12 May 2004: Stories in Progress

This might be my last entry for a couple of weeks. From here until almost the end of the month, my life is mostly going to be about preparing for my Algebra final. Just checking in here with a few bits and pieces...

I've taught three classes at Studio Rasa so far, and I'll be teaching the fourth one three hours from now. So far it's all students from my Y classes, no one brand new. Getting the feel of the space, and of how to take ukemi comfortably on a hardwood floor (and how to throw my students in ways that help them to take comfortable ukemi on a hardwood floor).

(The Saint, that wise fellow, once remarked to me that it's usually the parenthetical statements that say the really important stuff.)

Already, from this dance with wood, there is a new grace awkwardly emerging.

Alaska, Finder, and Stray may be attending my class at the Y this evening; that should be an interesting overlap of communities.

In early June, Sherpa and Paradox and I will be meeting to conduct a mutual 3-way interview with each other, which will be filmed and incorporated into the Orphans of Delirium video document. I'll tell you the story after it happens.

And speaking of good stories that are unfolding, here's a follow-up to yesterday's entry... Valkyrie posted another announcement in Lila's journal today, explaining the full details of her bet with Lila, and specifically intended to be cut-and-pasted into other people's journals in order to recruit participants who don't generally read Lila's site. She's hoping that it will spread from journal to journal like one of those internet quizzes or the Chain Stichomancy thing. Naturally, I'll to do my part... Lila's a good friend, and I'm always happy to help make a friend’s life more interesting. So here's the full text of Valkyrie's announcement:

 

Hi everyone, this is Valkyrie. I’m writing to ask you to come help me win a bet of sorts. If you’re reading this in Lila’s blog at www.guttergaunt.com then you already know what it’s all about. I’m writing this for the people who haven’t been reading Lila’s blog. The idea is that anyone who wants to help with this can cut and paste this message into their own blogs, or share it with friends by email, and it will speak for itself and reach people who’ve never even heard of Lila’s blog before.

The bet: Lila and I are lovers, in a fun short-term sexual relationship that’s all about me dominating Lila. I came up with this idea of doing a little audience participation. I put an announcement in Lila’s blog inviting readers to suggest fun things I could do to Lila. Lila scoffed at this, saying that most people would never have the nerve or imagination to respond to my request. This led to the bet.

Here are the rules:From now until the beginning of Memorial Day weekend, anyone and everyone is invited to come up with erotic torments for me to inflict on Lila. Over Memorial Day weekend, I’ll inflict them all on her. I don’t get to do anything to her that wasn’t suggested by someone else. If Lila is right, and most people don’t have the nerve or imagination to send in suggestions, then Lila gets off easy, and she’ll probably be insufferably smug about it. If Lila is underestimating you all, then she pays the price, because she’s mine/ours until I’ve used up all the suggestions that are sent in.

Guidelines: nothing that involves blood or bodily wastes or other gross and unsanitary stuff like that. Nothing that involves going out in public. Besides that, anything goes! Be as detailed as you like, and send me as much as you like, and if you think of more later, send more! You don’t have to be original or creative. Remember, I can’t do anything at all to her unless someone requests it, so I need a good supply of totally basic requests for simple things like positions to tie her in. Of course, creativity is also welcome! Especially creative ways to humiliate her, because she could use a little humility!

Spanking is a popular request so far, so I’m asking everyone to specify how many swats you want to contribute, and then I’ll total them all up. Also please specify whether you want to contribute your punishments anonymously, or whether you want me to tell her they’re from you when I give them to her. It’s okay if she doesn’t know you and has never heard of you. It’ll be a great way to introduce yourself!

Help spread the word! Tell your friends! Brainstorm with them! Paste this whole message into your blog if you want to! That’s what I wrote it for! Let’s give Lila a weekend to remember!

 

What an intriguing experiment... I’m rooting for Valkyrie to win this bet in a big way...

 

Finally, I leave you with a scrap of conversation overheard on the front steps of the Y, between a young mother and her adorable three-or-four-year-old daughter:

Daughter: Mommy, I don’t like my name anymore.

Mother: Well, what do you want your name to be?

Daughter: Mulan!