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Ride for Roswell - In the BAG!
Posted 17 years agoCouple of rain showers early on... but we DID the 8 mile course.....
..and TinyTribble did about 6 on her own!!! (And she doesn't turn 6 'till the end of August!)
Go Team!
..and TinyTribble did about 6 on her own!!! (And she doesn't turn 6 'till the end of August!)
Go Team!
Jack Benny as a MOUSE aka VINDICATION!
Posted 17 years agoYep... I was talking about Jack Benny in a few journals... and while doing some reading up about Mel "Man of 1000 Voices" Blanc, I come to find out... Warner Brothers did an animated short with Jack Benny, Rochester Van Jones, Mary Livingston, Don Wilson (as themselves in anthro-mouse forms) and Mel Blanc as Jack's 1923 Maxwell and Ed the vault guard called, The Mouse That Jack Built.
As skits go, it isn't one of the best that WB did, but just the fact that they did it is amazingly cool to me.... seeing as how a number of gags from Jack Benny's show ended up in various WB shorts.
So... here's to being vindicated! Yes, Jack Benny DOES qualify as 'fur-related'....
(--if only just marginally.)
As skits go, it isn't one of the best that WB did, but just the fact that they did it is amazingly cool to me.... seeing as how a number of gags from Jack Benny's show ended up in various WB shorts.
So... here's to being vindicated! Yes, Jack Benny DOES qualify as 'fur-related'....
(--if only just marginally.)
One piece of AC advice for 1st timers....
Posted 17 years agoI learned a lot about what to expect and what to plan for from 
's journals last year (AC07). Read those first and then come back here:
* How to survive a furry con - http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/145324/
* Convention survival guide part II - http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/151467/
Done? Ok.. Now, here's something from ME that'll seem odd, but go with me on this.....
When you go to a con (doesn't matter which one), remember that the vendors and artists there are operating a business first and foremost. Yes, it's GREAT to be able to meet them (trust me, I was rather overwhelmed getting to meet a LOT of these folks first-hand), but they are there as business people first.
If they're working / selling things / talking with someone already about a commission or a product or speaking with ConStaff, give them time to do it. Be patient. They aren't going anywhere and they know you're there. If they try to interrupt someone they're already talking to to tend to you, tell them to finish up first.
Seriously... Good manners go a LONG way to making people WANT to give you an extra minute of their time after.
Once you have your chance with them, put out your hand and give a firm handshake and, before anything else, THANK them for sharing their time and talents with you.
Again, its not just good manners, but you have to remember - these people (artist and non-so-artistic alike) share a part of themselves, even if it's just comments and insights posted on a comment board.
They don't HAVE to... they CHOOSE to! That deserves some gratitude - a simple handshake and a 'Thank You' mean a hell of a lot to folks. Seriously.
OH, yeah.... and if you DO buy something from an artist, consider paying an extra dollar; JUST a dollar. Why? Simple! Consider a waiter/waitress' tip - the 'double the tax' rule here for me puts a BASELINE tip at 16%. If you get a $10 sketch, $1 is a 10% tip.
Come on... you know what a waiter/waitress would say about you for leaving a freekin' 10% tip? (never mind what you might find your food flavoured with the next time you went in to eat with him/her!)
And really.... what's an extra dollar? You'll be spending a LOT of money at the con already just getting in and parking and gas and lodging and food and.....
What does it all come down to, then? Simple....
Go the extra niceness mile - be considerate - use good manners.....
So.. here's to the folks I met last year - thank you, and hope to see you THIS year!
CigarSkunk and Coffinberry
- http://www.furaffinity.net/view/651234/
Blade
- http://www.furaffinity.net/view/652928/
Yunicoon
- http://www.furaffinity.net/view/652947/
BlueSquirrelDude
- http://www.furaffinity.net/view/656012/
Roxikat 's player, Eric Shwartz and Shou_Lung ....
- http://www.furaffinity.net/view/653054/
Fossil (and Scully, though not in the pic)
- http://www.furaffinity.net/view/652980/
...AND ZigZag
-http://www.furaffinity.net/view/654422/
Thank you all DEEPLY!
's journals last year (AC07). Read those first and then come back here: * How to survive a furry con - http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/145324/
* Convention survival guide part II - http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/151467/
Done? Ok.. Now, here's something from ME that'll seem odd, but go with me on this.....
When you go to a con (doesn't matter which one), remember that the vendors and artists there are operating a business first and foremost. Yes, it's GREAT to be able to meet them (trust me, I was rather overwhelmed getting to meet a LOT of these folks first-hand), but they are there as business people first.
If they're working / selling things / talking with someone already about a commission or a product or speaking with ConStaff, give them time to do it. Be patient. They aren't going anywhere and they know you're there. If they try to interrupt someone they're already talking to to tend to you, tell them to finish up first.
Seriously... Good manners go a LONG way to making people WANT to give you an extra minute of their time after.
Once you have your chance with them, put out your hand and give a firm handshake and, before anything else, THANK them for sharing their time and talents with you.
Again, its not just good manners, but you have to remember - these people (artist and non-so-artistic alike) share a part of themselves, even if it's just comments and insights posted on a comment board.
They don't HAVE to... they CHOOSE to! That deserves some gratitude - a simple handshake and a 'Thank You' mean a hell of a lot to folks. Seriously.
OH, yeah.... and if you DO buy something from an artist, consider paying an extra dollar; JUST a dollar. Why? Simple! Consider a waiter/waitress' tip - the 'double the tax' rule here for me puts a BASELINE tip at 16%. If you get a $10 sketch, $1 is a 10% tip.
Come on... you know what a waiter/waitress would say about you for leaving a freekin' 10% tip? (never mind what you might find your food flavoured with the next time you went in to eat with him/her!)
And really.... what's an extra dollar? You'll be spending a LOT of money at the con already just getting in and parking and gas and lodging and food and.....
What does it all come down to, then? Simple....
Go the extra niceness mile - be considerate - use good manners.....
So.. here's to the folks I met last year - thank you, and hope to see you THIS year!
CigarSkunk and Coffinberry
- http://www.furaffinity.net/view/651234/
Blade
- http://www.furaffinity.net/view/652928/
Yunicoon
- http://www.furaffinity.net/view/652947/
BlueSquirrelDude
- http://www.furaffinity.net/view/656012/
Roxikat 's player, Eric Shwartz and Shou_Lung ....
- http://www.furaffinity.net/view/653054/
Fossil (and Scully, though not in the pic)
- http://www.furaffinity.net/view/652980/
...AND ZigZag
-http://www.furaffinity.net/view/654422/
Thank you all DEEPLY!
Best. Commedian. EVAH! (Bar None!)
Posted 17 years agoYou've heard me talk about him before.. about how much of a gentleman he was, but I challenge you to find a comedian funnier than the otherwise unassuming man we knew as Jack Benny.
Jack never had an 'extended' education.... in fact he never graduated high school! He really DID love the violin and practiced a lot. You've heard the expression that 'it take a good musician to play an instrument that poorly'? He was the case model for that expression. He played poorly on purpose - his technique when he was playing in seriousness was DAMNED good.
Yes, he was a radio comedian... and in the early years of television... and a Vaudeville performer before those... But the man was headlining, arguably one of the BEST radio shows in history from 1932 to 1948 on NBC (16 YEARS!) and from 1949 to 1955 on CBS (6 years) PLUS a TV series from 1950 to 1965 (15 years). The radio show was consistently among the most highly rated programs during most of that run. Hell, for two years afterwards they would re-run his show as 'The Best Of Benny'!
He surrounded himself on those shows with some of the best performers one could wish for:
* Frank Nelson's amazing, "YYYeeeeeeeeeeeeeessss??!" ( http://youtube.com/watch?v=JA_r1Ynl4Ls )
* announcer Don Wilson, who played up the 'I'm a big fat SLOB!' image on the air
* Rochester Van Jone's incredible gravel voice ( http://youtube.com/watch?v=8LItvNnwOk4 )
* Sheldon Leonard as the race-track lout;
* Phil Harris as a hep-cat band leader who LOVED to trade barbs with Jack;
* and the diamond of them all... Mister Mel Blanc. The Man Of A Thousand Voices ( http://youtube.com/watch?v=O9s8U0O0XPE )
The man was a GENIUS of using silence as it's own punchline - letting people fill in their own jokes as to what Jack must have been thinking before he plowed on.
