Possibly a jinx

Posted in Real life stories, call for help, dating, non-monogamy, queer on September 3, 2008 by essinem

So there is this woman I’ve been crushing on. For a little more than two and a half weeks.

I haven’t really written about her because I really enjoy her company, and don’t want to fuck things up…and usually, putting stuff down somehow makes things go wrong (for an example, L).

But I just don’t know. I’m so confused.

She’s more similar to me than most of the people I like, at least in many of the ways that matter to me. She’s kinky (hasn’t tried as much stuff as I have, but is open to things…and while at karaoke one night, she definitely put her hand in my hair and pulled. Jesus). She believes in open relationships, and that there is more than one person on there for us. She and I can talk about sex with it being an embarrassing thing. We both like edge play. We both like bondage. Sexually, I think we’d be a very very very good match (and I thought that with K too, and that clearly was true).

Personality wise, she is fun, witty, amusing, interesting. She makes me question myself and think deep thoughts like K, but also makes me smile and laugh like L, and I can be completely myself around her like few people in my life.

She makes me nervous. I don’t know why – she makes me stammer, or blush, or look away. Not because of anything she does or says…I don’t know why.

I feel comfortable around her, I feel safe. I feel like she won’t laugh at me (but will laugh with me), like she won’t discount me because of something I say. I can’t cry in front of her, but I don’t cry in front of people in general, so what’s new?

She’s musician. Yeah, I know. It’s not a fetish – I don’t think I’ve actually ever dated or fucked a musician…it’s just something prevalent in my life right now. Her voice is phenomenal. I’ve gone to karaoke with her twice, and I actually liked how she sang this one Tool song better than the original. Listening to her is genius.

So the problem(s), because clearly there are some, as no one is perfect….she (at least in the times I’ve hung out with her) drinks quite a bit. Not like a handle of rum like J, but also not like one or two drinks. Granted, she’s been having a hard time in her life right now, AND she doesn’t drink and drive, but as someone who drinks only occasionally and not to get drunk, I don’t want this to be a repeat of my time with J…she also smokes pot (but I don’t think she deals it, unlike J), and honestly, it’s Colorado. I think I have very few, if any friends who don’t smoke pot, other than myself.

The other problem; she’s in love with her ex. She’s told me this, she talks about how she wants to get over her. It seems her ex is doing a lot of what J did – “I don’t want you in my life, let’s be friends. I need you, but now I need to cut off all contact. We’re broken up, but here, let’s cuddle/make out.” I know how hard it is to break out of that cycle. It took me what, from November to May to really get over all that drama, so I get it, I do. AND I’m not a jealous person…I’d be ok with something happening between us, even if she IS in love with her ex. And even if she is fucking other people. I mean, in an open anything you have, you need to talk and communicate, both for physical and emotional safety. However, as was the case with L, I don’t want someone who is so enamored with their ex that they realize they cannot be connected to anyone else, in any way, until they figure their shit out.

Either way, I would really like the nurture this friendship. She’s a very interesting person, she makes me think, she let’s me feel vulnerable, she calls me on my bullshit, she makes me crack up, she doesn’t think I’m weird or crazy (or if she does, she’s not running away). She calls and texts me as often as I text her. She reads my myspace blog and comments on it. She suggests going out to things, instead of it just being me. It’s very two sided, something I haven’t really had a lot of…well, ever.

However, I’d also really like to fuck her.

My concern is whether I just let the friendship grow, or try to make a move/get her to make a move. a) if option #2, am I ruining the possibility for a friendship? and b) if something comes out of this, something more than friendship, am I setting myself up for hurt again? I’m not looking for anything serious, but I am looking for more than one night of sex. I’m kind of over having sex with people once or twice. I’d like to have a longer term fuck buddy/friend with benefits, so we can get to know each other (on both a friendly and fucking level) more, etc.

I don’t even know what this post is saying or asking. I haven’t really talked to anyone about this, other than Twitter, so I’m just looking for some feedback, in general.

Das ist alles….

-Essin’ Em

Like a Prayer – Part 2

Posted in Fantasy stories, erotica, exposed, queer, submission on September 2, 2008 by essinem

Part one was yesterday…

She pulled my head back, her lips traveling my neck, my collarbone, the rounded curves of my breast before biting down on my shoulder. I gasped as she held on a moment longer, and then whispered in my ear “shhhh.”

With one hand still in my hair, holding me against the wall, she reached the other down my shirt, pulling out each breast in turn. At the same time, she slightly shifted her body, wedging one of her legs between mine, giving me something to press again. My clit was throbbing, and all I wanted was to feel her in me, to hear her in my ear, to be with her.

