disheartening news...

[Krinaia]

I've had this torn bit of folded newspaper in my pocket for quite some time with the intention of posting the segment of text here. I was going to scan it but its too faded... it reads as follows:


SECRET LIFE OF A LIBRARIAN

In August, residents learned that the county librarian in Concrete, Wash., offered her spare-time services as the S&M dominatrix Lady JAne Grey in nearby Bellingham. Despire her credentials and passion as a librarian, her contract was not renewed in November.


I found this in the Lexington Herald Leader under a Weird and Amusing News Section featuring a lot of tidbits about stupid criminals.

I found several things disheartening - one that is was amusing to most, though I too found it somewhat funny, but a woman lost her job!! And two, That it be filed in the newspaper with a story about a man who was sueing a game show host for "jumping" on him whilst bear hugging him in celebration - and therein, throwing his back out.

Sigh.

 

[TNRkitect2b]

Sad but unfortunately, not suprising.

 

[Krinaia]

I was thinking.... after posting this... there are so many sad news stories, so many depressing ones... that I thought I'd rewrte what would have been a much happier story:


NEWSFLASH: DOMINTARIX SAVES DROWNING CHILD

<handsome newsman appears>

"What were you thinking, ma'am, when you jumped into that freezing cold water." The newsman blushes as he politely offers the woman his mike.

"I just knew that the kid was in trouble with those strong currents. If it were my child, I would have wanted someone to help her."She smiles approvingly at the polite manners of the newsman

"Well, I'm sure all of T****ville is with me, when I thank you for your brace acts. And I'm sure the guys down at the station would love to know how you keep in such good physical station. That river is treacherous!" The blush deepens

"Well, I keep in shape. I'm a dominatrix you see. And it helps me to control my naughty little subs when my body is healthy and strong."

back to the newscaster in the station

"Well, Jim, I hear from the Mayor that the woman will be given a key to the city for her brace acts.

 

[lark sparrow]

Mmmm, sexy librarians...

Okay, I may be in entirely too good of a mood tonight, but there are costs in most things, not just in being a Dominatrix by night, but in things like being a housewife by day... perhaps she's always wanted to go fulltime, perhaps she moves and gets a better job... perhaps she feels fucking righteous for following her desires and dreams come what may... lol.

 

[Krinaia]

would it be too 70s if i said "RIGHT ON!!"

Okay, disheartening news, now good news.

 

[evesdream]

Re: Mmmm, sexy librarians...

Okay, I may be in entirely too good of a mood tonight, but there are costs in most things, not just in being a Dominatrix by night, but in things like being a housewife by day... perhaps she's always wanted to go fulltime, perhaps she moves and gets a better job... perhaps she feels fucking righteous for following her desires and dreams come what may... lol.

imagine that. i'd like movie rights to this version please.

 

[lark sparrow]

Re: Re: Mmmm, sexy librarians...

imagine that. i'd like movie rights to this version please.

Smiles, you'll have to contact the people who live it... and they do exist. Of course I have no idea what this particular woman does, but it's not a foregone conclusion either way.

If something unexpected and "unwanted" in your life ever happened and turned out to be okay and actually "on your path" you don't need movie rights, yes?

 

[evesdream]

Re: Re: Re: Mmmm, sexy librarians...

Smiles, you'll have to contact the people who live it... and they do exist. Of course I have no idea what this particular woman does, but it's not a foregone conclusion either way.

If something unexpected and "unwanted" in your life ever happened and turned out to be okay and actually "on your path" you don't need movie rights, yes?

heh, there's always slightly more to the story than paramount pictures could ever enrich us with

maybe we're talking HBO special with a twist here

 

[lark sparrow]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Mmmm, sexy librarians...

heh, there's always slightly more to the story than paramount pictures could ever enrich us with

maybe we're talking HBO special with a twist here

So what's your story, evesdream?

 

[evesdream]

shhhh

 

[lark sparrow]

Well, okay, but it sounds naughty and shameful with an overpowering lust... I'd still like to hear it if you're ever up for it.

