Just wanna go that extra mile for you
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Wanted to post this separately from the APW stuff just in case someone ends up finding/linking to that, heh heh heh.
1) Went and saw Sucker Punch. My immediate reaction upon seeing it was to rage, but upon thinking and discussing it more with people, I think that this movie brings a very valuable element to the table but other people have already said this far more eloquently than I am able to.
2) Sweat lodge on Saturday. This is the e-mail I sent![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tensergorn when I got home:
Went to the sweat lodge tooooday. Got sunburnt on my arms and the back of my neck--I feel like such a redneck, hahaha. I'm just so bone-tired! I ought to be going to bed, really, but it's only 8:30.
There were two gay guys who came to the lodge for the first time today. I knew as soon as I saw them that they were gay, and that they were in an emotional relationship. The initial impression was only backed up by observations: I could tell that they cared for one another, but they did not touch each other at all, which said that they were uncomfortable with that despite their comfort with each other.
Come check-in time, surprise surprise: one of them's struggling with coming out, the other is struggling with being HIV+, and they were at one point dating but no longer have a physical relationship.
Sometimes it's kind of scary, guessing these things about people and then being spot-on.
The fire was very delicate at first; we could hardly get it to burn kindling, much less logs, for the better part of an hour. It didn't go out after we lit it, but I was constantly fanning it and putting on more wood and stuff. I did my usual pre-lodge cry, too, thanks to constant smoke/ash in my eyes. And the pre-lodge sweat, too, because it was pretty hot out there today and hauling wood and running around fanning a fire and shit is pretty hard work!
When the fire finally took off, it took off. Hungry, hungry fire--it burnt through wood, even wet wood, so very fast. (I loved standing by the fire and listening to the water boil out of the wet wood.)
Inside the lodge was really hot--I hadn't been in a lodge that felt so hot for probably... since I first started fire-tending, I think the second lodge I fire-tended was really fucking hot. This one was just brutal! And I felt very gritty and muddy and dirty, too, which is kind of an usual feeling because I normally feel the opposite by the end of a lodge: light and airy and clean.
I made it all four rounds, though. I was debating staying out the 4th round, but decided at the last minute to go in. Was kind of dizzy and staggering when I got out, and I still feel absolutely wrecked physically and mentally.
I think I will go to bed. Keeping my eyes open is so much work.
I felt a bit better on Sunday when I went over there to help take down the lodge. I brought Puffin with me, since I'm going to be house-sitting their house for ten days at the end of May and Puffin will be coming with me.
Oh. My. God. Puffin had so much fun. She was constantly running around, smelling things, and like a bouncy, happy sort of running around. It was soooo cute! And she made friends with the pony, Bolt, who is very human-shy. They touched noses, and it was just the cutest sight ever, this stocky pony stretching out his neck and puffin stretching out her neck and their noses just barely touching.
I stayed out in the field for probably an hour just writing, and Puffin just ran around the whole time-- a lot of the time near Bolt too, which made me smile. I felt very good by the time I left.
3) Em and I attended the Whippersnappers Atlanta Meet & Greet at Manuel's Tavern on Thursday. Abby, Noel, and Art were all there so it was just wonderful to get to see all of them again. I ended up getting uhhh pretty trashed. I think the Triple Sec was what did me in, in the end.
I completely forgot the name of the girl who ended up giving me a scalp/neck/shoulder massage, (she had very nice tits, I must confess, and nice thighs as well) but all I can remember from the end of the night is that it felt like so many people were touching me and it was just such an awesome feeling. I didn't feel embarrassed or ashamed to be the center of attention for once, which was another boost for me.
(Also, I got to kiss both Noel and Art. Fsdlklsadsk I love kissing people; words cannot express this adequately.)
On a related note,
4) I will be attending Frolicon. I've made arrangements for Puffin; I have a pre-reg; Em and I will either find a room with some floor space and crash there or sleep in the car. We'll bring blankets and shit again either way, heh heh heh.
