The Committee is in session

Laptop for rent or loan?

lunasmiles — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:17:20 GMT

I'm having knee replacement surgery next month, and I'd love to have a laptop for a few weeks - while I'm in the hospital and laid up at home - just to net surf, email and watch DVD's. is there anyone who has an old one lying around that would work for that, or do you know of any places that I can rent a laptop on a short term basis? Unfortunately I can't claim it along with the wheelchair and walker to be covered by insurance. :~D

Sorcerers arrested

lunasmiles — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:00:25 GMT

Wow, this IS scary...... http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080422/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_congo_democratic_witchcraft

Anticipating rapture......

lunasmiles — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:35:37 GMT

If you're in the Seattle area on April 25th and you love snuggle parties, ecstatic dance, and SEX - or just hanging out with sex positive people in a groovy atmosphere, consider this! I'll be there, and I'd love to see a bunch of friendly faces! RAPTURE Dance/Cuddle/Play your way to heaven! Presented by Portland LoveTribe. A Fundraising Benefit for the Foundation for Sex Positive Culture (in Seattle) http://www.sexpositiveculture.org Friday, April 25th, 9p-3a. Doors Open 7p Cost: Suggested donation $30 single, $50 couple. Volunteer positions available. Spinning the uptempo and downtempo beats: Michael Holden, DJ Luscious Leopard Lips and the Portland LoveTribe DJs Registration Required. RSVP today at http://rsvp.LoveTribe.org/?Rapture Rapture is a super yummy dance/snuggle/erotic play gathering created by LoveTribe! Seattle RAPTURE is being held in collaboration with the Center for Sex Positive Culture as a Benefit for their Foundation. We have a great group of fun people registered already and more registrationscoming in every day! In fact, we had over 300 RSVPs for our last RAPTURE and we expect this party to sell out! It's already shaping up to be an Amazing event! And we want you and your friends to be there. Please sign up today and SPREAD THE WORD! We are planning an amazing ritual where we will practice boundary skills and connect from our hearts. On the dance floor, our DJs will be spinning some great tunes to get you movin' and groovin' In the social space, there will yummy food and a chocolate fountain! In the Snuggle Den, folks will be cuddling in puppy piles exchanging massages, or wrestling and playing other snuggly games. In the play space... well, you'll just have to come and find out.! People will be talking about this event for months to come and we don't want your friends to miss out. Visit http://RAPTURE.LoveTribe.org to learn more or register at http://rsvp.LoveTribe.org?RAPTURE. Sign up in a group of 4 or more and ALL of you save an additional 10% off the ticket price (regularly $30 for individuals and $50 for couples) We look forward to playing with you soon! The Rapture Team ## LoveTribe is a 501(c)3 non-profit committed to creating more heart-conscious, touch-positive culture through workshops and community gatherings for sharing authentic connection, affection, and play. LoveTribe is engaged in a spiritual and ecological work that is grounded in our bodies, helping to germinate a more sustainable culture based on abundance, vitality, authentic connection, sharing and play! LoveTribe recognizes that we are all connected on a spiritual/energetic level. Over the past six years, LoveTribe has hosted over a thousand events in several cities where we create safe, sacred, space for people to learn connection and boundary skills and share the spectrum of nurturing, playful touch, from snuggly to erotic. If you want more authentic, playful connection in your life, Welcome to your Tribe!nullRAPTURERAPTURE

On joy, sorrow and pain

lunasmiles — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:29:32 GMT

A friend posted these quotes from Kahlil Gibran on her blog: From a poem on "Joy and Sorrow". "Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven? And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?..." Regarding pain: "Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain. And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy; And you would accept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields. And you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief. Much of your pain is self-chosen. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. Therefore trust the physician, and drink his remedy in silence and tranquillity: For his hand, though heavy and hard, is guided by the tender hand of the Unseen, And the cup he brings, though it burn your lips, has been fashioned of the clay which the Potter has moistened with His own sacred tears."

