child labor

Today on The World, there was a segment discussing child labor. Specifically, they were talking about exactly the issue that we're trying to deal with at Bamboo Village Educational Fund: children dropping out of school in their early teens to become migrant workers. Click here to read the transcript from today's broadcast. You can also check out their photo stream here.

This also prompts me to stop procrastinating and let you know that Zhang Lin has been accounted for! Daniel just returned from China on Sunday.

Spectacular Swankatronics

wee Celeste, circa 1977
first pair of glasses: gold wire, hexagonal

As a glasses wearer since age 3, I have a particular (peculiar?) love for great glasses, and today I hit the googley jackpot! Glasses have come a long way since 1970-something, especially for those of us who are unfortunate enough to be far sighted. Remember those lenses - the ones that provided the outside world with up close and personal views of the poor far-sighted slob's eyeballs? Well, no more of that, my friends! Of course, you have to pay hundreds of extra dollars to have your lenses slenderizes and de-magnified, but it's worth it, I say! And since I have vision insurance that is more than generous, I figured I'd go all out. Now that I'm self employed, there's no telling how long it's going to be until I can afford another pair!

Over the years, I've tried contacts, but somehow the old familiarity of glasses resting on my nose wins every time... or maybe I'm just lazy and won't be bothered to deal with putting lenses in every morning... or it could also have to do with the fact that they're just plain uncomfortable!

Anyway, without further ado, meet the new specs, in all of their 1970s coloration:

all-day wear, black with mustard yellow lining

the big splurge: prescription sunglasses, baby! black and avocado green!

kindergarten portrait: 1978.