And then, the running jokes. How the writers managed it, I'll never know. But there are a few very memorable ones. You might recall the running train announcer saying over the PA: Train now leaving on track five for Anaheim, Azusa, and Cu.......... camonga!
And, unlike other funny men, Jack made sure that everyone else around him got the laughs, even at his own (on air) expense. And maybe, that's the reason he was so successful - everyone had a good laugh AT Jack all while he was laughing (or trying NOT to!) with you!
Here... try these vids of him and the crew performing the show on stage for the servicemen in April 1942:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KqUjciB0Q80 (Part 1)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=u5vZzoBixAU (Part 2)
Now, if you want a better idea as to what it would be like - listen with your eyes closed first!
..and if you want more, grab some of these: http://nakedgord.googlepages.com/th.....ckbennyprogram
..and then you tell me. Be listening for Carmichael the Polar Bear, Polly the Parrot, Jack's 1923 Maxwell, the train station PA announcer....
Yeah... live radio comedy... Nothin like it, I tell ya!
Jack never had an 'extended' education.... in fact he never graduated high school! He really DID love the violin and practiced a lot. You've heard the expression that 'it take a good musician to play an instrument that poorly'? He was the case model for that expression. He played poorly on purpose - his technique when he was playing in seriousness was DAMNED good.
Yes, he was a radio comedian... and in the early years of television... and a Vaudeville performer before those... But the man was headlining, arguably one of the BEST radio shows in history from 1932 to 1948 on NBC (16 YEARS!) and from 1949 to 1955 on CBS (6 years) PLUS a TV series from 1950 to 1965 (15 years). The radio show was consistently among the most highly rated programs during most of that run. Hell, for two years afterwards they would re-run his show as 'The Best Of Benny'!
He surrounded himself on those shows with some of the best performers one could wish for:
* Frank Nelson's amazing, "YYYeeeeeeeeeeeeeessss??!" ( http://youtube.com/watch?v=JA_r1Ynl4Ls )
* announcer Don Wilson, who played up the 'I'm a big fat SLOB!' image on the air
* Rochester Van Jone's incredible gravel voice ( http://youtube.com/watch?v=8LItvNnwOk4 )
* Sheldon Leonard as the race-track lout;
* Phil Harris as a hep-cat band leader who LOVED to trade barbs with Jack;
* and the diamond of them all... Mister Mel Blanc. The Man Of A Thousand Voices ( http://youtube.com/watch?v=O9s8U0O0XPE )
The man was a GENIUS of using silence as it's own punchline - letting people fill in their own jokes as to what Jack must have been thinking before he plowed on.
And then, the running jokes. How the writers managed it, I'll never know. But there are a few very memorable ones. You might recall the running train announcer saying over the PA: Train now leaving on track five for Anaheim, Azusa, and Cu.......... camonga!
And, unlike other funny men, Jack made sure that everyone else around him got the laughs, even at his own (on air) expense. And maybe, that's the reason he was so successful - everyone had a good laugh AT Jack all while he was laughing (or trying NOT to!) with you!
Here... try these vids of him and the crew performing the show on stage for the servicemen in April 1942:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KqUjciB0Q80 (Part 1)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=u5vZzoBixAU (Part 2)
Now, if you want a better idea as to what it would be like - listen with your eyes closed first!
..and if you want more, grab some of these: http://nakedgord.googlepages.com/th.....ckbennyprogram
..and then you tell me. Be listening for Carmichael the Polar Bear, Polly the Parrot, Jack's 1923 Maxwell, the train station PA announcer....
Yeah... live radio comedy... Nothin like it, I tell ya!
Thoughts on Collars (Gorean & bdsm stuff)
Posted 17 years agoI'm part Gorean in my outlooks, and I admit it, freely and proudly. Doesn't mean I'm a dick about it, though. Just that I have my ideals and I try to live up to them, tough as that might be. Now, I know a lot of people just won't get it... but follow me a second....
So, I'm working on updating / modifying a nearly-free (L$10) collar script I got from SLX... and I gotta tell you, I am REALLY annoyed with the work I'm going to have to do in modding it. Oh, it's not JUST the idea that some of the code looks half-broken already. I knew it was going to need some working-over no matter what....
It's just that I'm looking through the codes... and as a dominant, I'm.... well...
......horrified, really.
It looks like the sub-HUD for the collar wearer (on-screen control system) is a near-identical clone of the dom-HUD; meaning the sub-HUD has the ability to not just fire off things like built-in animations, but has the ability to modify core controls like altering ownerships, caging and removing a cage, altering the length of the leash, hell LOCKING and UNLOCKING the collar!
That's just a huge and unforgivable no-no in my book!
So I'm going bat-shit looking through all the codes now, trying to learn how to comment out the parts that shouldn't be accessible and still not destroy the original functionality.
..and all without knowing HOW the Linden Scripting Language works. (YEAH, Hacker arts!)
So, to whomever might have created these scripts in the first place...
'You obviously have NO idea how a GOOD bdsm relationship works. Its not about playing.. it's about trust and reliance. I learned that with Fujin and I keep learning it in what I see around me. Just... don't bother making these any more, huh? Kthnxbai.'
(*Sigh*) Once I have this system perfected, I'm going to offer them, individually customized, with the idea of selling them to COUPLES! Committed couples who'd like it as something akin to a wedding band. Something that MEANS something to them.
Do I plan on making buckets of money from it? Nope. I just wanna make something that I think there might be a want for...
See a need - Fill a need.
Supply and Demand.
Never get involved in a land war in Asia.
...oops! Missed that one.
So, I'm working on updating / modifying a nearly-free (L$10) collar script I got from SLX... and I gotta tell you, I am REALLY annoyed with the work I'm going to have to do in modding it. Oh, it's not JUST the idea that some of the code looks half-broken already. I knew it was going to need some working-over no matter what....
It's just that I'm looking through the codes... and as a dominant, I'm.... well...
......horrified, really.
It looks like the sub-HUD for the collar wearer (on-screen control system) is a near-identical clone of the dom-HUD; meaning the sub-HUD has the ability to not just fire off things like built-in animations, but has the ability to modify core controls like altering ownerships, caging and removing a cage, altering the length of the leash, hell LOCKING and UNLOCKING the collar!
That's just a huge and unforgivable no-no in my book!
So I'm going bat-shit looking through all the codes now, trying to learn how to comment out the parts that shouldn't be accessible and still not destroy the original functionality.
..and all without knowing HOW the Linden Scripting Language works. (YEAH, Hacker arts!)
So, to whomever might have created these scripts in the first place...
'You obviously have NO idea how a GOOD bdsm relationship works. Its not about playing.. it's about trust and reliance. I learned that with Fujin and I keep learning it in what I see around me. Just... don't bother making these any more, huh? Kthnxbai.'
(*Sigh*) Once I have this system perfected, I'm going to offer them, individually customized, with the idea of selling them to COUPLES! Committed couples who'd like it as something akin to a wedding band. Something that MEANS something to them.
Do I plan on making buckets of money from it? Nope. I just wanna make something that I think there might be a want for...
See a need - Fill a need.
Supply and Demand.
Never get involved in a land war in Asia.
...oops! Missed that one.
Third Year Approaches....
Posted 17 years agoIn a little over 24 hrs from posting this, it will have been Three Years since we lost my Fujin; 22 May 2005 at 7pm Eastern US time.
As is my tradition in her honour, I'm making up a batch of lasagna to take up to the Roswell Park Cancer Institute for the nurses in 7West, the place Fujin was at the end.
Some might think it's creepy or odd or 'not-moving-on' or.... (*Shrug*) If you knew just how much I appreciated them, how HUMAN they were... you might understand.
So.. tomorrow... TinyTribble and I will be on our way up there to deliver an Italian dish that my Half-Japanese wife cooked better than I ever did... and I'm the Italian one!
The next time you find yourself in a hospital and you see a bunch of nurses at the station.... take a second to reach over the desk and shake their hands and say, "Thank you for doin' your job."
With Special Thanks
This extra-special
thank-you note
sent to you today
holds more appreciation
than any words can say,
For you're among
the nicest people
I have ever known,
And you'll never be forgotten
for the thoughtfulness
you've shown.
