tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164387902024-03-07T06:02:05.895-04:00The Book BitchesTwo very opinionated bitches talk about books and bitch about other stuff too.ValVegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853685946414048317noreply@blogger.comBlogger849125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-85752138526013048432010-02-26T18:25:00.007-04:002010-02-26T19:34:41.788-04:00Help! Need advice!You’re probably wondering what I’m doing back here—and only after a few weeks! I can explain. When I stopped blogging early 2008 I also stopped checking our blog emails. My laziness almost made me miss a VERY important letter from someone VERY important to me. Kicked myself for being so stupid, I tell ya. Anyway, not wanting that to happen again, I since had our incoming blog emails forwarded to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-20297710096205865212010-01-19T20:37:00.011-04:002015-05-07T11:31:12.706-04:00The not so secret life of bees
I just saw some of the comments from my previous post. The fact that some of you still visit, wow, I feel more awed than I can ever express... My darlings, you are lovely. Oh how you warm my cruel heart. *sniffles*
I only wanted to pimp Paullina’s new book, A Song in the Daylight. You all know how much I adore her. Did I tell you she named a character after me? She’s the protagonist’s Unknownnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-32229581557833776682009-11-02T22:52:00.003-04:002009-11-02T23:12:41.892-04:00A song in the daylightA Song in the Daylightby Paullina SimonsFormat: Hardcover, 784 pagesPublisher: Harper CollinsISBN-10: 0007305575ISBN-13: 978-0007305575Larissa Stark is a beautiful woman who plays many roles in her life: wife, mother, devoted friend. She has everything she ever wanted, until a chance encounter with a stranger changes Larissa′s idyllic existence forever, leading her to question all the things she Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-10999634201198777212009-02-03T16:39:00.004-04:002009-03-31T11:55:38.664-04:00The beauty and the dude with serious anger management issuesI’m wondering if the U.S. political system is ever going to be rid of this idiot. Even in this interview—where everything is on her side, where she’s probably being fed word-per-word what she has to say—she manages to sound like a 16-year-old cheerleader off to prom.Sarah Palin is an embarrassment to female politicians.On the other side, WOW, I feel really bad for Sarah for putting herself in theValVegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853685946414048317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-11174698777791397562009-01-26T20:08:00.004-04:002009-03-31T12:02:42.878-04:00Translating my CV is driving me crazy. Please help!Hey guys. As you guys know English is my second language (Spanish being my first). I’m working on submitting my CV to some international organizations.These are my questions:I have a Bachelors in Law (it’s different in Latin America; we do 5 years of pure law with no prior degree in humanities or history or whatever it is you need in the U.S.). Will this be understood? I mean, the Bachelors in ValVegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853685946414048317noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-71985069268966697832009-01-20T11:24:00.005-04:002009-01-26T06:08:14.278-04:00At the Bride Hunt Ball by Olivia ParkerI’m not even sure why I’m writing about this book; you all know I only write about books I either HATE or LOVE.Though I can’t say I loved this book I was rather entertained by it. It’s wonderfully light-hearted and uncomplicated. No ridiculous plots or schemes. No stupid misunderstandings. For some reason it reminded me of Julia Quinn’s earlier writing style; a lot of funny moments, witty ValVegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853685946414048317noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-35066007621500575182009-01-16T14:22:00.003-04:002009-01-26T06:07:02.683-04:00On Regency characters that act as furnacesI’m very confused. Why is it that, in historicals—though the heroine wears gloves and the hero wears 10 layers of clothing—whenever the heroine touches him she can “feel” his heat? These people have thick barriers between their actual skins. Are these men all suffering from fevers, do you suppose?ValVegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853685946414048317noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-40641722336949764942009-01-06T11:13:00.002-04:002009-01-26T06:29:37.759-04:00Back at work :(I’m back at work (after two weeks off) and as I’ve mentioned about a million and one times I HATE MY JOB.We’re going away Thursday for a long weekend at the beach/mountains and need an excuse to skive off work. I think I should use gastroenteritis to go MIA, but if anyone else has ever used a better story, please don’t hesitate to let me know LOL.ValVegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853685946414048317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-50778046716607449322008-12-29T08:55:00.004-04:002009-01-26T06:34:55.735-04:00"You