Maybe I’m a middle?

30 01 2008
“You know” I told a friend of mine recently “I think I’m turning into a switch.”
“No, Sascha.” He corrected me. “You are a switch.  And if you call yourself a bottom, I will correct you.”

I wonder why he came to that conclusion.  It could be because at the time of this conversation, I was practicing caning on his girlfriend with one of her synthetic canes… I let out small squees of glee and delight as I listened to her sharp breaths and whimpers with each stroke… and I brought her to orgasm.  I totally win at life!

I can definitely see the appeal of topping. Who knows?  One of these days I may go over to the dark side…  I wonder if they’ll actually make good on their promise of cookies.


That’s it, really.




Evan’s basement…

28 01 2008

This is a post that was *supposed* to go up last week, but never made it.

 Technology hates me. 

We’re sitting on his couch, curled up in front of prerecorded episodes of Californication. I’m happily snuggled in his arms under a nice warm blanket, half asleep, letting his hands drift where they will.

  Next thing I know, he gets up, takes me by the hand and takes me down into his basement. I keep the blanket. How he doesn’t notice that his house is freezing cold, is beyond me. Men are confusing like that.

I walk down the unfinished stairs in my bare feet, hoping my feet don’t get ripped open by a nail. The basement is colder than the living room. As far as basements go, this could be the basement of any suburban one story house, except if you look carefully, you’d notice all the girders have been fitted with various attachment points. He leads me to the far end of his basement.

 If my grandmother were alive and aware of this, she’d have a kiniptchin. If there was one thing she taught me, it was never to walk barefoot on concrete… or on non carpeted floors in general. She didn’t want I should catch cold. My grandmother was very Eastern European.

He stops me just in front of a queen sized mattress. Clearly, my arrival was anticipated. Next to the bed was an open toy bag with electrical cords sticking out, a tens unit plugged into a nearby outlet, and a small space heater facing the mattress.

“I need your clothes to come off now.”

So I strip, even though I felt my teeth clacking together a bit. Fortunately, he does not keep me standing there for long. Next thing I know my wrists and ankles are cuffed to the corners of the mattress.

“I’ll be right back.”He says, switches on the space heater, and disappears.

When he returns, he’s holding an armful of blankets, and proceeds to wrap them carefully around my shivering body. Now I am blissfully cocooned in warm type goodness.

 ”What? I want you to be comfortable when I’m torturing you.”

 ”Well then,” I ask “Can I make one request?” 

“Sure, sweetie.”

“I’m in need of a tissue. I’m completely stopped up.”

A minute later a tissue box appears in his hand. He removes a tissue from the box, leans over me, and holds it up to my nose.

“Blow.”

My God, I think he must have been a Jewish mother in a past life.

He gets up. I lie back, bracing myself for the ride. A whirring sound enters into my consciousness, and then I feel a hitachi creep between the covers and between my thighs. 

The play partner in question is Evan. His name has been changed to protect… well, me. So no one innocent whatsoever.

We’ve been playing on and off for over half a year now.  (Half a year?  something like that) We have become friends, play partners, and lovers…  whenever I’m in Boston, that is.

 I’ve been immensely lucky as far as play partners  go. I’ve jumped into quite a few play relationships head on, not really knowing what to expect, and for the most part, have landed successfully. Evan is an example of this. 

We met at a play party in Boston.  Now granted, this is a party that, like most parties in Boston, had a closed invite list, and the community there is small enough that if someone is a major asshole, their reputation follows them.  But even still, there is always some risk. And within half an hour of our meeting, he asked me if I wanted to play. 

I treat play differently in the context of play parties than in the privacy of my own home. There is an element of theatre at play parties…  for me, anyway. Play at play parties becomes, well…  just that. On the one hand, I become aware that there is going to be an audience, which can change my reactions and general play demeanor. Also, it becomes easier for me to flip in and out of play headspace.

So I thought nothing of agreeing to play.  One of Evan’s major kinks is forcing women to orgasm using hitachi wands, tens units, etc…  Before we started, he asked if I was adverse to orgasming during a public space.

