Happy Lent!

The beginning of Lent is always a happy time for me, despite my lack of true religious conviction. I still consider it a time of penance, and penance is best when it is at the hand's of a skilled Mistress such as I. I believe it is important to reflect once a year on how you can improve yourself, and the Spring occurrence of Lent is far better than New Year's--in my humble opinion. It's a time to renew and be circumvent.

I have always wanted to kick off Lent by doing something sacreligious. I was able to accomodate that wish last night with the flesh of one of my favorite partners in kink: Trampleguy. I won't go into the details of the earlier parts of our session, but I will divulge how we ended things. I smoked a Moore cigarette and ashed onto his chest. After there were sufficient ashes present, I spit on the pile and then mashed the front of my high heel into the concoction. Trampleguy was then "forced" to lick the bottom of the sole clean as I continue to tempt him with my lovely implement of torture. The finale involved me placing the still lit cigarette on his chest and then extinguishing it with the front of my shoe as he screamed in pain.

I only hope the rest of Lent brings me such delightful acts of penance laced with symbolism. Services are available Mon - Sat. Sunday is always an off day during Lent...

VQ

Shaving Body Hair: It's Not Just For The Gay Guys...

In my line of work, body hair is something that I unfortunately have to be up close and personal with on a regular basis. Some of my clients fall into the well-groomed category, while others opt to shave their twig and two berries completely bald. While i don't demand such behavior, IT IS CERTAINLY APPRECIATED. But before I go into my discussion of body hair, check out this link:

Reasons To Shave or Trim Your Body Hair

I thought that link was a great way for you men out there to have some concrete reasons as to why it's a good idea to tame the forest that your body has become over the years. You might think that we women don't think it's a big deal that you have more hair on the backs of your shoulders than on your head, but it IS. We are just polite and usually just go along with it for whatever reason. I hear all sorts of reasons as to why my clients won't at least TRIM the crop around their genitals, but I have come to the conclusion that they are all just LAME excuses. I shall address them below:

1. My wife would be suspicious if I suddenly trimmed/shaved my genitals.

Are you serious? What if you were to trim up and then came to bed one night and told her that you thought it high time you tamed your genital mane and wanted her opinion. At THAT point if she were to laugh, point, and giggle, well then we could agree that maybe it was a bad idea. It also might be that the abundance of pubic hair had been hiding the true size of your penis, and she's only now seeing it for what it is. On the other hand, trimming or shaving might also give you some added optical length. It's certainly worth a try...I just don't buy that wives would be adverse to genital grooming. If you think taking yourself in such a manner is going to be a red flag to your extracurricular activities, then she is ALREADY suspicious of you and you're going to get found out eventually anyway. Tell her you're doing it for her and be done with it for goodness sake!

2. It's too difficult. I might cut something!

So we women are supposed to do incredibly detailed and complicated grooming for YOU guys, but you can't, in turn, even trim up your ball sac a bit? Has it ever occurred to you that maybe your wife/girlfriend doesn't give you oral sex like she used to because THERE IS A JUNGLE DOWN THERE? Do you have any idea how gross grey pubic hair looks? I won't even begin to describe it for you, but if your reaction was a cringe, then you might want to start removing yours BEFORE it gets to that color.

Shaving or trimming is just like anything else in this world: you need to learn how to do it properly. If you're really so uncoordinated that you can't seem to figure out how to do it without injuring yourself, then once again, turn to your significant other. Ask HER to help. I'm sure you guys reading this have all had the collective reaction of, "I would NEVER trust my wife/girlfriend with a razor around my nads!" So she can bear your children, drive your car, cook you dinner, etc. but you can't trust her with a sharp object around your genitals? That doesn't seem like much of a relationship to me. Are you that much of a jerk that you think all of your past behavior is going to come flooding to the front of her brain once the Gillette is in hand? Trust me guys: we have far more subtle ways of hurting you than doing something direct like cutting your testicular region with a safety razor. Cuts heals--wounds on the psyche can last forever, he he.

3. But it itches too much during the regrowth period!

Oh come on ya big baby! Once again, it's fine for us but not for you? Ok then, don't shave, but AT LEAST TRIM!!! Pubic hair or underarm hair does not need to be two inches in length. Really. It doesn't. Trim it up to a manageable length. I am willing to bed that your wife/girlfriend might not even notice if you did that--for those of you wondering about discretion.

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As someone who handles testicles and penises in my hands on a regular basis (no, not like that--for painful purposes only), I can speak for the difference that body hair makes. If you don't enjoy your pubic hair getting caught in the various pieces of equipment that I use on you, THEN TRIM IT. It's really that simple. I put up with pubic hair, but frankly I'd rather see as little of it as possible on either sex. I'm not advocating complete baldness as little boys and girls don't really turn me on, but let's get the hair away from where all the action is going to be taking place. Shall we?

If you're reading this blog entry and wondering if it was meant for you, it probably is. The mere fact that it has made you feel self conscious says that this should be a call to action.

Now go get those trimmers!

VQ

Thanks For The Protesting...

When I first read about Kink.com purchasing the Armory Building in SF, I didn't think much of it. I figured that there would be the one article, and then the story would die away as the local public's attention moved on to bigger and better things. Well I guess liberal San Franciscan's have nothing better to do than complain about legal sales of vacant buildings where nothing was going on for years and years. Ok, fine. This is a democracy. You have a right to protest this, that, and the other thing. However, I wonder if these protesters have anyone advising them about the efficacy of their actions?

It appears as if legally Kink.com has dotted their i's and crossed all of their t's. When you shoot porn to put food on the table, both they and I do, you learn how to proceed by the book. You know that you're under scrutiny and if the Feds don't inspect you, someone else will. So if you can't legally take action against the purchase and use of this building, then what CAN you do? You can picket and march in front of said business.

