Hi Lo
My energy's been a bit low lately, with the move and all. I haven't posted a damned thing about the Kinkwalk party, although it was extremely fun and I got to bounce a genuinely lovely and brilliant person on my lap while we were all hopped up on freshly made Vietnamese coffees. And I haven't written anything about the age play session that followed a viewing of the not-so-age-appropriate film, "The Black Balloon". And I should really write about Ana's super primo wonderful solo scene she did the other night, which she was reluctant to do because she's convinced she needs more technique before she can do a decent scene, but I insisted because it was time to work on her confidence and dammit, I was right and she rocked it. And I haven't written about the astoundingly bad boy Banzai was today and how he retaliates for being left alone even for an hour. Nor have I written about the new house or the surreal experience we had at a dim sum place last weekend where a Korean or Vietnamese wedding reception was being held. And I completely spaced writing about the cats finding out how to travel around the new house inside the walls. And the event coming up this weekend at Scarlet Ranch, and the one coming up in a couple of weeks for Leathermagick that I need to recruit a few volunteers for, and and the one we're doing May 16 and the one we're doing June 6 (Dom/me Prom/me!), I am completely remiss in mentioning.
I'm reading some books. Finished one, started another. Actually, I didn't finish one. The one I didn't finish is "Watchmen", mostly because I already know how it turns out. The one I started is a new, hardcover Nalo Hopkinson that I got at a used bookstore last week while looking for kids books for age play parties and clients. I hope she doesn't pull an Octavia Butler and die early, because there are far too few Black womens voices in scifi/specfic/fantasy - especially non-American ones - and hers would be a heart-wrenching loss. I want to wrap her up in bubble wrap and stick her in a hyperbaric chamber with a laptop and whatever else she needs to keep her happy and safe and writing more. I'm betting she would not appreciate my writer preservation plan. And interestingly enough, while what I usually appreciate about her is her Afro-Caribbean-Canadian slant on scifi, what I'm really enjoying right now is her 50-something main character. I've been in need of the voices of middle-aged and upper-middle-aged women lately and, absent having many of them as friends at the moment, the book is filling in nicely.
I haven't been watching any TV at all lately. The living room isn't really set up to where it's comfortable to watch. I can't say I'm missing it much. Once the new season of True Blood starts, I'll be back to my usual sofa spud self, at least for a few hours here and there. I hope the Tara character stays. She's the best actor they've got since they killed off Lafayette. Stephen Root's character needed more air time. That guy's so good at every character he ever does, and his flabby, gay, lonely vampire had room for so much more. Funny how there was nobody like him in the books, though.
I did go to COLLAR tonight. One of the women did a singletail demo and then we all went out for drinks and snacks after. I love that group. I love my tribe. They are so fantastic. We need someone to work on the group's website, though. It's been a non-starter for way too long. I'm all motivated now to start doing some more recruiting and other support for the group.
I was invited again to join the board for a group that I've been supporting as I can for a few years. I feel like I'm spread too thin, though. Even though I think I could do a good job, I just don't have the energy for doing more right now. I recommended one of the Pavlovians instead, because she's been getting more involved with the leather community and I think she'd be great on the board, as well as giving her an opportunity to shine at something that I'm not in charge of. If she and the board decide they're a good fit, I'll report back here when it's all official-like. I love how her confidence has grown and I think she could be a good leader.
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I'm reading some books. Finished one, started another. Actually, I didn't finish one. The one I didn't finish is "Watchmen", mostly because I already know how it turns out. The one I started is a new, hardcover Nalo Hopkinson that I got at a used bookstore last week while looking for kids books for age play parties and clients. I hope she doesn't pull an Octavia Butler and die early, because there are far too few Black womens voices in scifi/specfic/fantasy - especially non-American ones - and hers would be a heart-wrenching loss. I want to wrap her up in bubble wrap and stick her in a hyperbaric chamber with a laptop and whatever else she needs to keep her happy and safe and writing more. I'm betting she would not appreciate my writer preservation plan. And interestingly enough, while what I usually appreciate about her is her Afro-Caribbean-Canadian slant on scifi, what I'm really enjoying right now is her 50-something main character. I've been in need of the voices of middle-aged and upper-middle-aged women lately and, absent having many of them as friends at the moment, the book is filling in nicely.
I haven't been watching any TV at all lately. The living room isn't really set up to where it's comfortable to watch. I can't say I'm missing it much. Once the new season of True Blood starts, I'll be back to my usual sofa spud self, at least for a few hours here and there. I hope the Tara character stays. She's the best actor they've got since they killed off Lafayette. Stephen Root's character needed more air time. That guy's so good at every character he ever does, and his flabby, gay, lonely vampire had room for so much more. Funny how there was nobody like him in the books, though.
I did go to COLLAR tonight. One of the women did a singletail demo and then we all went out for drinks and snacks after. I love that group. I love my tribe. They are so fantastic. We need someone to work on the group's website, though. It's been a non-starter for way too long. I'm all motivated now to start doing some more recruiting and other support for the group.
I was invited again to join the board for a group that I've been supporting as I can for a few years. I feel like I'm spread too thin, though. Even though I think I could do a good job, I just don't have the energy for doing more right now. I recommended one of the Pavlovians instead, because she's been getting more involved with the leather community and I think she'd be great on the board, as well as giving her an opportunity to shine at something that I'm not in charge of. If she and the board decide they're a good fit, I'll report back here when it's all official-like. I love how her confidence has grown and I think she could be a good leader.
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