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I rewatched a favourite movie of mine the other day- Arrival. It's a movie that seems to affect people in one of two ways: either you hate it because it's slow and nothing happens or you love it because it says so much about purpose and the human condition. Of course, I'm in the latter... Continue Reading →
For those of you that don't know, I spend an unhealthy amount of time gaming. Not that gaming is a bad thing, it's just that I could probably be doing something more constructive with my time - you know, like blogging... I've played World of Warcraft on and off for about 16 years. I haven't... Continue Reading →
On 1st March 2020 I set off on what was supposed to be the third and final installment of my seemingly never-ending trek around Shikoku island in Japan. I had an entire month off work and for 22 days I was going to walk the final 450km, visiting temples 41-88 in Ehime and Kagawa prefectures... Continue Reading →
Is seems like a simple question to answer, right? It depends though...because if you're in a bdsm relationship, you may need to have a good, long think it. The reason for this topic is that there's a rather large news story in Australia about a man who has been arrested and charged by the federal... Continue Reading →
I lost my muse a while back. I don't know where she went or exactly when I lost her, but I feel her absence like a hole in my spacesuit. I can feel the oxygen rushing out - the tiny escape route making a high-pitched squeal as the air dashes to the void. It's been... Continue Reading →
That title sounds a bit like something the Cohen brothers would write. Not saying that I'm up there in their league, because golly gosh, they write some truly awesome dialogue, doncha' know, but they also like to throw in some wtf moments as well. (I'm still trying to figure out what that robot was all... Continue Reading →
A few months ago I started experiencing something that was very unusual for me - ouchie periods. I always considered myself blessed in the red plague (as M calls it) department because I always had light, non-painful periods that were generally over in 3-4 days. While I'd generally get a blinding headache that announced the... Continue Reading →
I think I like this new theme, but I'll see whether I still like it by the end of the week. And btw, just because I'm not doing the bdsm thing anymore, doesn't mean I won't write. I'll still ramble about shit when the mood takes me and I might even talk about sexy time... Continue Reading →
It's probably time that I talked about that thing I've been avoiding for the last several months. Actually, when I start to think about it, it may even be years... It's honestly a bit difficult to pin down when my thoughts about things started changing and it may even be that my thoughts were changing... Continue Reading →
Hallelujah 🙂 I'm looking forward to not having to go to work for three.whole.days. I've put up a couple more days of Ohenro, Day 10 and Day 11. I've got something like 1200 photos and 15 videos of my trip and I'm sharing 400 photos with you for your visual pleasure (the videos are me... Continue Reading →
and my hand off the tv remote and posted the first two days of Ohenro. Day 1 and Day 2 are now up. You are welcome. I also went to yoga and after a month of no yoga, my body is very confused and everything hurts. I came back from my pilgrimage several kilograms lighter and... Continue Reading →
Haroo!! *crickets* Remember me? *crickets* Okay, I know it's been a while, but I have a reason. Well, when I say a reason, it's actually only a reason that covers about a month of my absence, but let's roll with that. (The other 6 months was probably spent watching Netflix and/or every other tv show... Continue Reading →
About a month ago I spent five days in China and a day in Taiwan. Yes, a day...my workplace has an unspoken rule that all business trips must be as tightly packed and tiring as possible. It's like the company is run by travel masochists. I spent most of my time in China in an inland rural... Continue Reading →
I miss writing sometimes. It's a dull ache that I feel regularly, but most of the time I can ignore it. I can go for weeks or months on occasion, but at some point it becomes a song that hums inside me until I give it a voice. I'd imagine it's a bit like how some... Continue Reading →
Two months ago M and I moved into a new apartment. When I say 'new', it's actually a fairly old complex with 60 units and it's a place I'd had my eye on for several years. I thought it would be perfect because it ticked just about all of my boxes: fantastic bathtub? tick, double... Continue Reading →
