Are you a dark or a light person?

[Midlodemocrat]

This subject came up last night and I'm curious. I am a dark person. I routinely walk through the house turning off lights, even before global climate change became an issue. At night, after the kids are in bed, the entire first floor is dark, save for the one lamp I am reading by.

My kids, on the other hand, never met a light switch they didn't want to turn on. :eyes:

So, are you a light or a dark person? Me, I like my vampire status.

[lildreamer316]

1. Dark!!!

Right now I have ..I do believe everylight in the house out (yes, I just checked) ; and to add some warmth I have some small candles burning.
I always like it dark, unless making a large family dinner/cooking.

[MrCoffee]

2. dark

i roam through the house looking for lights to turn off like a zombie stumbling after fresh brains.

[hisownpetard]

38. You keep talking like that, you're gonna lose the zombie vote for us.

[MrCoffee]

46. my "a brain in every pot" plank has them nailed to our platform

seriously, i had to nail them down, those bastards will shuffle right off if you're not careful.

[flvegan]

3. Dark.

With all the windows, I don't turn a single light on in the house until it's around 6pm, when I need to turn one on, lest I step on a pitbull in the dark.

[LostinVA]

4. Dark person, due to house

The living room is dark paneled walls and ceiling. Downstairs hallway mysteriously never had a light installed.

It's a bright house, during the day, though. The upstairs is well-lit, as well.

[TrogL]

5. et lux perpetua

[LeftyMom]

Dark and quiet. nt

[seemunkee]

6. Light person

But I generally turn off lights as I leave a room.
My wife will leave every light in the house on. Except when watching TV, then it has to be pitch dark. Even if I am on the computer trying to type.

[Greyskye]

7. Super Dark

And that includes chocolate.

[Bunny]

8. Light. I've never walked into a room that couldn't benefit from having a light turned on.

Well, I'm not quite that bad, but I like lots of light.

[AlCzervik]

9. like a mushroom or vampire.

[Crabby Appleton]

10. Dark nt

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. i like sunlight in my house a lot.

[azmouse]

12. Definitely light.

[MissMillie]

13. I don't mind the dark

but for some reason my cats don't know that I can't see them when it's dark. They see me coming and they don't budge.

I came pretty close to falling over one of them this morning.

[bigwillq]

14. Dark (nt)

[supernova]

15. Light

My dad was a dark. He turned off all the lights at night, and it really iritated me watching TV in the evenings w/o a lamp on. So I developed the habit of reading or doing crossword puzzles just to keep a lamp on. And I still like it that way.

I will even leave a lamp or two on in the house if I am away in the evening. I live in the country and if there are no lights on, it's a good invite for mischief.

But I do use the flourescent bulbs now.

Love love love natural light. My house does not have enough windows to suit me.

[LynzM]

28. Same here, supernova

Does the darkness of winter just kill you, or what? That's my least favorite part about it, I think.

I'm getting better about turning off lights that are on in rooms I'm not in, but I still like a lot of warm light - non-fluorescent, like Christmas lights, are my favorite. I haven't taken down our Christmas tree yet, in big part because I love how it lights up our living room in the evening...

[supernova]

29. Yes it does, the short days

of winter make me want to hibernate. Ditto the drab grays and browns of nature.

Can't wait for the Spring Equinox. :bounce: I'm like a flower that pops up out of the ground on that day. :D

[Redstone]

52. Do you use "daylight spectrum" fluorescents? They're GREAT for the "winter blues."

Restone

[supernova]

59. My main kitchen and bathroom lights are

full spectrum, but I need to get one for the bedroom too.

If I had a spare $150 I'd get one of these

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/rewilliams_1985_79917488

[supernova]

16. Dupe

[montanto]

17. dark, but my wife is light.

If she comes home after dark i'll be sitting there in the dark having forgotten to turn the lights on, which irritates her. So then she turns all the lights on, which irritates me.