I guess not one of those protesters has stopped to think of the outcome of their attempt at gaining attention for THEIR cause: free publicity for Kink.com. Heck, if I were at Kink.com, I'd be sending my staff down to join the protesters. I'd make the ranks swell. I'd go pay the same folks who hold the signs in front of Quizno's to rant, rave, and hold large signs. All the while the name of Kink.com just keeps getting mentioned again and again and again--FOR FREE. National and international exposure. That's free advertising people all thanks to what you DON'T want happening in your back yard. Maybe someone should walk up to the protesters and point that out...

On a more serious note: the protesters are complaining that Kink.com is promoting violence and exploitation of women. Oh really? Are they going across the border and bringing back scared women who then have their passports taken away? Are they then telling these women that they must clean the premises and sleep in dog beds or they will be turned out onto the streets to face a deportation when they are caught? No they're not. They are hiring WILLING WOMEN who UNDERSTAND the nature of the work. They make a tidy sum of money, have their needs paid attention to better than many a vanilla employer would, and they have fun in the process. Have any of these protesters stopped to consider that maybe, JUST MAYBE, women can enjoy being tied up, spanked, whipped, etc.? This is SAN FRANCISCO people! We are supposed to be about doing what you want as long as it doesn't hurt anybody else. Last I checked, getting tied up and paid for it didn't hurt anybody as long as it was consensual...

I wonder how many of those protesters ever turned a deaf ear when they heard a female neighbor screaming in pain because her boyfriend or husband had just smacked her around? When was the last time any of those protesters paid a fair wage to a person of color for child care or house cleaning? I consider low wages for work such as that to be more exploitative than when a stripper gets $20 for doing a table dance, or when a woman gets paid for being suspended from the ceiling.

Exploitation and degradation need to have at least one group in the equation NOT participating in an equal manner. Yes, Kink.com makes a lot of money, but I can guarantee you that was due to hard work and diligence in an industry where customer retention is difficult to maintain over the long term. Their models and staff make fair wages. These people do this work because they WANT to, not because it's the only work they are qualified to do and they can't get straight jobs. I don't call that exploitation or degradation.

All I know is that if I were ever to buy a building where I was going to shoot my BDSM videos, I'd be SURE to let the details get out to the press. Then I'd hire my own protesters and make sure that the controversy didn't die--for as long as I could milk it. The old adage still remains: all publicity is good publicity :).

VQ

I Messed With Texas

I'm back from my trip to Dallas and Austin to attend the Foot Parties in both cities. What a whirlwind of a journey it was! Luckily I had yes ma'am to help out with all of the arrangements, transportation, etc. so I didn't have to stress out about one solitary detail!

I've never flown First Class before, and all I have to say is NOW I understand what the big deal is. I didn't find out about this treat until shortly before I was due to depart, so that made it even more special. Talk about a boys club, though. I was the only female in our special section. I was also the only female with a video ipod. I ended up giving a tech talk to a few of the other passengers about what I held in my hand, how it worked, and how one goes about transferring television programs from one's TIVO to an ipod. If I were Apple, I'd make sure more folks took their video ipods on planes as that is one of the best places to start a buzz. People still don't expect to see moving pictures on an handheld screen.

Flying First Class made it so that when I arrived in Dallas, I wasn't stressed out at all (despite being awake since 4 AM). After grabbing a quick bite to eat, we headed straight to the party where I changed into my foot finery and things got underway.

I had certain expectations about Texas, and more specifically Dallas. I thought that i was going to see lots of tall, artificially enhanced blond women all over the place. I don't think I saw one. That doesn't mean they aren't out there, just not in the limited areas where I happened to be. I also didn't expect there to be as much indoor smoking as I encountered. I don't care how much you people in other states bitch and moan about your "rights" as smokers, indoor smoking is simply not pleasant. When you couple it with a lack of ventilation, it can really cut into one's enjoyment of a location. And yes, as someone who engages in the smoking fetish, I CAN discuss the ins and outs of smoking indoors. If you're going to do it, then have plenty of ventilation or make sure that everyone who is in the room doesn't mind the after effects.

The guys at the Dallas Party were very enjoyable, and my patent leather pumps and stockings didn't go unappreciated. I also was able to provide some much-needed foot domination to one of the cutest subs I've ever seen. Thank you to Mistress Elle in Los Angeles for training him as well as you have.

After a long drive back to Austin, yes ma'am and I did the same thing the next night and attended the Foot Party there. The evening began in a very surreal manner as we pulled up to the club's parking lot. There were a ton of cars there, and music could be heard thumping from inside the building. The party wasn't due to start until 8 pm, so this seemed like a good omen at 7:45. We were completely stunned when we figured out what all the fuss was about. There was a cheer leading business/club/practice area right next door! Imagine our surprise as we saw a string of girls leaving as we entered our location. If they only knew that their feet could be use for something other than tumbling around at football games...

The Austin party location was larger than the Dallas one, and more well-lit. I was quickly snapped up by an admirer who spent close to two hours with me. WOW! It's certainly nice to be appreciated. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting fans from the area, and it was so much fun to show one of the oldest attendees what he had been missing all these years.

The rest of the trip involved yes ma'am's consistent but not overwhelming attention, and outstanding food. Since I'm a big lover of red meat, I certainly got my fair share in the Lone Star State. With all of the partying we had done earlier on the trip, we had a fairly mellow last evening together since frankly we were just tuckered out.

I hope to return, but I don't know when that will be. After the long plane rides that I've endured to NYC and Europe, Texas is a bit of a walk in the park. Besides, it's nice to be in a place where my Tony Llama's are appreciated :). Thanks again to yes ma'am for his sponsorship and making it as enjoyable as my trip to New Orleans in 2000!

VQ