5/10/05

Summer is coming. I've only been here for a couple of years, and it is strange how quickly you become aclimated to the environment. I can smell sf's version of summer cooking up on the ocean and blowing up slight ascent of the sunset. As I visualize that actually happening, my eyes are relaxing. I went to the Optomotrist the other day. I've been suffering from dizziness for the last couple of months and in the last weeks, it has been pretty constant. I thought it was because of my eyes. The Optometrist (do they get their certificate in shopping malls, or is that orthodontists?) said it's probably not because of my eyes, but that the muscles in my eyes are very tense. I told him that yeah, I spend a lot of time building muscle mass in my eyes by lifting more weight for smaller amounts of reps. Should I drop down the weight I am lifting with my eyes? Should I stop looking at the news? Should I stop looking at people in the eyes? Should I look away when I see a dog dying on the side of a road? Should I look away when my wife is crying because of something stupid I said? He didn't have a very good answer for that. I had a thick accent and he tried to act like he didn't understand me. It was rather like Sammy Sosa testifying to congress that he did not understand their questions regarding his steroid use. Nonetheless, I have to find a way to relax my eyes. Reading glasses will help, but I'm still waiting on those. We'll see if that helps the dizziness. I should just get used to it I guess. There could be worse things than feeling like you are drunk all day. You know, since I am dizzy anyway, why don't I just drink all day?