The Appropriateness of Sunglasses

So it’s Wednesday morning around 9:55AM.  The weather is overcast.  I am walking to Dedman minding my own business, wearing my Ray Bahns when I hear a girl’s voice.

 “Bright outside Barry?”

 Wow, I’m an idiot, I forgot that sunglasses are inappropriate to wear when the sun is not shining.  But then I got to thinking:  I wear sunglasses at parties indoors and it isn’t inappropriate.  Corey Hart wears sunglasses at night.  What are the official rules on sunglass wearing?  I did some googling and found zero results for official rules so I took matters into my own hands and drafted a few rules on when sunglasses are/aren’t appropriate.

Sunglasses are appropriate under the following conditions (according to Barry):

 

·      When the sun is out (obviously)

·     When it is snowy

·      Whilst riding a motorcycle

·      Whilst driving a boat

·      Whilst wearing a costume that requires it (risky business, soulja boy, etc.)

·      When you are trying to pull off the “too cool for school” look

·      Prom only if you are wearing a suit or shirt that is NOT black

·      If your name is Jake or Elwood Blues

·      If you are a celebrity

 As a general rule (again according to Barry) any other time it is INAPPROPRIATE to wear sunglasses. 

 Thoughts, objections, suggestions, or comments?

 

 

Problems: Dealing With Them, or Running Away?

Heat-Moon no doubt went through some hard times.   When you lose your job and your wife it is only natural to think that your world has fallen apart.  But how should people deal with a collapsed world?  For Heat-Moon, the solution was to embark on a journey.

My question is:  By “turning to the eye” and leaving your problems behind can you really get over them?  By distracting yourself can you really move on with your life?

 My gut instinct is no.

 I believe that in order to really move on you have to allow time to internalize and feel the anger or sadness.  The emotions you feel allow you to get closure and gain a new perspective.  However, one of my classmates made a good point.

 “I believe that it is very helpful and almost necessary for me to step away from the situation for a while to think about it before I begin to deal with it. For me, it never helped simply jumping into solutions without taking a step back and thinking about a solution.”

 I think there is validity to that point.  When your world collapses I do think you need time to come up with a plan.  After all, the best way to gain a new perspective is to step back and look at your life.  By definition, that IS gaining a new perspective.

 Although I don’t think Heat-Moon’s decision to “turn to the eye” and distract himself is a great idea, I do believe that the journey is an effective way to gain a new perspective. 

 So I have come to a solution:  Heat-Moon’s “soul searching” journey is not necessarily an escape, but an opportunity to gain a new view on life.  All our lives we are told to face our problems, but Heat-Moon may have gotten it right by taking a step back.