I've just remembered about Livejournal

[davidn]

You know, I've lived independently for five years, apparently as a full and genuine adult, and am very, very far away from both my parents for 99% of the year. And I still feel a slight disapproving glare over my shoulder somewhere from three thousand miles to the east when I add an extra spoonful of sugar to lemonade.

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[kjorteo]

Also, that' sort of the problem I aim to solve, as well--if I got a nightlight, I'd put it right by the bedroom door so I could see out into the living room area a bit and have it not be a dark silent void out there. (Also, you're imagining Welcome to the Machine with the music replaced by FAROUT. I'm not sure how that would physically manifest in your living room, but there you have it.)

[davidn]

I have to love that FAROUT - alarming all-caps and all - has become such a deadly word ever since I remembered about it! For me it's the symbol of a computer going outright berserk... while Welcome to the Machine was it clearly being malicious.

[kjorteo]

FAROUT is ... not the biggest example of old chiptunes having a seizure of which I know, but it's definitely not a normal song!