"And we shall call it... this land." "I think we should call it YOUR GRAVE!"
After my B&B coup, I skipped out of work early to get to an eye exam at 4. It had been about 20 months since my last exam, which didn't concern me that much, but I was on my last pair of contacts, so it was really kind of necessary. By strange coincidence, the doctor had graduated from IU's Optometry School, which is where I've been getting my eye exams done for the last 10 years. However, as much as I appreciated IUOp's thoroughness (since it's all optometry students doing the exams under the supervision of actual doctors, they do a lot more tests than your standard walk-in glasses place), I have to say it was a strange and pleasant surprise to rediscover what it's like to have a seasoned doctor with a practiced doctor-patient demeanor. The optometry students often left a little to be desired in their... bedside? manner; and their supervising profs, while physically practiced at all of the examination techniques, were usually more interested in the teaching moment than in the actual patient sitting in the chair across from them. Anyway, this guy was in his 40s and kind of goofy, and made me laugh a lot, and it was all pretty easy, even if he was utterly perplexed as to what kind of contacts I was currently wearing. (I was pretty sure they were AccuVue something or other with hydrosomething, and that they were 1-month disposables, but he didn't think that could possibly be the case, for whatever obscure reasons; but as he doesn't like to switch brands on people, he was having a hard time figuring out what to put me in.) Also, he actually lowered my prescription so that it's less strong than my current one. I... I didn't think they were actually allowed to do that. But okay. Oh, and he gave me helpful tips on how to work the system with my insurance to get the most bang for my buck, so I gotta give props for that.
After the exam I was pretty hungry and my eyes were all funky from the dilation, so I went to Laughing Planet, which was right next door, continuing the Bloomington trend, and got a burrito bowl. This Laughing Planet is not nearly as funky and weird as the Bloomington one, but it's all right. Through my dilation-blurred vision, I noticed they carry a bunch of the smoothies that Soma makes, including the one named after my friend Tim in the IU Theory department. Aww. Anyway, while there is no Our Lady of Godzilla prayer shrine at this Laughing Planet, they do have toy dinosaurs on all of the tables, which can only result in violence and tragedy:
"Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"
After the exam I was pretty hungry and my eyes were all funky from the dilation, so I went to Laughing Planet, which was right next door, continuing the Bloomington trend, and got a burrito bowl. This Laughing Planet is not nearly as funky and weird as the Bloomington one, but it's all right. Through my dilation-blurred vision, I noticed they carry a bunch of the smoothies that Soma makes, including the one named after my friend Tim in the IU Theory department. Aww. Anyway, while there is no Our Lady of Godzilla prayer shrine at this Laughing Planet, they do have toy dinosaurs on all of the tables, which can only result in violence and tragedy:
"Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"