Bloodshot

I decided to try something new.

Well, I'd been thinking of doing this for quite some time, but it was impossible. Really. Then that Vance Gilbert made me take my glasses off and said, "Definitely, you should perform without glasses. Just get some contacts."

But I have trifocals. My eyes are so weak that the last time I tried to play on stage without them....well it wasn't pretty.

So now I have an excuse to check it out. And you'll never guess. (Well, maybe you will.) They can now do one lens for distance and one lens for close up. Your brain learns to use the right one after a while. I say, "Let's go for it."

There is only one little tiny problem. I am a World Class Contact Clutz. It takes me an hour to put them in and an hour to take them out. I am so heavy handed that I look like the guy people mention when they say, "You should've seen the other guy."

I had no idea I could inflict so much pain on myself. I mean, once you've got those little tiny flimsy disks of plastic in your eyes you are kind of committed to getting them out.

But when they are in. It's amazing! My eyes are fixed. I never felt like that with glasses. It was always, well I can see clearly with these glasses. But I still felt a bit disabled. I always knew that if I broke my glasses I couldn't see well enough to work. Or play guitar.

So now I'm down to half an hour to put them in. It's all Brain over Brain. (I tried Brawn over Brain.) Pray for me.

From David

www.StreetCornerChoir.com