heathervescent

A little bondage for me please...

This just in from Kathasaurus:

Rope, Knots & More; Bondage 101 for novices
So if you don't get who you want for valentines today ...you can always learn to tie em down so next time they cant escape! Bwahahahha.

February 21, 2007 7pm

A class for adventurous (open-minded) singles & couples who are new to bondage and want to learn how to use various types of restraints in a way that is safe and in a way that it enhances erotic passion.

Shelly & Peter, together for ten years and very experienced in the use of power and restraint in sexual play, will be presenting this topic in a hands-on workshop on February 21st from 7:30m - 9:00 pm at a secret Venice location.

BYOR ...Bring your own restraints! The presenters will bring some material for the audience to use but if you have always wanted to use a certain type of restraint, then bring it and they will teach you how to use it safely.

Bondage has brought adventure, passion and endless creativity to sexual play for countless couples involved in the BDSM community. This workshop will bring information to those of you who want to explore this area of sexuality in a safe light-hearted and normal environment.

$15.00 per person, $25.00 per couple, BYOR (Bring your own restraint if you desire)

The class is in Venice and you can register/get more info here: [email protected] or (310) 915-0380

I am unfortunately going to have to miss this class. I'm not really a novice (but hey, you can usually learn something anyway) and I'm meeting with the bloggers that night. So I'll leave my ropes at home. But if you are interested in exploring rope - this sounds like a great intro. BDSM is not about sex - it's about who is in control - or who is not in control. And I find it impacts your life more non-sexually.

All Hail CdJ!

I think I met Carmen on Ryze. We circulated around similar circles, but missed connecting time and time again. We were ghosts in each others lives and then lost connection.

Fast forward several years. I moved to Santa Monica and somehow came to know that Carmen was living in the LA area. We met up a few times, saw each other at a party or two and then we started becoming friends. The more time we hung out together, the more we realized our current tracks were going the same direction-  parallel it seemed. Two years later those tracks still parallel each other. And we continue to share stories, best practices, ideas and collaboration between the train windows, inciting and speeding the engines.

Today is her birthday.

So I send this shout out to you Carmen. Thank you for being my collaborator. Thank you for kicking my ass when I need it. Thank you for egging me on. Thank you for making me realize all my dreams are belong to my reality. May 007 be a year of success, passion, quietude, discovery and delight for you. Here's to many more! xxx

* Photo of Carmen stolen from her flickr feed.

Melted Cheese

I sure do love me a fresh grilled cheese sandwich. And I'm not the only one!

Tuxedo Travels

Most of the time, you don't have a reason to wear a tux. And what a shame that is, because I am a fan of formal wear. And men look so hot in tuxes.

And then what happened to dressing your best for travel?

I once went on a trip to the south pacific donning a spanking new tropical weather khaki suit. I wore that suit from San Francisco to Los Angeles to Fiji arriving late at night to moist air. Our bus was waiting and we proceeded to ride another 6 hours into dawn, just in time to catch the 1 hour ferry ride out to the island. The island had no dock or landing area, so guess what? I rolled up those suit pants and took off my traveling shoes. It was wading time. That suit went on with me to Vanuatu and Australia. And after I returned to the states, I sold it on eBay to someone in Wisconsin.

I'd bet about anything that these tuxes are going to have similar adventures. You see they are being worn by my friend Dougie Fresh and his intrepid companion. Their quest: to travel from Asia to England wearing only what they have on in the picture. Introducing, the Tuxedo Travels!

Their site is a bit spare for now, but you can join their mailing list and soon you'll be able to read updates, see pictures and watch their overland route. They even have some videos of their adventures so far. They start their actual route on April 1st (April Fools Day?!). I can't wait to hear what adventures they have. I'm so excited for them, that I'm planning to meet up with them somewhere in Europe - wearing my own tux.

Yay for travel formal wear!

Birthday photos

Here are a couple pictures from my Naked Sushi Party, celebrating the 33rd year of Heather. It was a lot of fun. Thanks everyone! All photos by Kmo. More photos available on request.

Not so Immaterial

Suz and I are busting out the moves again next month. Just saying you might want to be at Bootie March 3rd, it you enjoyed the Zombie Cheerleaders.

Just sayin.