[IzaSparrow]

18. light...but i've been trying to break this habit

[Flaxbee]

19. dark.

if we have left the house and will be getting back after dark, I like to leave a small light on, but when in the house, I usually just have one or two low lights on - and they have to be lamps or side-lights, I HATE overhead lighting. HATE IT HATE IT!

[ZombieNixon]

20. Once I go to sleep, I can't get up until there's light.

And once I'm up, I have trouble sleeping if there's light on (except for afternoon naps and the like :P).

[Bake]

21. Dark ... light ... actually I'm just CHEAP!

I also go around turning off unnecessary lights (which everyone else in the family seems determined to leave on). I find myself sounding like my father (that's a very scary thought!), "Do you people think we OWN the electric company?"

I do like for the room I'm in to be illuminated. But then I brighten up ANY room just by walking in ...

:rofl:

Bake

[sazemisery]

22. Dark

I too turn off all but one light on the ground floor after Mrsazemisery has gone to bed (I have wacky sleep patterns and do most of my work from Midnight till daybreak).

[MorningGlow]

23. Light, light, light

As much light as possible--but I don't turn on lights in rooms we're not using.

Our living room is always dark, and the trees that affect that don't belong to us, so all I can do is pray for a good windstorm (blowing them over in the other direction, toward open yards, of course) or blight. I like spending time in the front bedroom--it's always nice and bright in there (above the trees).

And just to prove that opposites attract, I call Mr. MG a troll--his office has no light in it (well, it's still under renovation)--just the glow of the two computer monitors and a gooseneck lamp he has to leave on or face the wrath of our always-cold runt of a part-Persian pisspot kitty.

[Z_I_Peevey]

24. Definitely light.

I'll open doors, windows, curtains first thing upon entering a room.

[hunter]

25. When the sun goes down I enjoy the dark.

On my own I live by the sun, and at night I'd be happy with a few LED lights in each room. When I was single my room was lit by a computer monitor and a forty watt incandescent bulb.

My wife and kids are light people. Our entire house shines like a beacon in the night.

If not for compact fluorescents I think we'd be a significant profit center for Pacific Gas & Electric.

[krispos42]

26. I keep my electrical bill low

I have 100% fluorescent bulbs in my apartment. When I leave, I just have the hallway light burning, and it's 9 watts, I believe. When I'm home by myself and not doing anything, I usually have the light on over the stove using 11 watts, and a 7-watt lamp by my computer during the night. Plus I have my monitor on, and my mouse pad is self-illuminated with blue LEDs.

Actually, my electric bill is about $15 in fixed fees and taxes and $16 in electricity every month. I don't watch TV much anymore because I don't have cable. I used to watch the replay of Conan O'Brien at 3am, but not since they broke the picket line. I usually use a toaster oven for making individual meals instead of the oven. And I have good light coming in from the patio doors, so I use that in daytime.

My PC runs full time, though, because I'm looking for space aliens. And I have a humidifier going as well.

I actually feel pretty good about my household carbon footprint.

[electron_blue]

27. Light! I can read sooo much better in the light.

Maybe if I didn't have such poor eyesight I could sit in the dark like you.

[rug]

30. Light.

I'm nothing if not sunshiney.

[Burma Jones]

31. I prefer dimmed surroundings

The less visual stimulation, the more agreeable I become.......

[baby_mouse]

32. Light, Lots of.

Never enough. The least smudgy shadow makes me want to illuminate it.

[laylah]

33. dark. nt

[XemaSab]

34. dark

:)

[RebelOne]

35. Dark person. I can't stand bright lighting.

[unpossibles]

36. dark. I love the dark and often walk around without the lights on, which drives people nuts

what's funny is, my nightvision sucks, but so does my regular vision, so apparently I am learning to ignore it.

According to my grandfather my first word was "dark!" Apparently, I was a late talker, even to the point that my family was starting to worry about me. One night my granddad - my grandparents helped raise me at a couple points in my life - put me to bed and when he turned out the lights, I yelled "DARK!"

lol.

