Wednesday, May 30, 2018

The Fly / La Mosca

Hay una versión español después de la versión inglés.

SAN GERALDO HAS jumbo sunglasses that fit over his reading glasses. In the States, many people laugh at what they consider his geriatric style (the kind of sunglasses you wear after cataract surgery).

Here in Spain, when San Geraldo has rested his sunglasses on shop counters, teens and some very stylish people have picked them up thinking they were really cool (and for sale). He's a big guy with a strong, squarish face. He can pull off the look. But, I have a narrow face. When I try on San Geraldo's sunglasses, I look like a cartoon insect.

Unfortunately, since my eye surgery I've had to wear better protection than my usual transition lenses. I found a relatively cool copper-colored pair in a trendy shop in La Cañada in Marbella. I still look like a cartoon insect but my eye is protected. (And San Geraldo will have another pair of sunglasses when this is all over, because there's no way I'll wear these longer than I have to.)

SAN GERALDO TIENE gafas de sol grandes para colocar sobre las gafas normales. En los Estados Unidos, muchas personas se ríen de lo que consideran un estilo geriátrico (el tipo de gafas de sol que usa después de la cirugía de cataratas).

Aquí en España, los adolescentes y algunas personas con estilo han recogido las gafas de sol de San Geraldo cuando las deja en los mostradores de las tiendas pensando que eran geniales (y están a la venta). Es un tipo grande con una cara fuerte, cuadrada (en el buen sentido). Él puede lograr la apariencia. Pero, tengo una cara estrecha. Probé las gafas de San Geraldo hace un rato y pensé que parecía un insecto de caricatura. Desafortunadamente, desde mi cirugía ocular he tenido que usar una mejor protección que mis gafas graduadas. Encontré un par de colores cobre relativamente guai en una tienda de moda en La Cañada en Marbella. Todavía me veo como un insecto de caricatura pero mi ojo está protegido. (Y San Geraldo tendrá otro par de gafas de sol cuando todo haya terminado, porque no los usaré más de lo necesario.)


"HELP ME. HELP ME BE HUMAN." — FROM THE FILM, "THE FLY."
"AYÚDAME. AYÚDAME A SER HUMANO."  — DE LA PELICULA, "LA MOSCA."

23 comments:

  1. Ha! Those ARE big, that's for sure :)
    I have no shame-- I wear big sunglasses over my regular glasses. Prescription sunglasses are never dark enough, and I can't stand squinting. This year, I got new (regular) glasses that are pretty big... so I had to get NEW sunglasses that are EVEN BIGGER! Ha!

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    1. Judy:
      But I'll bet YOU look good in big sunglasses!

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  2. I wouldn't be concerned unless you start sprouting hairs out of your back! The first time my balder half tried on wrap around sports goggles (we were in a Big 5, I think) I laughed so hard I almost peed my pants in public! He looked exactly like a brown ninja turtle! I started calling him Leonardo. I find it fascinating how eyewear can change a person's appearance.

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    1. Deedles:
      Jerry lies and tells me they look good on me!

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  3. funny, you don't look like david heddison...

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    1. anne marie:
      Too bad! I used to think he was hot... not so much as The Fly, but as Captain Crane in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

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    2. anne marie: AND... did you know that Hedison's daughter Alexandra is married to Jodie Foster. I like him even more now!

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  4. Yes, they are large but you still look stylish :)

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  5. I see what you mean! A tad too big for you. Lucky SG!

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    1. Jim:
      And they may be too SMALL for Jerry! He buys the extra-large, oversized glasses.

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  6. Oh My Goodness I will have to try the big sunglass trick !
    Such a good idea.

    cheers, parsnip

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    1. Parsnip,
      They do work. Maybe they’ll look better on you!

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  7. I think it is more of a dragonfly look than house fly. I am obsessive about my sunglasses.

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    1. Before I wore glasses I enjoyed sunglass style. Now they’re just an annoyance.

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  8. Just one more thing SG and Carlos share. With his eye issues, Carlos wears huge sunglasses over his eyeglasses whenever we're outside, and they look like the pair you're rocking in that top photo!

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    1. Bob,
      Hmmm... Rocking is not a word I would use to describe what I’m doing.

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  9. There's one pair of sunglasses Daisy tries to wear of mine and they don't look right, at all

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    1. Adam,
      Big sunglasses really are the most practical, They just don’t work with my face. I think Daisy could pull off the Jackie Kennedy look.

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  10. A celebrity incognito, or witness protection? Not a bad look, just a little large. If you gain 50 pounds they will fit better.

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    1. Travel:
      I don't know how I'd look with another 50 pounds, but the glasses would fit!

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