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Here are my recent purchases for this spring~

I've admired candy colors for a while now.
I saw these items in random stores in Tokyo and their bright
candy colors just drew me in.
They may be little too aggressive but still I can't help stalking statement pieces
especially in spring time.

                                                                           Toga shoes

                                                                            Thierry  Lasry specs

                                                                          and my new nail design!

                                           ARIGATO!  Thank you for reading!!

Thank you for your comments to the previous post.
I really enjoyed reading them.

I suppose it elicited sensory and a kind of skeptical responses, maybe...
but as long as I can say...it inspired me a big deal.

I also have some other unique items that I haven't shared yet
so stay tuned and I do love to hear your opinions again!

top: zara(here)
pants: asos(similar here)
necklace: Sarit Simayof
earrings: Les Nereides
bangle: Hermes
bracelets: Seasonal Whispers(here)
envelop ring: Gemma Redux
floral ring: no brand
shoes: zara

ARIGATO!  Thank you for reading!!

To be honest with you, this slash-neck top was not my purchase.
Well, I did pay...but I was consistently recommended by my close friend.
At first, I thought it was a joke and laughed because this was far from my taste.
But the guy I can trust especially about styling continued persuading me
into putting it to a cart.
'Are you serious? It looks like Jennifer Beals in Flashdance!'
'Noooo, what I wanna say is...this is the time to push up your comfort zone
and challenge another taste!'

To tell you the truth, it required a kind of courage to walk outside
but I could say.....it gave me a chance to go to the opposite side!

top: asos(here)
skirt: topshop(here)
earrings: asos(similar here)
bangle(left): bought in Italy
bangle(right): no brand

ARIGATO!  Thank you for reading!!

I love the idea of restyling because it gives me the chances
to utilize the particular items and to avoid imitating a magazine style
which seems to come directly out of pages.

Floral and striped patterns are versatile items to be relied on,
but to make a bigger impact, I put them together for a challenge.

As wandering in my closet, images of color and printed combinations
flashed before my eyes...and seeing in a mirror, my heart skipped a beat.
'Cause it looked 'way more captivating than to wear one each.

dress(worn as a top): 3.1 phillip lim(here)
skirt: zara(here)
belt: no brand
bag: GUCCI
boots: Giuseppe Zanotti

ARIGATO!  Thank you for reading!!

Kenzo is now back in the spotlight with roaring tiger sweat top
and bold patterns created by the duo designers Leon and Carol Lim.

                                                                     KENZO store in Isetan Tokyo
The brand name Kenzo reminds me of my childhood
when I could find two or three students in a class wearing Kenzo logo top.

But new-born Kenzo is totally different.
Each piece is so refreshing and surprisingly new with vivid patterns and colors,
and more than anything, Kenzo's original tiger print is
essential icon for the revival of this brand.

dress: KENZO(here)
gloves: bought in Italy
shoes: zara(here)
bag: Alexis Hudson

ARIGATO!  Thank you for reading!!

For welcoming the arrival of spring with the season's top hit list,
today I opted another piece of 3.1 phillip lim silk top.
Well, flowers grew everywhere and it became an ultimate badge for
spring&summer feminity.
But among them what I love most about this printed top is that...
It's technically chic and simple but doesn't look twee with a subtle edge,
and goes with almost everything from leather pants to maxi skirt.

jacket: tibi(old)
top: 3.1 phillip lim(similar here)
leather shorts: Karma(also love DVF)
bracelets: Seasonal Whispers(here)
bangle: bought in Italy
earrings: one of a kind from etsy

ARIGATO!  Thank you for reading!!

Acne items always give me thrill when wearing it,
and after choosing 'bills overlay dress' I shared with you previously,
my eyes were again darted toward to this snake printed dress.
Actually it was love at first sight for its vibrant colors and
the well-structured shape as well.

I'm so excited to think how I can play in different ways of incorporating
this perfect dress into my spring&summer wardrobe.

dress: Acne(here)
belt: Kate Spade(similar here)
clutch: DVF(similar here)
shoes: Diana(JP brand)
bracelet: Seasonal Whispers(here)
bangle: bought in Italy

ARIGATO!  Thank you for reading!!

when I meet someone for the first time, I easily get nervous
and the memory of my trifle failure in the past makes it much stronger.

For me, the tip to avoid that is to show something noticeable
or to have something that can be shared in common.

A picture of my dog, a remarkable jewelry piece or just a pen with a
unexpected character on the top.

The 'trick' I chose today is this Star wars t-shirt
and this worked effectively for today's meeting with movie producers.

leather jacket: Beautiful People(JP brand/similar here)
t-shirt: Forever 21(here)
inner top: Three Floor(here)
denim: H&M
shoes: Jeffery Campbell(here)
hat: Hermes
watch: Hermes
bangle: Jimmy Choo
ring: Gemma Redux
necklace: Style Nanda(here)

ARIGATO!  Thank you for reading!!

Sporting my favorite Chanel jacket, I noticed that I've worn this
at least once a month.
If I fall in love with something, I'll keep on reaching for that particular item
over and over again.
First, I paired it with black pants, and at the second time paired with
disheveled jeans, and today...I wore it with a gingham-check shirt
adding a sort of a spring tone.

jacket: Chanel
shirt: uniqlo(here)
pants: Rock&republic(similar here)
shoes: zara
ring&bangle: Buccellati
bracelets: Seasonal Whispers(here)

Last weekend we had bizarre stormy days...
and maybe because of this I felt a kind of tiredness this morning.

On the day like this, I'd rather play with a sort of 'easy-come, easy-go' style.
Ya know, there's something so smart and chic about a bo-ho style~
especially when it's worn in ethnic pants and paired with a contrasting top.

And I also added a fringed suede jacket with the hem floating on movements.
It surely blew off my tiredness like the polished...today's sunny sky.

suede jacket: zara(here)
lace top: Three Floor(here)
pants: Minusey(here)
belt: asos(here)
bootie: Acne(here)
bag: 3.1 Phillip lim(old)
necklace: juicy couture(old)
studded bracelet: Valentino
chained bracelet: Lulu Frost

ARIGATO!  Thank you for reading!!


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Want to buy with 5% down

I have a credit score of TU 696 and Eq 690 as of now. I want to buy a condo in NJ with 5% down. Is it possible to get a conventional with credit score

I dont have any debt as of now(just closed a personal loan, not reflected in credit report yet) and have credit card payments which I mostly pay in full or have less than 10% of credit limit as balance(The minimum payment will be less than $100)

Pl advise

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Middle score of 680 is what is needed for conventional.

