Journal SiliconJesus's Journal: Okay, I look like a dork. 10
I went and grabbed my glasses today. I'm now officially part of the vision-enabled. The frames I decided upon are actually very nice, Oakley Jackknife. The lenses however... Let me start by saying I'm light sensitive. Blue eyes, worked nights for years, yeah - me and Mr. Sun aren't exactly best friends. So the doctor talks me into getting a 10% tint in the lenses (along with a few other goodies like anti-reflective and scratch resistance). I look like a complete and total dork because of the damned tint. Its a shame too, because its actually the perfect amount of tint for me. I feel less like I'm being bombarded by the rays of light coming out of everything right now.
Ah well, perhaps this time next year, I'll get a new set of lenses and drop the tint. I got the cheap lenses (plastic) and the Doc said to wear my real sunglasses outside anyway.
Just remember what my mom always said... (Score:2)
Of course, that was in the 80's with my coke-bottle lenses that just screamed "kick me".
These days there are so many designers out there that you can pick glasses which are quite fashionable. Polycarbonate lenses and flexon frames are a MUST HAVE for me these days. I actually opted for prescription sunglasses this year with polarized polycarb lenses. I've never worn prescription sunglasses before, but I have to leave my bat cave at some point.
I don't remember (Score:1)
If not, your description sounds very dorky and when I get glasses they will be cool ones, not dork ones.
yeah but... (Score:2)
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Tinted lenses (Score:2)
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I Got Lucky (Score:2)
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I love my frames, just wish the lenses didn't look so dark...
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I’m sure John Lennon had similar misgivings about his glasses the first few days, too.