1) Went and saw Sucker Punch. My immediate reaction upon seeing it was to rage, but upon thinking and discussing it more with people, I think that this movie brings a very valuable element to the table but other people have already said this far more eloquently than I am able to.
2) Sweat lodge on Saturday. This is the e-mail I sent
tensergorn when I got home:Went to the sweat lodge tooooday. Got sunburnt on my arms and the back of my neck--I feel like such a redneck, hahaha. I'm just so bone-tired! I ought to be going to bed, really, but it's only 8:30.
There were two gay guys who came to the lodge for the first time today. I knew as soon as I saw them that they were gay, and that they were in an emotional relationship. The initial impression was only backed up by observations: I could tell that they cared for one another, but they did not touch each other at all, which said that they were uncomfortable with that despite their comfort with each other.
Come check-in time, surprise surprise: one of them's struggling with coming out, the other is struggling with being HIV+, and they were at one point dating but no longer have a physical relationship.
Sometimes it's kind of scary, guessing these things about people and then being spot-on.
The fire was very delicate at first; we could hardly get it to burn kindling, much less logs, for the better part of an hour. It didn't go out after we lit it, but I was constantly fanning it and putting on more wood and stuff. I did my usual pre-lodge cry, too, thanks to constant smoke/ash in my eyes. And the pre-lodge sweat, too, because it was pretty hot out there today and hauling wood and running around fanning a fire and shit is pretty hard work!
When the fire finally took off, it took off. Hungry, hungry fire--it burnt through wood, even wet wood, so very fast. (I loved standing by the fire and listening to the water boil out of the wet wood.)
Inside the lodge was really hot--I hadn't been in a lodge that felt so hot for probably... since I first started fire-tending, I think the second lodge I fire-tended was really fucking hot. This one was just brutal! And I felt very gritty and muddy and dirty, too, which is kind of an usual feeling because I normally feel the opposite by the end of a lodge: light and airy and clean.
I made it all four rounds, though. I was debating staying out the 4th round, but decided at the last minute to go in. Was kind of dizzy and staggering when I got out, and I still feel absolutely wrecked physically and mentally.
I think I will go to bed. Keeping my eyes open is so much work.
I felt a bit better on Sunday when I went over there to help take down the lodge. I brought Puffin with me, since I'm going to be house-sitting their house for ten days at the end of May and Puffin will be coming with me.
Oh. My. God. Puffin had so much fun. She was constantly running around, smelling things, and like a bouncy, happy sort of running around. It was soooo cute! And she made friends with the pony, Bolt, who is very human-shy. They touched noses, and it was just the cutest sight ever, this stocky pony stretching out his neck and puffin stretching out her neck and their noses just barely touching.
I stayed out in the field for probably an hour just writing, and Puffin just ran around the whole time-- a lot of the time near Bolt too, which made me smile. I felt very good by the time I left.
3) Em and I attended the Whippersnappers Atlanta Meet & Greet at Manuel's Tavern on Thursday. Abby, Noel, and Art were all there so it was just wonderful to get to see all of them again. I ended up getting uhhh pretty trashed. I think the Triple Sec was what did me in, in the end.
I completely forgot the name of the girl who ended up giving me a scalp/neck/shoulder massage, (she had very nice tits, I must confess, and nice thighs as well) but all I can remember from the end of the night is that it felt like so many people were touching me and it was just such an awesome feeling. I didn't feel embarrassed or ashamed to be the center of attention for once, which was another boost for me.
(Also, I got to kiss both Noel and Art. Fsdlklsadsk I love kissing people; words cannot express this adequately.)
On a related note,
4) I will be attending Frolicon. I've made arrangements for Puffin; I have a pre-reg; Em and I will either find a room with some floor space and crash there or sleep in the car. We'll bring blankets and shit again either way, heh heh heh.