Thanks for Everything
"Thank you for being.... YOU!
With deepest admiration and thanks;
Shujin and Tiny Tribble
As is my tradition in her honour, I'm making up a batch of lasagna to take up to the Roswell Park Cancer Institute for the nurses in 7West, the place Fujin was at the end.
Some might think it's creepy or odd or 'not-moving-on' or.... (*Shrug*) If you knew just how much I appreciated them, how HUMAN they were... you might understand.
So.. tomorrow... TinyTribble and I will be on our way up there to deliver an Italian dish that my Half-Japanese wife cooked better than I ever did... and I'm the Italian one!
The next time you find yourself in a hospital and you see a bunch of nurses at the station.... take a second to reach over the desk and shake their hands and say, "Thank you for doin' your job."
From the card to go with the foodWith Special Thanks
This extra-special
thank-you note
sent to you today
holds more appreciation
than any words can say,
For you're among
the nicest people
I have ever known,
And you'll never be forgotten
for the thoughtfulness
you've shown.
Thanks for Everything
"Thank you for being.... YOU!
With deepest admiration and thanks;
Shujin and Tiny Tribble
Original Bionic Woman fan trailer - WOOH!
Posted 17 years agoYeah - I don't pimp videos... but this one is just great!
Back in the 70's, The Bionic Woman came out originally as a spinoff from The Six Million Dollar Man. There were some creepy characters too! The Fembots were, arguably, the scariest to look at....
But the episode, "Doomsday Is Tomorrow", stands out as one of the all-time greats - worthy of being remade as a feature-length movie in it's own right, I think.
Don't believe me? Look at this fan-made 'extended trailer' (6minutes) and decide for yourself.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=clJkG9selQY
(And if you doubt the creepy-factor of TBW Fembots.. check this remix: http://youtube.com/watch?v=0V1JgodtIls )
Back in the 70's, The Bionic Woman came out originally as a spinoff from The Six Million Dollar Man. There were some creepy characters too! The Fembots were, arguably, the scariest to look at....
But the episode, "Doomsday Is Tomorrow", stands out as one of the all-time greats - worthy of being remade as a feature-length movie in it's own right, I think.
Don't believe me? Look at this fan-made 'extended trailer' (6minutes) and decide for yourself.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=clJkG9selQY
(And if you doubt the creepy-factor of TBW Fembots.. check this remix: http://youtube.com/watch?v=0V1JgodtIls )
What is love? I think this is....
Posted 17 years agoFrom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George.....llen.27s_death
Allen's death
After fighting a long battle with heart disease, Gracie Allen suffered a fatal heart attack in her home on August 27, 1964. Her exact age remains a mystery to this day (Burns set the date as 1902). She was interred in a crypt at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.....
When Burns died thirty-two years later, he was interred beneath Allen because he believed she was entitled to have "top billing". He also left instructions to have the crypt's marker changed to read 'Gracie Allen and George Burns — Together Again'.
(George) never quite clicked with any of his partners, until he met a young Irish Catholic lady in 1923. "And all of a sudden," he said famously (and repeatedly—never failing to get a laugh from it, either), in later years, "the audience realised I had a talent. They were right. I did have a talent—and I was married to her for 38 years."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_B.....ny#Final_Years
Benny canceled a performance in Dallas after suffering a dizzy spell, coupled with a feeling of numbness in his arms. When he complained of stomach pains.... a subsequent (medical test) showed he had inoperable pancreatic cancer. Choosing to spend his final days at home, he was visited by close friends including George Burns, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra and Johnny Carson. He succumbed to the disease on December 26, 1974 at the age of 80. Two days after his death, he was interred in a crypt at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. Mr. Benny's will arranged for flowers, specifically a single long-stemmed red rose, to be delivered to his widowed wife, Mary Livingstone, every day for the rest of her life. Mary Livingstone died nine years later on June 30, 1983.
....and people wonder why I so love and idolize these gentlemen.
Allen's death
After fighting a long battle with heart disease, Gracie Allen suffered a fatal heart attack in her home on August 27, 1964. Her exact age remains a mystery to this day (Burns set the date as 1902). She was interred in a crypt at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.....
When Burns died thirty-two years later, he was interred beneath Allen because he believed she was entitled to have "top billing". He also left instructions to have the crypt's marker changed to read 'Gracie Allen and George Burns — Together Again'.
(George) never quite clicked with any of his partners, until he met a young Irish Catholic lady in 1923. "And all of a sudden," he said famously (and repeatedly—never failing to get a laugh from it, either), in later years, "the audience realised I had a talent. They were right. I did have a talent—and I was married to her for 38 years."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_B.....ny#Final_Years
Benny canceled a performance in Dallas after suffering a dizzy spell, coupled with a feeling of numbness in his arms. When he complained of stomach pains.... a subsequent (medical test) showed he had inoperable pancreatic cancer. Choosing to spend his final days at home, he was visited by close friends including George Burns, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra and Johnny Carson. He succumbed to the disease on December 26, 1974 at the age of 80. Two days after his death, he was interred in a crypt at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. Mr. Benny's will arranged for flowers, specifically a single long-stemmed red rose, to be delivered to his widowed wife, Mary Livingstone, every day for the rest of her life. Mary Livingstone died nine years later on June 30, 1983.
....and people wonder why I so love and idolize these gentlemen.
35 @ 10inch + 13 @ 3 inch = Size Queen?
Posted 17 years agoNOPE. First day at the new job working as a baker!
They set me to work making Apple Streusel Pies.. meaning it was up to me to do everything from get the apples out of the walk-in fridge to core/peel them, cut them, mash them into the pie crusts, make sure there's enough (suckers weigh a lot!), cover in streusel (harder than I thought it would be), put them in the oven, turn at the right time.. and PRESTO! Instant Apple Streusel Pie!*
I made about 35 ten-inch pies and 13 mini's (about 3 inch)... and it was SO gratifying to hear that I was doing a REALLY good job! I mean... Its not a terribly difficult job, wth?
So, there we are... with picture about to come to show it too.
BTW - My shirt is a freekin' mess! WOOHOO!!
* some assembly required
** EDIT **
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1276599/ - Proud TT!
They set me to work making Apple Streusel Pies.. meaning it was up to me to do everything from get the apples out of the walk-in fridge to core/peel them, cut them, mash them into the pie crusts, make sure there's enough (suckers weigh a lot!), cover in streusel (harder than I thought it would be), put them in the oven, turn at the right time.. and PRESTO! Instant Apple Streusel Pie!*
I made about 35 ten-inch pies and 13 mini's (about 3 inch)... and it was SO gratifying to hear that I was doing a REALLY good job! I mean... Its not a terribly difficult job, wth?
So, there we are... with picture about to come to show it too.
BTW - My shirt is a freekin' mess! WOOHOO!!
* some assembly required
** EDIT **
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1276599/ - Proud TT!
O hai! I kan haz jobz?
Posted 17 years agoApparently SO!
Hot on the heel of
getting not one but TWO job offers, I'll be starting monday at a local confectioners....
(*ahem*)
<TPB>
Once, you knew him... as a commoner, like yourselves. Perhaps, now... you will find him a commoner.... no more...
I present to you... He... who will be working soon... in a store... know as.... (Dramatic Pause.......) Butterwood!
</TPB>
(Honest injun. That's what the place is called. www.cakeart.com See?)
So, I won't be doing the tech thing, nor the camera thing, though I MIGHT be able to do some learning there.. And I won;t be makin' $Gobs_o_Money... but it'll be gainful employ with a local company doin' respectful work.
Not to mention they were great to Fujin when she was still pregnant and we stopped there for mid-day snack while going to the land (house wasn't built yet). So this is kinda my way of thanking them, I think.
Hot on the heel of
getting not one but TWO job offers, I'll be starting monday at a local confectioners....(*ahem*)
<TPB>
Once, you knew him... as a commoner, like yourselves. Perhaps, now... you will find him a commoner.... no more...
I present to you... He... who will be working soon... in a store... know as.... (Dramatic Pause.......) Butterwood!
</TPB>
(Honest injun. That's what the place is called. www.cakeart.com See?)
So, I won't be doing the tech thing, nor the camera thing, though I MIGHT be able to do some learning there.. And I won;t be makin' $Gobs_o_Money... but it'll be gainful employ with a local company doin' respectful work.
