My world has been sharpened. The edges are clear and crisp. I went to my optometrist for the first time in about eighteen months, discovering to no surprise that my prescription has changed quite a bit since then. Ah genetics.
Eyewear can be ever so expensive. It’s my own fault for being a slave to aesthetics. Vision insurance is kind of a joke, I realized today. They will not cover lenses, frames, contacts, or fittings for contacts. Just the exam. So basically, looking at your eyes and letting you know you’re half-blind, good luck doing anything about it. It’s like medical insurance that only covers diagnosis and doesn’t cover treatment.
Anyway, cute glasses!
After my appointment, I headed to Safeway for coffee filters and cat food. As I was walking through the store I noticed that this one local nutty guy was pushing a cart around. I recognized him mainly because he always wears the same black denim acid-wash jacket. I usually see him on Muni, where his hobby is to call out every single stop loudly and colorfully as though he is driving the train. Anyway, one doesn’t normally see cartoon-character crazy dudes doing their grocery shopping, so I became all curious about what was in his cart. I walked by all casual-like. Hmm. Six large raw chicken legs, individually packaged. And a box of Honey Bunches of Oats. Interesting.
wow..i have the same type of glasses. weird.
Are they Lafonts? I like the butterfly shape lots.
Guy at the clinic kept trying to talk me into these frameless glasses. I kept saying no and finally I said “I think we just differ in taste.” He finally backed down.
Holy Cow–next time I buy a pair of glasses, I’m shopping online first.
I think I have those rimless glasses the guy was trying to sell you….
But, as you said, different tastes! (Also different face shapes, wearing patterns, etc.)
My glasses at eyeglasses.com: $235. From my optician: $212.
GO FIGURE.
Yeah, but
Don’t you have to try them on at the optometrist’s first? I don’t think I could buy them without seeing on my face first. Also I really want a pair or rimless ones, but the noce piece/bridge thingy is always too huge for my face. gah!
I HATE GLASSES!
I dont think they look sexy or cool or funky or hip, they just look bad. I look better without them, as do most people.
/rant
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True, but my eyeballs like having a rest from the pieces of plastic stuck to them 16 hours a day…
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but I’m not a big fan of contacts either! In fact I can’t even wear them if I’m going to be staring at a computer for 8 hours a day. And, I can’t even get laser surgery (not like I would anyway, as its still untested for the long term effects).
it just sucks being blind, doesnt it???
I just wonder what the world was like before glasses and everyone just walked around not being able to see much. maybe nicer, who knows.
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Sometimes I wonder if the genetic predisposition for poor vision has increased over time… people have been using lenses for like 400 years though, as far as I know.
It’s more needed now due to all the reading we do, I think.
Sometimes I think of my 20/20 friends as space aliens.
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yes, I think that before lenses nearsighted people tended not to reproduce because THEY COULDNT FIND ANYONE to do it with :0)
Don’t you have to try them on at the optometrist’s first? I don’t think I could buy them without seeing on my face first. Also I really want a pair or rimless ones, but the noce piece/bridge thingy is always too huge for my face. gah!
These Silhouette rimless glasses I have weigh almost nothing–maybe 5 grams? It’s amazing and the main reason I chose them. As far as trying them on first–if I’d thought about it, I could have gone into the store, found the glasses style I liked, written it down, then gone home and ordered them.
Oh I would definitely have to try them on my face first. That isn’t something you can just buy on the web, I think, unless you have either already tried them on or you are buying an identical pair or something.