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Date: 27 April 2005 18:19:03
I went down to the opticians this afternoon to pick up my new glasses. I tried them on, and they seemed fine, so i told the lady that i would be fine wearing them straight away. So i walked out of the shop, miss judged the step and went flying!!! My eyes hadn't properly adjusted to them yet, so i couldn't judge correctly what the pavement in front of me was doing - whether it was going up or down. It was very strange. Also, these glasses have smaller frames than my old ones, so when i look down, i can't see, unless i move my head. They are taking a while to get used to. I felt slightly vulnerable crossing the road with these new glasses, because the particular crossing it a 'take you life in your own hands' one for pedestrians, but they are currently improving it. So there are road works everywhere, which will eventually improve the crossing for pedestrians, but temporally makes it worse. So with not really being able to see, and judge distances properly due to the new glasses and the bad crossing and the road works, I'm suprised I made it across the road in one piece.
Then I walked down the road to Unicorn, a brilliant, organic, vegan grocery which also sells lots of Fair Trade stuff as well, to get some apples. Most of the assistants are quite hippyish and probably wouldn't use a car on a regular basis. But the ironic thing is that it has been open now for nearly 10 years, but its buisness has boomed in the past year or two, since they built a car park. Just typical of modern, Western society.
Ohh, BTW, I have now been wearing my glasses for several hours, and I have adjusted to them properly, so my life will not be in any more danger than usual, when crossing roads.