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Not sure if it's different in NJ, but in CA you have to do 10% down on a condo or townhouse with a conventional loan. That's the route I'm going. The PMI is a lot less as well. Especially with the changes to FHA loans coming up. Good luck to you.

EQ FICO score from here... EQ 716
USAA monitoring Experian Plus scores : EX 773 EQ 773 TU 785
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NACA offers conventional loans with 0% down, no closing costs, 30 year fixed at excellent rates.

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Dept. of Speculation

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Some writing is so small and dense it feels like sucking on a pebble. Lydia Davis is a master of this style: she scatters jarring little realizations like pebbles on a beach for readers to find and collect. But what if the pebbles weren’t scattered? What if they formed a distinct trail?

Jenny Offill’s second novel, Dept. of Speculation, is a collection of small prose fragments laid in a row, telling a long story that begins with a courtship and ends in a busted marriage. When I say small, I mean small. Like this:

This is another way in which he is an admirable person. If he notices something is broken, he will try to fix it. He won’t just think about how unbearable it is that things keep breaking, that you can never fucking outrun entropy.

The unnamed narrator and her husband lead a familiar type of life—New York City, careers in the arts, childbirth, adultery—but Offill finds a way to make every moment feel intensely personal and specific, like a movie voiceover by someone you instantly relate to.

How has she become one of those people who wears yoga pants all day? She used to make fun of those people. With their happiness maps and their gratitude journals and their bags made out of recycled tire treads. But now it seems possible that the truth about getting older is that there are fewer and fewer things to make fun of until finally there is nothing you are sure you will never be.

Shoving aside all the predictable details of married life, the narrator fixates on whatever catches her interest, whether it’s cosmonauts, bedbugs, or Rainer Maria Rilke. The pages are full of jokes, questionnaires, obscure historical facts, and out-of-nowhere quotes from the likes of Coleridge and T.S. Eliot.

Things no one has ever said about me:

You are very mysterious.

You make it look so easy.

You need to take yourself more seriously.

Dept. of Speculation is the record of a marriage in marginalia. With remarkable ease, Offill expands her bite-size wit and pathos into something taut, daring, and immensely fun to read.

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December 26, 2009

Chariots Of The Gods

This small toy like model, about 2" in length and made of gold, was found in a tomb in Colombia. When first discovered it was called a zoomorph
(animal looking).
The object is on display in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. Six other similar objects have been found in discovered in Venezuela and Peru,
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Pork Hamonado Roll

1 kilo pork loin, sliced thinly and long enough to roll
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup soda (sprite/7-Up)
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1/4 cup brown sugar
4 cloves garlic
1 carrot sliced into strips
sausage or hotdog, can be halved vertically
cheddar cheese, sliced into strips

1. In a bowl, prepare the marinade by combining the soy sauce, soda, pineapple juice, brown sugar and garlic. Mix until the sugar is dissolved.
2. In a flat and clean surface, arrange the carrots, hotdog and cheese at one edge of the meat. Roll to form like a log. Secure with string. Do the same for the rest of the ingredients.
3. Put the rolls into a container and pour the soy sauce mixture over it and marinate overnight or for at least 1-2 hours.
4. Once ready to cook, heat pan with oil, put the meat and sear on all sides until light brown. Get 1 cup from the marinade and add to the meat. Simmer for 30 minutes, flipping the meat from time to time, until the sauce is thick and the meat is cooked.You may add sauce if the meat is not yet cooked.
5. Once cooked, remove the meat from pan. Cut the string and slice pork into serving pieces and transfer to serving dish. Pour the remaining sauce over the meat.


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School Readiness News Release

The 2016-17 school year is fast approaching.  School Readiness will start the week of September 12th.  If you attend class on Mondays, your first day will me Monday, September 12th.  If you attend class on Tuesday & Thursday; your first day will be Tuesday, September 13th.

We are happy to invite you to attend Fillmore Central’s School Readiness Program for children 3/4 and 4/5 years of age.

The goal of school readiness is to provide children with successful starts through healthy nurturing learning environments. Our teachers use research based curriculum to teach your child important skills they will need for kindergarten. Fillmore Central School Readiness uses "Splash Into Pre-K" curriculum, and we are excited to implement this well known school readiness series.

We offer three-3/4 school readiness with a Monday/Wednesday session and a Tuesday/Thursday session from meet 8:15am -10:15am. A third class is offered on Monday/Wednesday from 10:30-12:30.  Our 4/5 group meets Monday/Wednesday/Friday. We have an AM session (8:15am-11:15am) or PM session (12:10pm-3:10pm)

Please contact us if you have any questions. We look forward to offering you and your child a positive learning experience.

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How To Build Fox's Shared Marvel Universe

One reason Marvel Studios' superhero movies are so enjoyable is the shared “Marvel Cinematic Universe” they've been building since the original Iron Man. Just as in the comics, the movies offer a world where multiple heroes coexist and interact (either to punch each other in the face or chow down on shawarma). Fox clearly wants to get in on that action too. Last week we learned that comics scribe Mark Millar has been brought on board as a creative consultant for Fox as it expands its X-Men franchise and works to reboot Fantastic Four. The goal is to develop a similar sort of shared superhero film universe.

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Soldierone1967d ago

I really don't like Fox with their hands on these titles. I don't think I'd enjoy them in the current state of Marvel / Paramount either, but it'd at least be bigger and somewhat better stories.

What I'd love to see is Marvel to let Sony use some characters to pop up in Spider-man since that alone creates some great stories. Punisher hunting Spider-Man, Wolverine fighting then working with Spider-Man, a bunch of cool stories. Marvel doesn't even do anything with Punisher and lets Lionsgate use him, why not let him appear in Spidey?


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Oblivion Review | Matt's Movie Reviews

Sci-fi spectacular melds with character driven mystery in Oblivion, Joseph Kosinski’s stylish follow up to Tron: Legacy that stars an in form Tom Cruise.

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Thefreeman0121775d ago

Im disappointed, ive heard this movie is bad but the visuals are good... still might see it

Sahil1768d ago

Rotten Tomatoes gave this movie a 59% out of 100%... I say f### what Rotten Tomatoes says, this is by FAR one of the greatest films I have ever seen, it's an epic adventure, and a phenomenal film, don't let anyone tell you otherwise, this movie is definitely recommended!

aDDicteD1766d ago

any sci fi action films that tom cruise gets involved in is always good. he is the best of his kind in sci fi action, i dont know why its rotten tomatoes overall score is slightly below the fresh rating, it could easily have been 68%, fortunately it got a better rating in IMDB. sometimes rottentomatoes are more on the critics side while imdb is more inclined in the general population of audience so you would get an idea on what to expect in oblivion.