PnP: Napster's Free Service

Ok, so I am not going to get in the habit of pimping companies, but I have been listening to Napster's free service the past couple days and it is GREAT! I was wanting to find some new electronica music and check out some Orb and Orbital albums to see if I wanted to buy them and I can listen to entire albums all day long on the free service! Ok, yes, you're right, the quality is not so great, but I love being able to listen to the music. And I'm def hooked. I'm even thinking about getting the subscription service - hell, I probably will. It's just so weird not to own all my music. But whatever.

[Disclaimer: the boyfriend writes code for N. But he did not put me up to this post. Nor did/does he make me use it. And I can't even get a free girlfriend account. So much for corporate perks.]

Go check it out. Go here for the free service. Search on an artist. If you click the song, it will launch the external player (in a sep browser window), same thing if you click the album. I just wish I could rate the songs I am listening to and remember them. And add them to playlists that would play them when I subscribe. Oh and you do have to create an account - but it's not too bad. And good when you forget your password. Plus you can embed songs on your webpage/blog. Like this one I am listening to right now from the Orb.

Happy Birthday Mom!

Hi Mom,

Happy Birthday! I hope you have a great day today!

xxx

-Heather

Pimping and Promoting: Eric Dorkbakes

This is the announcement of a new heathervescent category called - Pimping and Promoting. If you are cool and/or a friend of mine doing something cool and you want me to tell the world how cool you are and the cool thing you are doing - then send me an email and preferably a cool photo and I will post it on mah blog. Note - I do have a pretty high bar for cool that tends towards the weird cacaphony unique strangeness side. And if I don't actually know you, I might not post it. But try me out.

Update: Please note: If I find out you are doing something cool, I may pimp it without your knowledge - as in this first one. No one puts heathervescent up to anything.

 

In the meantime here is my first pimp and promotion: Eric Grademan dorkbakes this weekend

Eric is a genius and is often found as easily showing off his geek tattoos at a geek dinner as shaking his flaming bootie on stage with Mutaytor. Eric won the geek award at the first Barcamp LA. He's married to a lovely petroleum engineer (whose name I'm sorry I forget). Way to go Eric! You kick ass!

I soooo wish I could watch you kick some cupcake ass this weekend, but I've promised the boyfriend a secret weekend in Palm Springs.

See a genius in action and be entertained in the process. Eric will be at dorkbake this Saturday, Feb 3. Take pictures for me.

Picture is of Eric (with spoons) @ Buca. To the left is Dan of NeoGlam

Hey Gawkers

Hey Gawkers,

Yeah. You there. On the other side of the screen. I see you. Don't try to hide your face from me. I know, I know, so many people have issues with bloggers and laptops. Hell, a few days ago, I almost wrote a rant about lame ass laptop stickers, but I sucked it in. Yeah, I did. It's saved as a draft.

But come on. I have to say, it is pretty damn cool to "blog" from the top of a building. With my foot dangling off the edge mind you. I mean, it was a great excuse to hang out on the edge of a building. How often do you get a chance to do that? And there was WiFi up there too. I mean, that's pretty ass kicking.

But I agree. No more bloggers with laptops photos. Unless you've got one of yourself scuba diving. I know that's on my todo list!

Thanks for stopping by. And feel free to dig. If you really want to gawk. You'll be especially interested in the aeon flux photos. Just search this page.

xx,

-Heathervescent

Gawk some more: The post I actually wrote from that photo.
More gawking: the photo of me reading the newspaper of the photo. Droste effect?
If you missed the gawking. Here it is.

My Friends Kick Ass

Sometimes I just look around at my friends and am amazed. They kick ass. They do the most amazing things. They live the most amazing places. The make amazing art. They are amazingly inspirational. They are intellectual. They are amazingly supportive. They blow my mind and a fair amount of explosives.

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And it deserves it's own post, but I'll just say it here and now for the universe to see - LA is the new technology center. Sorry Bay Area, keep up the technology development, but for it to truly jump into the human paradigm, transformed and fused to the core culture it has to come from here. I hate to say it, because I hate that it is true - but LA is where Earth culture comes from. That's why it is so important for anyone who opposes this thought - come down here and make it so.

This Man is Amazing

I do not know enough about him. Nikola Tesla.