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November 1, 2006
Jinkies! I Can See!
I'm an idiot. I had been walking around for months without my glasses, not thinking they made much of a difference, except at the movie theater where if I forgot my glasses and we sat too far back I'd make Rafe play out the actors' movements in the palm of my hand, a la Hellen Keller. I went to the eye doctor a few weeks ago because my eyeballs were hurting and I thought that was, um, not so normal. Turns out I'm practically blind! Well, I have a stigmatism in both eyes, which means, as the doctor laid out in idiot terms "my eyes are shaped like footballs instead of basketballs." She couldn't believe I didn't notice how bad my vision had become. So I got a new pair. I picked them up last night. And it is amazing. They are magic glasses. Or maybe just the right prescription. Regardless, my world has been transformed. My world, once a blurry Monet is now as crisp and as clear as the highest resolution digital photograph (bad analogy but you get the picture). I can read signs! I can recognize friends and loved ones from afar! As for how I look in them, I look alright, but I have to wear them everyday. There's no taking them off. Never. Even at night. Ok, maybe at night. I do worry though that they will take over my identity, that I will now be forever described as "that girl in the glasses." Or as Kristin said, "Wow, you look more and more like Tina Fey everyday." I don't really look like her, but just as all Asians look Chinese, all glasses-wearing women look the same, right? What's that about? I look more like Velma anyhow.
Posted by debbie at November 1, 2006 10:30 AM
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I'mhaving blog withdrawal and it ain't pretty!
Posted by: Laura at November 13, 2006 1:22 PM