vendredi 12 Mar 2010, 18h50m

So, I went to the eye doctor to get the word on contacts and whatnot. I always think going to the eye doctor is interesting because I can see how fucked up my eyes actually are.

I've known for quite some time that my left eye is a no good slacker that makes my right eye do all of the work. Even so, I feel bad for wanting contacts. It seems like more of a cosmetic thing for me when I have a little sister who has wonktaculous eyes (crossed and all that). And even though I'd only need one contact, my mom and I have been talking about colored ones. Honestly, I was speaking hypothetically. I'd really want green ones because green eyes are my favorite :)

So pre-doc (nurse?) and I were going through all the tests and then something is weird apparently. She does the machine where air puffs in the eye three times in a row, which is pretty darn annoying. She leaves the room and I hear indiscernable muttering full of medical terminology >.<

They return and ask to talk to my mother and I about what the heck was so strange.

Apparently the pressure in my eyes is pretty high (not that my eyes are all bulge-like, they're pretty egyptian looking actually. Drawn upward to the corners and all that) So, they did the most awesome/suckish thing ever…..THEY DIALATED MY PUPILS!

I am most serious. I checked it out in the mirror, I looked like an anime character. It was actually for a serious procedure (high eye pressure is one of the symptoms of glaucoma, which could lead to loss of vision after many years). My aunt said they told her the same thing, but she took the big test and they didn't see anything else SO I'm probably not going to because it's friggin expensive. Anyway, the dialted pupils served the purpose of checking out the nerves behind my eye, doctora said they were deep and about medium width so it's "not a really high threat, but not totally dismissable". Really, all of this doublespeak made me feel like she wanted more cash.

Nonetheless the drops that made my pupils huge made singing "Bad Romance" in the car just a little more ridonkulous. I felt like putting on a light pink wig to finish my look :P

Homework was an impossibility, anything too close to my face became blurry even though all the light entering my eyes made life HD.

The effect lasted until midnight last night, and I left the office at 4:30. It was amazing, there was only about a centimeter of iris! I'd would've taken a picture but the flash would have been murderous…