watching expired appliances align

i'm not sure i'm a 'party' guy. i'm definitely not a 'city guy.'

i'm feeling the urge to see and be seen at a lot of parties this summer. but can i even be a party going sort of person if i don't wear sunglasses? i think i own two pairs of sunglasses.

i bought one pair for one dollar two years ago at coney island. they've got plastic black frames supporting two mirrored lenses. these are the sort of sunglasses you might put on your five year old child for the school talent show. these are not glasses anyone should actually wear into the sun. the odds are good they've got the stickers about protection from uva and uvb rays still on them, but i don't believe those stickers. is that what sunglasses protect from? or is it just sunscreen?

my second pair of sunglasses was purchased at the height of my 'maybe those hippies aren't so bad' days. during my high school's senior skip day, a friend and i traveled to springfield mall where i bought a pair of black metal framed ray-ban's with circular lenses. they suited my long hair and tie-dye that summer. by the time college ended they weren't worn out but i was convinced that the roundness of the lenses mirrored the roundness of my cheeks a little too closely.

during the past three years, i'd given up on contact lenses. now that i've cast my glasses glasses to the wind and i'm wearing the contacts again, it's time to reexamine my sunglass options.