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Almost Human Review: Cinemablend

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Fox took a chance on a mystery series with a historical and supernatural twist in Sleepy Hollow and it paid off. If the current trends of television are any indication, the classic police procedural format demands a little something extra. For Sleepy Hollow, it's Ichabod Crane. In the case of Almost Human, it comes in the form of a futuristic setting and a human-robot partnership, with Karl Urban representing the human side of the story and Michael Ealy serving as the robot half.

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He said he saw heaven
when his eyes rolled in his head,
and that it was a spider’s web of light.
So crystalline the silken robes
that shiver like everything
is connected.

The black oil was so thick.
I couldn’t pull him out -
to stare down the sickly sun
that spins you green with
every waking day.

The coffin falls in the icy grave.
To be a pallbearer,
to bury the spider
is to know
the dirt is too honest a teacher
as it thumps and
it cracks,
and men listen,
half dazed,
half dead,
and shovel.

The Mind of a Painter

It comes from the centre.
It comes from the mirror;
the genes which hunt us now
are blades plowing the wheat fields
while above all savage eyes
is a meat factory of light.

It comes from the edges.
It comes from the night;
the memories which strangle us now
are knives cutting the flesh of a cow
while above all pitiful eyes
is a golden field of clouds.

The farmer does not know he is a butcher of ideas,
throwing away everything that
might madden him with failure.

The butcher, in his frigid back freezer,
flaying the day away with his metal teeth
does not know there is an art in the
skinning of an animal,
throwing away everything
until only flesh
and madness
He does not know his bloody easel
is a painting
of God.

And God's eyes know madness.

A rocket launcher fires
Helicopter miss-matched spins and falls
A Police station explodes.
She was watching the war.

I was watching the moon!
Full beast, breath high rising like a cold evaporating stone!
Who made her?
Who chiseled her face and sanded her pores?

The dreams of carpenters snorting legislation like crack?
The pointing spikes of marching idealism?
That she might be alone in her tranquility
a billion years
though the Earth may shake with a thousand nuclear clouds.
She stands watching!
Peaceful queen.
Mortified, eclipsing star.
Frowning, smiling, frigid, bound to
circle our follies and our sparkling crystalline obsidian,
our swashing careful seas

and she pulls! On the TV set
as though the stupidity offended her.
The rusty boat of the Earth heaves with her!
She pulls tighter against the shore!

The sound of her teeth
Crumbles like chalk
on pavement
and she gurgles.
The moon shakes on the ocean!

like eagle wings in the updraft
(Sand Dunes shiver smoke)
I whisper to the stars:

She's rising to the moon. She's rising to the moon.

Mouth opened wide,
she just wants a little more:
The blackness is too dark to scream.
All this time I shook the dice,
I learned the laws,
I cracked the hour glass
with a curious mind
for nothing.

She claws against the velvet window,
her starry sweat on my forehead;
the whore that is the universe.
“Just let us try it again...
Just let us try it once more.”

No one is going to tip the fucking glass
for us, to watch the sand move
upside right
or downside wrong

Black holes will suck
the very last particle,
the very last dream
into the starving void
with hungry, drooling jaws,
and then turn on each other!
Nothing, not even emptiness
will breathe.


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carpe diem

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Monday, March 31, 2014

What Makes a Good Dominant?

 Sofia asks What is the most important quality for a Dominant? Has your opinion on this changed over time?

Gosh. I think there are several things that are important. And I think they are really just important to me, I don't know about anyone else.

And these aren't necessarily the things that would make him attractive to me, but the things that would make him a good Dominant.

Consistency. He has to respond basically the same way to things, day after day, year after year. If you let someone else control your stuff, they have to be fairly predictable or it won't work.

Realism. He has to understand you aren't going to jump off a bridge or murder your family in their beds. He has to start off slowly and not give you things to do that you balk at early on. He has to get your agreement to his dominance.

Imagination. He needs the ability to put himself into your shoes, just a little, just enough to understand what it feels like to X or Y or Z. So he knows about  (and probably gets off on) your pain, isn't just oblivious to it.If he's causing the pain, he should at least know and value that it's there. Or something like that.

Anyone else? What do you think?

And has my opinion changed over time?

Probably, like everything else does. But I think I always wanted consistency. It's a bit like living under the rule of law. You need to know what's allowed and what's not. If not, you don't know when you are breaking the rules and when you aren't. And it's not fair if you don't know, and I'm all about fair. I don't break the rules on purpose very often.

Saturday, March 29, 2014

I've been emailing with a blogger friend about cuckolding and why it's a turn on.

Nice hmmm?

It's a kink for lots of people.

Not my particular thing, at least I don't think about it in those specific words.

But I do like when my man has other girls. Subs-on-the-Side. Extra girls.

Why do I like it?

Well because it means he's attractive to them. They validate my opinions about him. Sometimes they are there for me to talk to about him. I love that. I get a little extra piece of him, through them.

And he's always had extra girls, variety. He likes it, and I like him to have what he likes. That's my thing.

And I also like that little hit of humiliation that he gets to fuck around and I don't. That he expect me to take it, AND like it. Which I try to do. Cause you know, that's really hot sometimes. Is it a hint of objectification or something? Just the idea of it...

As you'll know, if you've read my blog for a while, I do this with varying degrees of success.

I don't want to lose him to someone else, that's for damn sure. But I do like the idea of sharing.

Sometimes it's sexy and hot and sometimes it's submissive and obedient, and sometimes it's sisterhood. And sometimes I struggle with it.

And yes, sometimes I've been desperately jealous and unhappy. And fairly "out" about that, as I'm required to be with my submission. Which is complicated, right?

And I learn more about myself as we go.

I certainly have not been consistent about how I have responded to sharing him with other girls over time. So much depends on the other girls. Do they want to interact with me? Do they want to be friends? Do they want to be sexual partners? Do they want to domme me? Why yes I do try to get under everyone I encounter sexually, why do you ask? Do they want to displace me and take him away? Do they want to love him, do they want him to love them? Do they want me to be jealous of their relationship with him? Do they want to fight? Is it going to be about sisterhood and sharing experiences or about one upmanship? Do we have things we can offer each other.