Not to mention they were great to Fujin when she was still pregnant and we stopped there for mid-day snack while going to the land (house wasn't built yet). So this is kinda my way of thanking them, I think.
Japan smells like.....
Posted 17 years agoMorning Star Brand:
Pine Incense (Lime Green box)
Sandalwood Incense (Red Box)
Aloeswood Incense (Deep blue box)
...end of line
Pine Incense (Lime Green box)
Sandalwood Incense (Red Box)
Aloeswood Incense (Deep blue box)
...end of line
The Captain avatars explained + Thank You!
Posted 17 years ago(Please feel free to link folks here for a quick explanation on everything.. or copy/paste into your own journal so everyone who was wondering knows.)
As you may have noticed, there have been a LARGE number of identical avatars on FA for April Fool's Day - variously nicknamed by some as, "The Captain".
Let me first let you know that *I*, ShujinTribble, am to blame for this April Fool's Day prank.. and I'm going to let you in on the 'secret' finally....
As April was fast approaching, I was trying to figure out if there was anything I could do for an AFD joke.... and it finally hit me as I was watching some YouTube vids of 'Star Blazers'.
In the English version of the Japanese TV show "Space battleship Yamato", there is one character that I thought would be perfect to use - ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_.....ato_characters ). The Captain of the Argo / Yamato was "Captain Abraham Avatar"... normally simply called, Captain Avatar.
This was PERFECT! A visual pun! All I'd have to do was make Captain Avatar my avatar for the day, and it would be perfect!
But then, my creative nature got the better of me... and instead of just leaving it at that, I sent a note to EVERYONE that was watching me, told them of the plan and asked them to participate - going to far as to supply the resized avatars for use.
Then it was just a matter of time.... as you found out.
I want you to know that this was a VOLUNTARY shift for AFD that everyone did it and has nothing to do with DA's Mudkip avatar change.
So there you have it... all these people, these twisted, WONDERFUL people pulled a fast one on FA by the sheer virtue of quietly slipping a joke right under your nose.... and it was GREAT to see! THANK you one and all!
If you'd like to see what happened with ALLLLL the Captains chiming in just as AFD started, here's a screen cap of everyone's participation...
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/.....avatarsdh1.png
FAIR WARNING! The image is 1109 x 5492 in PNG format.... you MAY have to be patient in downloading it.
With any luck I'll see some of you on Second Life where I'll go the day with my other Captain Avatar avatar.... and who knows... maybe I'll even have it up for sale once I iron out the bugs from it's design.
Until next time, thank you again. I couldn't have been prouder or more flattered!
=-=-=-=-=As you may have noticed, there have been a LARGE number of identical avatars on FA for April Fool's Day - variously nicknamed by some as, "The Captain".
Let me first let you know that *I*, ShujinTribble, am to blame for this April Fool's Day prank.. and I'm going to let you in on the 'secret' finally....
As April was fast approaching, I was trying to figure out if there was anything I could do for an AFD joke.... and it finally hit me as I was watching some YouTube vids of 'Star Blazers'.
In the English version of the Japanese TV show "Space battleship Yamato", there is one character that I thought would be perfect to use - ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_.....ato_characters ). The Captain of the Argo / Yamato was "Captain Abraham Avatar"... normally simply called, Captain Avatar.
This was PERFECT! A visual pun! All I'd have to do was make Captain Avatar my avatar for the day, and it would be perfect!
But then, my creative nature got the better of me... and instead of just leaving it at that, I sent a note to EVERYONE that was watching me, told them of the plan and asked them to participate - going to far as to supply the resized avatars for use.
Then it was just a matter of time.... as you found out.
I want you to know that this was a VOLUNTARY shift for AFD that everyone did it and has nothing to do with DA's Mudkip avatar change.
So there you have it... all these people, these twisted, WONDERFUL people pulled a fast one on FA by the sheer virtue of quietly slipping a joke right under your nose.... and it was GREAT to see! THANK you one and all!
=-=-=-=-=If you'd like to see what happened with ALLLLL the Captains chiming in just as AFD started, here's a screen cap of everyone's participation...
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/.....avatarsdh1.png
FAIR WARNING! The image is 1109 x 5492 in PNG format.... you MAY have to be patient in downloading it.
With any luck I'll see some of you on Second Life where I'll go the day with my other Captain Avatar avatar.... and who knows... maybe I'll even have it up for sale once I iron out the bugs from it's design.
Until next time, thank you again. I couldn't have been prouder or more flattered!
It's now 2008 Apr 1 00.20 GMT....
Posted 17 years ago..you know what THAT means.....
One Word...
Posted 17 years agoCommented on a few folks.. your turn.
Blame
Blame
Emotional, not 'Emo'
Posted 17 years agoSo tonight, 'round 9:30 pm, I get a call on the house line (NOT my cell).. which isn't THAT bad, except I'm always afraid it's gunna wake up TT...
Turns out it's Fujin's Oncologist from Roswell Park. He's working on something... a presentation really, for other scientist / researchers in the angiosarcoma front... and wanted to ask my permission to name Fujin, By Name, in his presentation to help give a rally point and give a face to what the research is about and who will be affected....
Needless to say, I was floored... and flattered like you wouldn't believe! I gave him cart blanche use of Fujin's name if he thinks it'll help, now and in the future.
So now... I'm VERY pleased that her hope, that none of this work will have been for nothing - that it'll help someone else eventually, is coming around.
And, of course, I feel.... alone.
Trust me, people.. it SUCKS to hurt....
--but if you CAN still hurt, then you still have a piece of heart left in you.
"Pain is good! It reminds you that you are still alive!" - Ancient Klingon Proverb
Turns out it's Fujin's Oncologist from Roswell Park. He's working on something... a presentation really, for other scientist / researchers in the angiosarcoma front... and wanted to ask my permission to name Fujin, By Name, in his presentation to help give a rally point and give a face to what the research is about and who will be affected....
Needless to say, I was floored... and flattered like you wouldn't believe! I gave him cart blanche use of Fujin's name if he thinks it'll help, now and in the future.
So now... I'm VERY pleased that her hope, that none of this work will have been for nothing - that it'll help someone else eventually, is coming around.
And, of course, I feel.... alone.
Trust me, people.. it SUCKS to hurt....
--but if you CAN still hurt, then you still have a piece of heart left in you.
"Pain is good! It reminds you that you are still alive!" - Ancient Klingon Proverb
Three things, folks (Need help on two)
Posted 17 years ago1) You remember Betty Paige? Of COURSE you do! Ever wanted to hear her voice and see a GREAT interview with her? Here's your chance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Ynlp7sxZs
2) I came across a line-art picture of Cleo of 'Heathcliff' that I'm DIEING to colourize... it was done by Digimortal with a © date on the corner of "01-01-03"... Anyone know where I can contact Digi for permission?
3) The kick off for this year's Ride For Roswell is this week - and I need help with a design for this year's ride shirts. Consider it a contest if you will...
The shirts are V-Neck and white and will need to include
The Team's Logo ( http://www.furaffinity.net/view/900319/ ) or ( http://flickr.com/photos/shujintribble/707522666/ ), the motto ( We will beat this for someone else.... My Word., The Ride For Roswell Logo ( http://rideforroswell.org/ )...
I can't offer much other than a copy of your shirt sent to you, signed by the participants on ride day, with a picture of the group and a certificate of thanks... **BONUS** If you're going to be at AC08, I'll bring it with me on sunday after the ride.
I don't have THAT many people watching / reading my journals.... so if anyone wants to spread the news about that part, please feel free.
'till later, all... catch you then!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Ynlp7sxZs
2) I came across a line-art picture of Cleo of 'Heathcliff' that I'm DIEING to colourize... it was done by Digimortal with a © date on the corner of "01-01-03"... Anyone know where I can contact Digi for permission?
3) The kick off for this year's Ride For Roswell is this week - and I need help with a design for this year's ride shirts. Consider it a contest if you will...
The shirts are V-Neck and white and will need to include
The Team's Logo ( http://www.furaffinity.net/view/900319/ ) or ( http://flickr.com/photos/shujintribble/707522666/ ), the motto ( We will beat this for someone else.... My Word., The Ride For Roswell Logo ( http://rideforroswell.org/ )...
