{"id":677,"date":"2011-05-08T06:53:19","date_gmt":"2011-05-08T13:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jessamyn.com\/journal\/?p=677"},"modified":"2011-05-08T06:58:34","modified_gmt":"2011-05-08T13:58:34","slug":"did-you-say-something-i-was-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jessamyn.com\/journal\/2011\/05\/did-you-say-something-i-was-outside","title":{"rendered":"did you say something? I WAS OUTSIDE!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So I’ve been gone for a lot of the past few weeks. People think it’s sort of a funny joke that there is a “high season” for library conferences but in the last month and change there have been five library conferences that I’ve been interested in and I got to go to three of them. Last weekend was bookended by MLA and CLA (MA and CT) which are both conferences that I really enjoy. Got back home Tuesday night with some pollen-induced sniffles and have been staring out the window or walking out the door, pretty much ever since.<\/p>\n

The exciting news, which is not that exciting, is that I went in for my every-decade eye test and my vision is still good. Doc says I probably have two years til I need glasses, just on average. Coming from a family where everyone has worn glasses seemingly forever, I feel sort of ootchy because I always liked glasses. I hear that the thrill wears off pretty quickly. I also got a bone doc to look at my achey shoulder and she confirmed that it’s fine and I probably just need to do some shoulder exercises. I got sent home with my x-rays on a CD so I can look at my bones whenever I want.<\/p>\n

While I was sitting around reading trashy magazines, I also asked the docs the questions I’d been waiting to ask.
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\nQ for X-ray doc<\/strong>: What’s your opinion of the backscatter machines in the airport, and am I a crazy person for not wanting to go through them?<\/p>\n

Answer<\/strong>: Less exposure is better. They’re probably safe but you’re not crazy to want less x-ray exposure.
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\nQ for eye doc<\/strong>: What’s your opinion on the Zenni Optical phenomenon<\/a>? Would I be okay getting $10 glasses from China?
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\nAnswer<\/strong>: We always like people to have one professionally ground and fit pair of glasses so that they know what a good fit and a good pair of glasses looks and feels like. If they want to get a second or third pair of inexpensive glasses, that’s fine, but I worry that people will get a bad pair of glasses and not know<\/em> that they’re a bad pair.<\/p>\n

Here are some other things that have been cluttering up my desktop that you might enjoy.<\/p>\n