Two Big Meanies

This weekend is part four of the ‘Topping to the Next Level’ workshops I’ve been teaching with Max of bondagelessons.com.

The first was ‘Techniques for Thoughtful Tops‘.

The second was ‘How To Push‘.

The third was ‘Hot Negotiation‘.

And now the last is ‘Specialized Tools‘. We’re going to talk about some of the most commonly encountered unusual topping challenges, with tools to make your scenes successful. More details at the link, but it’s this Sunday, 1-4pm, at the Center for Sex Positive Culture.

For those of you in Seattle, I’m teaching a workshop this Sunday with Max of bondagelessons.com on ‘Hot Negotiation‘. This is part three of our ‘Topping to the Next Level’ series, and as usual we’ve got a ton of material to present and some (hopefully) hot demonstrations.

More info here, expect I’ll see a bunch of you there. ^-^

Seattle people, next weekend I’m teaming up with Max of Bondage Lessons to present the first in a series of workshops we’ve been working on for a while. The first is this Sunday, titled ‘Topping to the Next Level: Techniques for Thoughtful Tops‘, with more scheduled for the second Sundays in March, April, and May (’How to Push’, ‘Hot Negotiation’, and ‘Topping Styles’ respectively). Some of you have probably been to the popular workshops Erika and I have taught on stuff like ‘how to throw a flogger well’. This set is focusing on what we think it takes to really make a good scene- structure, skills for building and maintaining connection, creating tension- the often-neglected but very important soft skills. More info if you follow the link above…

(originally posted 21 September)

The Stranger, our favorite local weekly here in Seattle, is running their amateur and locally produced porn contest for the third year. We created Pirate vs Ninja for the first year. Last year we didn’t do anything, this year we had some neat ideas but didn’t have the time to put anything together, until we got a very sweet note from Dan Savage (the editor) asking if we could _please_ submit something, even if we hadn’t shot it specifically for them. I gather he liked PvN, which makes me happy. ^-^

So, we edited Everyone Likes Candy down into a seven-minute short (and by ‘we’ I mean Red, our wonderful editor) and retitled it ‘Lauren Likes Candy’. It’s pretty intense, I’ll be interested to hear how it goes over with the audience. Very unfortunately, Lauren and Red and I will be on the East Coast the weekend they’re showing everything, but we’d love to hear from anyone else that does go!

Speaking of going, the first four screenings sold out, they added two more and those sold out, they added one more today and it hasn’t sold out yet. Ticket and other info at the Hump! site.

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We won! We’ll get the short version from the contest up soon. If you’re looking for a sample clip from it, there’s one here. You can also read about and/or buy the full-length shoot it came from here.

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Okay, Hump edit is up in the store, proper blog entry about it Real Soon Now. ^-^

One of my other partners and I are teaching a verbal play workshop at the Wet Spot this Saturday titled ‘Talk Like a Deviant’. It’s one we’ve done before- intense but good, both scary and hot. We’re taking the summer off after this, next workshop will probably be October-ish. If you’re interested in coming, drop me a line at flirtsinc@metalcat.com!

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I’m really excited about a workshop here in Seattle this Sunday: Moving Bodies Through Space: Body Manipulation and Control to Enhance Your Bondage Scene. Not a takedown workshop exactly, but it’s a lot of the same skills. Lauren and I are going, along with some other people we know…

Sleepy so not with the eloquent, but if you’re in town this should be well worth the Sunday afternoon.

One of my other partners and I teach a series of workshops on various SM skills here in Seattle- ‘Intermediate Flogging’ is coming up next weekend. The focus is on scene building, along with a few more advanced technical skills. The beginning class we work on a lot of basic skills, this one is more about how to turn those skills and some new ones into a really good scene.

The class is next Sunday, January 28, at The Wet Spot, from 2-6pm. Cost is $35, if you’d like more details drop a note to flirtsinc@metalcat.com.

(We usually end up running this one every year or two, as opposed to ‘basic flogging’ which averages about twice a year. )

One of my other partners and I teach various workshops on BDSM skills here in Seattle, one of my favorites is coming up this weekend. We’ve been teaching this particular class maybe twice a year since at least 2000, and it’s really fun to teach because there’s such a visible difference between people coming in and going out. It’s a lot of work, but much easier to feel accomplished afterwards compared to, say, the verbal play workshop where the skills change is less physically apparent.

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Those of you in Seattle should really make sure to go to Cirque du Noc this Saturday. Much shopping at the bazaar, then a show/fashion show/auction, then a very shiny fetish ball. This will be the third year we’ve done this (I DJ, and handle sound and lights for the ball), the other two were quite fun.

Last year we did the fashion show/auction and the fetish ball in the same space. Even with a couple days to prepare for it, the changeover from clear stage for the show to lights, tables, and sound system for the ball was, um, exciting. This year we’re holding it at the Seattle Center, with a dedicated space for the ball. Look forward to seeing you there!