After a few more moments of kissing, she moved her mouth to one of my breasts, covering it with kisses and small bites before reach my nipple, teasing to me almost exasperation before sucking hard and using her teeth to pull it away from my body. Grabbing that nipple with her free hand, she switched to the other, giving it equal ministrations. While all this was happening, she pressed her knee into me as I ground against it, desperate for something to provide release.

Moving her mouth back up to my lips, she let her hand drop from my breasts, and I think I let out a sigh of disappointment. Leaning in close, she spoke next to my ear, “Didn’t want me to stop?” I tried to shake my head, but with her fingers still holding onto my hair, the movement was very slight. She smiled, one that reached her eyes.

“Well, would you like me to keep going?” Again, my attempt at nodding failed. “Ok, well, I could go back to that, but see, what I really wanted to do was this.” Her free hand slowly slid up my leg, lifting my skirt, and replaced her knee in providing pressure against my clit. Her fingers moved like a musician playing a song, slowly and quickly, and with intent. “But I could stop if you’d like, go back to what I was doing.” I shook my head so vehemently that some of her fingers slipped from my hair and my head softly banged against the wall. Her smile turned into a light laugh.
I pushed against her as I got more and more turned on, more wet, more needing her inside. Maybe she sensed it, and she pulled my lace boy shorts to the ground, never stopping what she was doing to me, undoing me. I stepped out of one leg, letting them settle on my boot.

A few more moments of pressing against me, playing me caressing me, and she slipped a finger in me. After the initial gasp at feeling her in me, I adjusted to her, and without realizing I was saying it, I let out a sigh of “more.”

Her hand left my hair and grabbed my chin. My eyes, which at some point had closed of their own accord, flew open. I was starting straight into hers. “What did you say?”

Fuck. Me and my big mouth. I shook my now freed head. “Nothing.”
“No, I asked you what you said?”

“I asked for more. I just wanted. I. I wanted another finger. I wanted you to fuck me. I’m sorry.” I stammered, unable to think straight with her one finger still inside, her hand cupping my chin.

Her eyes twinkled. “Don’t say sorry. You know, you’re kind of fun.” She kissed me, bit my lip and pulled and then slammed two fingers into me. I made some noise between a gasp and a grunt, mixed in with a moan. After a moment or two, she began to work them in and out of me, fucking me, pushing her palm against my clit and pubic bone, her body keeping my bucking hips against the wall. “Is this what you wanted?” She laughed as she said it, as I was in no place to answer her. All that was coming out of my mouth was a combination of sighs, and moans, punctuated with “fuck,” “oh god,” and “please.” I didn’t know what I was asking for by saying please, but I know that I needed it.

She kept working her fingers in and out of me, shoving me against the wall as I sunk into her, trying to get more of her into me. Then she leaned into me, and said “It’s ok to let go, it’s ok to give in. I want you to come, Ella.” And I came, the feelings and sensations crashing over me, like having a wave wash over me and dragging me under. I tried to come up for air, but she was still there, still fucking me, still next to me, pressing into me, driving me crazy. I came again. And again. And then they just blurred together as I stopped counting. I felt like I couldn’t breathe, but at the same time, like I was floating above the earth and didn’t need oxygen.

I reached out for her, wrapping one hand in her hair, the other digging my nails into her back through her t-shirt. She just kept going. As I came, and gasped, and felt tears streaming down my cheeks. My body was at the edge, it couldn’t take it anymore, I dropped to my knees, the irony of the song I’d chosen, my position on the ground and my previous cries to a deity who couldn’t save me even if I had wanted to be saved all escaping me as my thoughts had gone blank.

Slowly, she pulled her fingers out of me as I moaned at the sensation. Gently, she helped me up, putting her arm around my waist as I regained my senses, nudging my breasts back into my shirt. She escorted me out of the bathroom and into the bar; I was sure everyone thought I was drunk, rather than just having been fucked senseless. It didn’t matter.

Some goth girl was on stage singing a song by the Beach Boys, and the crowd has thinned slightly. We sat back down at my booth, and she brought me a glass of water, and another PBR for her. As we watched the performer on stage, she whispered in my ear “Next time, you should sing Alanis. I think you have a little spunk in you.”
Without missing a beat, I turned and whispered back “Next time, you should let me pin you up against the wall and fuck you till you can’t stand anymore.” Startled, she looked at me, eyes roaming over my body before meeting my gaze dead on.

“Deal.”

-Essin’ Em

Like a Prayer – Part 1

Posted in erotica, music, queer, submission on September 1, 2008 by essinem

We met in a bar – she was on stage singing her heart out to one of the bands whose songs always make me alternate between wanting to have sex and wanting to curl up in a ball and cry.

God, could she sing. Her voice was like warm honey; raw, sweet and slightly addictive. The more you heard her sing, the more you wanted to hear her sing. I wanted to hear her sing, and I wanted to hear her sing to me, her hazel eyes making contact with mine, her soul pouring into me.

