Actually, that's a lie. I do not wear my sunglasses at night. That'd be silly.
I did buy sunglasses today, though. My first pair since 9th grade (I only was able to tolerate them for a few weeks). However, these ones I bought today are actually rather nice. They don't make me look freaky and they fit straight on my abnormally shaped head (my right ear is substantially higher than my left). They don't touch my cheeks, but they also don't push on my eyelashes. Those are pretty much my four requirements for glasses. Oh, I forgot. They were also cheap. : ) $9.99 at Kohls, who is having a sunglasses sale, and I had a $10 gift card. Woot.
In any case, I've been going without sunglasses for far too long. Every time I go outside with contacts in, my eyes are sore and itchy and I just rub them the whole day. Plus squinting causes eye strain, which makes my vision worse. And sun damage can lead to cataracts and other eye diseases, such as macular degeneration, which my mom's mom and my future step mom's mom both have. Unfortunate. I don't want to have surgery on my eyes. Maybe I'll just be blind. It wouldn't be so bad, would it? <.< >.>
I also started wearing sunscreen more this summer. As much as I love sunburn, it's a no-no, especially for freckly folk such as I. I also have light eyes, which increases my risk for sun-related eye diseases. Gr... my genes are predisposed against me. This is not conducive for a long life.
Speaking of genes, I was wondering today if seagulls who live in parking lots will evolve into a distinct species from seagulls. What do you think?
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I don't think so, because I'm pretty sure there is a lot of genetic drift between seagulls in parking lots and other seagulls (nothing to prevent them from mating with one another). And since genetic drift is one out of four factors that slow down evolution, it's probably a not a good chance for speciation. Wow, that was sort of like an ecology question I had to answer on my final.
ReplyDeleteI back what she said. Being an ecologist I better know this shit. Now if said parking lot seagulls were to say, be tansported with parkinglots to an island in the middle of the ocean with no nearby landmass to fly to, then maybe.. =P
ReplyDeleteBut what if in like 50 years and we're all still alive and not baked, seagulls no longer need to migrate because of global warming and they just hang out in the same place they were hatched? Lol. I think it's a stretch, but I'm trying to possibly convince you that lotgulls are a possible potential species! : )
ReplyDeleteOh no, what if they lose their ability to see the magnetic field? Oh man! What will happen to bird migration patterns when the magnetic field switches? It will be an ornithologist's nightmare/heaven!