Data, or Miscellaneous, or "Where I put everything else".
Mission Statement
To bring joy to men who wear glasses and those who love them.
A ballad of love brought about by glasses , in French.
Here's a translation, with enormous help from Belgian Bril
Every morning he bought chocolate buns, and the baker's girl smiled at him, but he never noticed her. (Although she was beautiful, only the customers saw her.) To them she was as delicious as the croissants. Every evening she daydreamed sadly about this distant young man. He was just near-sighted, but she didn't know that. He lived in a world of blur where clouds fly low.
He didn't see her beauty, and he didn't know that it was destiny that sent him to her, blindly, for happiness. And the girl, who wasn't dumb, bought glasses for the one her heart had chosen for her. Among the scents of the waffles and loaves and cookies, in the bakery, they had a party and married. All in white. (Although she was beautiful, only the customers saw her.) From their union was born many children, little myopes like their Dad. Playing among the pastries, filling their pockets with chocolate buns. (Although she was beautiful, only the customers saw her.) When you think about it, life is great, it's enough that a simple pair of glasses can bring two people together, and bring about their happiness.
Just to show how slow I am, I've only just discovered John Hegley's famous glasses poems. If you're like me and live under a rock, here's a link to his website, however the poems in question aren't on it. I haven't been able to find them on-line to link to (I can't post them here for copyright reasons), so if anyone does, let me know.
I've been asked to define the word "fetish". In the sense we use it
here it means "An object of unreasonably excessive attention or
reverence",
"Something, such as a material object or a nonsexual part of the body,
that arouses sexual desire and may become necessary for sexual
gratification.",
"An abnormally obsessive preoccupation or attachment; a fixation."
So as to whether it is sexual or not depends on the individual. I hope that answers the question.
I decided to set up my own
Live Journal to try to connect with Glasses Fetishists who have not discovered Eyescene.
Live Journal has several (yes, you read that
right) communities specializing in Ye Olde MIG Fetish, some are aimed
at girls, some aimed at guys, all interesting. These tend to be "young"
communities.
Glasses Fetish's Journal?
Specs Appeal
Boys with Glasses
A search may bring up more. Do let me know.
I think this helps confirm my hopes that the
younger generation, with its openness and less fear of being "freakish"
will save the day.
A discussion board I set up as a trial EZboard community can be found at Electra's Men in Glasses.
Why trial? Because it'll cost me money (yes, $$$$!) after the first
month if it catches on, and if it DOESN'T catch on, I'll want to cancel
it at exactly 30 days! Please make it a success!
UPDATE: It's still there, long after 30 days, unused. I haven't been asked for any money.
A few odds and ends
The Rx Spotter
Some of you are
awesome at identifying someone's Rx just by looking at their glasses.
Well I'm not, so to help me, and those like me, I came up with this
idea. Maybe you can help out - The Rx Spotter
Another list for you to contribute to The Lost Boys , the stars lost to LASIK
Links
Quotes about celebrities' glasses
Found at: http://www.johnnydeppfan.com/itvanityfair.htm
(From an article: Man of the Week, Italian Vanity Fair - October 9, 2003)
...Today only a few details betray a wild past: a few tattoos on the skin, dust on
the all-weather boots, like those of a rock-star (or a home hobbyist?), a hole
in his pants, at the right knee level. It is not because of sloppiness: his
clothing is exclusive vintage. Johnny Depp is wearing glasses, rimless.
Habit or short-sightedness? “Both. I have very mild short-sightedness and I
hope they give me a more intelligent look. Only kidding, I like eyeglasses, I
practically have a collection of them.”
Found at soc.motss, re 1994 Oscars:
"As my fiancee said, "Put your glasses on Johnny, and you won't have to
climb onto the podium to see the teleprompter." "
Found at: http://www.gaddarchives.com/dd02SummerPrevBlindness.shtml
David Duchovny: I wear glasses and/or contact lenses and it gets in my way, but I do
need to see. I'm thinking of getting the lasik procedure.
Found at: http://www.detnews.com/2002/entertainment/0202/24/d01-424680.htm
"The truth about Mel Gibson: that lost summer in Sydney"
"Shorter and stockier than you might imagine, he is, in person, no tall poppy. With only a pair of ordinary glasses to blunt the impact of his intensely blue eyes, Gibson might easily get lost in the crowd. His attitude and somewhat halting verbal style match his no-frills appearance."
(So why can't I find any photos?)
An odd collection from blogs and editorials of various anonymous web-users comments regarding the sexiness of glasses.
Found at: http://www.geocities.com/wwwhores/usquotes.html
"Aaron Sorkin is a freaking genius and I would sell my soul to him just so that I
could be near him. Or something. I would especially sell my soul to him if he
let me have a little fun with Rob Lowe in his glasses."
--Stephanie"
and
""And Josh was in earthtones again. ::drools:: And Sam had glasses. Whoo,
hormonal overload."
"YES! YES! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Men in glasses are good
(that man in anything is good, though)."
