I am not a fan of wiping something out of my eyes while forgetting that I just put lotion on my hands. I know this is more suited to be a Facebook status update or Tweet, but damn it people, I almost went blind! In a very stupid way! I couldn’t even explain that to the emergency room people without having them laugh in my face! Do you know how ridiculous I’d look trying to blog with a seeing eye dog? Then again, it wouldn’t matter, because I wouldn’t know how ridiculous I’d look, since I wouldn’t be able to see sh*t.
Fortunately, my vision was not permanently affected, as you’ve probably figured out from the fact that I’m typing this. The only drawback is that my eyes were red for awhile. I looked like I just got through crying after someone Young Berged my chain or something. I’m better now though, so I guess all’s well that ends well.
While I’m on the topic of blindness, I actually wrote something for King Magazine’s site that was so ridiculously insensitive that even they didn’t publish it. I merely asked the question, “Do blind people care about looks?” If any blind folks are out there listening to this entry via some disabled-people technology, or have a friend reading it to them, please answer that question for me. seriously, Do blind folks trust their friends to gauge a woman’s beauty for them? I don’t think I want to picture Stevie Wonder having this conversation with his road manager:
Stevie Wonder: So is she hot or what? This ain’t a credit card she slipped in my hand. It must be a room key.
Road Manager: Yeah Stevie. She’s hot. I’d blow her back out.
Stevie Wonder: That ain’t saying much. If this b*tch has an overbite like the last one, you fired n*gga!
Stevie is the man, so he probably has women that just let him feel them up when they first meet, in order to win his favor. He just reaches out to fondle breasts while swaying side-to-side and says “NEXT!” or “OHYEAH! She’s a keeper.”
In theory, being blind and falling for someone sounds like some love in it’s purest form, fairy tale sh*t. It’s almost like saying “I love you for the person that I see you to be, which is a radiant treasure hand-crafted by God.” But alas, blind people are people, and since people aren’t perfect, I don’t think the sight thing would make it any more or less romantic, or prone to work. That is, unless you’re Lionel Richie in the Hello video.
Got-damn it. You see what y’all have me doing? This somehow went from me talking about being careless enough to accidentally rub lotion in my eye, to somehow pondering the meaning of true love. I guess the only way to end this is with one of my favorite Stevie Wonder songs, since I used him as my go-to famous blind person example in the entry.
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Uhm, so giving you too much of my history, I used to go to camp for blind kids and by puberty I can tell you that little blind boys are much like any other boys, they realized that that was a girl guiding them and right next to her arm was a breast. A couple of them got punched too, but I’m just saying.
They have their ways of finding someone–it may not be like us and checking out what the face actually looks like but the feel of hair or smooth skin or the shape. Granted they are NOT supposed to just roll up on a sista and get a random feel on but you get my point. I think they can be as superficial as a seeing person. A blind person miight start with the sound of a voice, get to touch the person during a date, and like the hands or skin, the smell of the person, and then ideally get close enough later to touch the body and “see” what that’s like.
Interesting. Thanks!
Some dang Midwest cornfield bug flew in my right eye
last night.
Sympathetic pain cuz,…
Have mercy 8 )
Is your question as offensive as calling Helen Keller an over-achieving deaf and blind b*tch?
http://midlistlife.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/i-wont-let-helen-keller-totally-kick-my-ass/
Just wondering. LOL
As I said on your blog, I’ll never look at Helen Keller quite the same way after reading that! Thanks for the motivation LOL
Lucky I didn’t have any lotion (or OFF with deet) on when I wiped it from my eye.I could have wound up like Sugar Ray!
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Glad your vision is intact. I don’t know how well my comedy translates in braille!