Tree huggers

lunasmiles — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:57:48 GMT

Wow, these are amazing photos! And an interesting project..... http://www.treespiritproject.com/

Self hatred and ice cream

lunasmiles — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:52:26 GMT

Libra September 23 - October 23 "You've always believed yourself to be filled with self-hatred, but as it turns out you're actually filled with half self-hatred, half triple-fudge ice cream." Wow! Now I feel SO much better! courtesy of The Onion's horoscope: http://www.theonion.com/content/horoscope/mar-25-2008

Dancin Killers

lunasmiles — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:05:00 GMT

Hey, now THIS is one hell of an idea to keep prison inmates busy! There's this You-Tube video of Thriller, but if you go to the website you'll see all kinds of cool routines! http://cpdrc.blogspot.com/ http://youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o

Anatomically incorrect

lunasmiles — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:35:23 GMT

Happy Peepster!

lunasmiles — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:30:43 GMT

Peep show

lunasmiles — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:03:19 GMT

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/gallery/070402/GAL-07Apr02-69859/index.html

Start training now - May is Masturbation month!

lunasmiles — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:34:46 GMT

Darklady�s 7th Annual Portland Masturbate-a-Thon Produced by Darklady Productions, Inc. Darklady's Retro-Moderne Pansexual Burlesque Hall awaits your self-indulgent pleasures for this year�s Portland Masturbate-a-thon fundraiser. Pick your favorite past, present, or future burlesque era, dress to impress, & luxuriate in an evening of solo-sexual satisfaction & entertainment, featuring kinky & erotic play spaces, a silent auction, dancing girls, comedians, jugglers, porn stars, Canada�s singing sensation: The Wet Spots � & so much more -- all graciously introduced by mistress of ceremonies and transsexual porn sensation, Hot Wendy Williams. Bring a pet or human care product for Esther�s Pantry and get $5 off entry. Saturday, May 31, 2008 7:00 pm � 2:00 am Mt. Tabor Theater Portland, OR Fully accessible, ages 21 and older only Bawdy Tunes by The Wet Spots Sexy Shimmies by Sahara Dunes Post-Porn Stand-Up by Jacklyn Lick Multi-Media Magic by DJ Darknezzz Portrait & Erotic Stills by Bryan Grimes & Chris King Naughty Barber & Kilted Massage Man The ThrillHammer, Monkey Rocker, Sex Kitten, & Gear Birthday fantasies for March, April & May Silent Auction & Door Prizes Two Full Bars & Food Menu Sweet Indulgences from the Naughty Baker S/M play space & two sensual Rubitoriums Massage Tables & Sex Swing Cloakroom More, more, more! $50 - Street clothes $25 � Burlesque, Fetish, or Formal Attire RSVP Absolutely Required Darklady@darklady.com Portland Masturbate-a-Thon Caf� Press shop: Cafepress.com/Masturbate-a-thon Limited work-scholarships available. Cash & in-kind sponsorships, auction items & prizes of all kinds sought. CONTRIBUTORS SO FAR: AdamEve.com BigTeazeToys.com ChrisKingPhoto.com Cum Kleen & Pleasure Wipes HotMovies.com HotWendyWilliams.com JacklynLick.com KickAssPictures.com Mars Meadows MtTaborLegacy.com SwollenSkateboards.com TheThrillHammer.com Topco Sales BENEFICIARIES: Esther's Pantry: OurHouseOfPortland.org/programs/estherspantry/ Free Speech Coalition: FreeSpeechCoalition.com Woodhull Freedom Foundation: WoodhullFoundation.org -- Darklady http://www.darklady.com http://www.masturbate-a-thon.org Darklady's M-a-T Deemed �Best Group Grope� by Willamette Week

Tribe chat?

lunasmiles — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:12:39 GMT

Um......I must be really dense, as I can't seem to figure out how to get into the chat server! Any suggestions?

