a week of catchup

It's been an incredibly long week, and I cannot wait until the weekend is officially here. I have the lovely Shari's birthday party on Friday, Riffs and Gigs on Saturday, and mini cupcakes and a Super Bowl party on Sunday. I've gone out a lot this week, but also written so much and felt like my head was going to explode. I went to the National Arts Club, where I'd tried to go to the book party for Some Like It Haute a few weeks ago, when I lost my beloved Fluevog. I did make it there on Tuesday for Maria Dhavana Headley's The Year of Yes, and got to have a yummy Yestini, meet Maria and her publicist, and reconnect with the gorgeous and sparkling Chloe Jo Berman. Then I got over my qualms about being a huge dork and went to play Boggle. I'd seen a mention of it on Gawker, and it seemed so fortuitous because I just played Boggle on Sunday. I can't believe I was so nervous; everyone was really, really nice, and then we were served cupcakes, like the one in the photo below, and Derek Hartley was there too. Also, well, I held my own in Boggle, I think. Last night after an extremely trying day I went to my first (but not last) Cuddle Party where I met more new people, cuddled, and felt totally mellow by the time I left. Tonight I had 2 martinis that totally made me loopy, but in a good way, and listened to everything from "Since U Been Gone" to "Groove Is In The Heart" while continuing to be a big nerd, then went to Rififi and caught Ali Waller and Roger Hailes, but sadly missed Jessi Klein. I miss comedy, have to try to go more but it feels good to make some headway with the writing. So that's my life in a nutshell. I also discovered this fabulous Turtle Mountain soy ice cream - peanut butter and chocolate - delicious! Also, everything seems to taste better after a few drinks. I plan to hit the treadmill this weekend though, I am saving up the fun, fast-paced books to read on it, like Cinderella Lopez and Pretty Little Devils. Finished M.J. Rose's fabulous The Delilah Complex, the second in her Butterfield Institute series of erotic thrillers, and now want to go back and read The Halo Effect and am anticipating the new one, The Venus Fix. And I may, hopefully, be going to Puerto Rico for a long weekend next month. If this works out, I will be so happy to be hanging in the sun, with nothing to do but bask in the warmth, sleep, and visit with my cousins.

Some links:

Consider my ovaries exploded via MP3

Mama Britney's done it again

Deadspin's the website that dare not speak its name (or have it published)

An interview with M.J. Rose

Scorpios are hot

The L Word got renewed for a 4th season