Probably misses his old glasses
I’ve become increasingly aware of my gradually deteriorating vision over the last few years, but it’s gotten a lot worse in the last six months. Nao and I sat down a few weekends ago to watch Fritz Lang’s M (in German, with subtitles), and I couldn’t finish reading the lines before they were replaced by those of the next speaker. Fifteen minutes into the film, I resigned to roll over and go to sleep, content for Naomi to tell me the story later.
This in mind, I decided it was high time I went to get my eyes tested. Considering I’m the only member of my immediate family without glasses, I’m surprised it took me this long. The eyetest itself was actually pretty fun (or maybe I’m just easily amused), and I found it remarkable just how much better my vision could get.
This is as near to my uncorrected vision as I could approximate in Photoshop.
Anyway, then I had to pick frames. Nothing I looked at really seemed to suit me (probably because I usually don’t wear glasses), and I got a little pissed off with the whole process. Non-commital, I put a couple of pairs on hold, and we went to have a look at a frames place in Collingwood, which I can’t recommend. I was really looking for something a bit Graham Coxon-ish, you know, like retro, but I couldn’t find anything even remotely close. So eventually we went back to the first place and picked one of the ones I’d originally set aside. It’s not really “me” but I figure that’s because I’m not used to seeing myself in glasses.
“I think that Quicktime is the most superior movie format on the web.”
Everyone keeps telling me “Oh, you’ll get used to wearing them eventually”, and less than a week into wearing them, I’m hoping they’re right, because I’m not loving it. I feel as though I’ve lost a lot of my peripheral vision, mainly due to the frames, and I feel like I’m only 2 feet off the ground whilst standing. In fact, I feel like Thom Yorke, with my head in a fishbowl.
The good thing is though, that now I can read stuff. Books, magazines, emails, subtitles, street signs, number plates, the lot. So, despite my whingeing, the pros still outweigh the cons.
Comments
sorry to hear about your bad vision mate, but look at the bright side- you can see now! I reckon I’d have heaps of trouble picking out frames as well. Hope you get used to the new you quickly. I think you look as good as ever :)
Posted by: Az | April 1, 2006 07:36 PM
meanwhile, “not used to seeing myself in glasses” or not used 2 seeing… stuff… at all… [period] And just as ur caption suggests, u have now shamed the bespectacled public by gaining glasses as we are now associated with nerds, thus destroying the previous “cool” inscrutability attached to glassed-people or “glassies” Furthermore *hiven-naiven* u should also get ur right or “lazy” eye ‘seen’ to, u pain-in-the-glaiven! - jubo ovah
Posted by: jubes | April 1, 2006 09:56 PM
Welcome to the four eyes club, mate. It’s great, people always think you’re smarter than you really are. There’s also something strangely comforting about sliding them down to the end of your nose when reading a book. If you were to see a picture of this look in a catalogue, I’m sure it would be called ‘The Librarian’. You could also consider a nanna chain around the back of the glasses, so you can dangle them around your neck. And my biggest tip is this: when opening the dishwasher, remove glasses first if you don’t want to be a foggy-eyed laughing stock.
Posted by: Nick | April 3, 2006 04:51 PM
OK, so I updated the post a little bit. So what? Wanna fight about it?
I needed that glass-fogging info before I went to blow on my cup of tea to cool it down before taking a sip.
And I keep forgetting to take them off before attempting to remove a jumper or t-shirt. Idiot!
Posted by: Luke | April 5, 2006 05:36 PM
i wish i had a fishes eyes….
Posted by: robert | April 7, 2006 07:41 PM