I can't offer much other than a copy of your shirt sent to you, signed by the participants on ride day, with a picture of the group and a certificate of thanks... **BONUS** If you're going to be at AC08, I'll bring it with me on sunday after the ride.
I don't have THAT many people watching / reading my journals.... so if anyone wants to spread the news about that part, please feel free.
'till later, all... catch you then!
My BEST St. Valentines Day gift (giving)
Posted 17 years agoOnce upon a time (on a Valentine's Day.. So.. Feb 14th, I guess), Fujin and I were working at the same company (known variously as Upgrade Corporation of America / UCA, UCA&L, Softbank Services Group, Client Logic.. Currently Sitel); I was doing inbound telephone sales for software (Borland, I think) and Fujin was the Assistant Account manager for that same account. (She'd later become the full manager, but that's for another day's story.)
Anyway, she worked near the airport and I at the downtown office - so it was a bit of a drive... but I still did a GREAT job on her back in '96 or '98...
I "snuck" into the airport offices after normal hours 'cause Fujin was working late that day... was able to get over to Josette, the Account manager, and told her, quietly, to get Fujin out of her cube for about 10 minutes for me. Seeing what I has, Josette was able to do it on the premise of, "look, y'r working hard, it's gunna get done no matter what... C'mon, let's get a coffee anyway." Fuj was a little surprised (Josette wasn't usually one to do that, but why not?)
So off they go through the cube farm to the break room....
And the first (and ONLY) Tribble "M:I" (*) event happened....
* I got up on her chair and using a bent paper clip, hung a dangly red-and-silver-heart thing in the overhead ceiling panels
* I propped up a big / flat box against the back wall of her desk
* ...with a card
* And taped to her over-desk compartments a Do-It-Yourself collection of banner letters that says:
"(Bow) GOTCHA (BOW) S (Bow)"
...and I hid two cubes down.
Couple minutes later, Fuj and Josette are headed back.. and as they get where they can see the Red-and-silver dangly thing, I hear, (Fujin) "What is THIS??"
So there's a little chuckling, a little, "No! I don't know where that came from"... and then she saw the banner, and called me out.
The box... was a giant heart-shaped cookie.
I'll find the pictures of that sometimes soon... but.. take this as a chance to understand - if you Love someone, surprise them. Let them know you Love them. Don't even telegraph it.. Just do it...
And most of all, do NOT expect anything in return. Just accept the look of gratitude and joy as "payment" enough.
After all... Why not, right?
***EDIT**
Added picture: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1078074/
Anyway, she worked near the airport and I at the downtown office - so it was a bit of a drive... but I still did a GREAT job on her back in '96 or '98...
I "snuck" into the airport offices after normal hours 'cause Fujin was working late that day... was able to get over to Josette, the Account manager, and told her, quietly, to get Fujin out of her cube for about 10 minutes for me. Seeing what I has, Josette was able to do it on the premise of, "look, y'r working hard, it's gunna get done no matter what... C'mon, let's get a coffee anyway." Fuj was a little surprised (Josette wasn't usually one to do that, but why not?)
So off they go through the cube farm to the break room....
And the first (and ONLY) Tribble "M:I" (*) event happened....
* I got up on her chair and using a bent paper clip, hung a dangly red-and-silver-heart thing in the overhead ceiling panels
* I propped up a big / flat box against the back wall of her desk
* ...with a card
* And taped to her over-desk compartments a Do-It-Yourself collection of banner letters that says:
"(Bow) GOTCHA (BOW) S (Bow)"
...and I hid two cubes down.
Couple minutes later, Fuj and Josette are headed back.. and as they get where they can see the Red-and-silver dangly thing, I hear, (Fujin) "What is THIS??"
So there's a little chuckling, a little, "No! I don't know where that came from"... and then she saw the banner, and called me out.
The box... was a giant heart-shaped cookie.
I'll find the pictures of that sometimes soon... but.. take this as a chance to understand - if you Love someone, surprise them. Let them know you Love them. Don't even telegraph it.. Just do it...
And most of all, do NOT expect anything in return. Just accept the look of gratitude and joy as "payment" enough.
After all... Why not, right?
***EDIT**
Added picture: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1078074/
Ok, ok.. guess I gotta do this too...
Posted 17 years agoThe first ten people who reply to this journal get featured here, along with three of my favorite pieces by them.
The catch is: ..uhm... You'll have to wait for me to get around to it. So be patient.
Blame
ZinaCat !
====CLOSED====
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/315271/
The catch is: ..uhm... You'll have to wait for me to get around to it. So be patient.
Blame
ZinaCat !====CLOSED====
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/315271/
TV Flashback lyrics... and a question
Posted 18 years agosaraba chikyuu yo - tabidatsu fune wa
uchuu senkan - Yamato!
uchuu no kanata - isukandaru e
unmei seoi - ima tobi tatsu
kanarazu koko e - kaette kuru to
te o furu hito ni - egao de kotae
ginga o hanare - isukandaru e
harubaru nozomu - uchuu senkan
Yamato!
And now the questions.. I have the midi file - should I sing it?
More importantly, without saying what this song is, who knows what it's from? (*Don;t say it! Let some folks guess!*)
uchuu senkan - Yamato!
uchuu no kanata - isukandaru e
unmei seoi - ima tobi tatsu
kanarazu koko e - kaette kuru to
te o furu hito ni - egao de kotae
ginga o hanare - isukandaru e
harubaru nozomu - uchuu senkan
Yamato!
And now the questions.. I have the midi file - should I sing it?
More importantly, without saying what this song is, who knows what it's from? (*Don;t say it! Let some folks guess!*)
Good memories via Google Earth
Posted 18 years agoWas just tooling around Google Earth, looking up where some lake effect snow was coming down in New York's Upstate region (meaning just east of Lake Ontario)... and decided to revisit a listing I have for a Japanese restaurant called "Takesushi" ( http://www.torontolife.com/guide/re.....ese/takesushi/ )
Fujin and I had gone there once on a lark while spending a "mini-cation" weekend in Toronto at the Westin Harbourfront hotel and instantly fell in love with the place!
That isn't the Good Memories part....
Apparently some folks have been adding to the 3D buildings for Toronto - adding the Westin AND the huge hi-rise apartment building JUST to the west of it. (If you bring it up, you'll see it.)
There was one night we stayed in a room in the western tower, in a room facing the west, with a little balcony.
Lets just say I was reminded of one night, looking out our glass door / window, breathlessly trying to guess if we, ourselves, were being watched.....
--Do the math. (*Smile*)
Yeah.... Good memories.
Fujin and I had gone there once on a lark while spending a "mini-cation" weekend in Toronto at the Westin Harbourfront hotel and instantly fell in love with the place!
That isn't the Good Memories part....
Apparently some folks have been adding to the 3D buildings for Toronto - adding the Westin AND the huge hi-rise apartment building JUST to the west of it. (If you bring it up, you'll see it.)
There was one night we stayed in a room in the western tower, in a room facing the west, with a little balcony.
Lets just say I was reminded of one night, looking out our glass door / window, breathlessly trying to guess if we, ourselves, were being watched.....
--Do the math. (*Smile*)
Yeah.... Good memories.
How kinky am I? (meme)
Posted 18 years ago
kinkygirlFill out this meme (just say yes or no if you like the fetish or not and explain if you want) and post it in a journal.
24/7 (Total Power Exchange)? - Nope. Not gunna happen. Case Closed
Abasiophilia (Casts, Braces, Wheelchairs) - Nope / both sides.
Age Play - I draw the line at Teen-aged.. you know.. High School slut.. but yeah. (As the adult)
Adult Baby/AB Parent - No (see above)
Algolagnia (Pleasure derived from physical pain) - Meaning would I lick up all the tears I made come out of some poor subby's eyes because she let me spank / paddle / cane her and make her ask for me? Hmm... I'll go with 'Yes' on this one.
Amputee Fetishism (Amputation/Deformity) - Ahhhhhhh... Nope
Anal Sex - Oh, yes... on the giving side.
Andromimetophilia (Androgeny) - Nope.. Gimme a girl that looks like a GIRL!
Arse (Ass Play, Worship) - Would have to REALLY like the person.. but it's possible.
