Odd question, but indulge me...
Is it possible to turn the light off while the macbook is in standby mode? Rather than have the light 'glowing'/'breathing'.
few of the many solutions to your problem:
1)turn the macbook off
2)put it away
3)turn it in the opposite direction
4)throw it out the window
5)wear glasses while you sleep
6)go out into the world to develop real conflicts/issues so as to not be so easily bothered by trivial/nonexistent ones
Seriously? I have a 17" mbp with 3 gigs of ram, and mine takes a little over a minute to start up and another 45 seconds to load Safari. Sure, it's not much time, but it ain't 12 seconds.