Glasses

I'm going to blame this all on Tina Fey. Now, I know that's unfair. And I know that there is no way that she could be the start of all of this, but she is going to take some of the blame anyway. I've recently noticed that my attraction to women who wear glasses has gotten more noticeable. Before it was just a situation of me seeing a pair of glasses on a woman accentuated her attractiveness, but now it's the first thing I look at. If there is a girl who I've seen a number of times and never really noticed, all she has to do is walk into the room with her glasses on and I'm paying much closer attention.

With the right pair of glasses, a girl can go from a name I can't quite remember, to someone I'm trying to get to know as well as I can. I remember when I first found out that Kat wore glasses. I probably made her a bit self conscious with my vocal adoration of her rimless specs. And true, she may not like wearing them all the time, but it's like some nice little present when she decides she doesn't want to mess with her contacts. In all honesty, that's usually when I am treated to glasses, when contacts become a hassle. Early in the morning, when a girl is trying to get to classes/work/on with the day, they just don't want to go through the routine of contacts (I'll admit, that I have no idea what that routine consists of, but I imagine it isn't that rough, more of an irritation. Correct me if I'm wrong.) they put on their pair of glasses, and I get an extra surprise with my day. Thank God for little things, right?

Many people will probably attribute this particular predilection to my time as an English major, English teacher, and librarian. And yes there is probably a bit of my desire for a naughty bookworm or librarian. Yes, I would love either of those, I would revel in one. And of course I've thought about the fact that our society equates intelligence with glasses. And of course I find intelligent women attractive. However, saying that is where this all came from is about as valid as me blaming Tina Fey for this. No, this all started much earlier than that. To start at the beginning, I would really need to blame two people: The Baroness and Lisa Loeb.

I mean, just look at those two! My informative years were filled with these two women. From when I could remember till I was fourteen, I was almost constantly watching G.I. Joe and Transformers (I hate you so much Michael Bay). And yes, I was well aware of the fact that The Baroness was one of the bad guys, but I still loved her. In fact, she was the first woman I fell in love with. I had her little action figure and she had a unique ability to be a secret double agent that would eventually show her true colors and be a good guy. She was also always the one who was smart enough to ruin Cobra's plan to assassinate my sister's barbie who was the new president. I also always enjoyed the fact that in my little imaginary world, The Baroness was dealing with G.I. Joe. She was this perfect fem fatal long before I even knew that word or its definition.

Of course, I eventually grew out of the stage of being in love with cartoon characters. (Well, in a sense, I just realize how unrealistic that is now.) But fortunately, I was soon introduced, by accident, to Reality Bites. Not only did this introduction give me one of the most important movies in my personal collection, it also gave me Lisa Loeb. She is so cute. I love you Lisa! And of course her music has been with me ever since.

So I guess it shouldn't be surprised at the physical reactions I have to glasses on women. In a very odd way, I've been engineered to find them attractive. But I guess that's part of what my life is about, that discovery of what I enjoy, what I want. And hell, I've come to a better understanding of the need to enjoy the little things, the patches of happiness in the world. So, to all you glasses wearing women out there, thank you. You've made my life a little bit better.