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[magid]

A cow orker said something about a "big honking book," and all I could think about was a manual for geese, which really would have to be relatively small for geese to be able to use them... ("Honking for Dummies"?)

Artichokes are not designed to be breakfast food: though they taste lovely, they take too long to eat and are not filling enough (guess how I figured this out?).

Talking earlier with a (different) cow orker about LASIK eye surgery. My mom has intermittently suggested I get this done. I'm still not sure. Part of it is not knowing what the long term prospects are (OK, and the idea of someone messing with my eyes is scary).
Some of my reluctance is bizarre psychological stuff: I keep finding myself unsure I want to give up the blurry world that is mine when I don't have correction. Seems stupid, but I wonder if I could fall asleep if the world were still un-fuzzy. It's a declaration in the morning when I put on my glasses that I'm ready to face the day. I find it interesting to be able to see the world with (literally) 2 different perspectives: I see things differently, and it reminds me how many different ways there are to see the same things.
(I've always thought a great exhibit at a science museum would give people the chance to see the world not only near- and far-sighted (different levels) and astigmatized (I am so sure that's not the right word.), but also with different kinds of color blindness, and how different animals see (think of fly eyes...))

Note to self: at a certain point, the curry powder does not change the food's color any more. This does not mean that adding more will not make it spicier...

Bird sighting: there are cardinals outside my window (not the kind with the red beanies, the kind that are red all over (no, not the newspaper! (can you tell I've gotten silly this afternoon?)(this squadron of embedded parens tries to emerge from the bedding, and fails completely. Perhaps tomorrow ...)))


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Comments

[cellio]

Are you, or have you ever been, a Lisp programmer? :-)

Can you wear the type of contacts that you leave in all the time (ok, a week at a time)? Do they give you a full correction? If so, that might allow you to answer questions like "what would happen if the world wasn't fuzzy when I woke up".

[magid.livejournal.com]

I am not, nor have I ever been, a Lisp programmer. In fact, I don't program (well, I took a class in Basic in high school, but nothing beyone that), and I don't lisp, either (thanks to speech therapy when very small). :-)

I've had contacts before. Even the ones that are supposed to be able to be left in for more than a day I find I have to take out at night, lest my eyes dry out/feel horrible, etc. In general, I think the quality of vision with contacts is a bit better, plus there's the peripheral vision, and the lack of problem with draining pasta, etc.
I haven't had contacts since I finally got a pair of glasses that I thought looked reasonably good and are very light; I got too lazy (dealing with making things sterile each night, making sure I had supplies, etc), and too cheap (contacts and saline are ongoing costs, rather that just the one upfront cost with glasses).

And even if I have contacts in when I wake up, I know I can take them out and get back the softer-edged world. But after surgery that's gone forever. t

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

Regarding the vision thing, my ritual of "I'm facing the world now" in the morning consists of the following:
putting on my glasses.

You know, *my* parents have never told *me* to get LASIK.

:-)

[magid.livejournal.com]

Maybe your parents think your vision isn't as bad.... or you look better in glasses!

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

Nah, Mom knows my vision's about as bad as hers was.
Amazingly enough, considering all the talk Dad kept giving me about astigmatism when I was younger I apparently have only 1/4 diopter astigmatism in one eye and none in the other. I guess he might have been wrong... (nah!)

theory #2

[magid.livejournal.com]

the parents figure it'll be easier for me to "catch a guy" if i don't have glasses.
hm. that's far too possibly true...

Re: theory #2

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

*shrug* if the guys aren't looking because of the glasses then he's the one lacking vision. I'm quite opinionated on that...

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

And there's the ritual of taking off the glasses, abandoning a bit of precision in sight for closer-range senses and the inward gaze when one closes eyes for sleep....I totally see what you mean.

A.
reminded that she needs new glasses :)