself.
See… and you made fun of me because I was scared every time you went on vacation and I was left home by myself. I told you I wasn’t chicken. Darkness is scarey!