My new glasses left me feeling as if I were wading knee-deep in the pavement
Middle age has finally caught up with me; I got my first pair of glasses a week ago. Though I'm only mildly short sighted, they make enough of a difference that I wear them all the time; I'm lucky in that the frames are very comfortable (no sore nose or ears) and though I experienced some weird perceptual distortions at first, they never made me feel dizzy or nauseous.Left: Warm, friendly expression: FAIL
I think my brain must have got used to using de-focus to help it judge distance, because when I first put the glasses on, everything seemed too close and my depth perception was completely screwed for a couple of hours. Another side of this effect was that the floor seemed too close, leaving me with the distinct feeling I was wading knee-deep in the pavement and causing me to take big comedy steps over kerbs and doorways.
The distortion's worn off now, but to be honest, I miss it; it added a dimension of adventure to the weekly shop.
5 comments:
Suits you, sir.
- welcome to the ole geezers w/glasses glub, matt - yr next mission should you choose to accept it: get fat...!
x Martin H
05/05
ps. looking goob
Hey.
Forget the bins.
Check out that funky. mirror universe, trek styled, cross overtop.
Yowza!
It does indeed, suit you sir.
I.N.J - Oooh!
Martin - LOL!
anonymous - yeah, I was fingering my Agonizer just out of shot there ;-)
Heh. If wearing glasses makes you middle aged, I've been middle ages since I left school.
I need an eye test actually, I've had the same prescription for years. Literally.
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