reading_in_the_bathroom raze i think this is a near-universal truth — something almost everyone does at one time or another, but few would willingly cop to. i've done it. i still do from time to time. i won't lend someone a book that's seen any bathroom exposure, though. that's crossing the line. in the third grade, i got busted smuggling a videogame-themed magazine into the boys' rest room. i hid it under my shirt. i was proud of myself for pulling it off, until i walked back into the classroom after the deed had been done and my teacher asked me with a wry grin what i had under my shirt. someone ratted me out. i never found out who it was. it wasn't important. i didn't get in trouble or anything. the only thing that happened when i pulled out my magazine was some good-natured laughing. years later, i ran into a different teacher in a grocery store and he reminded me of this story as if he'd been there when it happened. i guess word spread, and the kid with the questionable bathroom reading material hidden in his clothes became a legend spoken of in hushed, reverent voices — a veritable robin hood for pre-pubescent nintendo fans everywhere. well...not really. it was just a funny little thing that happened. one for the weird_confessions, maybe. 130612 what's it to you? who go blather from