--Stephanie and Kat"
and
""Do I get extra Princess of Plot points or something for analyzing an ep for a
paper? I'm curious."
"Nah, you only get points for making the queen
brownies. Though I suppose I could give you a few minutes alone in the
Roosevelt Room with Sam and his glasses. :)"
--Jen and Stephanie"
and
"6. Rob Lowe/David Duchovny/Bradley Whitford suddenly grabs you and drags you
into a closet. What do you do?"
"Slap some glasses on Rob, put a black
T-shirt on David.. and um.. strip Bradley naked?"
--Stephanie and Kari"
Found at: http://nonsensical.blogspot.com/2003_03_09_nonsensical_archive.html
"Anyways, I now have a crush on someone new that I
saw there last night (not in the play, but not completely out of it, if
that makes any sense). I'm not going to say his name, in case anyone
who reads this knows who he is. But yeah, new crush. (He's a dork too.
Glasses and all. Which leads me to believe that I have some sort of
'men-who-wear-glasses' fetish now. Only explanation I can come up with
for why all crushes this school year (this guy, Portland, guy at record
store, guy at B&N) wear glasses.)"
Found at: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/8379/xfileslinks.html
(as a broken link, alas) "Lovers of Mulder in Glasses Society... OUR MOTTO: JUST SAY NO TO CONTACTS!
Similar links to this lost site found on many other sites, including
this with LOMIG graphic: http://members.aol.com/PhishyGrrl/links.htm
I
visited the Mulder Glasses Shrine when it was up too, what a loss. You
can find the (broken) link here:
http://www.grrl.com/phun/phun43.html
Found at: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0763928/board/nest/4118568 (IMDB message board for Rodrigo Santoro)
"I love the glasses it just makes him!!! Hot oh hot of hotness!!!! "
"Those glasses
For some guys -- glasses just clutter up a gorgeous face. On
other men, such as Rodrigo Santoro, glasses just make him that much hotter.
(assuming that was possible, somehow ... )"
A few odd links that don't fit anywhere else.
A fun site currently having a few technical problems The Smudge Report
Here's an....interesting...little site, it's called "I Love Guys With Glasses" and looks a bit "teen"
Something similarly youth-oriented, "like, whateverrrrrrrr" Optical + A Clique for Fans of Guys With Glasses, this one requires PG-13 links, so I didn't submit mine!
An Amazon list of "Rock and Roll Spectacles"
A page from some guy's blog, which fascinated me.
A Girl's Guide to Geek Guys.
While I'm trying to prove that glasses do NOT equal geek, I realize
that some gals embrace the whole geek thing, so I thought you'd
appreciate this!
Yahoo Groups
A Yahoo group about Muscle Men in Glasses
It's
worth noting that I found this group while testing to see if mine came
up in the search. It doesn't. Neither do Jules' groups. Something not
right here. If you put "glasses" in the search at Yahoo groups you will
get almost 300 hits, but only about 10% are relevant. Yahoo really need
to work on their search/category facility.
A new Yahoo group from Jon, called Naked Girls With Strong Glasses so I think that one is self-explanatory!
A set of Yahoo groups, the "GuysGlasses" groups 1-4:
Guys Glasses 1
Guys Glasses 2
Guys Glasses 3
Guys Glasses 4
This site Attractive with Glasses has an associated Yahoo group.
Nice to see an old site being kept up, at http://www.geocities.com/spexyasfuk
Way back when
While I was looking at that site I stumbled across this link: A Dutch Glasses Museum, well they ARE from Holland (isn't that weird?)!. Not much on the site, maybe it's new.
A good history of glasses at this optometry site
Joke (forgive the negativity)
"Never wear your glasses on a blind date, you'll look better and so will your date."
This one puzzled me a bit as I've always thought Cruise was just trying to look smarter, if you know better TELL ME, from www.tribuneindia.com:
Sunday, March 30, 2003 Lead Article
Hollywood hues
No optical illusion
IN keeping with the image of the jet-setting professional of the new millennium, Hollywood has taken to spectacles with enthusiasm. Square ones, round ones, vintage ones and bizarre ones are all a part of the dream town’s fashion accessory.
Tom Cruise, Richard Gere, Demi Moore, Arnold Schwrazenegger, Denzil Washington, Brad Pitt, Meryl Streep and Jean-Claude Van Damme are all wearing them. The glasses they wear are no coolers but regular spectacles. These focals, bifocals, convex and concave lenses are fast becoming a fashion statement.
In real-life, too, actors like Kevin Costner, Sylvester Stallone, Al Pacino, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfieffer, Bruce Willis and Daryl Hannan won’t be seen without specs. And the manufacturers of the starry look-alike specs are laughing all the way to the bank.
The Stallone frames cost around $400 each, while the Denzil Washington pair is around $350. The one’s that Demi Moore wears come for a whopping $700 a pair while Meryl Streep’s are at a more affordable $ 250. And the good news for the manufacturers is that the trend has just begun and is likely to last through the decade.
