Glasses

Call me old fashioned but glasses are not a fashion accessory. More and more you see pictures of celebrities and common day people toting around a pair of bulky glasses when they don't even need a pair to begin with. Just the other day I stopped in to an Urban Outfitters and found a cheap pair of black frames with clear lenses called "Buddy's." It was almost offensive. Not only were they fake but also charging thirty bucks. That gave me enough reason to renounce my service to them for another ten years until that god forsaken "vintage" store cleaned up their act. Maybe I'm biased because my eye sight has always been bad, but what was once considered "old fashioned" is now a hot commodity. The irony of it all.

When I was fourteen going on fifteen, my parents took me to an eye clinic for a free exam because my teachers complained that I needed glasses. To my surprise, they were actually right, but unlike other kids I didn't bitch and complain about owning a pair. I knew exactly what I wanted. A pair of horn rimmed glasses like Paul Pfieffer from the Wonder Years. And to this day, I still have them. They've been through hell and back, but they're a part of me now.

Back when I was young, other kids didn't understand. Being different wasn't part of their curriculum. Most people hated Paul, didn't think twice about the 60's, and barely knew who Buddy Holly was until Weezer came along. Suddenly every one's slapping them on their face and partying like it's 1984 (a 60's redux) all over again .

Those of us with glasses aren't easily fooled. It's like when you hear about people with gay-dars. Those of us with glasses have a four eyed radar...like a four-dar. You think we don't spot the fakes but in reality, we do. Just like women and purses. So please, spare us with those eccentric fake frames and save them for costume parties or Halloween because unlike you, our frames define our character. Do yours?