why contacts, WHY?

so if you don't know me that well, you probably are not aware that i am ridiculously blind and have special contacts i wear at night.  they are hard and reshape my cornea while i sleep, and then i take them out in the morning with a tiny plunger, and magical 20/20 vision is bestowed upon me.  they are generally a pain in the butt and i hate them.

(you should never have to do this to your own eyeball.)

anyway, they also require the use of this ridiculously expensive contact solution that is more of a goopy gel.  well, on tuesday i went to walmart in need of more solution and noticed that their crap-tastic equate brand made an RGP lens solution.  "hmm, this is about half the price of my regular goo, and  i am pretty cheap," i thought to myself.  so i bought it.  WORST DECISION EVER.  

i should have known equate could not be trusted with my ocular needs.  the first sign of impending doom was when i opened the solution last night to use it.  it was not at all the gooey consistency i have become accustomed to over the past 10 years of use.  oh well, what could that matter?  so i suck it up and put the horrible things in my eyes.  the beginning of the end.

i go jump under the covers because, as a side note, it is FREEZING.  i close my eyes, and about 20 minutes later, an odd burning sensation starts in my eyes.  well, my contacts cause discomfort a lot, so i thought maybe this was one of those times.  after about 30 minutes of searing pain, i get a little angry and go pop the contacts out (see figure 1 up there).  surely removing the foul plastic + cheapo solution will ease my pain right?  RIGHT?

my eyes are still burning.  the weird thing is, if they are open it is fine, but if i blink or close them, dear lord.  it is similar to the feeling in your eyes when you chop onions, or get too close to ammonia, or wash your face with gasoline.  i will never, ever, ever cheap out on contact solution again.