Hello, my name is Michael and I am... a
nyctophile.
Yes, I know, this is a shocking and
disturbing revelation to many of you, but I do honestly enjoy being
in environments with fewer photons in the visible range present than
is normal. I like darkness and I like the night. Not just because
these are places where one has to deal with fewer crowds, not just
because it tends to be quieter and easier to take, but because I
truly love these places and times.
There is a mixture of reasons that this
is so. It began, undoubtedly, because of my light-sensitivity. It's
not a pain threshold thing, it's just that my eyes take in more light
than most. Gives me excellent night-vision. Which, in turn, makes
darker environments more physically comfortable, and I have fewer
problems navigating and functioning in them than most people do.
I remember a couple of times when I was
a kid, reading by starlight (not moonlight). It wasn't easy, but I
could pull it off. And let me tell you, once you get used to it,
showering in pitch blackness has an incredibly relaxing effect.
Which is why the page looks different
today. I have been asked by some of my readers (how weird to have
readers?) to change the color scheme to something that doesn't hurt
their eyes. Ironically, I chose it because the classic black text on
bright white screen is what hurts my eyes. But since I won't be
reading my posts much on the site, and since alienating one's
audience is best kept until much later in one's career, I have
updated the color scheme. Let me know what you think.
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I like it.
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