I said no, why would I?  It didn’t occur to me that I should be nervous about such things.

At the end of our scene, as he had hinted, he brought out the hitachi wand.  I remember making guttural noises I didn’t know I was capable of making. 

It wasn’t until the aftercare, when I was coming down, that I realized just how vulnerable I had been at that moment.  I had let all of my masks come down at the drop of a hat, and shared a very intimate moment with an almost complete stranger and room full of spectators.

This instance definitely worked out for the best. I feel blessed to call Evan a friend, and I know that if I need anything, he’s there for me outside the context of play.

Part of me thinks that I’m so outgoing and trusting because I don’t really know how not to be. As confident as I am in the scene, and as comfortable as I’ve become stating my own boundaries, there are times when I’m almost surprised at my own…  naivete…  if that’s even the right word.  I have yet *knock wood* to scene with someone who has thrown that trust in my face.  Romantic encounters are a different story, but that’s a topic for a different post.

 I’d like to think that my success in the scene is an intersection between luck and instinct, but who knows?  





A Masochist Afraid of a Leg Wax?

28 01 2008

At the flea, I sat in on Boymeat’s class on surviving corporal.  By the way, if you ever get a chance to sit in on his classes, I highly recommend it.  He knows his shit and is a fantastic speaker.  No I’m not just saying this because I know he reads my blog. Anyway, in his class, he lists various reasons why people chose to receive pain.  To quote from his handout:

  1.  Service
  2. Sexual Pleasure
  3. Challenge Scene
  4. Psychological/catharsis
  5. Curiousness
  6. To Gain Skills
All true, but there is yet another reason to receive pain that he left out: Beauty.
 
Last weekend, I found myself sitting in a salon near my house, watching a nice Chinese lady spread hot wax over my legs with a roller thingy. A small woman with a round face, wearing a nametag on her pink apron that said Alice.  She pursed her lips disapprovingly and the growing hairs on my thighs.
 
“Oh yes.  You need.  Why you no come sooner?”
 
Because much as I like the end result, and the convenience of not having to deal with shaving for a few weeks, leg waxes are intimidating.
 
This is ridiculous, I thought to myself last weekend, I let my ass get pulverized by a toybag’s worth of canes and floggers, and today I’m wincing at a few hairs getting pulled from my groin and my legs.  What the hell?
 
The lady waxing me gave a short gasp.  She had discovered the lash marks on my thighs.  Perfect diagonal bruises on the tops of my legs.  They were no longer welted or even painful, just less than attractive.
 
“I got scratched by a cat” I explained.  ”It’s really nothing.”
 
Alice nodded.
 
That’s right, a cat… that just happened to leave contiguous scratch marks down both thighs.  Whatever.  She bought it. No use scaring the woman.
 
 I drew in a quick breath as Alice adhered the cloth to the wax she had spread over my bikini line. I can’t remember if I yelped, but I definitely gave a wince as she gave the strip a quick tug, pulling both the wax and hairs off my body.
 
 ”I know.  I know.  Hurts, right?” Alice asked me.
 
“I’m ok.  I did sign up for this.” 
 
 She held the strip up afterwards to show me all the hairs sticking to the strip like flies on flypaper.
 
“You see?  I told you.  You need!”
 
In any other context, this would be a turn on. I love wax play.  It’s one of my favorite games ever…  And pain?  Well, I am a masochist, after all.   Somehow, when I’m paying a Chinese lady to rip strips off my legs, the whole experience ceases to be sexy.
 
That moment hammered the point home for me about just how important intention is in play. The relationship one has with a play partner can completely change the amount of pain one is willing to take and can  change how one registers it. Some time ago, I was speaking with someone about the power of intention. The intention of an action dictates how its perceived. I can get beaten to a pulp by Evan with canes for what seems like hours, because we have a relationship. Not only do I trust him, but I know that he is hitting me with the intention of playing, exploring limits, and getting each other off.
 When I signed up for my salon appointment, I agreed to a different level of trust; the trust that exists within a business transaction. I trust that she knows what she’s doing and that she won’t send me out on the street with errant patches of wax adhering me to my jeans.
 
