Bound on Reflection by boykitten

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Scarlet Lotus

On to the reviews…

Vibrators

• Lux Rejuvenate by Flowering Ooo
• ONO Cleo by Mistress Kay
• Jopen Vanity Vr6 by Mystress Lady Evyl
• Anthro Dragon Dildo by True Pleasures
• Tantus Little Secret Touch by Bzzingbee
• Fukuoku Love Glove by Mistress Kay
• Silver Bullet & Bunny Sleeve by HotMoviesForHer Sex Toy Crew
• Gossip Ring by Teagan Shepard
• Matryoshka by Arabella
• Curvy Rocket Toyfriend by Arabella
• Papaya Toys Candy Stick by Beanfiddler

Dildos

• Tantus Goliath by Pixel Kitten
• Your Highness by Teagan Shepard
• Don Wands Duchess by Kit O’Connell
• Crystal Delights Epiphany Wand by Toys in Love
• Natural Contours Energie by Lucid Obsession

Anal Toys

• Fun Factory Flexi Felix by Mystress Lady Evyl

Lube, Massage Oil, Bath Stuff, & etc.

• System JO Wild Gel by Mistress Kay
• Lust Cosmetics Edible Massage Oil by Teagan Shepard
• Suntouched Candle by Red Vinyl Kitty
• Blossom Organics Revitalizing Breast Cream by Teagan Shepard
• Blossom Organics Revitalizing Breast Cream by Lucid Obsession
• JimmyJane Afterglow Candle by Ellie
• Please Liquid Lubricant by HotMoviesForHer Sex Toy Crew

BDSM/Fetish

• Sportsheets Paint Brush Whip by Mistress Kay
• Bondage Boutique Leather Ball Stretcher by Ruffled Sheets
• Fetish Fantasy Series Web Restraint System by True Pleasures

Adult Books & Games

• 52 Sex Positions Flash Cards by Teagan Shepard

Adult DVDs & Porn

• Scooby Doo: A XXX Parody by Sammi
• Tristan Taormino’s Rough Sex 3: Adrianna’s Dangerous Mind – Scene 7 by Ginger Leigh
• Belladonna’s Dirty Panties (Disc 1) by J.D. Bauchery
• Raw and Ready by Ginger Leigh
• Official Jerry Springer Parody by J.D. Bauchery
• Softcore Nudes 115: Burlesque and Nudes ‘40’s and ‘50’s (All B and W) by Ginger Leigh

Lingerie

• Sexy School Girl Costume by True Pleasures
• Dreamgirl Crotchless Lace-Up Panty by Teagan Shepard
• Corset Style Fishnet Pantyhose by Lucid Obsession

Miscellaneous

• Rosebud Feather Tickler by Mistress Kay
• IN2U Discover Duo Balls by Joanna Cake

Last night I looked over at Mr. Vanilla and said, “Do you know what we’re going to be doing in two weeks?”

“Um,” he thought for a moment, “needle-fire-bondage-fistfuck?”

Yes. Yes, yes, yes.

In case you haven’t heard me babbling about it incessantly on Twitter, we are attending Dark Odyssey Fusion.

I’m excited to be returning to a Dark Odyssey event. This will be my first one since Summer Camp of 2009 and Fusion looks like it will shape up to be excellent.

Mostly, my excitement is too big to leave much room for being nervous. Mr. Vanilla is asking a lot of great questions and seems excited as well. We are also lucky to have a local friend that is  a DO regular so I won’t be the only person there that he will know.

As for the “needle-fire-bondage-fistfuck”? Well, he gets a 3 out of 4 points on that guess. I haven’t made a fisting date just yet. . . Any takers?

We do a lot of things with gender, don’t we? Attack, reflect, unpack, repress, queer, subvert, perform, question, undermine, codify, and, yes, even celebrate.  Sometimes there isn’t a whole lot of celebration going on, is there?  With the Gender Celebration Blog Carnival, I’d like to see that shift a bit. Gender is something we experience and steep in during every moment of our lives, we often butt our heads up against it. Some of us don’t think of it much at all. But, it is a constant presence.

The carnival is about reflecting on gender, questioning it, doing the hard work of grappling with it but also experiencing the joy of celebrating it. Does everything we say have to be all sunshine and puppydog tails? Absolutely not! Celebrations often include intense conflict, debate, and even mourning. This one will be no different. However, my hope is that when we take the time to think, write, and converse about gender we’ll bring good things into the world. We’ll shed light on the beauty of the human family and we’ll all become closer.

It is with that hope in my heart that I am humbly requesting submissions for the first (hopefully of many) Gender Celebration Blog Carnival.

The concept is simple. A group of bloggers all agree to post on the theme of the Carnival during a particular period of time and they link to the posts that transpired at the  end of the Carnival. What happens in the middle is the real magic as we will hopefully have fascinating things to read and great conversations to share on the issues that are generated. Think of it like a two week, virtual cocktail party with a fabulous guest list.

Each Carnival will have a theme and the opening theme is “Living Gender.” What does that mean? Well, you tell me! That is the point of this first Celebration. Share the ways in which you live gender or how gender touches your life. If it sounds like something you could write a dissertation on, then just tell us a tiny piece. Your submission might be a personal essay, an anecdote, a joke, a polemic, a photograph, an piece of art, a poem, or any number of other expressions you can think of.

Getting excited? In that case, please allow me to answer some of the questions you might have.

When will this happen?

July 5th – 16th, 2011. And then hopefully for a few weeks out of every month after that. If participation warrants, future carnivals will stretch across more days.