Asphyxiaphilia (Breath Play, Choking) - Oh, this is a HUUUUGE 'YES' for me! LOVE the idea of havin' my girl wrapped inna tight corset, trying to breath enough fast enough and, well.. 'not helping'.
Balloons - Naw. Nothing really erotic to me about them.
Bestiality/Zoophilia - The idea of this is a VERY hot one.... (**Further Comments Reserved**)
Beating (Flogs, Whips, Canes, etc.) - Giving? Aw HAIL yes!
Biastophilia (Committing Rape/Sexual Assault) - HUGE supper-Justice-League turn on (Giving)
Biting/Teeth - In the moment, Oh yes.
Blood (Drawing Blood, Cutting, etc.) - No, both ways. (Now, a caning that makes just a little bit fleck up is different...)
Body Hair - No thanks. I have enough of my own. (Ittalian, yaknnow)
Body Modification (Tattoos, Branding, Piercings, Scarification, etc.) - I don't mind them. Hell, I've seen one Japanese chick with a Full Back Phoenix in VIBRANT colours that looks totally a-freekin'-mazing! Still considering getting the kanji for "Shujin" on me somewhere. (Maybe branding someone special with a 'Kef' one day....)
Bondage (Blind folds, Gags, Restraints) - There are not enough exclamation points for the 'yes' that goes here. (Giving)
Breast/Nipple Torture, Clamps, etc. - YesYesYesYes (See above) (Giving)
Candle Wax - You have to ask after the last two? GEEZE, yes! (Giving)
Chains - ....AND locks! YesYesYes (giving)
Chastity Devices - To make a little subbie all needy and such? YouBetcha! (giving)
Chinese Balls/Ben Wa Balls/Anal Beads - To see what it does to her in the chastity belt? BIG-yes! (giving)
Cling Film/Plastic Wrap - After seeing what Liquid Latex looks like.. Yes! (giving)
Cock and Ball Torture, Clamps, etc. - Naw.. does nothing for me.
Collar and Lead/Leash - If I'm the one holding the leash, HUGE yes!
Confinement/Caging - eeeeYEP! (giving)
Coprophilia (Shit Play/Scat) -
Costumes (Period, Fetish, etc.) - Both sides, yes... though I've only dressed up a few handfull of times. (And -NO!- you're not getting that picture!)
Cross Dressing - Does nothing for me (both ways).. so 'No thank you'
Cupping (Suction of the Skin) - Never tried it. No idea
Dacryphilia (Arousal from Tears) - Yes, Please! (Giving)
Defilement (Seeing a partner dirty or wet) - Another big yes, thanks. (Again, giving)
Denim - Sure, why not? (Nothing special to me, but OK)
Depilation/Shaving - Meaning would I enjoy shaving a certain lady's bikini lines? Been there, done that... like to visit again sometimes.
Diapers/Diaper Lover - Naw. Not at all, thanks. Pass.
Dildos (Hand-held & Strap-ons) - Giving? Oh HAIL yeah... just so I can can see what she sounds like after being denied for a long time? Oh, yeeeaaaaahhssssssss!
Discipline - ...giving. Oh yeah.
Doctor/Nurse Fetish - Not really. No. --Unless it was some REALLY hawt little nurse's number she was wearing.. but otherwise.. (*Shrug*)
Domination - If I'm the one dominating, yes. otherwise serious pass.
Ears - Kiss-licking ears is FUN! So ok, sure.
Electrotorture (EMS TENS units) - Never tried.. no idea yet.
Emetophilia (Vomit, Regurgitation) - HUGE 'no' here.
Erotic Photography - Now, this is one I would LOVE to do! Seriously. I mean, it's one thing to take pix of my friend's band and all.. but artistically capturing the nude form? Oh, I so want to learn.
Exhibitionism/Sex In Public - "Please, sir. May I have some moooore?" (BIG yes here)
Feathers - Doesn't work for me. Pass
Pyrophilia (Fire Play) - Never tried, but don't think I'd be interested, really.
Fisting - Hmm.... Never tried, but could be VERY hawt. (Giving)
Food Play - Done it... not that fun for me, really.
Fuck Machines/Robots - Hmm... Might be fun to watch. Not on me personally, though.
Furry/Fur Fetishism - Oh, YES.. Again! Please!
Gangbangs - Never done. Could be interesting! I might be up for it one day (or night)
Genital Worship - Receiving, I would enjoy that, I'm sure.
Guns (Gun Play, Worship) - No... but that's a qualified 'no'. I would be the uuber-paranoid type checking every 10 seconds that the thing was unloaded. Hell, I'd likely find a way to make sure the firing pin was removed! After all... it only takes one mistake to really ruin it all.
Hair Pulling - Oh, yes.. MISS it.
Handcuffs/Shackles - See 'Chains' above... or don't. HUGE Yes, giving.
Harnesses - ....Ditto.
High Heels/Stilettos - YesYesYesYes.. remember that High School Slut look above? My HS years were the 80's. Do the math.
Humiliation - Giving? Oh, GAWD YES! YES-YES-YES!!!
Infantilism (Pacifiers/Bottles, etc.) - Pass / nope
Kidnapping Play - (**DROOOOOLL!!**) Uhm... "Yes?"
Klismaphilia (Douching/Enema) - Not so much. No thanks
Knives (Razors, Swords, other blades) - Used in mindfuck scenes, yes. otherwise not really. No. (giving)
Lace/Lingerie - Uuber-Femmy Fins Rawk-Kawk hard! (Not on me, though... too many hairs get trapped in the holes)
Latex - Yeppers.. though I've only played with Liquid Latex. Would love to see what it would be like to wear the real thing.
Leather - I work with the stuff... so that's a BIG yes!
Making Home "Movies" - You can't get a hold of the few I have.. so 'Yes'.
Masks (Erotic/Gas Masks, etc.) - I have one.. so Yes
Masochism - Me? Masochist? No. I'll play with one, though.
Massage - You offering? Then I accept.
Master/Slave - (**MORE Drool**) Yes, yes! (I'm a master, though.)
Masturbation (Mutual or Forced) - Sure... but I'll be the director.
Medical Scenes/Equipment - Never tried. Prob a no here, though
Menstruation (Sex During, Eating, etc.) - Done it; not sure if I would again, though, due to love issues.
Murder Fetishism - (**Comment Reserved**)
Military Fetish/Uniforms - Never done.. maybe?
Milk Fetishism/Lactation - (**Comment Reserved**)
Necrophilia (Death, Corpses) - No thank you.
Nipples - Two. (O_o)
Oral Fixations - Dunno... Receiving, sure.
Oral Sex - Never completed from it.. So... 'Maybe'? Not adverse to giving.
Pain (Giving/Receiving) - giving.. oh HELL yes!
Piercings - None for me, thanks.
Pinching - See "Pain" above (So yes)
Play Piercing/Needle Play - Haven't tried.. but I might get to. Leave this as a 'Dunno yet'
Plushophilia (Stuffed animals, Plushies) - Oh the stories my old Paddington Bear could tell....
Podophilia (Foot Fetish) - Not really, no. As a sign of a subbie's subservience, sure. I'll accept then.
Power Exchange - See line one (ie - Nope)
Pregnancy Fetishism - (**Comment Reserved**)
Punishment - See "Discipline" above (giving, yes!)
The Rack/Medieval Devices - Never tried.. but 'Maybe yes' (Giving)
Raptophilia (Sexual arousal from being raped) - Giving, HAIL yes! (HOWEVER... it MUST be a 'Consentually non-concentual scene'.. meaning it's agreed to beforehand.. but in the scene there is no safeword to stop.. just trust that nothing -BAD- will happen.) +See Notes Below+
Religious (Nunplay, Priestplay) - Naw, thanks.
Retifism (Shoes or Boots) - Put her in boots? Sure!
Rimming - Done already.. Sure.
Role Playing - Ohhhh, yeahs
Rubber - Not done yet, but why not? "Yes"
Sadism - "...Yes, please!" Yes, I'm a creative sadist.
Scent - Uhm... Hmm.. never thought about this one before. So "Don't know"
Sensory Deprivation - Giving.. as part of a kidnap / rape scene.. Sure!
Smoking Fetishism - No. No smoking, thanks.
Spanking/Paddling - Giving.. Oh yes.
Statuephilia (Mannequins, Dolls, etc.) - Not really my thing.. but as part of a roll play, I could see it. Me playing with my dolly? Sure.