 

[catalina_francisco]

Maybe I have lost my sense of humour but I don't find it amusing to hear when anyone loses their employment because of what they may do in their own time, especially when it harms no-one else, has nothing to do with their work performance, and especially when it relates to people who do the same as most of us here who do more than online BDSM chatter. Perhaps it comes under living in the fantasy world of 'this could never happen to me so why should I care'...surprise, surprise, bad things happen to everyone, even those who can't imagine it until they are the ones in the media report being laughed at.

Catalina

 

[Krinaia]

Don't let it get you down too much Catalina. I do understand somewhat - she is a public servant. As such, she is subject to certain public moral standards - whether it's good or bad. And like larksparrow said, perhaps this will be a good turning point in her life. A time for change and new direction.

I mean if we Americans can harass Bill over something as tame as a well placed cigar ... well just think of the consequences for a much lesser public servant who does much wilder things!

Besides, who knows. Maybe all the publicity improved her other business.

 

[lark sparrow]

It seems a highly self-righteous assumption that those who can laugh have not been there, or in fact aren't in the middle of it themselves... it's often called perspective, but go ahead and cry, I'm still laughing and thinking it all might be for the better.

 

[Krinaia]

Well I thought it was amusing and sad and I was glad you pointed out the hopeful side of things, larksparrow!


Its sort of like when someone falls on their ass. You laugh, but while you laugh, you make sure they're all right, but then you just continue laughing. You aren't cruel or mean. It was just funny to watch.

I, by the way, have taken some embarssing spills on campus. One of which... happend directly after class in front of all my classmates - they called out to me if I was okay while snickering. I, stunned, sitting on my ass in the snow, finally stood up and said, "My ego may never be the same but I think I'll live." Two hours later I mentioned to a friend I'd fallen on campus that day and he launches into a third-party story where his roommate saw some girl fall on her fatass near the architecture building at noon and just sit there for like half a minute while her friends laughed at her from afar and then she made some comment about a bruised ego and how he thought, her ass was probably bruised too from the way she fell. I informed my friend my ass wasn't THAT fat but I did have a nasty bruise.

 

[Krinaia]

By the way, everyone in my story lived happily ever after. My friend is in Egypt or some other place, studying abroad, I'm living on my own for the first time - finacially independent and currently stable. My butt has recovered. The roommate is still in school and doing well.

 

[lark sparrow]

lol... Skyline Blue, you are growing on me.... I sometimes forget that youth can be a wonderful thing. You know, sometimes my most embarrassing moments give me a blushing smile of gratefulness now.

Is it "fair" she was fired? No.

Is it the end of the world? Hardly.

Does it only happen to librarians by day/Dominatrixes by night? Uhm, I think we can give that a resounding no.

Do bad things happen to good people? Yup, they do, consider it a colorful life and don't forget to live it while you still have the spirit and opportunity... lol.

 

[Krinaia]

well thanks.... for comparing me to mold.... or did you see my big fat greek wedding where the aunt describes her twin sister?



yah, i should send my lifestory to the readers digest. then people could read my funny little tid bits in their "life in america" and "humor in the work place" and "college life" sections - all of course, whilst they poop as that is the best time to read readers digest. i only say this because my mom keeps the readers digest in the downstairs bathroom and it rarely if ever leaves the bathroom to be read elsewhere.

you know - i'm so tangental, i should start myself a tangent thread. wherein people are encouarged to get tangents out of their system by taking the last post and going off on a tangent.

edited to add - i went ahead and did it, started the thread that is - https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=219732

but now i'm wondering i properly used the word tangent, gosh i wish i had my dictionary

 

[lark sparrow]

I think you should wait a bit... your life story could be far more worthy than crapper reading.

A tangent thread is a good idea.... better than a blurt, with that pesky rule of not responding and building.

lol don't worry, your e-mail Master, FungiUg is by far the moldiest!

 

[FungiUg]

lol don't worry, your e-mail Master, FungiUg is by far the moldiest!

Er, um, thanks, I think...

 

[lark sparrow]

Er, um, thanks, I think...

lol I was hoping you would stop by. You're welcome, and yes, I was entirely joking.... you are just too much fun to have around.

 

[catalina_francisco]

Don't let it get you down too much Catalina.