I want to post for the Gender Celebration Carnival, how do I do it?

Yay! There are two ways to get involved:

1) You can request to be pre-scheduled for the carnival by submitting this form no later than July 3rd, 2011.

This allows you to get scheduled on the carnival and mentioned in the opening post. It also lets all the other carnival participants know to watch out for your post. Your completed post will then be listed on the carnival wrap-up post at the end. It is like having an invitation to the cocktail party.

2) You can just make a post on the theme between 4th and 16th. Then fill in this form with a link to your post.

This option doesn’t allow us to include you in the opening post but we will definitely include you in the wrap-up post. It is like crashing the party but being so charming that you’re still offered a party favor before you leave :)

What is required of participants?
Make two posts on your blog: your submission to the carnival and the carnival wrap-up post.

Your own post is a response to the theme of the carnival in whatever format you refer. I do ask that somewhere in your post you link to the main carnival site (here) as well as the post that came the day before you and the blogger that is coming up after you.

The carnival closing post is a final round-up of all the posts both scheduled and extras that appeared. For the closing post, I request that you include the full list of links provided but beyond that you can customize it as you wish. Add a picture! Comment next to links you loved! Include a summary of a topic that appealed to you. It is your blog and our Celebration so personalize as you wish.

Optionally, you can help promote the Gender Celebration Carnival by posting on the day it opens with the list of blogs participating and the schedule. This information will be provided to all participants and available on this site.

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Ready to sign up? GO!

So, when I had the idea for this post, I scribbled a quick note to myself to remember to write it. It looked like this.

Well, I ended up not needing to refer to it when I sat down and wrote the post. I was pretty handily able to remember the details and get them down without my helpful note. Hence, the note was temporarily buried underneath a book on the coffee table. It wasn’t until recently that I picked up the book again and two notes came falling to the floor. Both my original note (above) and another. This one.

The top item, “Documenting events.” Apparently, Mr. Vanilla decided to document me documenting with a list of things he wanted to remember. His list made me laugh in delight and then promptly made me cry (apparently just as he had done while thinking about how awesome I am.) He is good at that. Poignant and hilarious and sweet all at once.

Oh, and just because I thought you might be wondering. “Bowl of dildos” isn’t some hilarious inside joke it was just another thing (like “noisy cat attention whores” and me “sleeping sweetly”) that he was observing that morning. As long as we’re documenting, here is the proof, or, to state it in the vernacular, “pics or it didn’t happen.”

Of course, if I wanted to nitpick, I’d mention that some of the toys are vibrators and they are in a colander, not a bowl. But, you know me, I’d never want to nitpick.

JimmyJane makes some seriously sexy toys. They tend to be sleek, streamlined, and beautifully packaged. In fact, once you count the aluminum bodies on the vibes, they have a lot in common with Apple products. One of their most inventive and sensual products is the Afterglow Candle. Babeland was kind enough to send me this gorgeous sex toy to try out.

Afterglow comes in a ton of gorgeous scents: Dark Vanilla, Bourbon, Pink Lotus, Cucumber Water, Grapefruit, and Ginger Snap. This means you can evoke a different mood based on which one you select. If you’re picky about scents or just unsure of which one to select, another fun option is the adorable Afterglow Sampler Set which includes a mini candle in each of the scents.

I tried the Pink Lotus scent and found it to be feminine and delicate but not overly sweet and cloying. It was distinctly floral with the slightest hint of earthiness to tie into the heat of the candle. These candles work by melting at a relatively low temperature and turn into a luscious massage oil. You or your partner can then pour out some of the oil to apply to the body. You can choose between pouring it into the hand first or if you want to turn the heat up you can carefully drizzle it on your partner. The porcelain holder of the candle even has a pouring spot built in!

Because the Afterglow is massage oil, it doesn’t behave in the messy way that playing with wax candles can. If you’ve ever played with wax, you know it can be very fun but also pretty painful or even have the risk of serious burns.  You won’t have to worry about that with the Afterglow. It is a perfect way to try this fun activity without running any risks. Of course since you’re playing with an oil, be sure to be careful around any toys that are oil-reactive and be extra careful with your latex safer sex supplies.

Between the gorgeous smell and the sexy glow of the lit Afterglow candle, you’ll find yourself transported using this item with your partner or by yourself.

Last night Mr. Vanilla and I were both sitting at our computers and a storm began. He turned to me and said, “Hey, lets go cuddle in the dark and watch the lightning.”

I bet you think you know where this is going. You would be wrong.

We did cuddle in the dark and watch the lightning and it was lovely. During that time we had a conversation about whether he should buy or lease his next car. Then we got up and I made dinner.

Dinner is never mundane when there are pierogies involved. Just sayin’.

After dinner, I was sitting on the couch reading a Susie Bright book while Mr. Vanilla was doing the dishes. (What? You didn’t think that I was going to do the dishes after I’d already made dinner, did you?)

Susie had just said, “we don’t always find enlightenment at the end of our sexual pursuits. At the end of the sexual seeker’s journey, there sometimes seems to be an erotic whoopee cushion.”

Then, my thoughtful reverie was interrupted by a burst of laughter from the kitchen. I looked up to figure out what was so funny.

There were no cats doing stupid things (as is often the case) and Mr. Vanilla hadn’t dropped anything. He was just scrubbing a pan and laughing.

“Would you like to share the joke with the rest of the class?”

He went on to tell me that he had farted and then thought to himself, “There’s some shit going on down there.”

Yeah, punny, right?

I smiled, absorbed some good vibes from his huge smile, and went back to reading.