Slog - Comments on The Sky, EXPOSED! (Or: Rose Colored Glasses---A Giddy Rant About My New Sunglasses!) http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa These are my new sunglasses. Do you love them? God damn it, I do. And how! They are my very first pair of real sunglasses, you must understand, and I understand how retarded that sounds, but, fuck you. I never got in the habit of wearing sunglasses, for reasons far beyond the grasp of common man. Okay, it’s because I’m too damn gay to wear sunglasses. I’m so damn gay that little things, like wearing sunglasses, push me right over the big gay edge. For me, wearing sunglasses is much like throwing a Molotov cocktail at a man on... Copyright 2008 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:21:56 -0800 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:47:24 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Kate Dear Adrian,

I was having a crappy day. Until I read this post.

You can stare at my boobies any day.

Love,
Kate

]]> Kate http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753528 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753528 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:40:28 -0800 Comment by Yawn Wow - the SLOG has really lost focus.

Any chance you can Gay this thing down a bit. This is all starting to get a bit tedious and un-fun.

I'm Audi.

]]> Yawn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753532 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753532 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:43:37 -0800 Comment by chuckles oh adrian, i too remember the beautiful sidewalks of paris. but i already have to wear glasses and i can't wear contacts and so i'd have to walk around with TWO pair of glasses, waxing on and off all the time and i'm already a big gay dyke geek from hell.

why did you have to write this and make it all seem worthwhile?

this little post of yours is going to end up costing me a $1,000 (i'm really fucking blind).

damn you, damn you to hell you funny, funny little man.

]]> chuckles http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753537 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753537 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:47:27 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage There are waaaaaay more straights on staff than gays. If Slog is too gay, don't slam the gays for, as the kids say, "bringing it." Blame the straights for slacking. As the kids say. Or said. Whatever.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753541 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753541 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:49:47 -0800 Comment by The Peanut Gallery Ahh HAH, so that's why you were going on and on about a woodpecker on the sidewalk. Now, whilst looking up, the joys of birds sitting in trees is yours. Enjoy!!

]]> The Peanut Gallery http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753552 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753552 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:01:26 -0800 Comment by maxsolomon if you think sunglasses make you happy, you should try Laser Eye Surgery. going from 6 diopters of myopia since 2nd grade to 20/15 in 40 minutes is mind-bending.

vision is nice!

]]> maxsolomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753573 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753573 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:38:37 -0800 Comment by Lee Gibson I'm with you! I think boobies are awesome. But I'm straight, so I'm not supposed to say things like that. It's apparently skeevy.

whoops!

]]> Lee Gibson http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753574 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753574 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:39:51 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Whatever. This is so last century.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753609 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753609 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:15:56 -0800 Comment by Grant Cogswell Dude, why do you think I started wearing the cowboy hat? Now who's gay?

]]> Grant Cogswell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753659 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753659 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:40:42 -0800 Comment by Paulus Good, now I can stop saying, "Adrian, my eyes are up HERE!"

]]> Paulus http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753672 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753672 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:59:51 -0800 Comment by COMTE @ 3:

Two words: clip ons. Most prescription frames can be fitted with matching clip on sunglasses, so you don't look like some tourist from Topeka with those awful store-bought flip up things.

And Adrian:

Can you teach Charles how to write like this?

Please?

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753675 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753675 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:03:32 -0800 Comment by gameboy You must be really high to write this much about your sunglasses!

]]> gameboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753705 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753705 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:22:16 -0800 Comment by Darcy Man, this brightened my evening.

]]> Darcy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753721 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753721 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:41:42 -0800 Comment by Tuffy This post was the funniest goddamned thing I've read in a long time.

I know your pain. Being of Scotch/Irish ancestry, I don't tan--I freckle and burn. And my eyes are practically allergic to daylight.

So I've been wearing prescription sunglasses any time I leave the house for well over a decade now.

Yes, they truly rose-tint the world. When I'm in the country, the entire landscape is prettier, far more richly and subtly colored with the sunglasses than without. As dusk approaches, the sunsets are far more vived.

An added bonus is the ability to check out straight guys, letting your gaze linger as long as you like without them realizing it, because nobody can see your eyes.

]]> Tuffy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753797 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c753797 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:55:32 -0800 Comment by Kate You should really steam your artichokes, not boil them. Put a bay leaf in the water, too.

]]> Kate http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c754219 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c754219 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:57:16 -0800 Comment by Simon Used to wear a pair of rose-tinted glasses when I had contacts.

Now clip-on sunglasses are the way to go for me. The flip-up kind.

]]> Simon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c754391 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_sky_exposed_or_rose_colored_glassesa#c754391 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:47:24 -0800