The "Eyes" have it.

Alright so I've been on a bit of a rant lately. Weather, cell-phones, New York, you name it! Basically it all comes down to this... Eyes.



These are some old pictures of my eyes taken by my specialist. Yesterday I got the procedure repeated (2 years later) and since I knew what was coming - I was able to be a little bit more observant and less nervous.

Firstly they dilate your pupils with iodine drops. This is really strange - it basically feels like you are very stoned but without the fun parts. Your eyes become super-sensitive and every light you see appears to explode like a little disco-ball. Wait, it gets better....

Once you are stoned enough, they shoot you up with a dye that allows them to take clearer pictures. I guess this dye coats the retina as everything you look at momentarily becomes very pink. It's a rose-tinted outlook but without the rose-tinted specs.

Oh and just to round it off, the first time you pee after this dye - your pee looks like mango juice.

incidentally, If anyone is wondering about the photos - the lines you see are the optic nerve and the dots are the pigmentation that is causing my blindness. The surface of the eye should look smooth, not lunar. When these pictures were taken I had lost 2/3 of my sight, the new pics will probably show a little bit more deterioration.

So that is basically how I spent today. Stoned and seeing flashing lights. I put Roky Erickson on my MP3 player on the way home and it all made sense. By the way, in case anyone is wondering, I haven't taken LSD in almost 10 years. Damn....