still have time to order this before the wedding," he said.My BF emailed this link to my best friend who’s getting married this weekend—BTW, she’s been living with my brother for 5 years LOL:No more worry about losing your virginity. With this product, you can have your first night back anytime. Insert this artificial hymen into your vagina carefully. It will expand a little and make you feel tight. When your lover penetrate, it will ooze out a liquid ValVegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853685946414048317noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-47878423559980963582008-12-29T08:06:00.004-04:002009-01-26T06:36:59.321-04:00Belated Merry XmasI’ve been soooooooooooooooo busy with wedding related stuff. We have over 300 guests coming to the wedding, including a bunch of international ones; things are crazy.On book 5 of HP reread. Loving them all over again. *g*Photo of my beautiful daughter with her baby cousin on Xmas morning. She’s obsessed with that damn dog!ValVegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853685946414048317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-62890454008480401582008-12-04T13:32:00.003-04:002008-12-05T01:08:18.625-04:00When the duke returnsI’m currently reading—and by currently I mean sneaking in reads at work!—When the Duke Returns by Eloisa James. This novel is part of the “Desperate Duchesses” series. I read the previous three books and really enjoyed them. The truth is, to me, Eloisa James can do no wrong (just remember, she isn’t a straight-romance writer, more like a Shakespeare meets romance kinda gal).I’m on the eighth ValVegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853685946414048317noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-72697208971775764902008-12-03T10:44:00.004-04:002008-12-05T01:39:18.589-04:00Update on Crazy Diet and small rant on sizesYeah, I’m not doing that pepper and lemon fast. The body odor/nasty breath thing scared me away. I’d rather be fat and clean LOL.I’m taking Sibutramine-based diet pills (please, spare me the “that’s so bad for you” comments; I’ve been taking them for years). These pills are AMAZING. Bad thing is my body is kinda used to them now so the effect isn’t the same as it was years ago. Trying to smuggle ValVegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853685946414048317noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-73653974642339055672008-12-03T10:27:00.003-04:002008-12-05T02:15:48.303-04:00A whiter smile?I got sucked into doing the Crest Whitestrip Premium Plus because of the great reviews on Amazon. The biggest complaint in the reviews is teeth and gum sensitivity while doing the program, but most mention being very happy with the whitening effect. With me—because I’m apparently sub-normal even in this!—there is NO sensitivity whatsoever (even when I put the strips over my gums) but I don’t see ValVegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853685946414048317noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-9722418441287466362008-11-29T08:54:00.002-04:002008-11-29T09:28:57.500-04:00I'm very scaredThis Lemon and Cayenne Pepper Diet has me awfully scared. I’m starting Monday but I’m dreading it. I read about horrible things one goes through during the fast. Body odor, nasty breath, flu-like symptoms, some sort of mucus coating the tongue, pimples (!) and a number of other things that indicate your body is eliminating toxins it’s been accumulating for years. So yeah, this doesn’t sound like ValVegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853685946414048317noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-8478359233186958072008-11-27T14:46:00.005-04:002008-11-28T02:25:01.143-04:00Trying a new dietI’ll ask Harlot to join me, yet again (you’ve no idea how many diets we’ve tried together!) but she’s a BIG CHEATER. She’ll eat cake and ice cream and think it’s OK because tomorrow for sure “I’ll stick to the diet.” *snort*If you are looking to shed about 1-2 pounds per day and at the same time, clean your body of harmful toxins and chemicals then they Cayenne Pepper and Lemon Diet might just ValVegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853685946414048317noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-33697176250232739262008-11-26T16:15:00.000-04:002008-11-26T16:22:34.017-04:00There are crazy fucks everywhere *BEWARE*I’m an eBay whore; really, you wouldn’t believe the amount of stuff I buy from eBay. Anywho, years ago I had an Aveeno moisturizer I loved and had to stop using as these are only sold in the U.S. and it was hard for me to get ahold of.I try to buy a new brand every time I’m out of moisturizer/night creams. In the last two years I’ve gone through Clarins, Christian Dior, Clinique, Chanel and ValVegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853685946414048317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-91734513723186777982008-11-24T13:25:00.021-04:002009-11-20T08:09:53.988-04:00"I've seen vampire venom work miracles, but there are conditions that