Comments on: Bright Eyes http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/2009/02/23/bright-eyes/ ~Tim blathers, prints, repeats.... Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:52:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Becky http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/2009/02/23/bright-eyes/comment-page-1/#comment-6073 Becky Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:56:07 +0000 http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/?p=1036#comment-6073 I also got lasik in 2002 and it's one of the best decisions I've ever made. I love not having to worry about glasses or contacts right now and my vision is still 20/20. Unfortunately, I'll still need reading glasses in a few years, but I'm hoping that there will be surgeries for that by then. I also got lasik in 2002 and it’s one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I love not having to worry about glasses or contacts right now and my vision is still 20/20. Unfortunately, I’ll still need reading glasses in a few years, but I’m hoping that there will be surgeries for that by then.

]]> By: Aymiee http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/2009/02/23/bright-eyes/comment-page-1/#comment-6067 Aymiee Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:11:46 +0000 http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/?p=1036#comment-6067 I started wearing glasses in elementary school and then got hard contact lens in jr high to correct my astigmatism. It was so painful, I decided to forgo correcting the astigmatism and just settle for regular soft lenses. Two years ago, I decided to just get lasik. The best feeling in the world is to wake up and see w/o having to reach over for the glasses or lenses. I don't think I'm any wiser, but damn, I can now see those speck of people hiking in the mountain trails! I started wearing glasses in elementary school and then got hard contact lens in jr high to correct my astigmatism. It was so painful, I decided to forgo correcting the astigmatism and just settle for regular soft lenses. Two years ago, I decided to just get lasik. The best feeling in the world is to wake up and see w/o having to reach over for the glasses or lenses. I don’t think I’m any wiser, but damn, I can now see those speck of people hiking in the mountain trails!

]]> By: lime http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/2009/02/23/bright-eyes/comment-page-1/#comment-6065 lime Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:21:11 +0000 http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/?p=1036#comment-6065 and now my head is spinning. but i will just try to clear things up by sharing this little tidbit... i see said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw. <em>That's one of my favorite quotes! ~Tim</em> and now my head is spinning. but i will just try to clear things up by sharing this little tidbit…

i see said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw.

That’s one of my favorite quotes! ~Tim

]]> By: unowhat http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/2009/02/23/bright-eyes/comment-page-1/#comment-6063 unowhat Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:14:59 +0000 http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/?p=1036#comment-6063 I'm always afraid that the optician is grinding the wrong lenses, since the scrip is based on my assumptions. "Which one is better? Worse? Better? Worse?" they ask over and over while they flip the lenses in front of you. I always doubt if I'm giving the right answers--who can honestly tell if the lens is the right one? What if you guess wrong under pressure? It;s like standing in line at a cafeteria with 1500 old people in line behind you and the woman in the hairnet asks you if you want tartar sauce and you freeze, because you don't want to admit that you don't even know what tartar sauce is, and you feel completely at a loss for basic words like "yes, please" or "no, please" or "what the hell am I doing in this cafeteria." And that is how I feel at the eye doctor's office, and now that I've written this novel I feel better, so thank you. <em>You're welcome! ~Tim</em> I’m always afraid that the optician is grinding the wrong lenses, since the scrip is based on my assumptions. “Which one is better? Worse? Better? Worse?” they ask over and over while they flip the lenses in front of you. I always doubt if I’m giving the right answers–who can honestly tell if the lens is the right one? What if you guess wrong under pressure? It;s like standing in line at a cafeteria with 1500 old people in line behind you and the woman in the hairnet asks you if you want tartar sauce and you freeze, because you don’t want to admit that you don’t even know what tartar sauce is, and you feel completely at a loss for basic words like “yes, please” or “no, please” or “what the hell am I doing in this cafeteria.” And that is how I feel at the eye doctor’s office, and now that I’ve written this novel I feel better, so thank you.

You’re welcome! ~Tim

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