Research Subject

[da]

On Tuesday, I went for my 2nd of five visits to the optometrist as part of a research project on eyestrain. They gave me my new glasses, which initially made me a bit... alarmed... because the effect of turning my head was a bit like... that Hitchcock depth-of-field movie effect? You know the one I mean? Anyway, they did funky things to these glasses. I think it's a bit like progressive-lens bifocals, or maybe they're n-focals since it also does something odd side-to-side.

The research student tells me my eyes will figure out where to focus for close-up and distance work, which is slightly worrying, but the fact that I'm essentially adjusted to them this morning is at least promising.

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[dcseain.livejournal.com]

Oh, and on a completely other topic, some friends and i went to the AFI Silver Theater on Sunday. We opted to see Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, or properly, Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios, only to discover that this was the first of 7 Almodóvar films showing in the coming weeks as part of the Viva Pedro! festival. El mambo taxi is just as fabulous as ever.

[da-lj.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

melted_snowball and I are thinking of renting all of his films in series as well; we haven't gotten around to starting yet.

I'd go every week for a festival, though.