Talking to Myself

[MischiefMakerAlways]

 

[MischiefMakerAlways]

Ralphie May
Enjoy a laugh and/or advice for women.

Every kiss begins with ...

 

[MischiefMakerAlways]

Pornography - Let's talk about that.

The first thing we need to do is define what we're talking about, the American Heritage of English defines it thusly:

1. Sexually explicit writing, images, video, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal.
2. Lurid or sensational material. Often used in combination.
   "violence pornography."
3. Licentious painting or literature; especially, the painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms devoted to bacchanalian orgies.
4. A treatise on prostitutes, or prostitution.
5. Obscene pictures, writings, drawings, motion pictures, videos, or the like intended primarily to cause sexual arousal and having little or no artistic merit; also, the content of such materials.
6. The graphic, detailed, often gratuitous depiction of something.
7. Creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire.

I think there is a little too much thrown out by all of these definitions, so I'm going to use this reduced definition:

Sexually explicit writing, images, video, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal.​

I wasn't raised in a religious household, yet pornography was awful and should not be consumed in any manner. Then I found religion and they REALLY don't like pornography. In fact, I've heard some of the wildest claims imaginable from some of these folks regarding pornography, and what they consider to even constitute pornography; some go so far as to say that nudity in a movie is soft-core pornography; seems a bit excessive to me, but what do I know? Short answer - very little.

So let's take a few things out of the discussion right up front - some sources of pornography exploit vulnerable people or are outright conducting human rights violations - those are all wrong and despicable. This discussion is working on the assumption that all parties are enthusiastically giving sober consent, are compensated as appropriate where appropriate, and all ethical circumstances are far above reproach.

Sorry for the dissertation, we haven't even started! I have my thoughts on the subject, so I will share them at a later time, but I'd like to know what you, fellow Litster, have to say on the topic. Please add your own thoughts if my questions don't encapsulate them.

1. Do you consume pornography?
   1. If yes, what kind? Video, written, auditory, photography or painting, or something else?
   2. If no, why not?
2. Do you consider sexual instructional material pornography (clothed, naked, or animated)?
   1. Have you utilized educational/instructional sexual material in the past?
   2. If you haven't, would you consider doing so in the future, and under what circumstances?
3. Do you send pornography to anyone else? If yes, what do you send them, and why? Is it because you want them to see something sexy to you, or something you think they'd masturbate to, as a joke, to convey a message, or any other reason?
4. Do you have a friend or other non-romantic partner you share pornographic material with? If yes, why, and what do you send them?
5. Do you feel ashamed for consuming pornography (regardless if anyone knows about it or not)? Why or why not?
6. Do you share pornography with a romantic partner? If yes, why and to what end? If no, why not?
7. Are you afraid a romantic partner will judge you or look down upon you for the type of pornography you consume?
8. Do you pay for your pornography?
9. Would you pay to ensure you were consuming only ethical and reputable material?
10. Where do you source most of your pornographic material from?
11. Do you have a genre (or small selection) of pornography you'd consider your regular type?
12. How often do you consume pornography?
13. Have you ever consumed a pornographic media that you would never normally indulge in and found it more arousing than you thought of? What was it or what was the genre that surprised you?
14. Is there a pornographic type that you refuse to consume or that makes you extremely uncomfortable?
15. Do you think there are some types of pornographic things or genres that should not exist? If yes, why and if you feel comfortable saying specifically, what are they? If no, why do you feel that way?
16. Is there anything else that was left out that you think would be germane to the topic?

 

[MischiefMakerAlways]

It's been a tough few weeks, but I know I have some great people in my corner, especially my little treasure
It's time...

 

[MischiefMakerAlways]

26 April will be the season finale for the orchestra where we will send our current musical director out as he moves onto something new. The piece we are doing is quite possibly the most difficult music I've ever performed. It has quite a range for most voices; but that isn't the hard part. It has a small variety of time signatures; that isn't the hard part. It's long; but that isn't the hard part. It's loud; but that isn't the hard part. It's all of this. If I were to compare this to Mozart's Requiem, this work at 30% wider range for most voices ( for example, bass voices have to extend from Db-2 to F#-4), the chorus sings about 300% more, there overlapping time signatures, undulating tempos, is almost completely vocalized, most of the work is forte or louder, and it ends in an ethereal and emotional way, barely above a whisper. The following recordings are not of my orchestra and chorus, but they are otherwise fantastic versions.

 

[Sammysub07]

Do you consume pornography?

1. If yes, what kind? Video, written, auditory, photography or painting, or something else?
2. If no, why not?

Yes. I don't really consider written or auditory pornography

Do you consider sexual instructional material pornography (clothed, naked, or animated)?

No

Do you send pornography to anyone else?

Yes. I enjoy sharing it with either like-minded friends or a partner.

Do you feel ashamed for consuming pornography

Sure don't! I don't think ma

Do you share pornography with a romantic partner?