Another line on my resume:

lunasmiles — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:28:23 GMT

Sex toy tester. Yup, I'm gonna do it again on Monday, March 31st! At least I hope I'll get my turn this time....last time a certain friend of mine broke it before I got a chance! :~D Well no, that's not really true; the inventors apparently didn't account for having to put a condom on it, so it overheated as the condom dampened the vibration. They're still looking for volunteers, (in Seattle) so if you're interested let me know and I'll put you in touch with them!

My Valentine surprise

lunasmiles — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:05:56 GMT

My husband surprised me on Valentine's Day with not only the usual - card, flowers and SEX! - but also with a new shower head in my bathroom! What a sweet mate I have, so good with his hands. :~D It isn't just any shower head though. It's a hand held type. With numerous spray settings. Versatile, with many promising and attractive possibilities to explore! Since then, I've been gradually getting acquainted with it, taking it slow, learning what it's capable of, savoring each new discovery. It's been a warm relationship: I turn it on, it gets me wet. So far, so good. It's been nice, knowing that there's more to explore together, but no hurry. No expectations, no pressure. Well yeah, there *was* water pressure..... But yesterday morning I decided I was ready to progress to the next level of intimacy and - taking matters into my own hands - finally let it off the hook. It felt very firm in my hands as I got VERY up close and personal with it. Hot. Wet. Pulsing, sending delicious sensations streaming up and down my body. It took a few adjustments for both of us to get the right rhythm going, but when we did - well I believe I heard someone holler, Oh Gawd, let us spray! After a nice long buildup and amazingly steamy climax, we both cooled off quite quickly. I had a little trouble walking steadily for awhile, feeling a bit jealous because while I had to regain my composure and get dressed for work, it could just remain limp and hang around all day. The nice thing about this relationship? I'm totally in control. I always know it'll be there, waiting for me, ready to respond to whatever I need, even when all we do is shower together. But there's always the possibility of another hot quickie, and that puts a smile on my face every morning. Ah, NRE...... Thanks for listening to my story - I just had to finally come clean! :~D

Rapture is upon us!

lunasmiles — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:33:29 GMT

Well no, not THAT Rapture.........but even better - and you don't have to confess anything! :~D LoveTribe is bringing it's famous Rapture party to Seattle on April 25th! I l always have a good time when I go to Portland to the LoveTribe parties, so I'm really excited that they're coming up here for a change! I hope all my friends will be there so we can dance, snuggle, and love each other up until we all turn into horny toads! Here's the link with info and rsvp details: http://rsvp.lovetribe.org/?Rapture

Behold, the Rapture is coming to Seattle on April 25th!

lunasmiles — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:50:12 GMT

Nah, not THAT Rapture...... :~D This one's MUCH better! Portland's snuggly Love Tribe is bringing their famous/infamous Rapture party to Seattle! Oh yeah, if you live sexy, snuggly, ecstatic dancers of all ages, shapes and sizes, then here's your party! Details at this link: http://rsvp.lovetribe.org/?Rapture

Nothing says lovin......

lunasmiles — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:50:25 GMT

like somethin' from the oven! Once a year I bake......see my photos for the results! :~D

Labia Limbo

lunasmiles — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:58:41 GMT

Here's the latest from those wacky Wetspots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P30Efndzm4

One of those days

lunasmiles — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:20:09 GMT

It's dark in here. Gotta light?

Send me a Valentine! I'll send you a Valentine!

