I was driving home from a friend's house last night at about 9:30 and it was pitch black. She lives out in the country, so there are no ambient light or street lights, just the moon and stars. Oh yeah- and the glow of wildfires burning in the area. Ok. So it's dark. I drove past this house that was all lit up with rope lights on the porch. It looked really pretty and made the house look nice. But the thing is, I've noticed this house before because of it's huge front porch and, in the light, the house is not that nice. It's a little rundown, there's trash in the yard, the driveway is all dirt.

I had a a half hour drive to get back home, so my mind starting wandering and the aforementioned house got me thinking about how much better things look in the dark. People. Clothes. Makeup. If that's the case, why aren't dressing rooms darker? I've also read that you'll eat more when it's dark, which is why many restaurants have dim lighting.

So if everything is better in the dark, why does everyone push for daylight savings? Shouldn't we just embrace the extra hour of night and think "for this 6 months, I'm going to look better and so is my house?" Maybe I need to change all the lightbulbs in the house to 40W or just not replace them when they burn out. (Yes, I know, regular lightbulbs are terrible and we shouldn't use them. Sorry, I'm not replacing them with CFLs until they burn out, so deal with it.)