While talking to one of his Subs-on-the-Side recently, she said to me that the only times she ever felt like we  were getting close to fighting, were all times when she could see I didn't feel like I was being heard. I really liked that actually. I did and do want to be heard. I think I feel that the opportunity to talk about it is my prerequisite (or is it a payment) for acquiescing to the arrangement. Because after all, a significant part of D/s for me is exploring and understanding how it makes me feel.

So cuckolding, which is where I started, doesn't seem to apply in the same way to women who share their man. The official term is cuckquean for a woman who shares her man. Wikipedia says "Cuckquean refers to a woman with an adulterous husband. In modern English it generally refers to the sexual fetish in which sexual gratification is gained from maintenance or observation of sexual relations by a man with a woman or a number of women besides his girlfriend, wife or long-term female sex partner, and therefore, the reversed gender roles of a cuckold relationship." It also notes that the male is sexually dominant, the female is submissive, and sometimes is completely celibate, only becoming involved with the man or his lover when he permits it. I guess I'm glad I'm not celibate. It also notes that typically it involves some humiliation. Which I guess is why it turns me on.

I think it's different for men, more about competition, tons about humiliation, not so much about sisterhood/brotherhood. But jeez, I don't know, because I'm not a man. So I get how it feels for me, and why I like it, but I don't really get what appeals to me. Anyone want to wade in and discuss?

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Bad Habits

Stress eating. Why do I do that?

And procrastination? Some day I will be past that, right?

I need to exercise more.

Aren't I old enough to have fixed all my bad habits?

Monday, March 17, 2014

Not By Accident

Sometimes I wonder what my life would be like if I'd never met him.

You know how there are some people you meet over and over again, and you probably don't really remember the first time you met them, because if you hadn't met them that day, you'd have met them the next day. Or the day after that.
But he and I met by chance. And if we hadn't met that night, I don't think we'd ever have met.

So there must have been a reason. Right?

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Thoughts on Submission

The I've been thinking a lot lately about what submission is to me.

I'm not always the perfect submissive. (Duh!)

Often I'm angry sub, or resentful sub or PMS sub. Occasionally I'm smart-ass sub. Though what really pisses him off is when I'm bratty sub.

I'd like to be better. Maybe some of the way to do that is thinking about submission, and about why I want to be submissive. For me, writing about something often facilitates my understanding of it.

Why do I want to be submissive?

I have no idea. Seems like a lot of work sometimes.

Yeah, I know, smart-ass answer.

But it's sort of the truth. I don't really know why I WANT to be submissive.

I started down this path to feel desirable, and wanted and sexy. But that's certainly not the only answer.

The thing is, I'm not really submissive in life. Oh I am in the bedroom. But there's a difference between bedroom submission and being submissive. And mostly I'm not submissive outside the bedroom. I'm bossy and take charge.

Except to Him.

And I am to him because he wants it, and because I want it and because we've always been this way. And I want it because he wants it.

Seems simple enough?

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Sometimes when I take the time to just think about things...they come into focus.

All that stuff that gets hidden in a jumble of things, of worries and day to day clutter.

Submission to him is what I want.

Sometimes I forget that. And I let other things factor in.

But the important thing is that I want to submit to him.

No, it's not the only important thing in my life. And the other things won't go away, they'll still be there.

But so will my submission. To him.

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Summer is Coming - I Know It

Today was better. I was less desperate. Summer will come. I will survive this.

Maybe it was because my drive home today only took 30 minutes instead of 90.

This was my parking spot last night.

After I drove over the scariest bridge ever. In a fucking snowstorm. Okay, a blizzard. Slowly.

It has to end eventually right?

At least it's almost Friday.

Life in Canada

Another day, anot?

Enough already!

I feel like I spent most of my day yesterday driving around the city. Or trying to.

It took me 90 minutes to drive home from work - should have taken 35. Sigh.

I'm too discouraged (okay and too late) to find yet another cute facebook graphic for how much I'm hating this winter.

Damn white stuff.

Monday, March 10, 2014

Happy Monday

Things that made me happy today?

That Big Bad and I didn't end this morning.

That he sent me a text saying, "I want a strong, smart, sexual woman, not a doll." And some other nice ones too.

And that the rest of my day is better than the crappy morning was.

Monday, February 24, 2014

Bonjour Blogworld

I'm making progress at French class. I bet you're glad for me.

It's preoccupying me, taking tons of time and energy and I'm really trying to do well at it. Does anyone want to correspond with me en français? If so, I'm at

What else can I tell you.

Because of French class, I don't have much time left with The Man. He's pretty busy anyway and just doesn't have much time available, so it's probably just as well.

The Olympics are over. Did I mention that we won at hockey? Women's and Men's? Yes, I thought I had.

I'm thinking of getting a new phone. Everyone in the world has a smartphone except me. Maybe it's time.

I've finished a big work project. I've hired a cleaning lady. I haven't been to the gym in ages. It's time to go. I know.

I'm not sure what else to tell. I've scaled back on volunteer activities and actually said no to a couple of requests. I think the requestors were surprised. I was sort of surprised by myself.

What else should I write about? Write me and give me some advice, ask questions, or be provocative and annoying so I write back. Inspire me!

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Game Day

Big Bad Dom asked me early this afternoon if I was going to write another gloating hockey post. I said no, it's not just a hockey blog. (Doesn't seem like he's that taken with the hockey posts - he's American, I'm Canadian, what's not to love there?)

I'll write a bit about our days instead. Starting with the fact that he got dressed and went to church while I stayed home and watched hockey in my nightie and drank Bloody Marys.

Oh, and btw, my team won.

See? It's not ALL about hockey!

Who is getting up to watch hockey tomorrow morning at 7?

Will you be drinking coffee or beer while it happens?

Will you be at home or at a bar or in Sochi?
Who thinks it's crazy? Who wouldn't miss it for the world?

Saturday, February 22, 2014

"Subgirl," he says, "This will make you blush but your breasts are fabulous. I'm a tit man and I love them. And look, your nipples are sticking out like little pencil erasers. That's not from the cold you know, that's from me. They were like that as soon as I took them out."

"Thank you Sir," I say.

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Gold Medal Game

I have Olympic fever.

I just do; happens every time.

And this year. Well, we're happy. Canadians are happy and proud of our people.

This afternoon, we are celebrating. Delirious with joy. Thrilled to bits. Our women won gold in hockey (and curling too) today.

I didn't watch the curling. It's a Canadian sport too but not the obsession that hockey is. But congrats to the undefeated team that wrapped that up today.

