I don't remember having turned to the dark side...

Yet, I've woken up the last 4 days looking like Emperor Palpatine.

Sure, putting the hood up on my dark bathrobe did little to help, but it's true. I have come down with a bad case of "Emperor Eyes." All the appeal and glamour of a sith lord, disfigured in a force lightening battle without the all consuming powers. Nice deal.

Sure,I've been feeling a little under the weather the last few days, haven't been sleeping well and it's allergy season. These are all things that would normally accentuate the dark-like-my-soul circles under my eyes (I should really live in France, as that culture seems to think that the sleepless look is really sexy), however the circles are now red. Interesting.

I spent a good amount of time indulging in some self-diagnosis yesterday and determined that I don't have lupus, which is nice, but I still looked like hell. I tried every eye cream in my arsenal, which only made the redness worse and irritated the hell out of my eyes, turning them red to match. Hot.

I can only be thankful that I've been at the level of under-eye concealear Kung Fu master for quite some time so I'm not scaring random children and old ladies. The two pluses are, should this stick, I have part of my costume ready for Hallowe'en and if I feel really compelled to scare the crap out of M I can also don my dark bathrobe with the hood and sneak up on him in his sleep.

Today's sing-a-long song: "Old Red Eyes is Back" by The Beautiful South

HRH