I'M UP! I'M UP!

[errantember]

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In my last post I mentioned this cool lamp I had made out of my 300-watt floor lamp. I just woke to the sound of exploding glass and the smell of burning bedsheets and melting comforters! The only reason broken, superheated glass didn't rain down directly on my naked body is because I wasn't comfortable last night with how heavy the lamp had become, so I moved it from directly above my head to the stronger side of the metal frame. As it was, I was still *very* lucky that hot shards of broken glass didn't randomly land in my eye or in my mouth! I had to poke beads that were industriously burning their way through my bedsheets with my fingers onto the floor, where they continued to melt into the carpet. I've got the windows open and the fan running full-tilt to get the toxic fumes out of my room.

Oh. And I'm out of bed.

It worked!

Comments

[errantember.livejournal.com]

We have now verified that it is, in fact, necessary to go so far as the bed to *actually* be on fire *right now* to force me out of bed. Smouldering and toxic fumes are not enough.

[worldmegan.livejournal.com]

It doesn't reeeeeally sound like it forced you out of bed. It sounds like you *dared* it to force you out of bed, and it lost.

[worldmegan.livejournal.com]

Actually getting out of bed was, like... your victory lap.

[errantember.livejournal.com]

I was really tired after I got up, too, because I couldn't fall asleep last night.

I have the GoLITE incoming, and I replaced the 300-watt floor lamp with a much more conservative, non-superheated-glass-throwing table lamp and a G.E. Reveal bulb. Will try it before I go to bed, and in the morning when I get up.