The story of O my word!

I just finished up reading The Story of O by Pauline Reage. In a nutshell, the book tells of the descent of a young french girl into the hidden world of hardcore BDSM. It clears up any misconceptions that one may have of bondage and slavery when one realises its about giving up ones self in full to the power of another or possessing another in their entirety that the submissive no longer can be treated as a human being, but more a living piece of property somewhere between an animal and a person. Its not really about pain and the joy that follows when pain ends, as I had previously thought - rather pain is an instrument to fortify the relationship dynamics. Needless to say I don't get it personally, as I have never before found myself shouting aloud "Stupid girl!" at a book. Although I wouldn't say no to a personal assistant who organised my life for me, but in a purely non sexual way :P

8 Random facts

Thank to Arcadia for the tagging - yes, it gives me good fodder to relaunch this, because evidently I haven't done very well thus far. I will also turn it into an updatey typey thingy too(ey).

Anywho, The rules:

1. Post these rules before you give your facts.
2. List 8 random facts about yourself.
3. At the end of your post, choose (tag) 8 people and list their names, linking to them.
4. Leave a comment on their blog, letting them know they've been tagged.

So Here are some random facts:

1. I find it hard to place a value of material objects. In my latest move, I threw away a supposed piece of the Berlin Wall - a present from an aunt - because really it is a chunk of concrete and there is probaby little chance of veryfying its authenticity. Also, when people ask what my most valued possession is, I don't have an answer. Don't get me wrong - I enjoy and appreciate all that I have, I just dont prioritise their value if they don't help me breathe...
2. I hate writing long reports and hence my dissertation is suffering. I wrote a nine page letter recently that took 2 weeks to write. So yeah, basically I'm doomed as my supervisor (rightly so) told Wits to shove their their job, she don't work there no more. I have to have it all finalised figuratively yesterday... This is my fault too, as I am...
3. ....a huge procrastinator and now its biting in my ass big time. Unfortunately I don't have time for self pity and am blitzkriging what needs to be done.
4. I am somebody's surrogate husband, which sucks because I get called upon when her awol husband is absconding and I don't get to have the sex.
5. My mother calls me almost daily and I rarely answer. I don't need lectures on how to live my life her way. (She's also a procrastinator, btw).
   
6. I hate children.
7. I have to wear braces on my teeth for the first time in my life at the age of 30. Thankfully orthodontics has evolved and they are on the inside of my teeth and nobody knows unless I tell them. However when my mouth is dry, I sound like Daffy Duck - the next year can't go fast enough (except when I am typing my dissertation - then time can halt).
8. I ate KFC nine times last week as I was too lazy to cook and the drive-thru down the road is incredibly convienient. On the bright side, I doubt my stomach will tolerate it again for a very very long time.

I'm not gonna tag anyone because I don't think anyone reads this blog anymore except Arcadia, lol. Can't really blame 'em... But big ups to Arcadia for not giving up on me:)

Its Alive

Time to resuscitate this baby. More to follow...

Burn

1. While I am living in limbo in SA, I have decided to fitten up - underwent a battery of tests only to confirm what I suspected all along - If I had a normal body type I wouldnt be able to fit through a door, but because I have an ectomorphic bodytype, I hide it well, hehe. But the laughing is over now and 5 days a week at gym not so fun, but very necessary;

2. I went to a club and saw a girl dressed as an anime character - very impressive;

3. I have nothing to say but felt i should blog anyway;

4. I have seen everyone I wanted to see and am quite happy to go away again - Mexico and Central America suddenly interests me a lot, as does West Africa. France, Spain, Italy and South East Asia still do not appeal, which seems to annoy a lot of people.

5. There is no #5. Have a good day.

Back

So I'm back - I'm not really sure if I have learnt anything new or had a life altering experience but some people claim there is something different about me. I think they are fucking with me, because they "can't quite put their finger" on what that change exactly is.

And as usual its semi-bittersweet to be back, more so because I don't think I am staying very long but more on that later. I promised myself I would not slip into bad habits when I return but obviously that is slipping already - although I have yet to watch TV since returning...

I'm reading alot about Shinto beliefs and more specifically karma-aspects, and making past wrongs right - not only for karma's sake, but because its driven out of sincerity. So expect me to make an arse of myself in the very near future :P

Well this is an opener post - hope you were not expecting anything of substance, lol.

Blog on semi-hiatus

I know, I know - to say that this blog is going on hiatus is analogous to a dead person telling you they're going to take a nap. But I am going travelling anyway and I have no idea when I'm coming back. You may recall (but probably not) resolution #6 I made in December. So yes, I'm going to all those places and then some. I've cashed in my investments, gonna sell my car soon and that's enough to last me 18 months, but I'll probably stop a lot sooner than that. If not, I'll cash in my pension too. I'll be blogging my travels with pictures and journal entries, so if you interested you can bookmark here. I'll return to this blog, when I pitch tent again in a permanent setting. Thanks for letting me whinge for the last couple of months - its been very therapeutic for me :)