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ShopGrrl http://www.shopgrrl.com

I'm still adding and taking things back but there is stuff to be seen. The Bravenet stuff is ok but I'd rather not have to go to another site to deal with having messageboards. So those may get the unkindest cut, soon.

I do want to finish organizing all the ASCII art I've collected in almost 8 years of being a web denizen/ creature. Also, I've begun making really kitschy stick grrl art. (Deanna would approve, in fact she's already seen two of them). I want to make a freebie greeting card page. But, I don't want it to look really dorky, slightly dorky is ok with me.

Kareem posted to the SK boards. I was happy. Then I wandered here to see that in fact he is alive! Now I can feel guilt for not checking sooner. Well, I'm not a complete heel. I did pop in twice in the last few months.

Anyway, I'm pretty much giving up on LJ cause I am forever having to retype my password and I hate that cause I can never remember the darn things. Yes, someone clever would just use the same one everywhere. But, some sites won't let you use short p-words or force you to add numbers to your standard text p-word. Which all just makes me want to say the f-word. Bite me.

You can poke your sticks through the bars of my cage at ShopGrrl.com I'm not writing at BackWash, any version (well now and then the ABW side, just cause I love red) any more. Gracie offered me a hot red sports car, freebies for anything I care to review (that's a long list) and she finally admitted I have better boobs. How could I say no to writing for Sex-Kitten.net after that?

Sometimes I'm writing for LockerGnome and I'm doing a lot with Suite101.com (writing an Internet topic, managing the Writing and Publishing community and when I can stay awake long enough I copyedit various topics in Religion, Writing and whatever else appears on my list).

I am blogging at BlogSpot too. I was trying to build myself up into a daily routine but that only lasts a few days.

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green eyed kat

Laura says: I'm not writing at BackWash, any version (well now and then the ABW side, just cause I love red) any more. Gracie offered me a hot red sports car, freebies for anything I care to review (that's a long list) and she finally admitted I have better boobs. How could I say no to writing for Sex-Kitten.net after that?

the only reason I stay at ABW is for D..and the unholy and to promote www.sex-kitten.net..but you can tell how involved I am by how much I update..which is usually never! HA! As for the sports car, I got a black one, and the freebies, but I have one thing better...I get to kiss her in person!! And you couldn't say no to writing as sex-kitten, becuz I'd hunt you down, and tickle you till you said yes! smooch As for the better boobies, I'd have to see them for myself. (I've seen Gracie's but not Laura's)

elementalmuse

Hey -- I miss your posts!

Originally posted to Adult BackWash.

Sooner or later everything you say you will never do will come back to bite you in the ass. I know this from experience. This week something has been nibbling my ass just in case I started to get forgetful about the whole thing.

I said I would never smoke, I did. (Though for a short time and I quit cold turkey). I said I would never live in the US, I did. I said I would never run a red light, I did. I said I would never (again) do a certain act with a man body, I did (and licked it). I said I would never ... well, I am tomorrow. I am also leaving that blank. It's not one of my prouder moments.

Perhaps, if I never again in my life said I will never about anything I will actually be able to keep some good grrl pride and principles. Perhaps not. Then again, perhaps I'd die a dried up old prune who never had any adventures or new experiences in her whole life. On my tombstone someone would write about what a great personality I had. There would be no mention of anything really interesting, nothing that would make someone blink or second look. I'd just fade into sand dust as my tombstone became one more weathered rock on the lot.

Yes, I am making a possible mistake. I may regret it. But, I seem to be doing it anyway. Sometimes the wants overwhelm, and kick the butt out of, the needs. Later, they come back and bite you in the ass.

For every action there is a consequence. But, who doesn't have regrets in life? Why not just run right for them rather than puttering around and trying to avoid something you're going to get stuck with eventually. At least this mistake is on my own terms, at my discretion. I can't see anyone but me being damaged either. There are people who seem to make a career out of this. Then there are people like me who always said they never would ever do anything remotely like this.

Yet, here I am.

Tomorrow morning, at about 10:am, I will be doing something good grrls don't do.

I want ALL women to take up their scepters, don their tiaras and rightfully claim their thrones. In my all-powerful opinion, I believe transforming yourself into a queen means finding your own stream of inner wealth—independence, self-understanding and courage. Being Queenly, then, means nothing less than reaching your highest potential! Here’s what I think. Embracing the Queen archetype is a means to obtaining personal authentic power—just what we all need and deserve! Keep in mind, I am taking liberties here and asking you to step outside the traditional definitions of the Queen (or at least the definitions that we’ve heard in fairy tales, right?). Here, you’ll find a rewrite of the outdated queen model. Ah yes, it’s good to be a queen. Join me in the Queendom, grab the Queen Power and live your best life!

Grab the Queen Power: Live Your Best Life! - Suite101.com

Women's Sexuality - Suite101.com

This will be a tough topic to keep. Although Suite seems to let it's Religion writers slam Pagans I doubt they will let the Sexuality writer stray too far into any impure thoughts.

I was sorry to see Linda Alexander leave (archive) the Writing Erotica topic. Maybe someone else will take it up again. Although I expect that won't be an easy topic for the same reasons as above.

Originally posted to Adult BackWash: Monday September 06, 2004  

Men get off lightly on the body maintenance thing. I sometimes think they should pay us rent for all the oogling, touching and sex stuff. We are the ones who maintain the hair, face, skin, body that they desire. They don't have nearly as much work to their own bodies, shave, wash and that's about it. It's not fair.

I tried to ease up on the whole thing. My exhusband didn't like my unshaved legs. I was ok about them. They still worked for all the regular stuff of life. I could still wash dishes, do laundry and that other stuff. I just skipped that extra 15 minutes of scraping my skin off. Nair is better but it seems to miss spots and the hair grows back far too soon. Plus, if you leave it on too long you get weird marks on your skin.

Not every body part requires that kind of work. Breasts just pretty much keep to themselves. Put on the boulder holder in the morning and they're ok for another day. The problem is when we actually look at them. The magazines tell us how much we sag after 25, 30... 40 (shudder). We are told how unattractive our boobs are once they lose the teenaged perkiness. We don't live in bubbles, some of us have saggy boobs with stretch marks and less than perfect shape and peaches and cream skin is something we think we can still remember.

What if men had boobs. Suddenly, they're faced with the business end of boobs rather than the sex toy side. It's their turn to cope with breastfeeding, breast cancer and bra shopping. I bet that would change their outlook. Let's see them walk around (jog?) with those massive DD cups they lust over. It's different when you're attached to them. Much simpler to just admire them on someone else.

True, the cosmetics, beauty and fashion industry is catching on. Realizing men have been coasting along on aftershave and soap for far too long. But, you can see a huge difference in the beauty aisle geared to women and the small shelf space in the toothpaste aisle set aside for men's beauty treatments.

I think men should take more care with their appearance. After all, we have to look at them. If they want us to stay looking they better do something about it. Of course, some of them look just fine to me.