Blarg. I had to find my reading glasses. Haven't worn them since the 2006 mid-terms.

[CorpGovActivist]

Yup. If ever there were a sure sign that I'm in the midst of a full-blown political cycle, it's having to hunt down my reading glasses.

Eye strain.

:eyes:

They're http://www.rreyewear.com/bellagio/bellagio-b323-b358.html">Bellagios. B-335s. Ovalish with interesting angles. Very slim profile. Easy to give a "drop dead, I know when my deadline is" look to - well, anyone nervous that I'm not going to make a writing deadline. I don't miss writing deadlines. Ever. Well, not the drop-dead deadlines, anyway.

The doctor said I had eye strain. Had to have glasses. Nothing wrong with my eyesight, which is still better than 20/20. Just eye strain. Common, apparently, for people like me.

OK. So, in for a penny, in for a pound. I took my time and selected ones that said, "I read and write so much, that I have to have eyeglasses for it. It's a serious condition. Take it seriously. If I have these glasses on, you give me a 'worried about the deadline' look at your utmost peril."

At least, that's what they say to others. I hope.

For me, they remind me of the http://www.bellagio.com/">Bellagio in Vegas. Patrick and I have fun there.

They remind me of http://www.bellagio.it/">Bellagio in Italy. We will have fun there. This year. I swear it's on the agenda, Patrick.

Right after Obama wins the General.

- Dave

P.S. If I ever have http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7424957&mesg_id=7424957">lunch with Rachel Maddow or Jodi Foster, I am so wearing these glasses.

[radfringe]

1. have some tea and sympathy?

I've been wearing glasses since the 6th grade. First pair, mom picked out (I hated them): baby blue cat's eye style.. WHAT THE HELL WAS SHE THINKING????? :puke:

ennywho -- readying glasses? phhhhtttt... put on a pair progressive TRI-FOCALS with refracting prism thingy. Thank the goddess for lightweight plastic lenses, or they'd be as thick as coke-bottle bottoms. the refracting prism thingy is for a "shift" or drift I have in one eye - when I'm tired, one eye tends to shift/drift around...

Contacts you say? Other than the cost for the "daily use" ones, still would need regular pair of glasses and I'm also prone to "PINK EYE" - so not a good candidate for contacts

Laser? Prices around here run in the range of $700-$1,000 per eye, don't have that kind of loose change in my pocket and would most likely still need glasses..

What I need are a pair of longer arms...

[CorpGovActivist]

2. They were offering $12 Lasik on Family Guy this week. Oh, and YUMMY MAN!!!

I just looked up to my muted TV, and the http://www.perfectpushup.com/">Perfect Push-up infomercial is on.

I looked up, to TiVo to the Family Guy episode. The one with $12 Lasik offered.

Thank you, for that. Quite sincerely. Serendipity rocks.

Sorry about the glasses thingie, tho.

[radfringe]

3. it amuses me a bit when we go to a restaurant

Joy puts her reading glasses on to read the menu

I take mine off so I can read the menu... arms are too short if I have my glasses on, but then with them off, I have to have my nose just about touching the menu to see it...

I was a sight to see back in the 6th grade, also had buck teeth (could eat an apple through a picket fence), with full set of railroad track braces on them complete with rubber bands, and a "page boy" haircut...

[CorpGovActivist]

4. Stop!

:rofl:

I would've been your friend.

:hug:

Never know when you might need to retrieve something from the other side of a picket fence, after all.

[radfringe]

6. still had dress codes back then for school

pants suits didn't show up as "acceptable" for a couple more years

so I had to wear a freaking dress.. white ankle socks with mary jane shoes



think "UGLY BETTY" at age 12

[CorpGovActivist]

7. OK. Hands down. Your 'your momma dresses you funny' stories...

... win.

The worst I can claim are: (1) the sweater vest war of 2nd grade; and (2) the conveniently-"lost" yellow ducky rain slicker (I kept it tho, coz I liked the latches; just wouldn't wear it).

Do you watch Ugly Betty?!!?

[radfringe]

8. Do you watch Ugly Betty?!!?

no... paused on it a couple of times while channel surfing, most nights I'm conked out by 8-8:30pm

[CorpGovActivist]

9. *deflated look*

[radfringe]

12. I'll browse through the old photos

I have on CD and post a few "gems" tonight...

I don't have to watch UGLY BETTY - I WAS ugly betty

[zanne]

5. I can't wear my contacts for two weeks, so...

I've been wearing a pair of reading glasses over a pair of bifocals. My cats are scared.

[CorpGovActivist]

10. I'd chase 'em.

With treats in one hand, and the flashlight in the other, to shine the beam on the wall.

Pure kitty sensory overload.

[SacredCow]

11. those are cool specs....

The day is coming when I'll need reading glasses- Dad had to get them in his early 40's and I'm following his pattern.

I wonder if I could get a monocle instead? I think the monocle is THE under-used accessory of all time.

[Fran Kubelik]

13. Cool specs, but what do they have to do with lesbians?

That last part confused me.