I DON’T have Bette Davis eyes

I think I may have developed an eye infection. On Monday night I barely slept, and when I woke up on Tuesday my eyes were somewhat swollen, gunky, scaly, and bloodshot. Grody. I chalked it up to not getting enough sleep (that always does weird things to my body), but last night I slept okay and this morning my eyes were still bothering me. I mentioned it to my boss, because I didn’t want him to think my eyes were bloodshot from me drinking or crying all night, and he mentioned that our permanent temp had pink eye last week. How did I fail to notice this?? I haven’t had pink eye since I was in junior high. Let’s hope I don’t break that record now. I’m going to watch it for a day or two and then call my doctor if my eyes still haven’t cleared up. They do look better today, but they’re still kind of mortifying.

Last night I went to the mall to buy a baptism gift for Antoinette and drop off my Fisheye film at Ritz, and I was immediately accosted by charity workers (from MercyCorps) trying to pull in money for tsunami and Darfur victims. The only problem is, they weren’t actually taking donations. Instead, they want people to sign up to automatically give $31 every month via credit card. Well, it’s physically impossible for me to say no to anybody, so I ended up handing over my credit card. I’m not comfortable having them pull money off my card every month indefinitely, so what I’m going to do is let it go through for a few months and then cancel it. I know how selfish that sounds, but I’d rather spread my donations around, you know?

Before heading to Ritz I stopped at Forever 21, even though I knew I’d regret it, because that store is like crack to me (you couldn’t pay me to wear some of their stuff, while other items just fly off the racks and into my hands). My love of this store is quite unusual, because normally I avoid malls and do 99% of my clothing shopping at secondhand shops, vintage stores, and Target. Sure enough, I walked out of Forever 21 $117 poorer. But good lord, it was so worth it. I bought three dresses and a blouse, and one of the dresses makes me feel like a sexy mothafucka. That is no small feat, ladies and gentlemen!


song heard most recently before posting: Overs—Simon & Garfunkel