K-8 (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} consciousobject) wrote,@ 2009-08-19 10:05:00 |
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Busy Day
The Femcar presentation wasn't the only thing we did on Saturday (see previous entry). It was a very busy day. Firstly, there was the local munch on Friday evening. Then I joined some of the local friends I've made via that munch in a carpool up to the Cities for the Femcar thing. That was followed by an unrelated Twin Cities BDSM community potluck/picnic. Then after that was scheduled a big play party. The carpool left around 11am and arrived back around 1:30am...a very busy day.
Do you ever have one of those days where you wonder if you're going senile a little early? I swear... I set my alarm for an hour and a half before I needed to be at the carpool, to start getting ready, and still somehow ended up 15 minutes late. Then, when we stopped at a gas station early on, I nearly got into the wrong van on the way out. And when the carpool returned late that night, I discovered that I'd left my lights on and my battery had died. Was I just tired that morning, or what?
(What's even worse, when I opened the door to the wrong van, the guys behind the wheel's reaction wasn't "uh, hello?" but a creepy "come in." And the guy standing outside that he was talking to, when I quickly retreated to the correct van, started talking about how much money the guy in the van has? WTF? Keep in mind, I wasn't even dressed remotely fetishy, it was all street-wear -- jeans and a long t-shirt -- WTF?)
But the day went well overall. Any day that ends with me getting tied up for awhile is a good day in my book.
After the Femcar demo, one of the friends I rode up with was asking what I thought of an idea for an objectification scene he was trying to work out: human pinata. I know, it doesn't sound like a good idea at first, but stay with me here. There's a few ways someone could go about it. The typical S&M version, of course, would be simply suspending someone, and letting some Doms have fun with a cane. I'm sure someone out there would like that idea.
My friend's idea, however, was that maybe the person is suspended and then has some sort of bag or something hanging from them which could be broken open. I started pondering the idea, and thought it could go a few steps further: why not encase someone in paper machet just before, like build it around them, so that they pretty much have to be broken out of it? The only thing not encased would be their head sticking out. And then the body could look more pinata-esque, including additional empty space in the stomach region which could be filled with candy or what have you and be broke open. Rigging the whole thing to be suspended would be a whole other issue, that I am not expert enough to work out the details of, but I think the idea could have potential. Though clearly this wouldn't be a version of the game that involved blindfolds (unless I suppose the pinata wanted to wear one).
What was a little disappointing is that the Femcar demo wasn't as well attended as, say, the picnic. I'm not sure if it was the bowling thing, or if there just aren't that many people curious about objectification, or what. I heard several people say it was just too many events in the same day. Which I didn't mind, personally, because if I'm in the area it's nice to have a lot going on. But I can understand, I suppose. Oddly, the bondage-focused group in the area appeared to have scheduled their munch for the same time as the demo. You'd think a presentation that promised to have at least some Gord content would interest the bondage group enough to cancel the munch and go to that instead. *shrugs*
The play party afterwards was interesting. Because there were so many people signed up, they decided to split it up into three locations. And in an effort to try and get the regulars to meet new people, they sort of randomized who was going to go to each one (you could ask for up to three friends to be with you, in case you were, say, carpooling like us). It was kind of amusing hearing people comment "wow, so many people I've never seen before," where I'm so new I didn't really notice a difference anyways. ;-)
It turns out at least one of the other people there was into rigging bondage in the same way that I'm into being bound, without impact play being required to have fun. So at the very end of the night, I got tied up a little for awhile, in a sitting position (requested because my legs were tired from so much standing at the picnic). He went upstairs for a little bit at one point to talk to his ride, while I chatted with one of the friends I rode up with. I could tell just from how it felt that I wouldn't be able to get out of the tie on my upper body without help, but my friend noted that the rope on my legs seemed a little loose. I had nothing else better to do, lol, so I started trying to wiggle my way out of the ropes around my legs. And did manage it, before the rigger friend came back downstairs. Uh oh, lol. Though by then my wrists were starting to feel a little sore, so the friend I was chatting with had started to untie that for me.
One last random thought: dungeons. We all know I'm not your typical BDSMer, and one of the times I'm made most aware of how different my thought processes are is when it comes to dungeons. The main difference is just that, while many BDSMers love to embrace the darker, taboo aspect of BDSM, I've never really viewed kinky fun in the same way. If anything, I tend to see humor in my kinks, and have a playful attitude towards it all. (Though maybe there's just not a lot of humor to be found in S&M, with the pain and the hitting and the sometimes blood?)
I just have weird thoughts sometimes when I enter a dungeon, about what my style of dungeon would be. First of all, I wouldn't call it a "dungeon," because I don't view it as a place of torture. I think I'd call it a lab. Like a place where a mad scientist works. Take Gord for example: I don't think I've ever seen a dungeon in any of his images, just a workshop. And the only way I could think to describe him is as "the mad scientist of bondage." I imagine every device he creates starts with the question "hm, I wonder if a woman could be used in *this* manner," and then proceeds with his crazed experiments.
Also, in the world of K-8 people would no longer call themselves Master Somethingsomething or Mistress Somethingsomething. Instead, they would all use the title "Doctor," like some sort of pulp villain. And dungeon music would now be things that sound like "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," instead of things that sound like "#1 Crush." "Welcome To The Machine" would work in cases where a compromise is required. So let it be written, so let it be done.