Stockings/Fishnets/Pantyhose - On her? Oh yes! They don't work on me.
Talking Dirty/Verbal Humiliation/Abuse - ...of her? Big-Neon-Green-Letters, YES!
Tickling - No thanks.
Tongue Fetish - Not really. No
Toys (Buttplugs, Vibrators, etc.) - Remote Controlled on her? Oh yes.
Transvestism - Naw.. I don't look like a chick at all.
Urolagnia (Water Sports/Urine) - (**Comment Reserved**)
Violence/Physical Injury - MINOR injuries.. scratches / bruises / muscle pain... Sure! What's wrong with this?
Voyeurism - Yup! Lemme get my camera....
Wrestling/Fighting - oh, HUGE YES! Fight a girl down as part of the kidnapping / rape play thing? Oh yeeaaahs
Zombies/Gore - Naw. Nothin' there to interest me.
=-=-=-=-=
++ NOTES ++
a "Consensually Non-consensual" ('Con Non-Con') scene is one that is usually referred to as "Rape Play" or something similar. This is NOT a type of play to engage in with someone you are unfamiliar with or in unfamiliar surroundings. It takes a GREAT deal of trust to ensure that the person / people you're dealing with in this case are VERY careful about your safety and well being. Remember its all too easy to fall on an 'emotional land mine' in the midst of any scene; only play in this context with someone you can litterally trust with your life.
An appolgie and explination - last journal
Posted 18 years agoOk, now, see... this is why grief and an open venue don't go well together....
The last journal about what not to say to folks... I want to state totally and publicly... was -NOT- directed at anyone in the fandom at all.
Mapper 
Yawg verm can vouch for me on this one - I'll tell the whole, ugly, unvarnished truth.
To that end, I want to tell
cyberhorn_the_dragon that not only did his words of peace not annoy me, I found them quite helpful. I am SO sorry about the timing on these things, guy... and when your Christmas / New years / Arbor Day card gets to you, you'll see I mean it.
Ok.. Apologies are done... let me now explain what happened last Bat-Time....
The last few months I've been on another steady mood decline - I can see it from a distance on how I've been. Predicting when these things will go up or down (meaning my mood people!) is damned-near impossible. Seeing the trend over time is fairly easy.
When I wrote that journal... I was on the last few seconds of free-fall before smackin' into somethin'. And it all came to be 'cause I was sick-n-tired of hearing... "That Phrase" from.... "someone I grew up with".... using that hackneyed line just after telling me that I was doin' a GREAT job with TinyTrib - meaning without Fujin around.... but that maybe I shouldn;t be so sad around her / put on a happy face for her 'cause it's just her and she's a kid and kids should have it great.
The journal was a delayed reaction... and a much stronger version of what I said to him at the time... and it's just one of those things that... truth be told, it has a ring of truth for anyone... and I hate to think I might have pissed off someone here.
For future ref, if I have a problem with someone... believe me when I say I would discuss it privately and resolve it. This time... I was just blowin' off steam.
Sorry I singed some folks.. didn't mean to.
The last journal about what not to say to folks... I want to state totally and publicly... was -NOT- directed at anyone in the fandom at all.
Mapper 
Yawg verm can vouch for me on this one - I'll tell the whole, ugly, unvarnished truth.To that end, I want to tell
cyberhorn_the_dragon that not only did his words of peace not annoy me, I found them quite helpful. I am SO sorry about the timing on these things, guy... and when your Christmas / New years / Arbor Day card gets to you, you'll see I mean it.Ok.. Apologies are done... let me now explain what happened last Bat-Time....
The last few months I've been on another steady mood decline - I can see it from a distance on how I've been. Predicting when these things will go up or down (meaning my mood people!) is damned-near impossible. Seeing the trend over time is fairly easy.
When I wrote that journal... I was on the last few seconds of free-fall before smackin' into somethin'. And it all came to be 'cause I was sick-n-tired of hearing... "That Phrase" from.... "someone I grew up with".... using that hackneyed line just after telling me that I was doin' a GREAT job with TinyTrib - meaning without Fujin around.... but that maybe I shouldn;t be so sad around her / put on a happy face for her 'cause it's just her and she's a kid and kids should have it great.
The journal was a delayed reaction... and a much stronger version of what I said to him at the time... and it's just one of those things that... truth be told, it has a ring of truth for anyone... and I hate to think I might have pissed off someone here.
For future ref, if I have a problem with someone... believe me when I say I would discuss it privately and resolve it. This time... I was just blowin' off steam.
Sorry I singed some folks.. didn't mean to.
What NOT to say to people hurting!
Posted 18 years agoWell, you know, you shouldn't be like that - (___INSERT_NAME_HERE____) wouldn't want you to feel / be / act this way.
I know I speak for MANY people still going through whatever grieving process on this one....
This is, without a doubt, the absolute NUMBER FUCKIN' ONE on my list of, "You will be hit in the mouth with a ball-pene hammer, pene-side-first if you so much as start saying that phrase again!" items.
I don't care how nice you think you're being or how much you think the person might need to hear it to "help" them get over themselves...
But I'll tell you what. There aint NUTHIN' in this-here Big blue Marble that will piss off a grieving person MORE than heaping a whole Metric Shitload Pile of GUILT on top of them!
That's right - read that again... It is a fuckin' GUILT TRIP EXPRESSION!
So the next well-meaning starfish mutherfucker who wants to tell me, "well, you know.. Fujin wouldn't have wanted for you to be without love or companionship for the rest of your life" is gunna get the following back at them.. and you can QUOTE me on this one!
"You know what? When YOU have your heart ripped out of you.. not lost.. TAKEN from you... and you have to TELL someone to yes, please, take it 'cause it's the most humane thing to do... when YOU can look in the mirror after telling someone to let the person who IS your life die and NOT see the greatest failure you've ever known... when =YOU=, you Ignorant Fuck, can listen to yourself say that you think I'm being a failure in my soulmate's eyes as YOU see it... then you let me come over there and show you just what it means to have no joy, no life and no hope. You thought the Grinch was mean when you were 5 because he had no Christmas spirit? You have ZERO concept... and for that I pity your ignorance and forgive you. because I refuse to believe someone this close to me would intentionally say something that incredibly hurtful to me. And if you DO mean it, go away and don't come back until you know what this is like.... in like 60 years."
Yeah - I'm bitter and I had no Christmas spirit this year at all.... Tough shit.
..and to the two people who I =know= read all the way through this and understand from different perspectives....
Thank you two, especially. You know who you are.
end.of.line.
I know I speak for MANY people still going through whatever grieving process on this one....
This is, without a doubt, the absolute NUMBER FUCKIN' ONE on my list of, "You will be hit in the mouth with a ball-pene hammer, pene-side-first if you so much as start saying that phrase again!" items.
I don't care how nice you think you're being or how much you think the person might need to hear it to "help" them get over themselves...
But I'll tell you what. There aint NUTHIN' in this-here Big blue Marble that will piss off a grieving person MORE than heaping a whole Metric Shitload Pile of GUILT on top of them!
That's right - read that again... It is a fuckin' GUILT TRIP EXPRESSION!
So the next well-meaning starfish mutherfucker who wants to tell me, "well, you know.. Fujin wouldn't have wanted for you to be without love or companionship for the rest of your life" is gunna get the following back at them.. and you can QUOTE me on this one!
"You know what? When YOU have your heart ripped out of you.. not lost.. TAKEN from you... and you have to TELL someone to yes, please, take it 'cause it's the most humane thing to do... when YOU can look in the mirror after telling someone to let the person who IS your life die and NOT see the greatest failure you've ever known... when =YOU=, you Ignorant Fuck, can listen to yourself say that you think I'm being a failure in my soulmate's eyes as YOU see it... then you let me come over there and show you just what it means to have no joy, no life and no hope. You thought the Grinch was mean when you were 5 because he had no Christmas spirit? You have ZERO concept... and for that I pity your ignorance and forgive you. because I refuse to believe someone this close to me would intentionally say something that incredibly hurtful to me. And if you DO mean it, go away and don't come back until you know what this is like.... in like 60 years."
Yeah - I'm bitter and I had no Christmas spirit this year at all.... Tough shit.
..and to the two people who I =know= read all the way through this and understand from different perspectives....