Yes. I think it's incredibly bonding to do so. It also help you really learn about your partner and their interests. It's also a lot of fun to watch it together!

Are you afraid a romantic partner will judge you or look down upon you for the type of pornography you consume?

Not with MTK!

Do you pay for your pornography?

haha No. You'd never catch me paying for it when it's widely available!

Would you pay to ensure you were consuming only ethical and reputable material?

You might have won me over here!

Where do you source most of your pornographic material from?

It's so much harder now where I live! My favorite states are now blocked-kinda!

Do you have a genre (or small selection) of pornography you'd consider your regular type?

Yes. I prefer bondage and kink related porn.

How often do you consume pornography?

Not often. I much prefer to think up my own play in my head or read erotica.

What was it or what was the genre that surprised you?

haha its so hard to surprise me!

Is there a pornographic type that you refuse to consume or that makes you extremely uncomfortable?

Yes. Anything involving anyone that looks remotely underage. buzzkill.

Is there anything else that was left out that you think would be germane to the topic?

No, Sir. Your dissertation was great!

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[MischiefMakerAlways]

I know the cause, but it's still true.

 

[Sammysub07]

I know the cause, but it's still true.

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[MischiefMakerAlways]

An open love letter to My Treasure

Dearest little,

I don't know how I have found the favor of Áine, but somehow, you have entered my life as an incredible force. To call you a lily among thorns is an injustice. No flower can compare to your beauty. To extol your incredible intellect would be useless. Hedone and Pothos cannot begin to comprehend the fire you have lit within me.

...

I do not take you for granted, little one. Knowing who you are, realizing you submit yourself to me, and being entrusted with you is not a responsibility I take lightly. I want to shower you with affection and adoration. I want to scream to the world that I, ME!, have the most incredible little woman. I want to fulfill every dark fantasy we each have - I want you to experience the incredible need and urgency you build within me. I want to leave your body weak, your mind hazy, and your soul depleted - then care for you, hold you, and rebuild you once more. I want to gently kiss you goodnight but leave the tell-tale reminders that you are mine - all over you. I want Aphrodite to swoon at our devotion, I want Pan to blush at our carnality, and I want everyone to be jealous of me. Because you, my little treasure, are mine.

Letter Two, To My Little Treasure

My Little Treasure,

I have never known passion and need like I do now; you drive me wild each and every day! I want our carnal and savage passion be intense enough to make Hedone and Pan blush. To express my affection for you in the debauchery and hedonistic desires we share, to have you reduced to a puddle of flesh, incoherent from the use of your body, your mind empty from the experience, wholly dependent upon me for your care and recovery. My body has never ached for another the way it does now!

...

There is no body on earth that I desire more than yours. Your brilliance, intellect, dirty passions, erotic delights, scandalous needs, and loving devotion are all bound up in a vessel I want to pour out and refill every moment of every day. There is nothing I won't do to physically and emotionally please you and to make your body burn with passion for me every moment I can.

Hungrily,
Your Treasure Keeper

Love Letter Three, To My Little Treasure

My Little Treasure,

It has been an intense few months. We each have incredibly stressful events taking place in our respective lives, so on one hand, the timing of our budding relationship could not have been worse. On the other hand, you have rapidly become my best friend. It's been through these hard moments that the depth of our intimacy has developed and I quite literally cannot imagine my life without you now.

The rawness that I feel safe exposing to you is probably the most liberating feeling I've ever experienced, I hope you feel the same with me. With all I've been working through, I've needed a confidant and you have more than excelled in this, with grace, patience, and objectively. Sometimes I get on a roll with dumping my feelings and emotions to certain things and lose sight of the fact that you aren't just my friend, you're also my girlfriend, my lover, my little one, and my submissive. The way you deftly balance all of these unique roles is inspiring!

Not only have I had a lot going on, but so have you and I'm honored that you have brought me into your most intimate moments and shared your heart with me in these things. I want nothing but the best for you, and I'm here in every capacity to provide you all the support and affection you could want or need as you figure things out and continually get better.

(Edited, but you know how I feel )

I am so excited for the future - and me saying so is nearly a miracle in and of itself! Thank you for the hope, thank you for the encouragement and advice, and thank you for being a part of journey to a better me, a better future, and a better us. "Us," that feels and sounds so good!

I am so proud of who you are, I am proud of what you accomplish, and I am humbled to say that you are mine - all mine, and I will strive everyday to show you how important you are to me! Every hard thing, every trial, every hurdle is worth it to be able to share my life with you.

Thank you for taking that chance - for putting your past in the past once in for all, changing your present, and making me your future; it could not have been authored any more appropriately if we had tried!

Gratefully, humbly, & lovingly yours,
Your Treasure Keeper

 

[MischiefMakerAlways]

Well that sucks: Brad Arnold, 3 Doors Down frontman, diagnosed with stage 4 renal cancer. And it's metastisized in his lung. I saw them in concert with my dad a long time ago, it's one of my fonder memories of my dad after his TBI.