So do you have any crazy ideas for what sort of alternate "dungeon" you'd like to see?
The Femcar presentation wasn't the only thing we did on Saturday (see previous entry). It was a very busy day. Firstly, there was the local munch on Friday evening. Then I joined some of the local friends I've made via that munch in a carpool up to the Cities for the Femcar thing. That was followed by an unrelated Twin Cities BDSM community potluck/picnic. Then after that was scheduled a big play party. The carpool left around 11am and arrived back around 1:30am...a very busy day.
Do you ever have one of those days where you wonder if you're going senile a little early? I swear... I set my alarm for an hour and a half before I needed to be at the carpool, to start getting ready, and still somehow ended up 15 minutes late. Then, when we stopped at a gas station early on, I nearly got into the wrong van on the way out. And when the carpool returned late that night, I discovered that I'd left my lights on and my battery had died. Was I just tired that morning, or what?
(What's even worse, when I opened the door to the wrong van, the guys behind the wheel's reaction wasn't "uh, hello?" but a creepy "come in." And the guy standing outside that he was talking to, when I quickly retreated to the correct van, started talking about how much money the guy in the van has? WTF? Keep in mind, I wasn't even dressed remotely fetishy, it was all street-wear -- jeans and a long t-shirt -- WTF?)
But the day went well overall. Any day that ends with me getting tied up for awhile is a good day in my book.
After the Femcar demo, one of the friends I rode up with was asking what I thought of an idea for an objectification scene he was trying to work out: human pinata. I know, it doesn't sound like a good idea at first, but stay with me here. There's a few ways someone could go about it. The typical S&M version, of course, would be simply suspending someone, and letting some Doms have fun with a cane. I'm sure someone out there would like that idea.
My friend's idea, however, was that maybe the person is suspended and then has some sort of bag or something hanging from them which could be broken open. I started pondering the idea, and thought it could go a few steps further: why not encase someone in paper machet just before, like build it around them, so that they pretty much have to be broken out of it? The only thing not encased would be their head sticking out. And then the body could look more pinata-esque, including additional empty space in the stomach region which could be filled with candy or what have you and be broke open. Rigging the whole thing to be suspended would be a whole other issue, that I am not expert enough to work out the details of, but I think the idea could have potential. Though clearly this wouldn't be a version of the game that involved blindfolds (unless I suppose the pinata wanted to wear one).
What was a little disappointing is that the Femcar demo wasn't as well attended as, say, the picnic. I'm not sure if it was the bowling thing, or if there just aren't that many people curious about objectification, or what. I heard several people say it was just too many events in the same day. Which I didn't mind, personally, because if I'm in the area it's nice to have a lot going on. But I can understand, I suppose. Oddly, the bondage-focused group in the area appeared to have scheduled their munch for the same time as the demo. You'd think a presentation that promised to have at least some Gord content would interest the bondage group enough to cancel the munch and go to that instead. *shrugs*
The play party afterwards was interesting. Because there were so many people signed up, they decided to split it up into three locations. And in an effort to try and get the regulars to meet new people, they sort of randomized who was going to go to each one (you could ask for up to three friends to be with you, in case you were, say, carpooling like us). It was kind of amusing hearing people comment "wow, so many people I've never seen before," where I'm so new I didn't really notice a difference anyways. ;-)
It turns out at least one of the other people there was into rigging bondage in the same way that I'm into being bound, without impact play being required to have fun. So at the very end of the night, I got tied up a little for awhile, in a sitting position (requested because my legs were tired from so much standing at the picnic). He went upstairs for a little bit at one point to talk to his ride, while I chatted with one of the friends I rode up with. I could tell just from how it felt that I wouldn't be able to get out of the tie on my upper body without help, but my friend noted that the rope on my legs seemed a little loose. I had nothing else better to do, lol, so I started trying to wiggle my way out of the ropes around my legs. And did manage it, before the rigger friend came back downstairs. Uh oh, lol. Though by then my wrists were starting to feel a little sore, so the friend I was chatting with had started to untie that for me.
One last random thought: dungeons. We all know I'm not your typical BDSMer, and one of the times I'm made most aware of how different my thought processes are is when it comes to dungeons. The main difference is just that, while many BDSMers love to embrace the darker, taboo aspect of BDSM, I've never really viewed kinky fun in the same way. If anything, I tend to see humor in my kinks, and have a playful attitude towards it all. (Though maybe there's just not a lot of humor to be found in S&M, with the pain and the hitting and the sometimes blood?)
I just have weird thoughts sometimes when I enter a dungeon, about what my style of dungeon would be. First of all, I wouldn't call it a "dungeon," because I don't view it as a place of torture. I think I'd call it a lab. Like a place where a mad scientist works. Take Gord for example: I don't think I've ever seen a dungeon in any of his images, just a workshop. And the only way I could think to describe him is as "the mad scientist of bondage." I imagine every device he creates starts with the question "hm, I wonder if a woman could be used in *this* manner," and then proceeds with his crazed experiments.
Also, in the world of K-8 people would no longer call themselves Master Somethingsomething or Mistress Somethingsomething. Instead, they would all use the title "Doctor," like some sort of pulp villain. And dungeon music would now be things that sound like "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," instead of things that sound like "#1 Crush." "Welcome To The Machine" would work in cases where a compromise is required. So let it be written, so let it be done.
So do you have any crazy ideas for what sort of alternate "dungeon" you'd like to see?