Alice was very professional in the way she went about her job, even when she slid some paper through my underwear so as not to obstruct the places that needed waxing. like she was collating files.  I couldn’t help but wonder how many groins she had seen over the course of her career as a beautician.  Sex organs desexualized.  
 
 She used the same quick, efficient dexterity on my legs. One leg than the other, at  some point asking me to turn over. The hairs on my shins and calves were particularly painful.  I let out an audible yelp with each yank. And I kept thinking back to Boymeat’s  lecture.
 
Tensed muscles tend to hurt more.  This is why hitting calves are really painful. Who’s ever heard of a non tensed calf muscle? That’s for damn sure.
 
 As anyone who’s played with me can attest, even in the context of play, I’m one hell of a squirmy bottom. I’ll move around, I’ll wince, I’ll do any number of things to process the pain I’m receiving.  When a scene ends, however, I often leave flying.  
 
I did my fair share of wincing at the beauty parlor that day, and eventually was able to focus on my breathing and ride it out. Alice showed an almost motherly concern for my well being.
 
“No worry, no worry” She said, holding yet another strip up for my inspection “Almost finish.  Two, three more and then finish.” 
 
I chose to accept that pain for the end result, for the ability to feel up and down my legs and feel nothing but smoothness, and feel better about myself when I wear pretty underwear.  So I guess even though the process was not sexual in and of itself, the ramifications very much are.
 
I feel sexier knowing that my legs are smooth and my nails are done, even in these winter months. It puts a spring in my step and gives my confidence the ever so slightest boost.
 
And, at the end of the day, what’s sexier on a woman than confidence?




Sugasm 114

15 01 2008

This Week’s Picks

Sexay
“You bite my tautish thighs passionately, and drag my thong off with your teeth.”

Resolved
“Naked now, I turned her towards him, running my hands across breasts, midriff and down between her legs.”

Afterglow
“She’s hot, where only seconds ago in the throes and tears of her ecstacy she shivered.”

Mr. Sugasm Himself
Pimpin’ Presidents

Editor’s Choice

“Coming out” for spankos

More Sugasm
Join the Sugasm

See also: Fleshbot’s Sex Blog Roundup each Tuesday and Friday.

(Sugasm participants should re-post all the links above within a week. The following links may be excluded as long as you include all the above links.)

BDSM & Fetish

The business trip – Chapter Four
The Captive Princess
Dark Odyssey Summer Camp: final roundup
Fetish: Fifteen Fifty-Word Stories
Higher the voltage
Hot Summer Night
Immobility
In my place
Pro-Dommes: Good Or Bad?

Profile of the Week
“Put Your Mouth On It”
Three Boys in three days… Part 2

Sex Advice
What to Do If Your Man’s Penis Is Too Big

NSFW Pics & Videos
I Feel Myself
Fucking on Film

Lucy C
Pornsaint Ashlynn Brooke
Sexy New Years Eve HNT

Sex News, Reviews & Interviews
Brotherhood Of The Traveling Panties
Filling Your Bondage Toolbox: Advanced – The Stainless Steel Anal Hook
Happy January 2008 Blogiversaries!
Interview with Jen Cross on gender roles, butch/femme, sexual abuse and writing

Lesbian Psychotherapists, Part 1
Masculine, Sexy, and 100% Naked – Welcome to The Garden of Adam!
My Cat Watches Us Shag!!!

Thoughts on Sex and Relationships
And the Winner of Best Hot Safer Sex Scene Is…
Disgusting Comment
Friends Who Fuck
I’m Easy
Impertinent Question of the Week: What Song Did You Lose Your Virginity To?

Sex: Is That All There Is?
Yeah, But What About Swallowing It?

