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So, yeah, contact lenses.
Observation: Contact lenses are based on the slightly ridiculous proposition that if you get really good at sticking your fingers in your eyes, you'll be able to see better.
Despite getting fitted out for a pair of lenses today, I still remain dubious. Nothing says "Hi! Welcome to yet another constant-outlay consumer luxury-item treadmill" like the various apparatus necessary to keep disposable contact lenses happy. Don't get me wrong... it's awfully nice to have corrected peripheral vision, and taking pictures is now significantly easier, and I get to wear non-perscription sunglasses. I'm just trying to figure out if the convenience outweighs the "stick things in your eyes in the morning" and "$400/year" part.
All told, the experience was kind of amusing. Having a pair of optometrists (one of whom will be going to Arisia) who were willing to listen to my jokes and be generally amused at how amused I was, helped. I figure, look, I'm sticking these light-bending pieces of polymer in my eyes... we're already starting at "weird".
In any event, I ended up walking out of the Lenscrafters in the local mall with a new eyeglasses perscription, non-dilated pupils (they're going to email me a picture of my retina!), and these THINGS in my EYES that REFOCUS LIGHT and ENHANCE my VIEWING EXPERIENCE!!!!!!!
Observations: Contact lenses were always one of those adult "You can have them when you can keep your room clean and when we think you won't break your toys." kind of things.
More on this after a week of poking myself in the eye.
Yes, I know about the contact lens solution recall. Kinda glad it happened before I decided to get contacts.
Observation: Contact lenses are based on the slightly ridiculous proposition that if you get really good at sticking your fingers in your eyes, you'll be able to see better.
Despite getting fitted out for a pair of lenses today, I still remain dubious. Nothing says "Hi! Welcome to yet another constant-outlay consumer luxury-item treadmill" like the various apparatus necessary to keep disposable contact lenses happy. Don't get me wrong... it's awfully nice to have corrected peripheral vision, and taking pictures is now significantly easier, and I get to wear non-perscription sunglasses. I'm just trying to figure out if the convenience outweighs the "stick things in your eyes in the morning" and "$400/year" part.
All told, the experience was kind of amusing. Having a pair of optometrists (one of whom will be going to Arisia) who were willing to listen to my jokes and be generally amused at how amused I was, helped. I figure, look, I'm sticking these light-bending pieces of polymer in my eyes... we're already starting at "weird".
In any event, I ended up walking out of the Lenscrafters in the local mall with a new eyeglasses perscription, non-dilated pupils (they're going to email me a picture of my retina!), and these THINGS in my EYES that REFOCUS LIGHT and ENHANCE my VIEWING EXPERIENCE!!!!!!!
Observations: Contact lenses were always one of those adult "You can have them when you can keep your room clean and when we think you won't break your toys." kind of things.
More on this after a week of poking myself in the eye.
Yes, I know about the contact lens solution recall. Kinda glad it happened before I decided to get contacts.
