A book about a struggling writer trying to get her act together and get published...

Ah…something I know a thing or two about. The Glamorous (Double) Life of Isabel Bookbinder ~~By Holly McQueen

Photo: Simonandschuster.com

Think Bridget Jones but instead of a diary she has a bonkbuster (that’s a dirty romance novel for those who aren’t down with the slang). Somewhere between getting her look down and falling in love, she has managed to convince one of the world’s top authors that she is really writing a book…which she isn’t. See, she’s not technically a writer per se. She wants to be a writer, but she is more focused on the smaller details such as what she should wear while she writes or what type of notebook to write in.

The antics this girl gets up to are insane, and seriously I laughed out loud almost twice per page. She’s Bridget on crack. And Ms. McQueen’s description in this book is brilliant. The way Isabel can shift her attention to anything and I mean anything but writing is too funny. I have experienced this too often myself. A piece of dust on the floor holds more appeal than writing it seems.

There’s a conspiracy surrounding the “book”, a tangled love story and a whole plot dedicated to honing a size 8. You will love it. If you don’t, you have no sense of humor.

Recap of a whole lotta stuff...sorry dudes, I have been SOOOO fricking busy!!!

Okay, I finally have time to update you with what's going on with me. I have been insanely busy with work and with my personal life so I haven't really had a chance to talk.

Let's start from where I left you peeps. The next day I flew to Virginia for a weekend away with friends. We went to stay at my friend's cabin in western Maryland.

Uh can you say RELAXATION??? First let me start by saying that cabin doesn't really describe the place we stayed at. Yes it looks like a log cabin, however, it has four bedrooms, three bathrooms, an entire wall of windows, washer/dryer, stainless steel appliances, wrap around deck. Yeah, so we weren't really roughing it. LOL!


We went to hike at the waterfalls which were beautiful. Here's a lovely pic of me about to jump!!!




We spent a good deal of time shopping. I scored quite a few very unique and awesome finds. We rode a mountain rollercoaster. (lemme explain: you are alone in the car, you are cranked up to the top of a hill and then the rollercoaster lets you go and you are controlling your own speed. Uh, it was frickin cool! Let's just say, I didn't really use the brake!!)

I took what I have so far of my book for my friends to read because they've been curious. So, instead of them taking their turns and reading it themselves, Mama FiFi sat there with a circle of peeps surrounding her and read the story like she was reading a bedtime story to little kids. Well, except this is NO bedtime story. I would get to words like pussy and clit and be like I CAN'T SAY IT. DON'T MAKE ME!!! It was quite funny. Good news!!! They loved it! Well, I haven't met a single person yet who doesn't.

When I returned, I was very fortunate to get an invitation to a party that one of my dear friends was coordinating. It was very posh and there were a lot of spectacular people there. One of which is my favorite...PEMA CHODRON!!! She is so amazingly adorable. When I got there she was going in right in front of me and we made eye contact and she just smiled at me. She has the most happy cute smiles ever...and she's ALWAYS smiling. She is so hilarious. From what I've read from her she seems like this very serious buddhist teacher...however, she is so funny and cracking jokes about herself. I LOVE HER!!!

Also that week, I went to see Chris Pureka. I love her so much. She is one of my absolute favorite singers. I also got the chance to break out my new style...hahaha...I wore a tie! Don't worry, I'm still femme, but I figured out a way to look hella cute in a tie. I got a LOT of compliments!!!

I had decided that I wanted to get the tattoo on my lower back covered awhile ago, but I finally put it into action. I took my design to the tattoo artist he drew up something amazing for me and finally this weekend I got part of it done. IT'S HUGE!!! I have to go back in a couple weeks for the rest!!! OY!!! Did I mention it is HUMONGOUS!!! It's 6x the size of the one it's covering.

Two Saturdays ago I was given VIP tickets to this Film Festival. It was all of these short films. AND THEY WERE GREAT. We got to hang in the VIP lounge. Sit in the VIP box seats with celebrities. YES, THERE WERE CELEBRITIES!! And we got to watch an awards show kinda like the Oscars for short film. We went to a crazy diner with singing waiters afterward and ate amazing food!!!

This past week I celebrated Cinco de Mayo by eating Italian food...LOLOL!! Yes, I roll like that. A friend and I are also now undertaking the hitting up of all the top 10 restaurants with the best burgers in NYC. First was Burger Joint in Le Parker Meridien hotel. Long lines, hard to get a table, but TOTALLY worth it!!

I also went to see slam poet Andrea Gibson, and if you've never heard of her, you need to. She is brilliant!!! Her words give me chills and make me laugh and cry.

So, as I said before Saturday afternoon was the tattoo shop. Did I tell you how HUGE the tattoo is? I just can't get over it. Saturday night I went to see Star Trek. Okok...how many of you fainted? I know, everybody's saying WHAT THE FUCK!?! FiFi watched Star Trek! Uh, YES!! And it was so good. I absolutely loved it! I recommend it to everyone especially if you have never had the desire to watch it in your life!!! Watch it! You will laugh your ass off!!!

After the movie, we went to Veselka in the village. It was past one in the morning so of course all the crazies were out. There was this dude screaming Obama sux!! And this chick told him that he sucks...and then he called her a whorebag. This other dude stands up and starts throwing coffee cremers at him. They start yelling back and forth which culminates in Mr. Coffecremer throwing a full GLASS (actual glass) of water at Mr. Obamasux head!!! Too exciting!

And then yesterday, I spent a lovely day in the park with crazy doggies. Dude, when you have a dog, everyone wants to be your friend. IT IS SO FUNNY!!! I went to a friends house for dinner. She cooked lamb curry for me. YUMMMMMMMMYYY!!! I drank just enough red wine to fully relax and watched that HBO show True Blood! Holy cow! It's quite quite quite good!!! It's about vampires and we all know how much I love my vampires.

So, that brings you just about up to speed. That's all I can type...my fingas hurt!!!!