Dungeon Almost Done!

YEAH!! Painting today!

Long overdue update

Things have been crazy!!

FHB and I moved to Edmonton.  We are so very excited to be right in the midst of an active community.  And active it is... I had not even finished unpacking when I received an email asking if I and FHB would like to present at Lupercalia's Halloween Event: Hallowed Screams. 

We headed out to an EOS munch, met new friends and old, and tried to prep while moving ourselves into the new home.

The event was Awesome!!!  We loved meeting new people, and enjoyed the crowd very much.  FHB tormented Veronica-Lodge on the mats, demonstrating some sexy and painful ways to use pressure points.  There are a few that she won't consent to, some of which our pet, DamagedGoods volunteered for and others which he drew from the crowd.  It was great fun!

I was able to present on the Art of Romantic Spanking, one of my favorites!! I had two lovely ladies volunteer for the longer demonstrations, a few random volunteers just for fun and of course I was mean to DamagedGoods and made him come up to demonstrate some positions as well.

We had a great time.  I do hope that everyone else had a great time too!

While all this was going on, we are also building our dungeon.  SO EXCITED!!  This project has been incredibly long and painful, but is finally close to done.  Just the inside walls left to finish, hurrah!!

Once it is done I will upload some pics...

Sooo... you wanna be a rigger?

So, you want to be a rigger

by aropedeevil  

I love rope.
I love touching it, smelling it, rubbing it between my fingers. I love feeling it on my skin and I love wrapping it around yours. I have made my own jute, I dye my own rope, I do self bondage and I tie up all kinds of people for all kinds of reasons (but always consensually).
I have taught quite a few people how to use rope, and it can be very frustrating when you are new. We do not learn rope skills by memorization, watching, talking or reading. We learn by body memory.
There is no lecture that will teach you how to feel the ropes tension and know what to adjust.
There is no demonstration that will teach you how to make your bottom feel connected to you as you wind rope on them.
No video, powerpoint, book, diagram or workshop that will create a rigger.
The only thing that will absolutely build your skill is practice. Rope bondage is a body memory skill. Your body needs to do it over and over and over and over and over (etc) to develop the skills to rig with confidence and ease.
We need the lectures in order to learn about the safety and care required to rig safely. We need the demonstrations to learn the structure of different ties, harnesses and 'knots'. We need the videos to be able to check our work as we practice. We need those diagrams and workshops as our building blocks to learning.
After that it is practice.
Over and over.
Learned to do a two column tie?
Do it on everything. tie your ankles, tie a chair to a stick. Tie your hand to your thigh, tie , tie tie. Over and over. Then get a volunteer. Tie two column ties all over the place. Finger to a toe, ankle to a forearm, ankle to ankle, over and over and over. Tie their ankle to your wrist. Think you have it? do it again tomorrow, next week, next month. Over and over. When you can grab rope, close your eyes and tie it on any two columns, you are getting close.
Learned a chest harness? Tie it on your bunny. Tie it on yourself. Tie in on a chair. Get volunteers. Tie it on all shapes of people. think you have it down? tie it again.
Forgot a tie? Google it, relearn it. Tie it over and over and over and over.