Friday, February 13, 2015

This what you get when you think about deviant sex on Friday the Thirteenth....








Today I am going to talk about BDSM (Bondage, Dominance, Submission, Masochism).. sort of. I listened to an NRP review this morning of 50 Shades of Gray the book versus the movie. Basically NPR gave top billing to the movie. Huh. I do not plan on viewing the movie nor reading the book. The subject has been covered extremely well by other authors who just did not hit the movie jackpot as follows.


Women's romance literature contains all sorts of subgenre regarding not only time travel, sci-fi, alien slavery/abduction, shape shifters of all flavors and the sexual preferences of the many amongst this list. I have read these stories in the past and just didn't get it. What the hell is so wonderful about being tied up, blind folded and beaten with paddles, whips, chains, ropes etc.


Now I understand that there is some sort of sexual titillation involved but I did not understand the relationship dynamics until I read a shape shifter story set in the Northwest. In the Cascadia Wolves series, Lauren Dane writes about a very strong wolf pack/family group. The alpha, beta, etc ranking of the wolves and their fairly high libidos. Okay. This was all normal sexy writing until I read the book Wolf Unbound. This was my well defined introduction into the world of dominance and submission. I only actually got it when I realized that the female wolf, Tegan, was a sub who could literally rip off anyone's head by strength along and her willing submission to a human male who dominated her to the point that she went easily into subspace. 


Her Dom, had the power to bind and pleasure her through masterful and carefully administered pain. She allowed him to dominate her without wanting to literally kill him once the blindfold and hand cuffs came off. It is not a life style that I would choose. I cannot imagine the level of trust that would be needed to involve oneself in such a vulnerable undertaking. AND the stories have the added benefit of actually having a story line that involves a take over of the entire Wolf shifter nation by a Mafia style rogue wolf and an outright war while trying to keep the human nation from being overly involved. The whole series is an excellent read that may leave you scratching your head or even having an "Ah Hah" moment as in "I never knew THAT!?"


I Facebook and have friended a few of my favorite authors. Some of the discussion that has come up involved writing sex scenes. The general consensus seems to be that sex scenes are a necessary evil, so just write 'em. And how many ways can you describe the sex between your characters without actually repeating yourself. One of my favorite authors, Viola Grace, blogged tongue firmly in cheek that when she writes her sex scenes she often envisions herself as she is typing, holding her fingers in her ears chanting "I can't hear youuuuuuuuuu.". The image cracked me up and I would have snorted milk out of my nose if I had had milk in hand.
 
Now on to something slightly different. There are now some of my favorite books being offered on audible books, so I have listened to a sample and thank goodness for the ability to listen to a sample. Because the female narrator was swishing along so fast that she was out of breath by the end of the sentence. Not good. Redo. May I suggest David Green  (see picture below) of NPR Morning Edition. He has a great voice and I would listen to him and pay for the privilege. Or maybe Audible Books would let us pick the narrator, that might be more fun and um relaxing....yeah that's right RELAXING......snort.


Wednesday, February 11, 2015



Couple thousand years ago, Cato the Elder spoke in the Roman Senate. He was known for "Cathago Delenda Est". Carthage Must Be Destroyed. Forward to the present day. ISIS Delenda Est. ISIS must be destroyed. Wipe them from the face of the earth. This is not about religion in any way, shape or form. Punch their ticket straight to Paradise. Let Allah sort them out.

Friday, February 6, 2015

Very odd dream: I think I was working for a publishing house and one of my assignments was to find an image or sketch of the head of a man. This image was going to be used in an important news piece and I needed to come up with something quick. There were people standing around making frantic suggestions. I finally found a picture of what appeared to be Clint Eastwood confessing to some damn thing. So I quickly sketched in the outline of his head and hair, his very large white rimmed eye glasses, nose, open mouth and chin. It didn't look bad for a hasty sketch in black and white. Then I woke up to NRP and the daily news and the now winter storm predicting heavy rain and wind on the coast. Let me see what would I ask the dream interpretation web site; drawing, a portrait, maybe...

Drawing
To dream that you are drawing represents an expression of your latent artistic abilities. You need to show more of your creativity in your waking life. Alternatively, the dream may be a pun on a "draw" to mean a tie or some undecided decision or argument. "It's a draw."

Um okay, maybe I should take up art of some sort. There is an art studio on Highway 42 just outside of town going towards Myrtle Point, maybe...
Also I watched a fascinating piece on Oregon Art Beat last night about John Simpkins, an artist living in Harney county in a ghost town for the past three years, I really admired the colors and some of the images he was painting. He said that he traveled and when in Tibet he decided that if he could find someplace like Tibet that wasn't too far from civilization, he would move there. Safeway is that-a-way about 150 miles from the ghost town of Andrew.







Picture

To see a picture in your dream symbolizes a mental imprint that remains persistent in your mind. Your actions are irreversible. There is no turning back in what you do. Also consider the phrases "picture this" or "seeing the big picture" in a situation. In particular, if the picture is in black and white picture, then it indicates that you need to consider opposing viewpoints. Alternatively, it may mean that you need to add more color and pizzazz to your life.


Drawing
To dream that you are drawing represents an expression of your latent artistic abilities. You need to show more of your creativity in your waking life. Alternatively, the dream may be a pun on a "draw" to mean a tie or some undecided decision or argument. "It's a draw."

Um okay, maybe I should take up art of some sort. There is an art studio on Highway 42 just outside of town going towards Myrtle Point, maybe...

Also I watched a fascinating piece on Oregon Art Beat last night about John Simpkins, an artist living in Harney county in a ghost town for the past three years, I really admired the colors and some of the images he was painting.

I am quite unhappy that I cannot technically import one of the artists pictures, I encourage you to Google John Simpkins work.  Enjoy.