Sex Work
Sex Worker Confessions: The English Courtesan
Sex Worker Solidarity: Secondhand Rose
The Ugly Side of the Sex Industry

Erotic Writing and Experiences
Big Bad Wolf
Cuckolding happens as we write

First anal…continued
Guest Poster #1!!! – Siren presents “Slick Stuff”
Rampant Ruf
Sex after Marriage: The First Time
She smiled when I kissed her
So, I hacked it off
Unicorn Sighting
Warmth
Yellow Sofa





A Flea-ing I shall go…

11 01 2008

Two posts in quick succession? Insanity, I tell you!

I also missed the last Sugasm. If I’m going to be a sex blogger, I really should be more punctual in my smut. I am working on it.

As I type this, I’m on a bus headed up to the Fetish Fair Flea Market up in Providence RI. I’m really excited to go, even though much of my time will be spent oggling pretty toys I really can’t afford.

That’s it. One of these days, I’m going to find myself a Sugar Daddy. I hope to see some of you there… Well, the some of you I’ve met in person, at least.





Three Boys in three days: part last

11 01 2008

Not ten minutes after I posted my last installation, Christian paid me an overnight visit. Dear lord, he wasn’t kidding when he said the dam had burst… i mean that in a good way.

The Friday after I sent Christian on his way, I paid a visit to Franklin’s new pad.

Ah Franklin. Here is a boy I don’t see nearly enough of. We met and hooked up my first ever New York sex party. I was new to the NYC scene, and he was new to the scene altogether, so the newbies found each other… so to speak. I find I’m meeting more and more of my friends at sex and play parties. I’m always amazed at the ease we can slide from a sexual to a non sexual space.

I met a friend of mine from Boston at my first sex party ever. We played a couple of times and then settled into a really sweet friendship. He even gave me a driving lesson or three. But I digress.

 I went over to Franklin’s new place. It was the first time I’d seen him in many moons. He’s so sweet and easy to be around, and I’m truly blessed to have that boy in my life, even though we don’t see each other all that often. We watched a movie, and I got to regale him with the stories of the two other boys.

Ours is a funny dynamic, in that when we are together, we switch roles. Although I identify mostly as a submissive, there’s something about him that makes me want to slam him up against a wall and do horrible horrible things to him. And while Franklin usually tops, he usually seems perfectly happy to let me take the reins. I’m still not completely confident in my skills as a top, but he’s a very reactive and encouraging guinea pig. 

Once when he came over, I blindfolded him, tied him up with a few of my scarves, and ran a bamboo skewer over his body… not telling him what it was… insinuating all of the things it might be… A pretty blade, a kitchen knife, and let his imagination do the rest. He squirmed and whimpered the whole way through, it was just delicious. 

This time, however, he seemed adamant of getting me under control. I laughed and struggled, and gave him a pretty good run for his money until I finally let him pin me down by the wrists on his bed. I will lose when losing is ultimately in my favor.At some point while we were together, I heard the front door click open, and the sound of keys hitting the kitchen counter. His housemate and her mother had just come through the front door. I froze.

“I think your housemate’s home” I whispered in his ear

“I don’t care” he whispered back.

 Their footsteps disappeared down the hallway.

Later, as I slid back into my jeans, Franklin checked the door to his room, only to realize it hadn’t closed all the way.

Oops.

This is my sex life, ladies and gentlemen. In a nutshell.





Three Boys in three days… Part 2

5 01 2008

Apologies for the gap in posting… I’ve just come back from a mind blowing New Years in Vegas… We’ll see just how much I feel like leaving there, but for now, I have a story to finish..

Where was I? Oh yes. Adam’s place in Brooklyn. After our scene, we lay sprawled on his bed like a pair of lazy kittens. For me, those small moments of intimacy after sex are their own locus of pleasure for me. I have yet to get involved with a man who does not like a certain degree of snuggling after sex. I’m starting to think that stereotype is a myth.

“So,” Adam whispered in my ear. “Any nefarious plans for this evening?”

“Sadly no.”

“What a shame. It would be awesome to have two boys in one day.”

Some time later, I untangled myself from his arms, slid into my street clothes, and walked back out into the real world. I had a student to tutor. Later that evening, I headed to a bar near Astor place, where a whole bunch of my friends gather every week. The first friendly face to greet me was Emma, who offered me an orange slice as soon as I sat down. I thanked her for letting me borrow her fiance for the better part of the afternoon.