Thank you two, especially. You know who you are.
end.of.line.
TMI meme - just 'cause
Posted 18 years agoI "borrowed" this one from 
Kit_wickliff ... and truth be told I didn't read all the way through yet. just a few questions, so this should be interesting....
1. Is there anyone on your friends list you would ever consider having sex with?
Yes.. already considered... possible to have happen? Well, that's another question yet to be asked.
2. Sex in the morning, afternoon or night?
"OR"?! WTF
3. What side of the bed do you sleep on?
On -MY- side... meaning Fujin was always on my left side. Call it chivalry. Whatever.
4. Pork, beef, or chicken?
Chicken. You can't do tempura with pork or beef.
5. Have you ever had to pull over on the side of the road to puke?
Nope. Never been even close to that sick while driving.
6. Have you ever taken your clothes off for money?
Does getting married count? ....then No.
7. Shower or bath?
Oh, showers, baby. All the way... Lobster-skin hot! If there's so much steam in the air I need a SCUBA, then it was JUST hot enough.
8. Do you pee in the shower?
Well where else you gunna do water sports?
9. Mexican or Chinese?
Chinese. end. of. line.
10. Do you want someone aggressive or passive in bed?
Now THAT opens up a WHOLE huge can-o-TMI-worms. And since this *IS* a TMI questionare... I --LOVE-- an aggressive partner.. that I can wrestle into subservience. (yeah... I miss that...)
11. Do you love someone on your friend list?
Lowercase "L" love? I love everyone on my friends list. This should be no surprise to anyone.
12. Do you know all the people on your friends list?
"Personally"? No. But a few I'm getting to know, and a few I would love to know better.
13. Love or money?
Love endures. Money is transitory.
14. Credit cards or cash?
Cards... but hold no balance.
15. Has there ever been anyone in your family you wish wasn't?
Yes.. he's not part of my circle anymore.
16. Would you rather go camping or to a 5 star hotel?
That's a tough one.... depends on a few things... like, for instance, the company I'd be with and the likelihood of exceedingly kinky goings on.
17. What is the weirdest place you have had sex?
Hmm... lessee... My first college girlfriend's bed... while a bunch of people, including her roommate, were crashed out on the floor. (Oddly enough, that was the night we both lost our virginities... was rather lack-lustre, too.)
18. Would you shave your entire body (including your head) for money?
If the money went to a charity of my choosing, without hesitation!
19. Have you ever been to a strip club?
Not yet, no. I should really consider it. Shouldn't I?
20. Ever been to a bar?
Oh, sure! My uncle used to own two in Brooklyn. (Damn, i miss you, Uncle Bobby.)
21. Ever been kicked out of a bar or a club?
Me? Pfft! Please!
22. Ever been so drunk you had to be carried out of somewhere?
Only ever been tipsy once.. so N/a
23. Kissed someone of the same sex?
I'm Italian... we kiss. Not full-snog-onna-mouth, but onna cheek.
24. Favorite drink?
That's tough.. I have a few. Right now the one I would go for is a recent new item in my area - orange cream soda. Its like a carbonated orange cream-cicle.
25. Had sex in a movie theater?
Does a drive-in count? Well, even if it did, no. (CONSIDERED it once!)
26. Had sex in a bathroom?
College dorm bathroom / apartment bathroom / bathing - soaking room in ryokon in Kyoto (ie shouldn't have done that).... OH! Sorry... "Yes"
27. Have you ever had sex at work?
No... sadly.
28. Have you ever been in an "adult" store?
Yup... Multiple times. Got propositioned to share a vid booth, once, too. I declined, politely.
29. Bought something from an adult store?
Yup! LOTS of bondage magazines. Still got them too. Wanna see my collection of "Bondage Life"?
30. Have you been caught having sex?
If you mean, 'In the Act'.... No. AFTER the fact, cuddling and relaxing.. yeah.
31. Does anyone have naughty pics of you?
Yup.
32. Who do you think has the guts to repost this?
I knew verm would have 'cause he's got 'Balls-of-Steel' like that.. and he did already. So I win my default.
Kit_wickliff ... and truth be told I didn't read all the way through yet. just a few questions, so this should be interesting....1. Is there anyone on your friends list you would ever consider having sex with?
Yes.. already considered... possible to have happen? Well, that's another question yet to be asked.
2. Sex in the morning, afternoon or night?
"OR"?! WTF
3. What side of the bed do you sleep on?
On -MY- side... meaning Fujin was always on my left side. Call it chivalry. Whatever.
4. Pork, beef, or chicken?
Chicken. You can't do tempura with pork or beef.
5. Have you ever had to pull over on the side of the road to puke?
Nope. Never been even close to that sick while driving.
6. Have you ever taken your clothes off for money?
Does getting married count? ....then No.
7. Shower or bath?
Oh, showers, baby. All the way... Lobster-skin hot! If there's so much steam in the air I need a SCUBA, then it was JUST hot enough.
8. Do you pee in the shower?
Well where else you gunna do water sports?
9. Mexican or Chinese?
Chinese. end. of. line.
10. Do you want someone aggressive or passive in bed?
Now THAT opens up a WHOLE huge can-o-TMI-worms. And since this *IS* a TMI questionare... I --LOVE-- an aggressive partner.. that I can wrestle into subservience. (yeah... I miss that...)
11. Do you love someone on your friend list?
Lowercase "L" love? I love everyone on my friends list. This should be no surprise to anyone.
12. Do you know all the people on your friends list?
"Personally"? No. But a few I'm getting to know, and a few I would love to know better.
13. Love or money?
Love endures. Money is transitory.
14. Credit cards or cash?
Cards... but hold no balance.
15. Has there ever been anyone in your family you wish wasn't?
Yes.. he's not part of my circle anymore.
16. Would you rather go camping or to a 5 star hotel?
That's a tough one.... depends on a few things... like, for instance, the company I'd be with and the likelihood of exceedingly kinky goings on.
17. What is the weirdest place you have had sex?
Hmm... lessee... My first college girlfriend's bed... while a bunch of people, including her roommate, were crashed out on the floor. (Oddly enough, that was the night we both lost our virginities... was rather lack-lustre, too.)
18. Would you shave your entire body (including your head) for money?
If the money went to a charity of my choosing, without hesitation!
19. Have you ever been to a strip club?
Not yet, no. I should really consider it. Shouldn't I?
20. Ever been to a bar?
Oh, sure! My uncle used to own two in Brooklyn. (Damn, i miss you, Uncle Bobby.)
21. Ever been kicked out of a bar or a club?
Me? Pfft! Please!
22. Ever been so drunk you had to be carried out of somewhere?
Only ever been tipsy once.. so N/a
23. Kissed someone of the same sex?
I'm Italian... we kiss. Not full-snog-onna-mouth, but onna cheek.
24. Favorite drink?
That's tough.. I have a few. Right now the one I would go for is a recent new item in my area - orange cream soda. Its like a carbonated orange cream-cicle.
25. Had sex in a movie theater?
Does a drive-in count? Well, even if it did, no. (CONSIDERED it once!)
26. Had sex in a bathroom?
College dorm bathroom / apartment bathroom / bathing - soaking room in ryokon in Kyoto (ie shouldn't have done that).... OH! Sorry... "Yes"
27. Have you ever had sex at work?
No... sadly.
28. Have you ever been in an "adult" store?
Yup... Multiple times. Got propositioned to share a vid booth, once, too. I declined, politely.
29. Bought something from an adult store?
Yup! LOTS of bondage magazines. Still got them too. Wanna see my collection of "Bondage Life"?
30. Have you been caught having sex?
If you mean, 'In the Act'.... No. AFTER the fact, cuddling and relaxing.. yeah.
31. Does anyone have naughty pics of you?
Yup.
32. Who do you think has the guts to repost this?
I knew
verm would have 'cause he's got 'Balls-of-Steel' like that.. and he did already. So I win my default.Happy Birthday.....(Not me!)
Posted 18 years agoPlease all send a simple "Happy Birthday" to my Sister-in-arms, 
cheska - and tell her it came by way of me.
(I know she doesn't want to celebrate it.. but she should know how many people who see me care about her too...)
cheska - and tell her it came by way of me.(I know she doesn't want to celebrate it.. but she should know how many people who see me care about her too...)
