Sunlight

Interesting thing about sunlight… I am often oversensitive to it. It's too bright, gives me hives (not just sunburn but hives!) I prefer indirect lighting most of the time. People who get excited by sunny days and I rarely hit it off! I prefer overcast days. I just feel better those days.

You've heard about SAAD? People who have problems from a deprivation of sunlight? I have the opposite. I have a lot of problems if I get too much sunlight.

However, there was one period of my life when I craved sunlight. It was very strange for me because I'd never been like that before. I became like "those other people!" The sunlight did not affect me negatively, and the moment I woke up, while I was still in bed, I CRAVED that light and would open my window shade and stare out the window. - There was nothing to see but fire escape bars. I wasn't looking at the view. I just needed that light. First thing in the morning. The moment I woke up, I had to have sunlight right away. It was very odd for me. I thought "Really? I'm doing this?? Me???" - I was!

That passed eventually. Now I'm back to preferring indirect or overcast light. - Wintertime light? Great for me. Everything black and white and grayscale. Don't get me wrong, I like colors! But winter light is often more soothing to me. Fall light especially. Less stark and glare too.

Not surprisingly, I found out a while ago that I'm vitamin D deficient. Oh well.

Headphones

What I wish people would use more often.

Though if you're using headphones, but still singing loudly, that kind of defeats the purpose.

Maybe what we need is mouth phones… to cover mouths and muffle singing sounds.

Or those big clear half domes people would use in old sci-fi shows sometimes, to have "secret conferences." I'd totally go for sticking a dome over some people's heads!