She smiled.

I met and played with both Emma and Adam at the Chemistry party. She was the first girl ever to go down on me. One hammer stroke on the first nail of my heterosexuality coffin.

Enter Christian… fairly tall, long dark hair that he straightens, and very angular features. I couldn’t hear his midwestern accent over the din of the bar. It was only later that I heard just how pronounced his accent really is. He sat down and started chatting with us just as Emma got up to leave. She pecked me on the mouth and went her merry way. This caused Christian to raise half an eyebrow.

Unfortunately, I can no longer remember the word for word chronology of the conversation… The specifics aren’t important. He asked if Emma and I were a couple. I laughed, saying that no, we were just good friends. I decided to leave out the “and I occasionally fuck her fiance” part of the description… I don’t like scaring people off right away.

We got to talking about our relative points of geekery, first loves, and generation gaps. He is 14 years my senior… I try not to, but I seem to be good at making people feel old. Suffice it to say, we clicked… And I was already in high flirtation mode. At some point, he began to rub my shoulders and me, touch slut that I am, responded quite well to the physical attention.

“I can’t really do so good a job in the middle of a bar,” he said “If you came back to my apartment, I could give you a much better one.”

Now this struck me as one of the more painfully lame lines I had heard in a very long time… So I called him on it.

“If I did come back to your apartment, what exactly would I be agreeing to?” I may be a slut, but stupid I most definitely am not.

This took him aback a bit. He assured me that no, he really only meant a massage. If anything happened past that, of course he wouldn’t complain, but no. He had no expectations.

I made it very clear that sex would not be on the table.

He assured me that was fine.

“I would like to know what your lips taste like.” He said.

“This is ok.” I said.

And with that I was curled up on the LIRR with a boy on the way to his house in Long Island. While snuggled into his arm, I let a bit more of my relevant history out… my discovery of kink and polyamory, all of the lessons I had learned in these last three years about my own sexual identity. I mentioned that Adam and I are play partners… still leaving out the fact that we had played that day.

I learned a bit more about him too. Christian is a fairly religious Catholic from the midwest. He, like me, was very much the awkward slow bloomer as a kid who later came into their own, but his path was much different from mine. He had recently ended a fifteen year period of chosen celibacy. Apparently, he had a moment of epiphany with his “last official girlfriend”, that what he was doing was somehow wrong and harmful. So he closed up shop. Completely.

It was only recently that a cute burner type caught his fancy. According to his account. At some point she got sick of the lack of fucking, put a condom in his hand, and so the dam burst.

I asked him if he were sorry that it happened.
Kind of. He said. I don’t know if he was more upset that it happened or how it happened.

I found this absolutely fascinating… Here I am at a point in my life where I am looking to claim and celebrate my sexuality as something joyous, even healing, and here is someone that sees so much dark in the same thing… Maybe it’s the Catholic upbringing.

When we got there, I got my massage, as promised. As I was disrobing for said massage, He noticed my stripy thigh highs… I think I muttered something about laundry day and let the subject drop.

He got his kiss, also as promised… and then some. He was the utmost gentleman in respecting my limits and boundaries, and when I know my limits can be respected, some boundaries become more elastic. I didn’t let him penetrate me, but I did allow him to slip between my thighs.

The next morning, he woke me with a tongue on my clit… He asked, somewhat obliquely, if I wanted to return the favor.

“Is that a question or a request?” I asked.

“However you wish to see it.”

I grabbed him by the balls and repeated the question

“I guess it’s a request.”

“So tell me what you want.”

“I want to feel your lips on my… um.. nether regions.”

I gave them a bit of a squeeze. “What do you want?”

“I can put it more crudely if you like.”

I squeezed again “What do you want?”

“I want you to suck me.”

“That’s a good boy.” I paused for a good 20 seconds before agreeing… (And yet I claim not to be a top. Go firgure)

He took me back on the train the next morning in time for me to meet my student. I left our surreal little interlude a bit groggy, not quite fucked, and fairly happy.