I love sunglasses. Some people call them sunnies, some call them granny glasses, but I call them "stunna shades," because when it comes to protecting my eyes from the giant star we revolve around I prefer to go big or go home.
My cousin, Bobby, is also a fan of the stunna shades and often rocks his mother's, my Aunt Brenda's, chic eyewear.
I love Left Eye! I tried Google-searching for an image of her with the condom glasses, but I couldn't find a decent one (though I did see quite a few postmortem photos which I didn't want to see and now I can't unsee, whoever put those online should be ashamed of themselves) so I took a screen shot of her from the "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" video.
I like the big shades that cover up half of my face and make me look like a bug. I just rode a bus and the bus driver was also sporting some stunnas, big white frames with dark lenses. I gave him a nod as I showed him my transfer slip.
The thing with sunglasses, though, is that they frequently break or get lost, so I only buy shades that are ten dollars or less.
I'm not rich and I can't afford to lose a pair of thousand dollar shades (which I have done before, though they didn't cost me as much-- my Aunt Joanne works at QVC and thus gets great discounts on killer items, which is how I ended up with a pair of Christian Dior sunglasses when I was 16 until I lost them.), so I shop for my oculars at those cheap-o places that you see on Haight street in San Fran, South street in Philly, or on the boardwalks of the Jersey shore (Wildwood, hell yes).
A pink pair that I got from H&M for less than ten dollars broke apart in my tote bag last week. I must have leaned on the bag somehow, or put pressure on it (did I sit on my bag?), because the left lens popped out and the frame snapped. Aw, shucks. I loved those little pink glasses, too.
Just for fun, I was thinking of taping a condom wrapper to where the left lens used to be, a la Left Eye circa the Ooooooohhh...On the TLC Tip days, but the broken plastic frame seemed like an accident waiting to happen.
Do you like the cat scratches on our leather couch? Silly Sookie!! I caught her getting comfortable and digging her nails into my leather Lucky handbag (also a gift from Aunt Joanne) the other day. Sook likes the finer things in life: caviar, leather-bound books, things she can sink her claws into.
The other shades currently in my possession, a pair of purple stunnas I bought last year from Theory on Valencia, are starting to get worn out, as in the paint is peeling. I guess the deterioration is due to the moisturizer I use on my face, or the cheap quality of the frames. Either/or, I'm in need of a new pair. I'll be taking my Alexander Hamilton out this weekend looking for a suitable replacement.
It looks nasty, right? The paint is seriously bubbling up and peeling off and it's a bit worrying. Ben peeled the chipped paint off of the bridge part of the frames, but I am retiring them for good. I have no idea what kind of hazardous chemicals I'd been breathing in wearing those poor raggamuffin shades.
What kind of shades do you wear? Do you put your stunna shades on when you listen to E-40?
My cousin, Bobby, is also a fan of the stunna shades and often rocks his mother's, my Aunt Brenda's, chic eyewear.
I love Left Eye! I tried Google-searching for an image of her with the condom glasses, but I couldn't find a decent one (though I did see quite a few postmortem photos which I didn't want to see and now I can't unsee, whoever put those online should be ashamed of themselves) so I took a screen shot of her from the "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" video.
I like the big shades that cover up half of my face and make me look like a bug. I just rode a bus and the bus driver was also sporting some stunnas, big white frames with dark lenses. I gave him a nod as I showed him my transfer slip.
The thing with sunglasses, though, is that they frequently break or get lost, so I only buy shades that are ten dollars or less.
I'm not rich and I can't afford to lose a pair of thousand dollar shades (which I have done before, though they didn't cost me as much-- my Aunt Joanne works at QVC and thus gets great discounts on killer items, which is how I ended up with a pair of Christian Dior sunglasses when I was 16 until I lost them.), so I shop for my oculars at those cheap-o places that you see on Haight street in San Fran, South street in Philly, or on the boardwalks of the Jersey shore (Wildwood, hell yes).
A pink pair that I got from H&M for less than ten dollars broke apart in my tote bag last week. I must have leaned on the bag somehow, or put pressure on it (did I sit on my bag?), because the left lens popped out and the frame snapped. Aw, shucks. I loved those little pink glasses, too.
Just for fun, I was thinking of taping a condom wrapper to where the left lens used to be, a la Left Eye circa the Ooooooohhh...On the TLC Tip days, but the broken plastic frame seemed like an accident waiting to happen.
Do you like the cat scratches on our leather couch? Silly Sookie!! I caught her getting comfortable and digging her nails into my leather Lucky handbag (also a gift from Aunt Joanne) the other day. Sook likes the finer things in life: caviar, leather-bound books, things she can sink her claws into.
The other shades currently in my possession, a pair of purple stunnas I bought last year from Theory on Valencia, are starting to get worn out, as in the paint is peeling. I guess the deterioration is due to the moisturizer I use on my face, or the cheap quality of the frames. Either/or, I'm in need of a new pair. I'll be taking my Alexander Hamilton out this weekend looking for a suitable replacement.
It looks nasty, right? The paint is seriously bubbling up and peeling off and it's a bit worrying. Ben peeled the chipped paint off of the bridge part of the frames, but I am retiring them for good. I have no idea what kind of hazardous chemicals I'd been breathing in wearing those poor raggamuffin shades.
What kind of shades do you wear? Do you put your stunna shades on when you listen to E-40?
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