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[oyceter]

1. I have almost convinced my dad that he wants to give me tiny laptop, since it's not like he uses it anyway. Sadly, tiny laptop's trackpad right click button is broken, which is not good. It works with a mouse, but that will cut down slightly on portability. On the other hand, getting fairly good at typing on it now...


2. Got Lasik on Monday. Currently eyes are a little dry and feel like I have contacts on, but I am still not over the fact that I can open my eyes and see things clearly! (I can't wear contacts.) My face feels so naked!


3. The Blockbuster here has DRAMAS! BWAHAHAHAHA! So far, have watched eps. 1 and 2 of Legend, eps. 1 and 2 of the Taiwan version of Hana Kimi, and ep. 1 of Smiling Pasta. Sadly, Smiling Pasta is the one my mom bought and so far the least good of the bunch. I keep wanting to whack the heroine for playing dumb and cute. On the other hand, the secondary lead heroine seems interesting and wounded. Any recs for tdramas greatly appreciated! I think my mom is very happy that I am watching stuff in Chinese.


4. Watched Warlords, the latest movie with Jet Li, Andy Lau, and Takeshi Kaneshiro. Unfortunately, was jetlagged and nearly fell asleep. Also, as everyone changes hairstyles and clothing every three scenes, I kept mixing up Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro's characters, despite knowing full well what they look like. I blame the scruffy facial hair. I think I will buy it anyway, as the rented DVD had English subtitles, so I can sic it on rachelmanija when she visits, as who knows when it will come out in the US!

Comments

[hysteriachan.livejournal.com]

I am so tempted by Lasik, although I'm basically incapable of having things near my eyes, so I'm terrified that I'd blink at the wrong time (or else need to be sedated to let them pry my eyes open >.>). One of these days I should at least see if I'm eligible, though.

Very glad yours went well, and what little I can imagine of being able to see without glasses is wonderful. Yay!

[oyceter]

Yeah, I was pretty scared too! Thankfully, they tape your eyelids so you can't blink at the wrong time, but I still had to try not to flinch when stuff got near my eyes.

[hysteriachan.livejournal.com]

*shudders* Do they do anything to keep your actual eyeballs from moving? (I'm very serious about probably needing sedatives. Once I had to be send to a specialist to get eyedrops because I couldn't hold still for the optometrist, and the now-husband came to basically hold me down.) And yet I hate wearing glasses and have issues with contacts. -_-

[oyceter]

They do when they're cutting the flap in the cornea, so they can't possibly cut wrong. When the laser itself is being used, they don't, but at that point, your vision is totally blurry b/c of the cornea flap thingum, and you can't feel the laser at all. I actually found that part sort of relaxing, because all you do is stare at a blurry light. The scariest part for me was the cornea flap cutting; once that was done, it was really easy.

[hysteriachan.livejournal.com]

Eep. (I read your longer description further down, too.) I guess I should ask what they actually hold your eyes still with while they're cutting the cornea (and what they do that with). So scary-sounding. But...no glasses...!

[oyceter]

Hee! I ... have no idea re: the cutting, but the holding is with this little ring thing. It's sort of like the test for glaucoma that they do in the US, at least... you can see the ring coming toward your eye but can't actually feel it on your eye.