[snooper2]

37. I thought is was Brown or Black?

per Hillary

[billyskank]

39. Light, I guess.

I don't burn the lights in every room. Just the living room and the hallway, and then the other lights get turned on and off as necessary.

I replaced the two lamps I burn habitually with CFL bulbs to try to assuage my guilt a bit.

:hi:

[1gobluedem]

40. Dark

I think it's cozier.

My kids, though, never met a light they didn't turn on and leave on. But they will react instantly to my shout of "Energy hog!" and will go back to turn it off. Why they don't just turn it off automatically is beyond all understanding.

[DarkTirade]

41. I worked the night shift for three years

trying to avoid the Florida sun. Now that I'm in a place where the sun doesn't BURN you, I'm not as against the light as I was. But I'm still not a big fan.

[terrya]

42. I'm definitely a dark person.

I come into work before anyone else...my desk is in the front office. Without the fluorescent lights, there's still enough light to work...which I gladly take advantage of. When I have to turn on the fluorescent lights, it's horrible.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

43. I love night. I just like to have one or two lights on, is all, right where I am.

:D

[Tektonik]

44. dark

Also I'm not a fan of the AC or heaters, so unless it's 30 or 95 degrees outside, I'd rather have the windows slightly ajar, doors opened and regulate the temp with having lots of clothes on or next to no clothes on :P

[NewJeffCT]

45. I'm usually pretty dark

my wife & daughter are the opposite

[Redstone]

47. Dark except for where I'm reading; I insist on a bright reading light. Mrs R, though she's

darker than me in appearance, is a "light" person.

Hell of an interesting question to ask people; I don't think I've ever seen it here before.

Redstone

[mitchum]

51. I'm like you; I like it dark unless I'm reading...

or trying to do some type of fine mechanical or electronics work

[Fox Mulder]

48. Dark person.

I hate lights. Especially fluorescent lights.

I also sleep most of the day and I am up during the night. There's a certain comfort in knowing that you're the only person awake at 3:30 am.

[Mrs.Matcom]

49. I'm a dark...

but matcom is a light. We are switching all of our bulbs over to the fluorescent kind...and yes I do go around turning all the lights off after him! Ugh!

[graywarrior]

50. Dark....and intense

[MANative]

53. Dark to the max, with the exception of my office, where I tend

to turn on at least 3 of 4 lamps. Don't know why, because it also has a big picture window that gets plenty of sunlight. :shrug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

54. Dark.

[femmocrat]

55. Dark. I hate bright light. I pull all the shades. nt

[greatauntoftriplets]

56. Light.

At this time of year, it is barely light when I leave for work and an hour past dark when I get home. I hate walking into a dark condo and think that having lights on makes it seem warmer.

[Rabrrrrrr]

57. I hate light. I only want just enough. I hate when the sun is out, too.

I hate having the windows covered up with the shades, so I hate having the sun shining, because then I have to have all the windows shuttered up and I feel claustrophobic.

:grr: :mad:

I also hate long-ass days of summer.

Pain in the ass.

[Roon]

58. olive skin makes good kin!

I am dark. Mexicans will come up to me and start talking Spanish to me.

[madeline_con]

60. Dark saves $$$ n/t

[Chovexani]

61. I've been a dark person my whole life

When I lived with others they always came in and asked why I was sitting in the dark.

One of the many reasons I live by myself, incidentally.

[Wapsie B]

62. Dark all the way.

Don't even get me started on most overhead lighting. Glaring so much it gives me a headache.

[AZBlue]

63. Light by nature, but now dark by global warming & keeping bills down.

[Jamastiene]

64. I'm a dark person.

I only want one lamp on too. Sometimes, I don't even want the one lamp turned on at all, just my computer monitor.

[njdemocrat106]

65. Dark

I can't use the computer with any lights on (and it's currently dark outside).