I can’t wear contacts. My eyes are too dry or something. Good thing I don’t mind wearing glasses.

I had an eye exam for the first time in years – like seven, actually – and it turns out my eyes have more than doubled in suckiness. So, I took the opportunity to update my frames also.

I made the mistake of first looking for frames I would like on the Country Club Plaza at the Optical Shop of Aspen. I should have remembered the simple equation Plaza + Aspen = Unaffordable, but I didn’t. Thank the Lord for the interweb.

Enter modernglasses.com, while they won’t ever be nominated for a SXSW Web Award, they do offer a great service: boutique level and designer eye frames at great prices. I saved well over $300 on a pair of frames and lenses (with Crizal, no less).

Whilst searching for a new frame my friend !jon asked if I was getting “a pair of glasses like all the ska-kids wear?” Well, I guess so, I told him. “Oh man… those are so lame! They look like your trying to hard to be cool!” Hard to hear your trying to hard to look cool from this guy!

Trying to hard to look cool? Really? Do I come across that way? I always feel like I’m trying to hard to suppress my coolness. Seriously, I have to dial it way down all the time.

I wonder if my friend !jon feels this guy is trying to hard to be cool?

For those of you that don’t know – and if you don’t it means you don’t watch the Today show – Windows Vista came out on Tuesday.

In an effort to reach those whose souls have been enlightened by the “Get a Mac” ads M$ released a pretty funny viral, soft sell marketing campaign. Demetri Martin, a very funny comic and host of Trendspotting on the Daily Show, was tapped for the main role in this campaign.

I am still a loyal Mac user, but am willing to give credit where credit is due. Check it here (clearification.com). Pretty pretty pretty pr-et-ty clever!

I would also like to learn how to control my glands.

The school teacher that created the amazing little effervescent of goodness and minerals named Airborne, apparently has an amazing house in Malibu. I’m happy for her. That stuff has some serious Harry Potter VooDoo workin’. Two or three of those horse sized vitamin poppers a day, and watch out! I’ve actually gotten to the point where I fill a shot glass with water, plop fizz, wait one minute, then shoot that biz like Spring Break in Cabo! Thank honey, enjoy that Malibu Barbie dream home.

For some reason, this time of year — the “holidays” to the lay person — is the time of year when me and my friends harken back to the days of yore known as Junior High School Church Camp. We all get horrible acne, gripe about how our parents don’t know anything and we overindulge in rousing games of Mafia. This is one of those games that is better accented with the threat of losing clothing, but who really did that in junior high? Maybe Kelly Bechshalmer; she was kinda “that girl.”

Everyone wants to know what I want for Christmas. Yes you do, don’t argue with me. Truth is, I haven’t thought to much about it. Maybe you could help by telling me what you want. Not that I’ll get it for you, but if I get what you want I’ll be sure to send you a picture of me enjoying your Christmas Wish. Fair?

One last question: if you had a podcast, what would the focus be?

Words I had to look up for spelling or usage verification: effervescent & Cabo (really no “h”?).