SB, as you may or may not realise it takes a lot more than that to get me down as you put it, but I also see it as a sad reflection on the way the world has become in a few short decades. Call me cynical but it seems most people just don't give a shiit about each other anymore. Someone lends a helping hand to another in need they are automatically accused of either being a rescuer or having ulterior motives that should ber regarded with suspicion. Someone gets hurt or ends up on the street...oh well it is their own stupid fault...obviously they asked for it.

I don't give a damn whether someone is a public servant or not...in fact if people did not uphold this stupid notion that people in public service have to pretend to be better than the rest and judge them for every fart they pass, perhaps we would have a better community where the private citizens weren't suppressed into the roles designed by the greater powers that be....those being the super humans as you and others uphold public servants must and should be. As the saying goes 'you reap what you sow' .....in other words if you insist public servants uphold a particular image, that is what the rest of us get saddled with as well. That is why in most countries (thankfully not Holland) practicing BDSM is a legal nightmare, why your local doctor may not be so friendly if you tell them you like being whipped or you are a sex worker, why everyone is seeing therapists to help them deal with being half a dozen personalities depending where they are and what role they are in each minute of the day. Wouldn't it be easier to be accepted for who you were in all your facets instead of trying to conform to the cardboard cut out lifestyle we are expected to live, forever worrying about who knows what about which part of your life they might respectively not approve of and use against you in another part of your life? For example the mother who loses custody of her children because she lives with her Dominant...no matter that the children are fed, clothed, safe, loved, educated and happy..and not exposed to their parents' sexual and/or lifestyle choice.

And as for getting out and living life..I have well and truely done that...and without harming others I have gone for what I wanted and needed instead of sitting on my hands complaining and waiting for someone to deliver it to me....and yes I enjoy every day and give thanks daily for my blessing.....but I still can manage to spare a thought for someone who may have suffered badly because of an anal retentative community who sits by and laughs when they are punished in a way which has nothing to do with their work performance. Could be some day SB when you are sitting in a nice office designing your buildings, paying off a nice mortgage, travelling the world, and have a nice fine upstanding man at your side that someone may discover your secrets and kick you into the gutter where they decide you belong. Will it be just as funny then or will you see that by condoning these things when they happen to others through your view people in public have a duty to live a pristine and perfect life, not to mention unrealistic life, makes it that more difficult for others?

Just my .02 cents worth, and I accept it as my opinion though I am not alone, but it comes from living a life rich with experiences and observations, and having walked the planet long enough to see the rapid decline in humanity and respect for human life. While some may find others loss of autonomy and misfortune of another funny, I fiond it difficult myself.....and yes her other business may have benefited, though difficult to imagine in a repressed society, but that may not have been her choice...and she may have lost more than she gained. Maybe she was like a lot of people here at Lit and just trying to find where she belonged and felt most at peace, and I daresay she did not come to work in the library with whip in hand to beat the poor unsuspecting reading public. Shouldn't she have had the choice to keep working in the library or thowing it in if she chose to pursue her other life more fully? If she was working to expectation IMO there are no grounds for removing her day job.

Catalina

 

[Netzach]

I think if you aren't prepared for the social fallout, you have no business beating ass for money.

And I think I'm actually qualified to pass comment on this one.

Sad, sure. If she's surprised she's an idiot.

I passed up a position doing education programs in a museum. My working around the 18 and under set days are over, as I see it. That's just common sense.

 

[catalina_francisco]

I think if you aren't prepared for the social fallout, you have no business beating ass for money.

And I think I'm actually qualified to pass comment on this one.

Sad, sure. If she's surprised she's an idiot.

I passed up a position doing education programs in a museum. My working around the 18 and under set days are over, as I see it. That's just common sense.

....And that is why nothing changes. Accept and there will never be reason for life to change. I prefer to be proactive than controlled by the conservative right and exude an air of jaded cynicism which basically says 'shit on me, it's OK, I won't fight back'.

Catalina

 

[Ranefox]

had the poor librarian not worked in CONCRETE, WA, she may not have been fired...Bellingham is about 150 miles to the north west of Concrete. Concrete is a very small town in the middle of nowhere...So, figure this: IF she got found out, who found her and where?? A dissatisfied sub?? ooopppps, I think I'm on a tangent.....