Shades

RantWoman is shamelessly and unabashedly having a Fun With Vision Loss moment. The occasion of this festivity: RantWoman has decided she needs sunglasses for certain indoor occasions and has given herself permission immediately to purchase the most stylin' version of sunglasses she can glom onto at her nearby pharmacy.

Bear in mind, assessment of "most stylin' that RantWoman can find" was performed by RantWoman, sans corrective lenses. Assessment of any viewers' visual reactions will also be performed by RantWoman, sans corrective lenses. RantWoman did not dig around for serious 80's style mirrors. Not that RantWoman wouldn't be tempted if they presented themselves. For all of RantWoman's childhood yearning to be able to wear real sunglasses instead of clip-ons and glasses, RantWoman did not opt for big and bangly, a la Elizabeth Taylor or Jackie Kennedy. RantWoman opted for good coverage and no light intrusion from the sides and THINKS she hit "stylin' " as well. On the off chance that RantWoman is WRONG, dear readers, please USE YOUR WORDS and tell RantWoman so. Alas, RantWoman reserves the right to really dig her shades anyway,

RantWoman expects to sport her shades in a few situations where she does not need even to fake reading anything, where she is consistently presented with the sort of light and dark paradoxes that would cause the most nimble pupil responses to dive under the table. RantWoman expects just bitchin' effect!

RantWoman has prescription eyeglasses. They do make a difference. They also have Transitions to turn dark in sunlight or sometimes a lot of glare. This works really, really well--outside, bathed in UV light. This works considerably less well indoors when the sun travels through glass and no longer is UV radiation capable of turning RantWoman's lenses dark.

RantWoman's eyes still do all sorts of weird and unfunny things depending the light, recent caffeine consumption and sleep patterns as well as arbitrary error terms. Perhaps RantWoman exaggerates, at least about the arbitrariness of error terms. The point is that RantWoman's eyeballs sometimes stage entirely unsanctioned variety shows which can be quite intrusive and disruptive, way more creativity than RantWoman can handle uncorralled; RantWoman is just going to let her new shades ride to the rescue!