But hockey. It's huge to Canadians. Americans have football and baseball and basketball and soccer and some hockey too. We have hockey. And we believe we are great at it and we want to be great at it and celebrate it and ... well you know.

Olympic hockey is really between the American and Canadian teams. No one else has a team in the same league. I'm very knowledgeable (not) about women's hockey. Okay, I'm really not, though I'm getting that way. I know a couple of girls who are playing hockey well enough that we have to notice. And I'm really proud of them.

So anyway... hockey. We won this afternoon. It looked like we were going to lose. It looked like we were going to get our asses kicked actually. And then, suddenly, we scored and then we tied and then, in overtime, we won.

How do I know? I was watching it. My kid was watching it in school. Everyone was watching it.

And on the way to that win, there was this part where we pulled our goalie, and the Americans almost scored on the empty net and the puck miraculously bounced off the post instead, so we put the goalie back (and probably all said a prayer of thanksgiving) and then we won.

And you could hear rejoicing all over town, and all over facebook and as it turns out all across the country.

We love winning Olympic hockey. We'd like to win mens hockey too. A lot. I'm sure lots of people consider that that's the "real game". And in a way, it is, I get that. And I want to win it. I hope we do. But all the men on those teams are already rick and famous and acknowledged as great. So, it's a huge deal to win at the Olympics, but ... maybe not as big in a way as for these women who... give their all to this, for years and years and years without much return. And then this.

Do you think they'll be saying this to the guys tomorrow? Maybe! I do kind of love that idea. And yeah, it's all over facebook where I live.

And yes we are assholes about it when we win.

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Lots of Snow

I know it's snowed a lot everywhere this year. I know.

At least, it's snowed a lot for places that don't normally see much snow. Lots of nasty winter weather in the south. It's made the news over and over. Traffic and delays and airport shut downs. And I've tried to be sympathetic. I know it's not the same in Georgia or Alabama as it is here in Canada when it snows. They don't expect it. They aren't equipped to deal with it. We are. So it's not nice to make fun of other people who are getting wintery weather.

I live in Canada, so it's supposed to snow. But jeez it seems like a lot this year. This was taken somewhere in central Ontario, fairly recently.

It wasn't taken by me. I've been home shoveling my driveway. Okay, not really. I paid someone to do that this year (thank God!)

So if Sochi needs snow, we could send them some.

Just sayin.

Friday, February 14, 2014

Dark Valentine

Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess who was searching for the  key to her kingdom. She searched high and low, because she didn't really know what she was looking for.

One day she found a clue that pointed her towards a dark dungeon. At first she turned away and continued her search somewhere else. That couldn't be the key. Not really. It was too nasty and embarrassing.

So she looked and looked and looked some more. She couldn't find it anywhere else.

Finally she turned to look at the dungeon. Could the keys be there? Maybe.

She looked around to see if anyone was looking at her. No one was. So she snuck into the back, very very quietly. And then, nervous, she ran out again.

The next day she snuck back in again and stayed a little longer before running away again. And every day she repeated this, because she began to realize that the keys to the kingdom were probably in a dungeon just like this one.

She could see princes and princesses, lords and some ladies and some sorcerers in the dungeon, mostly off in the distance. There was treasure there and lots of peasants. And there were so many things to look at. She grew at ease with her surroundings but never forgot her search.

One day a handsome Lord approached her. And she knew instantly that he was magical. He asked her many questions and encouraged her to ask questions. And he had magical implements of pain and submission and pleasure on his belt. He was dark and mysterious and wonderful.

She was seduced and ran away with him, and lived happily in his castle, mostly in the dungeons. She put aside her original mission because she was happy in the castle.

Many years later she was reminded of her search for the keys to the kingdom and realized that the keys on his belt were those she had looked for all along.

Happy Valentine's Day to the Lord who makes dark magic to me most of my days!

Monday, February 10, 2014

Go Canada!

Canada is winning at the Olympics. Now you'll think this is boastful. And it is. And that it's a bit obnoxious. Yeah, that too.

But we're winning. For the first time ever. EVER.

And I know it's unlikely to last.

But right now, we're rocking this Olympic thing!

We have 7 medals. 3 gold, 3 silver and a bronze!

These two sisters won gold and silver in women's moguls. Justine and Chloe Doufour-Lapointe must be pretty damn happy.

And whether it lasts or not, it doesn't take anything away from how amazing these athletes are and how proud we are of them.

And I'm very proud to be a Canadian! Every time I hear the anthem (and it's all over the news) I'm all choked up!

Go Canada!

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Mick asked a question in the comments on the last post which makes me realize that most of you probably don't know me very well.

His comment expressed surprise that I'm a pleaser in my non-sub role as well.

Yes, I am.

I think I'm a fairly dominant pleaser. I want things to go well, I want everyone to be happy, and I'm often bossy about how that happens. Because I always think I know best. Which makes me a really bossy sub.

I'm an extrovert. I have lots of friends. I'm a bit of an organizer there. I love parties and bars and large groups. I'm outgoing and loud and funny (I think). If you told my friends I was into D/s, they would definitely think I was on the Domme side.

I'm a manager in my job and I have one employee who really wants to think of me on the Domme side. He's always telling people he's afraid of me. He certainly gives the impression of me getting my way with high boots and a riding crop. He likes bossy women.

And yes, despite all that, I am a pleaser. I want everyone to be happy. Yeah, I know my Dom is rolling his eyes - maybe a couple of the rest of you too! Okay, sometimes I'm a confrontational bratty pleaser.

I'm very submissive in the bedroom. I don't even like to think about being the boss there. I've done it at least in role play, I think because I AM a pleaser, but I didn't like it. I put handcuffs on someone once, thinking that it might be really exciting to focus on teasing and pleasing someone to orgasm while they couldn't change things and get away, but really, it wasn't that exciting. I don't think either of us could get past the idea that I had the key.

I want it to be perfect for the person I'm with. And I like to be swept off my feet. There are some pretty specific things I like, and I don't mind telling them. But I like it even better, knowing they are getting what they want when they want it.

I spent this morning doing a volunteer thing.

Which was really nice and completely exhausting.

And now I just want a nap.

And I feel very very happy that I did it. And that it's over.

I was in charge of organizing this event, and I wasn't sure how well it was going to go, or whether all my volunteers would show up (only one didn't show!) and whether everyone would like my volunteer thing. Because I'm such a pleaser, I worry about people LIKING everything.

So it was good. It went well. It's over.

I made some friends, and did some good and taught some stuff and worked with kids and ... It was good.