even venom cannot overcome."Ah, Carlisle, ye all-knowing Hottie McVampire... Here’s my no-spoiler-review of Twilight:I snickered, I cringed, I almost barfed. Truly, I still can’t believe how BAD this movie is. Like, unbelievably embarrassingly horrendous. *shudder* FYI “true” Twihards (gotta laugh!) or whatever you wanna call yourselves now, who screamed their heads off every fucking time “Edward” appeared on the screen, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-90530025613775871292008-11-20T14:54:00.010-04:002008-11-21T04:29:55.213-04:00Twilight eye candy (er, sort of)Once in a while I disentangle my naked limbs from Raoul’s and incur in things that don’t involve his beautiful mouth. ;) Shocking, isn’t it? But a girl has other needs, ya know. Anywho, because of the ten minutes I spend out of Raoul’s bed, and in the computer now and again, I’ve had no other choice but to notice the bleeding travesty—in the form of ads—that is masquerading as Twilight the movie.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-5699375666795456392008-11-19T08:19:00.004-04:002008-11-20T03:09:37.169-04:00New header on the wayGuys, we’ve had to take down our beautiful header because the copyrights were due and they are £1,500.00 fucking pounds and, well, neither Harlot nor I can afford it at the moment, especially because we’ve never made a cent out of this blog. We don’t even accept free** books unless it’s to raffle.I will be working on a new whole design this weekend; in the meantime pretend we still have a nice ValVegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853685946414048317noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-76226210764830738072008-11-18T13:11:00.003-04:002008-11-19T00:51:51.923-04:00Am I the only one that doesn't get the Twilight craze?I mean, don’t get me wrong, I read the book and thought it was OK, but nothing to sell your first born over.I can’t recall what my exact feelings about the novel were, but it must have been a cross between good and meh because I couldn’t bring myself to read the second one. If I’m not mistaken, I found Bella irritating and part of the storyline nonsensical though I did enjoy Edward and his ValVegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853685946414048317noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-2734340697612738172008-11-18T12:49:00.006-04:002008-11-19T01:35:25.950-04:00Johnny Depp: Is it possible for this man to ever look unfuckable?Here’s Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland (2010).I tell you, anyone else in this outfit would look outright freaky—but not Johnny. He looks totally fuckable in that top hat. Wish he were naked though. *sigh*Related: Yo ho ho! Man the rigging and prepare to overhaul!ValVegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853685946414048317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-71266352576281314362008-11-17T10:43:00.004-04:002008-11-19T01:39:19.318-04:00Cynthia Nixon on Prop 8Very interesting commentary from Cynthia Nixon about Prop 8 and the future of the Gay Rights Movement. I had no idea she was so smart and eloquent. Also, luurrve the hair.ValVegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853685946414048317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-22087576649459016902008-11-14T09:04:00.005-04:002008-11-17T03:20:10.789-04:00Rereading Harry PotterI have started my god-knows-what-number reread of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series; already on book two. The BF is listening to Jim Dale read Sorcerer’s Stone (we actually started together but he listens when he has “free time” and I, on the other hand, get so absorbed by these books I read them even at work and red lights).This is the BF’s first time reading HP (I almost had to donate a kidneyValVegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853685946414048317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-33255287776313489392008-11-12T17:22:00.006-04:002008-11-13T03:27:05.630-04:00Sick fucks Breastfeeding-holicsThis is by far one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen. This woman should be in counseling and so should those little girls.I have serious issues with women that use breastfeeding to fill up some void inside them. Of course they say it’s for the kids, but I highly doubt having an almost pre-teen sucking on your breast is a good thing for their mental health no matter how many “benefitsValVegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853685946414048317noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16438790.post-51169017751697992792008-11-12T17:16:00.002-04:002008-11-13T03:17:09.155-04:00I lost my post!!!!!!!I wrote a huge-ass post on the woes of packing and unpacking—yeah, I know, enthralling stuff—and now it’s gone! I don’t know what happened to it. *sigh* It’s obvious Blogger hates me, but even for them this is excessively weird.Short version of post that disappeared: I hate packing and I hate unpacking more. Hope that helps LOL.ValVegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853685946414048317noreply@blogger.com0