I see those radiating lights too... if I'm thinking of what I think you're thinking of. I'd always assumed they were normal. Uh-oh. Then again, I have pretty bad vision... I'm not in your boat, but I am legally blind.

I'm glad NaNoWriMo is going better! Mine is, um, not progressing. Still under 1000 words. Oops. Oh well... I might declare my own NaNoWriMo in, say, June. You know, when there isn't school and such.