Last call for societal knockdowns

A few weeks ago, my my friend Allison gave me a website for cheap prescription glasses. Most prescription glasses cost in the $200 range with the help of insurance, so coming across glasses as cheap as $8 seemed unreal. Instantly, I was super pumped and starting bookmarking all the pairs I wanted. For this cheap, it's like having a different set of glasses for every outfit: a four-eyed girl's dream come true! I ordered my first pair for a total of $14.50 including shipping&handling feeling as if it was a hoax.

Anxiously, I awaited their arrival and at last they showed up on my doorstep this weekend! Although the lens quality is not as great as my expensive Lenscrafter spectacles, I am not disappointed and will definitely buy more.

The site also gives you the option of better quality lenses for an additional charge, but I don't think it's necessary. I'm pretty stoked that you can also order prescription sunglasses, but I haven't found a frame I like yet.

Other than that my weekend was pretty tame. My family was out of town and it felt kind of nice to have the house to myself. Friday night I worked then came home and cleaned until around 2am and didn't have to worry about waking anyone up. My weekend was also full of movie watching: Boyz in the Hood, The Tracey Fragments, The Time Traveler's Wife and Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill. I almost didn't finish The Tracey Fragments because the movie consisted of several different views of each scene pieced together and kind of made me dizzy trying to watch it. I wasn't too fond of the film, but I am a fan of Ellen Page. Boyz in the Hood was depressing. It's sad that some people grow up and all they know is violence. Needless to say, after I watched that I needed something funny, hence Eddie Izzard. The Time Traveler's Wife was a good film, although I cried my eyes at its ending. I have to say it's one of the few movies I've seen after reading the book and was not completely disappointed.

Saturday I met up with a friend Nikki who is a flight attendant and in town for the night. We just went to dinner and hung out, which was nice considering things have been known to get wild and out of control. Flipping through the channels in her hotel room we came across the show 48 Hours, which our other friend Laura insisted on watching. The story was about three teenage boys in Arkansas who were convicted of murdering three 8-year-old boys.  At the time they were found guilty, there wasn't any physical evidence linking them to the crime. Years later when DNA was actually discovered, it did not implicate any of the convicted murderers. Two of the boys were what might be referred to as 'goth' or 'punk' - essentially outsiders who people automatically formed a negative opinion of. They were accused of being worshipers of satan and the murders a satanic ritual, although there was no evidence of a ritual. As new information has come out regarding the murders of the three boys, even some of the victims' parents believe that they're innocent. They've also attracted the attention of 'Hollywood' gaining support from Johnny Depp and the lead singer of the Dixie Chicks.

It was definitely interesting and jaw dropping to see the injustice take place.  It sort of felt like the story from the movie Changeling in how the law had made a mistake, but instead of trying to correct it, they just tried to cover it up. You can watch the segment from 48 Hours below and get more information from here regarding the case and support the convicted men who have now been in jail for about 17 years.