And I'm sooooooo tired.

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Friday, February 7, 2014

Thursday, February 6, 2014

This might become the "All Whining About French Blog."
 For those of you who used to come to read about Dominance and submission, I'm sorry. It doesn't seem to be that blog anymore.

Today we worked on those verbs that have être as an auxilary and the concordences. I know that doesn't mean much to anybody, but it's hard.

The thing is that I'm sitting there, making hundreds, maybe thousands of mistakes an hour. Really only hundreds? Okay. Hundreds. HUNDREDS. Of mistakes in an hour.

There were times today when I wanted to yell at my teacher. When I wanted to get up and walk out. When I wanted to put my head down on the table and cry.

I fucking hate making mistakes.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Parlez-Vous Français?

I'm taking this intensive French course.

It's really hard. I come home every day exhausted. Just wrung out by it.

It's really amazing how much I've forgotten.

And how many French verbs there are. Hundreds? Thousands?

I think I use about 10.

And how many tenses there are. I think there are 16?

I use 3.

Anyone want to jump in and sympathize or tell me I'm crazy?

I did this exercise this afternoon. Remember what we used to do in spelling class when we were kids, using the word in a sentence? So my exercise was to conjugate the verbs and use them in a sentence. I think we were working on futur simple. And and I felt like every damn word I said needed correcting.

I don't know if the teacher was sorry for me or just disgusted. Maybe some of both. He sent me home early.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

adjective: discouraged
  1. 1.
    having lost confidence or enthusiasm; disheartened.
    "she must be feeling pretty discouraged"

Sunday, February 2, 2014

The Joneses

Mistress to sissy patience over at the Sissymaid Diaries has decided to play along and answer some questions about being a Domme. Thanks!

As an intro she says the following: "I happen to be a fond follower of the submissive blogosphere. I find knowing what others are doing helps me to understand my place as a Dominant (and as a submissive when that happens) and allows me to gauge my actions on the scales put forth by others. While I don’t subscribe to the keeping up with the Joneses philosophy of kink, I do like hearing the experiences that others have and using their ideas, desires, and goals to expand my repertoire."

I agree with lots of what she says here. I think there's a pretty big submissive blogosphere, and I find what others are doing and discussing help me to understand and discuss what I'm thinking sometimes.

I've really liked reading the answers from the Domme and Doms. They're so different, and I bet there are people who read them and think about how different they are. And it's not about making anyone feel defensive about anything they are or aren't, it's about openness and conversation about it.

I don't think I'm a "keeping up with the Joneses" kind of kinkster, but I am curious about what the Joneses are doing. Sometimes in a "omg, I'm glad we aren't doing what the Smiths are doing," sometimes in a "wow, look at that hot thing the Greens are doing," and sometimes in a "what do you think of that thing the Golds are writing about?"

Although I admit that if the Smiths are doing something particularly nasty, I often just don't mention it, because it can be a red flag, a bit like daring him to do it to me.

But I do love the idea of seeing what's inside a Dom's mind as well as a sub's. As patience's Mistress says, "I like hearing the experiences that others have and using their ideas, desires, and goals to expand my repertoire."

Actually, it's not so much the repertoire in my case, but my language, conversation and understanding about D/s. Okay, maybe a little repertoire.

I have this idea that since D/s isn't mainstream, we can find ourselves immersed in it, without really understanding what's going on in our heads and in our relationships.And without growing up in a culture and society that gives us norms and expectations about it. So reading and discussing with other people who are doing similar things helps us to understand what might be "normal" in D/s.

Hmmm, is that what I mean? Do I care about being "normal"? Well, I care that I'm not crazy to desire pain sometimes and to want to offer myself to a Sadist. I don't want to be crazy, I want to be sexual, experimental, open to new things. And I don't want to give them up. I don't mind not being like everyone else on my street, but I love the commonalities here. I want to be like others (some others at least), or really, maybe I want to know that others see themselves as similar to me. Maybe I want to BE the Joneses?

I want to have a conversation about power and dominance and submission that it's impossible to have with people who aren't into it.

I want to hear more about the Dom side, partly to hear the answers from my own Dominant, but also so that I can understand your stories and so that I can crib from your answers and ask him if any of them apply to him/us.

I have a fascination with wanting to know what HE gets out of our relationship, from the pain and pleasure and connection and power exchange, from the Dom point of view. Honestly, it's enlightening to hear and it's often amazingly hot too.

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Dom Question 2

I hypothesize there are questions that submissives want to ask Doms or Dommes, whether their own or other peoples'. So here is the second in a series of "Dom Questions" that I hope my Dom and others will answer for us.

Question #2
What do you like most about your submissive? How about least?

My Dom points out that the second part is a dangerous question. Probably is. I wonder if he'll answer it.

And come on... you want to know don't you? Just ask him. Tell him it's a blog thing.

If anyone wants to answer, you can do so in my comments, or on your blogs, or your subs' blogs or on your friends' blogs. Or if you want to answer more anonymously, you can email me and I'll post your answer(s) on my blog.

Thanks to my Dom who answered the last question here. I only know of two others who played along and answered online, here and here, so if there are more, please let me know and I'll link them too. Hopefully some of the rest of you got answers in private as I do think it was a very interesting question.

And thanks as well to all those who gave me urls to other Dom blogs. I have been to a bunch of them though, and I really enjoyed them.

I plan to put them all into a post with links so you can wander around to their blogs. But I'm lazy.

Edit: Check out one more Dom who answered here. And thanks for the addition!
And a Domme here .

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Recently Big Bad Dom went exploring on the internet and discovered someone else's rules.

He started reading them to me, asked what I thought, and I said I thought they were pretty all inclusive and pretty naive. He agreed with me, he even said they were utopian.

But he kept reading them to me.

And a couple of things became clear.

He liked The Rules. They were about action and intent and feelings and they gave everything to the Master. This submissive was going to do everything to please him, everything she thought might please him and she was going to do it all willingly. So he thought they were great.

I didn't like the rules. I thought they were silly. Yes, they gave him everything but and oh so willingly and sweetly. But they didn't take reality into consideration. The second there was anything outside perfection in their relationship, she'd be outside the rules.

In my relationship, being outside the rules is bad. There is enforcement, punishment, etc.

So I hated the rules and started feeling defensive and, okay a bit sulky too.

He kept reading. Maybe he didn't realize I was getting sulky. Every so often, I'd say to him something like, "oh you should get a sub who does that!"

