The benefits of myopia (idea)

2008-09-18T20:33:40Z

One of the best things about being very nearsignted and wearing glasses is, as others have noted, the power to slip away from reality a little bit. The best part about it is that it isn't considered rude: If I have to converse with someone that I (unintentionally) find repulsive, I can easily remove my spectacles, perhaps under the guise of cleaning them, and spare myself some visual agony.

Sometimes, wearing spectacles helps me remain objective about the world: No matter where I look, I see towards the edges a dark edge, and beyond that, the combined bokeh of peripherial vision and myopia.

Additionally, spectacles sometimes serve (when lucky) to protect one's eyes from unexpected contamination and injury.

I thought I'd take a walk today. It's a mistake I sometimes make. (idea)

2008-09-18T19:46:55Z

You see, I'm starting to develop a case of (passive) sidewalk rage. I start out walking happy, enjoying the day, the breeze, the joy my legs produce when not stuck under a desk. But then ordinary little things start to get to me. A flood of oncomers at a crosswalk. The car that drives by with full-volume bass, forcing me to experience its music. A long line of cars speeding through a crosswalk marked "yield to peds". Yet another bicycle that pedals full-speed on the wrong side of the sidewalk, making me choose between hoping that it'll swerve or giving way. And then I remember all the obnoxious things that I've encountered walking in the past year: The car that floored it as I was crossing a road, screaming profanity at me as I ran; the lady with a big truck who decided to make a right-turn through a signalled…

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The benefits of myopia (idea)

I thought I'd take a walk today. It's a mistake I sometimes make. (idea)