lunasmiles — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:00:38 GMT

http://wishroll.com/valentinr/lunasmiles

Going to Tukwila

lunasmiles — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:44:36 GMT

Does anyone remember that phrase? It's from an old Seattle Times article about a couple's sexploits in a Tukwila, WA hotel, thus coining the local humorous euphemism for sex. We had decided to get away from the house for the weekend, away from all distractions of everyday life: the chores demanding of our time, emails, TV, neighbor's dog barking - and to have some privacy from the 2 adult children occupying our house. It didn't need to be anything fancy, in fact we were looking for cheap. And what more appropriate place thanTukwila? So, there we were at the Days Inn, wondering in trepidation about what we might encounter. Moldy bathroom? Stained sheets? Loud screaming sex from next door? No wait - that would be us....... :~D Well, what a surprise to find out that not only was the room pretty decent, but apparently we'd been assigned the DELUXE KING room, complete with a Safari theme! I kid you not! Mostly a zebra motif! I mean, the whole nine yards - zebra switch plates, zebra striped blanket, zebra wall hangings, zebra sconces and knickknacks, but best of all, there was.........a LIFE SIZE zebra head hanging on the wall! OK, well you didn't think I'd pass up a chance to play around with THAT, did you? (See my photos......) Although I did have to cover him up when we were in bed, because it was too creepy having him watching us from his perch on the wall above our heads. Overall, the ambience did add a bit of humor to the wild monkey sex....I couldn't help but laugh at the thought of what creative fun some of my friends would have if they'd been there! So, if you're looking for a quick, cheap, amusing getaway, check out Room 215 at the Tukwila, WA Days Inn - overlooking the (seasonal) pool, right next to the freeway, handy to casinos, bars, Boeing field, shopping mall wasteland, and a friendly trucker's cafe (formerly a Denny's) next door! Update: I just found out that they also have a LION room! And one more they're still working on - theme tbd! Yay! Update again: A friend just forwarded the original article: A few years ago? It started almost 18 years ago to the date with an Eric Lacitis column where Lacitis coined the phrase as a euphemism for sexual intercourse....and no, it wasn't about a Motel...they were visiting (mostly) at home.... The article led to many more throughout the years and even a national TV appearance for the subjects that spawned the phrase: Rex & Debbie. Here�s the original article: Living: Tuesday, January 30, 1990 Lovely Place -- This Happy Couple Really Enjoys Visiting Tukwila Erik Lacitis Debby woke up to find this note from her husband. It said, ``Good morning my sweet love!! I will be thinking about you all day!! I love you!!!!!!! All my love, Rex.'' Maybe not great literary stuff. Still, I'd guess many of you wives and girlfriends out there wouldn't mind such a note with your coffee. So today's column is really about romance, and keeping the flame alive, although for weeks I had qualms about writing it. That's because . . . well, let's begin at the beginning. In all my years of writing a column, I had never received such a phone call. Debby Allen, 29, a technician at Seattle Center, phoned in December about another column I wrote, which quoted a national marketing expert as saying that the average American woman gained six pounds last year. In these less casual, more stressful times, food was substituting for sex. A week later Debby, a newlywed of nearly a year, called. ``I'd like to disagree with that. I haven't gained any weight,'' she said. ``But then I'm getting plenty of sex with my husband. We started keeping track in the middle of April. On New Year's Eve we're hoping to go for 500 times.'' I'll save you the time. I've got a calculator right here. It averages out to 1.83 times a day. Debby said that in practice, they - if you don't mind, from now on we'll use the term ``visiting Tukwila'' - the couple sometimes visited Tukwila six times in one day. Neither Debby nor Rex, 37, a city engineering inspector, minded having their name in the paper. As Debby said, ``There are worse things we could do.'' The weeks went by. On a regular basis, Debby cheerfully called with updates. I know that visiting Tukwila can be talked about in offensive terms. That wasn't the case with Debby and Rex. They simply were innocently happy about all these visits to Tukwila. On New Year's Eve, the couple reached their 500 goal. This year, their goal is 750. I asked to meet them. I just wanted to see what they looked like. Debby and Rex are your everyday, average couple in appearance. They brought along a calendar. On each day, they had notched how many times they had visited Tukwila along with codes they said they'd rather keep private. On only a couple days were there no notches. It wasn't visiting Tukwila that we spent much time talking about, however. I also asked them to give tips to all you couples with lackluster night lives. You know what I'm talking about, Mr. and Ms. Frenzied Professional. Work, work, work. Come home. Order takeout. Watch TV. Lot of fun, uh? You'd be ecstatic if you visited Tukwila one-tenth as much as Debby and Rex. Here is what the couple told me about their Tukwila secrets, which even by newlywed standards are astounding. However corny it might sound, they show each other they still care. They left with me a bundle of daily notes they leave each other: ``I love everything about you. I love your eyes. I love the way you listen to me. I love it when you pretend not to notice when I do something dumb.'' Or: ``I'm glad you're home, my gorgeous husband.'' ``Welcome - come in - take your clothes off and warm up on me. . . . Thank you for dinner. Thank you for marrying me. Thank you for loving me.'' They show their care in other ways, too. When Rex has worked late, Debby has brought down a homemade dinner and flowers for him. When Debby has been having a tough day at work, Rex has shown up with Belgian waffles to cheer her up. They set each Thursday night aside to go out to dinner or someplace special. They hardly watch TV, preferring instead to be with each other. I'll bet you didn't think a column about doing it 500 times would mention sex so little. But since you wondered: When they visit Tukwila six times - usually on weekends - how do they feel the next morning? ``You're tired,'' Debby said, ``but not like after a long day at work. It's a pleasant tired. The whole world has a soft, fuzzy focus. Know what I'm talking about?'' Visiting Tukwila six times? I think lots of us wish we knew what you're talking about, Debby. Copyright (c) 1990 Seattle Times Company, All Rights Reserved.