I have returned! With a new laptop and...a cold... Actually, I'm mostly over it now, but it's the first time I've been legitimately sick for quite a while. Incidentally, it also coincided with a very quick flight to Sydney and back again to see my grandmother who is in hospital, my plague and a very... Continue Reading →
So, since we last had a proper chat (and I don't mean about yoga...) I've attended three rope sessions. There has been some suspension, some inversion and some semenawa. All of it has been carried out in a drafty shed with a concrete floor, next to a creek where the chill just seems to set... Continue Reading →
Five weeks ago I signed myself up for yoga classes at a respectable yoga school close to my office. I had walked past that place everyday for almost 2 years thinking that one day I would like to see what is behind its blacked-out windows, but it took the fear of offering my services as a... Continue Reading →
I've posted the last two days of my pilgrimage so that's it. So as M succinctly put it, "You've walked it, you've blogged it. It's all done and dusted." I quietly close a door in my life...and then I pull another open one with... Yoga lessons. Yes, I've signed up for a six week introduction... Continue Reading →
I have a ropey top to tie me up in July! Yay for desperate messages on fetlife. Unfortunately the workshop needs minimum numbers of attendees so I don't actually know if they will be going ahead. I can haz sum rope pleaz? It's a long weekend in Australia and I went to the gym and... Continue Reading →
Rope. And I discovered on the weekend that Kazami Ranki, one of the shibari grand masters, is coming to Perth to do workshops in July. And I really want to go! It's times like this when I wish I had a friend who knew rope and was in need of a bunny on a regular basis.... Continue Reading →
Yeah...so there was another large earthquake in Japan. The one that happened on Thursday has been now downgraded to a "pre-shock" and the one that happened this morning (Saturday) at 1:30am is officially the "earthquake." In between there have been 142 pre/after shocks of level 3 or more so I'd be pretty damn jittery if I was... Continue Reading →
Food porn Prawn porn (can you believe the size of those? and next to them is a pile of abalone) Melon bread croissant porn Yes, it's a thing and it was good (but it was more melon bread shaped like a croissant.) And if you want to read day 2 of ohenro, it's up there.
Day 1 of Ohenro is up there in the menu, if you're not templed out already. If you are, here is a picture of an exquisite dish I had in Kyoto - complete with plum blossoms and an octopus egg sac.
Hello again! Holy crap, it's been so long since I did a proper blog that I'd forgotten how long it takes. I just did the first of the pilgrimage blogs and I swear it took me three hours (not helped by the fact that I've discovered that photos you take on your phone don't like... Continue Reading →
Hello! I've been away for a while. "No shit." I hear you say. Actually, I have a fairly legitimate excuse. There's been some of this: Some of this: Some of this: And lots of walking up this: While I looked like this: It's all now much clearer, right? Yes, I went to Japan for a... Continue Reading →
Q: How do you know when your man is on the mend? A: He starts getting horny. And for a man who spent the better part of six weeks with a ball sack the size of a melon, being horny is particularly significant. M is much better now and thanks again to everyone who was worried about... Continue Reading →
Just a quick update, M was discharged from hospital on Friday. It was a loooong three emotionally-charged and tiring weeks, but he's home and that's great. It will still be a few more weeks before things are back to 'normal' I'd imagine. He's grumpy, restless and uncomfortable so it feels like I've suddenly given birth... Continue Reading →
(TL;DR: M has renal failure and a bevy of health issues and will be in hospital for the foreseeable future.) I've had one of the worst weeks of my life. Actually, I shouldn't be bitching about my own week being bad because I'm not the person in hospital, in a lot of pain with various... Continue Reading →
I met an old friend for lunch today. I've known her for over ten years and she has always been fascinated by two things: my crooked index finger and my lifestyle. By the way, I really hate calling it a 'lifestyle' but I don't know what else to say...'life choice'? 'kink'? 'out of the ordinary... Continue Reading →
a subtle time 