I didn’t know how I felt about karaoke. The problem wasn’t the usual ones; I wasn’t embarrassed, I didn’t have stage fright, no need to picture the audience in their underwear, though I was sure as hell picturing what she was wearing under her jeans and worn t-shirt. No, the problem was that I can’t sing. A theatre person, born and bred, and yet I never learned to read music, never learned what a chord was, and had no idea how to hit notes that I didn’t even know existed. However, I am a ham at heart, and had to figure out a way to make her notice me.

Madonna was the answer. Madonna is always the answer. Honestly, is there a Madonna song that doesn’t make you think about sex? No. I filled out the sheet of paper with the miniature pencil provided in the binder of countless songs, walked through the crowed bar of punk rockers, goths scenesters and rockabilly chicks, and handed it to the woman running the stage. Then I headed back to my booth, never taking my eyes off the gorgeous woman on stage whose voice was tugging at parts of me I didn’t even know I had.

Sipping on my cocktail, I watched her superstitiously from under my lashes as she finished to a healthy smattering of applause, certainly more than anyone else had received. I watched her walk off the stage, PBR in hand. I watched as she was greeted by people on the way back to her table, new fans as impressed with her voice as I was. I watched as she swung back a shot of whiskey, as easy as if it was a sip of water, and then settled in to watch the stage.

I’m not that girl, that girl who can flirt, that girl that can approach random people. I’m just me. I get by on my personality and quirkiness, and when that doesn’t lure them in, then I get by by going home alone and getting myself off. I didn’t want that tonight. I wanted her. I was going to get her, damn it…I just didn’t know how.

The woman on stage called my name. Slinging back the remains of my drink, mostly melted ice by this point, I slowly walked to the stage. I wasn’t sure if the best plan might not just be running for the door and flipping through my phone book looking for a booty call. But it was too late now – eyes were on me as I walked up to the stage. I made eye contact with her as I walked by her table, and she tipped her can towards me. Could she smell my fear? Sense my lust? Or was she just being polite?

Climbing the steps, I grabbed the mic. The intro bars of the song started. I fidgeted on stage, unsure of what to do during the intro. I settled with closing my eyes and slightly swaying to the music until it was my turn to provide the entertainment to this crowd who didn’t really care what I sang or how well, as long as they were somewhere after me in the line up and their drinks were still flowing. The first words appeared on the blue screen.

“Life is a mystery…” I sung into the mic, quietly, hesitating.

Some guy who’d had a few too many shouted “Louder! We didn’t come here to watch a deer in the headlights.” Everyone laughed, but she didn’t. She was looking at me with a speculative look on her face. I took a deep breath, through the diaphragm, as we were always taught, and started singing again, this time, a little louder. I was still a little meek, still a little questioning, until I hit the chorus.

“When you call my name, it’s like little prayer, down on my knees, I want to take you there.” I dropped to my knees at the appropriate part in the song, and once again, made eye contact with the woman whose voice made me burn and freeze inside. She held my gaze throughout the rest of the song. The song wasn’t for the aggressive men or the pretty women watching me through their beer goggles. I’d chosen it for her – I had wanted her to notice me, and here she was, her gaze burrowing into me as I sang to the best of my non-ability. Oddly enough, my voice never wavered, although I’m sure I didn’t sound any good. I made it through the song, and though I was sober after only one drink, I stumbled down the stairs. As I headed back to my booth, the spell from the stage had been broken, my eyes following my shoes on the floor.

When I passed her table, avoiding her eyes, a hand reached out to stop me, and pulled me into her, close enough to feel her warmth against me. Bringing her face ever closer to mine, so that our cheeks touched, so that a spark of electricity ran through my body, she whispered in my ear “How can I call your name if I don’t know it?”

I froze. Truly a deer in the headlights. What was I supposed to say to something like that? I opened my mouth, trying to come up with a smart retort, but when I tried to speak, all that came out was my name. “Ella.”

“Good to know.” She reached up to run her hand along my cheek and down my neck, lighting my body ablaze. Her speaking voice was just as entrancing as when she was on stage singing, and I wanted her even more. Slowly, her hand continued down my body, briefly brushing the top of my breasts peaking over my shirt, creeping along as I closed my eyes and breathed in deeply until her hand reached mine, fingers entwining with mine. She stood up, and pulled me towards the back of the bar, into the dark, and I followed her there, no hesitation in me now.

As purposely as she guided me there, she pushed open the door to the women’s bathroom, pulling me in. Once there, she nudged open the door of the handicapped stall, and without even bothering to lock it, pressed my body against the wall. My lips found hers around the same time her hand wrapped itself in my hair at the base of my scalp, gripping but not quite pulling. I took in a deep breath. Few things turn me on as much as having someone’s hand in my hair, pulling, guiding me.