In which a friend of mine muses about relationship..........

lunasmiles — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:58:35 GMT

I copied this verbatim from a Live Journal friend: Something I started thinking about based on some ideas raised by a few of my favorite Sci-fi authors, again while in one of my education philosophy courses and only just recently fleshed out more completely. The thought started out something like this. "Individuals can never truly 'know' one another because we cannot get into one another's heads. It would take true and full telepathy, a hive-mind if you will for one entity to ever truly 'know' another, but then in the hive-mind two or twenty join to become an entirely new entity, thus creating a sort of paradox. We still end up not ever truly 'knowing' the 'other'. So in the end we are and have always been alone, in the most pure sense of that word. The expansion on this thought came during graduate school: We, each of us, are the sum of nature plus nurture. Everything we taste, hear, see, feel, learn, think and know is filtered through our cultural collateral, or in other words we only ever percieve and perception is always colored by our experiences, culture, and emotions. Take the word Cunt as an example. I hear that word and feel empowered, someone else hears it and feels revulsion. Both of us are right. Yet both of us have just experienced completely different words. And now after reading a profile on OK Cupid, I distilled it to this: "The me I know, is not the same me you know. Nor is the you I know really you either. The you I know is a construct in my head. I make and remake it based on information I get from what you say, do, wear, read, etc and how I perceive those pieces of information through the filter of my own experiences and thoughts. Sometimes the you in my head is very close to the you that exists independently of either of us. At other times the you in my head couldn't be less you if you were someone else. Our relationship only works because both of us like the constructed versions of each other as well as the person we reflect back to each other. Or in other words, that you enjoy the construct you have of me in your head pleases me. And you also like how I respond to the construct of you I have in my head. And this is how each of us makes a better person of the other. The obverse is true of those we hate, hence bigotry in its many hideous forms.

Carpet cleaning

lunasmiles — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:39:04 GMT

I'm finally sick of looking at all the ugly stains on my beige carpet, and with company coming later this month, I'm motived to get it done ASAP! Anyone have any experience with carpet cleaning, either professional services or the kind you rent for a day? I really only need it for one room, so I'd like to find the most cost-effective and yet least physically strenuous way to do it. thanks!

Happy thanksgiving

lunasmiles — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:01:37 GMT

"how many times do I have to tell you.....don't play with your food!" http://www.flickr.com/photos/purrvette/sets/72157603251533416/

Vive la france!

lunasmiles — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:01:26 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck14LKBI9GM