It was threatening because I'm not a perfect submissive. Not even close. Somedays I'm perfect and obedient and sweet. Some days I'm obedient. And tired or sick or busy or sulky or furious or have PMS or dying to do something else, show off something else, get his opinion about something else.

Our deal is that he chooses what we're going to do or talk about and I do what he wants. We have some pretty basic rules about whether my attitude is appropriate or not. Again this is his decision. Surprised? But he actually wants to know whether I like what he's chosen. I'm required to be honest about my feelings if he asks. And then I might be required to just shut up about them. But none of that will make me Little Mary Sunshine if I want to fuck and he wants to talk or the reverse.

And these rules were so much about attitude. Yeah, I could be a bit better maybe. That's honesty. I could change a bit. But I don't think I'd ever get to that perfect submission in The Rules.

And I hope he doesn't get a sub who does that!

Yesterday was a weird day. A funeral, a hospital visit to the psych ward, and two moms who I'm close to have desperately ill babies.

Makes you think about priorities.

And prayer.

I'm not really a big believer in prayer. I'm a skeptic.

But sometimes I really really want it to be true.

I think this is one of those times.

Please let everyone be alright.

Praying for a speedy and full recovery, for the babies and the anorexic girl in the wheelchair.

Friday, January 24, 2014

Ah Football...

I know... shocking to some of you, but absolutely true. In fact, I don't even know who is playing. Okay really I don't usually know there's a game on.

Just sayin...
And yeah, I'm working on questions we'd want to ask Dominants. Do you have a Dom you have questions for? What questions would you want to ask? Would he answer?

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Just FYI, I'm not posting anything else til I get some indication that someone is reading these.

This is supposed to be a conversation, not a one sided monologue.

You can agree or disagree or whatever. But that's my line in the sand.

Validate me.

Friday, January 3, 2014

Winter Prayer

It's stupidly, horribly cold.

They said yesterday was -41 Celsius with the wind chill. Fahrenheit and Celsius meet at -40 btw, that's probably all you need to know.

And it's been insanely cold for most of a week that I had off. So cold that going out risks frostbite or hypothermia unless you are just rushing out to the car and even that's pretty miserable. We talk about which car we are going to take, heated seats or heated steering wheel. And which car heating system works the most efficiently.

No skiing, no skating, no winter fun. No walking or running outside.

Wear a hat, scarf, boots and WARM mittens. Wear a jacket with a hood, just in case. If your car does have problems be prepared to walk away.

The furnace in my house isn't keeping up. No it's not cold in my house, not really, but it's not warm either. The restaurant we went to last night was in an older building. It was cold there.

And for my asshole facebook friends who are in Florida or the Carribbean or Mexico and are whining about having to come back. We've heard your boasting for 2 weeks. We do not feel any sympathy for you having to return. In fact, we want to meet you at the airport and hose you down so you can catch up on the cold weather misery we have felt for a week.


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The Financial Times has written an interesting piece over the weekend citing lack of demand by consumers for marketplace lending.  We can’t concur that this is the case in the US, and perhaps our friend Ron Suber, President Emeritus of Prosper Loans can comment on the US, but in the UK, marketplace lenders have not yet gotten traction matching investor’s interest in investing.  The specific example cited is an interesting one because it tied online lender Zopa with Uber, and we all know what happened with Uber in London – they’re out.  Interesting read, and our commentary would be that technology takes time for mass adoption.  We believe in the future of online lending – just give it more time to take hold.
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“Zopa needed borrowers and Uber drivers wanted cars. It seemed a straightforward match, bringing together drivers with low credit scores who need car finance and a growing band of institutional investors wanting to expand in the so-called marketplace loans sector.

Zopa, the world’s first peer-to-peer lending company, hoped the partnership whereby drivers for the ride-hailing app were directed to its website for loans would mark its entry into a multibillion-pound market for secured loans in the UK.

But barely six months after the deal was struck it collapsed, with the partnership failing to attract as many drivers as expected. “The pilot was interesting, but demonstrated that the potential opportunity was limited for us, and we had other priorities,” Zopa told FTfm.

As it turns out, the deal might not have been such a good idea. This month Uber was told its licence in London would not be renewed after the city’s transport authority ruled it was not a “fit and proper” operator, a move that could potentially deprive around 40,000 private-hire drivers of a big source of income.

Many of these drivers have “vehicle-related debt”, according to James Farrar, an Uber driver who is a co-claimant in an employment tribunal decision against the group. If the ban is not overturned in the courts, some of this debt could default.

Zopa’s experiment with Uber underlines the enormous difficulty faced by marketplace lenders attempting to find new borrowers.
These borrowers are crucial for the platforms to grow at a time when there is strong interest from institutional investors to provide crowdfunded loans…

“The problem for the industry in the US and UK is not really on the funding side; it’s attracting borrowers.”…

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Hey, remember that horrifying period when Mickey was linking to VDARE articles, like that's something a sane person would ever do?

Well, he's now unabashedly linking to an outfit called Renew America in support of his conspiracy theory regarding something or another. [The New York Times is in cahoots with Obama and ACORN to do ... uh ... something terrible! -- ed. Undernews! It's the new new news!]

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Boy howdy, is it ever!

From a prominently featured article (honest-to-god-it's-not-a-parody):

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Obama is The Terrorist.

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"These are legitimate concerns, but ones, I believe, that can be overcome."

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PostSubject: (Superjail!) Guilty Innocence   Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:15 pm

If that single package hadn't come, Jared wouldn't have had to deliver it. And if he hadn't had to deliver it, he'd never have seen what he saw.

You see, the Warden had a rule that no one was to enter his office unannounced. But Jared didn't realize why it needed to be upheld. With little regard given to polite society, he opened the Warden's door without knocking.

It was a lucky thing for him, at least for the moment, that he didn't go in right away; he would have been caught. But as it was, he had the door open just a crack, just enough to see the Warden's near-seance.

The room was dim, lit only by lamplight in the center. That was where he had dolls of all kinds, lifted straight from a nursery, seated like people in front of - of all things - a small-scale, handmade guillotine.

"There's much hoopla in Toy Town today," he narrated the macabre scene, "because there's to be an execution. After many years and thefts, Trish Bear is finally going to be beheaded, as the privileged townsfolk wished." He brought out the teddy in question, laying it in the guillotine. "Trish has been a naughty bear, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. Now just because the criminal has robbed for the benefit of the less fortunate doesn't mean the law should make exceptions. Because where would the line be drawn? When would it end?"

Slowly he untied the string holding the weighted blade up. "As always, Trish is entitled to his last words. He says only that he wished he'd skipped town while he had the chance. Oh, isn't that what they all say?"

He giggled, somewhere between a child's and a madman's. "Down comes the blade... Slice! And the onlookers cheer, coddling their moneybags. Dancing in the streets and stepping on the toes of the unworthy poor, they sing: 'Trish heads, Trish heads, roly-poly Trish heads...'"

Jared backed away. That spectacle, it was wrong, wrong on so many levels.

He shut the door, left the package just outside, and ran. Futilely he tried to convince himself it wasn't such a bad thing, that the Warden was just reliving a little play he'd acted out in his childhood. Surely nothing was more innocent than reaching back to one's glory days.

But there was nothing innocent about what he'd witnessed.

Mere hours later, the Warden took Jared for a walk in Superjail's botanical gardens. There was, as he put it, something unfortunate that needed to be discussed. But they were at the rosebushes already - the garden was in alphabetical order - and not a word had been said.

Jared was a nervous wreck. He was certain this had something to do with that game he'd seen. There were going to be consequences for his invasion of the Warden's privacy.

"I'm sure you've figured by now," the Warden began nonchalantly, leaning over to sniff one of the blood-red flowers, "that the matters that need tending to arose from the package I received."

Jared tried not to jump to conclusions. Possibly his accidental mutiny went unnoticed. "What was it, Sir?"

"Oh, not much." He plucked one of the roses, not minding that the thorns pricked him. "Just a pin set I won in a contest. But when you delivered it, I couldn't help but notice you didn't knock first." He twiddled the stem absentmindedly, spreading blood over it in the process. "I ask that visitors announce themselves for a reason, Jared. There are some things I do that no one can know about... Ever."

Jared couldn't take his eyes off the blood-coated rose. All day, everything the Warden did held some twisted meaning, even if Jared didn't know what. But he got the feeling he was going to die today. "I-I don't see what the problem is, Sir. So you still play with dolls. There's really nothing wrong with that..."

"Don't lie to me, Jared." He let go of the flower, deliberately stepping on it when it hit the ground. "You know exactly what you saw. And you might not realize it, but now you know something about me that must never come to light. If it did... I hate even to consider what could happen."

Even though he knew it was useless, Jared tried to run. The Warden caught him by the scruff of his neck with his injured hand, and dragged him unceremoniously to a secluded stairwell hidden amongst the snapdragons. Like a piece of luggage, he pulled the little man down the stone steps, bruising him in the process.

"There is only one fate for those who find out what I do behind closed doors. It always takes place here." He held Jared at arm's length, suspended in the center of the murky, cobweb-covered room. "Look, Jared. Take it all in, because this is your final resting place."

Jared didn't want to; but he didn't have a choice. Most striking was the large, ancient guillotine towards the back wall, its rusty blade stained with the blood of hundreds, perhaps thousands of victims. Off to one side lay an unsettlingly large pile of dry bones. And to the other side... A clump of metal?

"What is-" Jared asked as the Warden set him on the ground.

"It may seem like overkill to you, but I don't just exterminate humans who walk in on me. I've had to replace Jailbot ten times already because of impromptu visits. Anything at all, whether it's Jailbot, or an inmate, or even just a fly; it must be brought here and killed."

Still Jared struggled against the inevitable. "Sir, you must make exceptions. The twins must know about your secret. A-and if Alice had walked in on you, you wouldn't, right?"

"I'd kill her without a second thought. It's that important, Jared. And the twins are smart enough to know that; they never watch me while I'm alone. Now, no more stalling; I've left you alive for too long." With that, he snatched Jared up and shoved him into the shackles.

"Sir, please! I don't even know what I know! And even if I did, I'd never tell anyone!"

Slowly the Warden untied the rope holding the rusty blade up. "You're a smart boy, Jared. You'd figure it out. And when you did, you'd make it your mission to tell the world."

Down came the blade, and Jared wracked his brain trying to figure out just what he was being killed for knowing. And then, as his head fell, he realized what the Warden's dire secret was.

If Jared's vocal cords still functioned, he would have screamed.

The Warden shook his head sadly. "I lose more accountants that way..."

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PostSubject: Re: (Superjail!) Guilty Innocence   Tue May 12, 2009 6:41 pm

wow, very good story though I'm not exactly sure what the Warden's secret is though. Are you going to continue this story?
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PostSubject: Re: (Superjail!) Guilty Innocence   Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:48 pm

No, I figure it's more fun for the reader to decide for themselves. Heck, I don't know what it is myself; although I have a guess.
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This is Pizza Moto at the Brooklyn Flea. They arrive there with a mobile brick oven. Because they don't have a brick and mortar operation and I was there, I thought, how could I NOT seize the opportunity to try pizza? But it would be a challenge as I saw that my $9 would get me a rather large pizza (margherita) cut into eight slices.

I took this down, all by myself, in under 15 minutes. You better believe it. How silly of me to take a paper bag in case I couldn't finish it. The pizza was thin and tasty. I really enjoyed the light, sweet tomato sauce; I prefer my pizzas less saucy. But the center of the crust had gotten slightly soggy, despite my being able to ingest it no more than two minutes after it had come out of the oven. Based on a similar experience at Motorino, another brick oven pizza place, perhaps the sogginess is just a characteristic of these types of pizzas. My other complaints are that the cheese didn't fasten to the pie very well and that it didn't have enough basil. But the crust was nicely charred and had enough salt to keep it from being bland.

I followed it up with a popsicle from People's Pops, which recently opened a stand in Chelsea Market. I opted for a rhubarb spice pop. These popsicles are fruity and not too watery. This particular flavor reminded me of cooked fruit, similar to apples in a pie or poached peaches. It was pretty mild and could have used more spice, but it was refreshing on a warm afternoon.

All gone.

Shack Attack: Vanilla custard (normally comes with chocolate, but we substituted for fear that it would be too much chocolate — yes, there is such a thing) hot fudge, chocolate truffle cookie dough, Valrhona chocolate chunks and chocolate sprinkles.

Saturday's flavor: Red Velvet

The Shack Attack concrete was great for hitting that chocolate craving. The soft cookie dough chunks were sizeable and worked well with the crunchier chocolate chunks and sprinkles.

I was definitely impressed by Red Velvet. It's a party in a cup — cake and ice cream! There were large chunks of red velvet cake folded into a solid custard that tasted like vanilla icing. It was an addictive combination, one that I want to get back to before the month is over.

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