Part two is coming tomorrow…and so am I ;)

Essin’ Em

Sex Toy Review: The Liv

Posted in review, toys on August 31, 2008 by essinem

I love love love Lelo toys. Like much. No, really.

And thank goodness for the Liv, because this fancy schmancy vibe has restored my faith in this amazing company, after a run in with the Lily, which left me a bit unimpressed.

I guess the explanation is that I only like the length type toys from this amazing company, because I <3 the Liv almost as much as I am enamored with the Gigi, and let me tell you that says A LOT.

I started out a bit hesitant with the Liv, after my run in with Lily. Granted, I’d had it charged up for a while. I took it to the Fetish Party, in case M had wanted to play in public. She didn’t, so it sat in my leopard print travel sex toy bag for a while, sitting and waiting. Finally, I decided it was time; I put it in my travel suitcase, and off I went to go tell the world about the evils of Amendment 48 in Colorado and why they should vote NO on 48. That night, I stayed with Chris. I showed it to her, we oohed and ahhed over it, and then went out for drinks, leaving poor Liv all alone.

Never fear; the next night in the hotel, I brought out Liv. Granted, it might have been slightly blasphemous…I was watching the Olympics, and decided that was as good a time as any to give Liv her trial run. But never you mind. I turned her on; I was still hot and bothered from a certain text I’d received the night before, so I was pretty much raring and ready to go.

Like the Gigi, the Liv has almost a high pissed whine on the lowest vibration settings that triggers headaches. Luckily, I like my sex toys like I like my women; on full speed, so I raised the power level and was good to go. Also like the Gigi, the Liv has not only variable power settings, but also several different programs that are great for mixing things up, and keeping you from getting bored with this fantastic toy.

I started using it on my clit, and yes, it was fabulous. Then I put it inside me, and yes, it was fabulous. It’s a different shape than the Gigi, but it still feels absolutely amazing inside (although I don’t know if anything can ever compete with the shape of the Gigi). However, I’d come to a dilemma. I needed something inside me to come, but I also needed the vibration on my clit. As I was in a hotel, I was sans any of my dildos, but I was so fucking close, and wanted to come so bad. Luckily for me, I’m like a non-homophobic boy scout, and I come prepared (prepared to come?). I popped a condom out of my purse, slid it down the non-spikey end of my hairbrush, and voila – instant dildo, like being 15 again. Plus, the bristles tickling my inner thighs felt pretty fucking amazing. Good thing I came prepared.

I teased myself a little with the different programs, and then I just turned it on high, and constant. I came, and I came hard. A few times, I’m not going to lie. And then I washed it off. If was going to share, I’d wipe the silicone part down with a 10% bleach solution.

My only beef with this toy is the same one I had with the Gigi – while fucking/being fucked, it’s easy to accidentally hit a button that will change the program, and let me tell you, this is very frustrating.

Otherwise, this toy is AMAZING! Like ridiculous. I’d put it one notch below the Gigi, because I like that shape better, but still freaking fabulous. And I like the color (navy blue – much darker than the picture) better than the choices for the Gigi.

Easily 5 stars (out of 5), and a high recommendation from me.

To get your own Liv (or Gigi, for that matter), head on over to VibeReview and pick up a Lelo for your very own. You won’t regret it, I promise!

-Essin’ Em

Sugasm #144

Posted in linkage, sugasm on August 31, 2008 by essinem

The best of this week’s blogs by the bloggers who blog them. Highlighting the top 3 posts as chosen by Sugasm participants. Want in Sugasm #145? Submit a link to your best post of the week using this form. Participants, repost the link list within a week and you’re all set.

This Week’s Picks

Bush Rides Again: Birth Control Defined as “Abortion”?

“The reason you tweak laws, redefining them or broadening their definitions, is to create the opportunity for a legal climate in which challenges may better succeed.”

First Time For Everything: A Polyamorous Relationship

“The only real trouble with being a triad came from the world around us.”

Sex Work And Compassion: Panty Tree

“I will never feel shame for being a sex worker.”

Mr. Sugasm Himself

Sugar Bank

Editor’s Choice

I Meet the Business End of Citibank’s Anti-Adult Business Policy

More Sugasm

Join the Sugasm

See also: Fleshbot’s Sex Blog Roundup each Tuesday and Friday.

(Sugasm participants should re-post all the links above within a week. The following links may be excluded as long as you include all the above links.)

Erotic Writing and Experiences

Dreams

Needs. I has them.

On Feeling June Cleaverish

Saturday Night

Strippers and race

The Sunday Squirt

Under the Covers

Whenever we’re apart…

Sex Humor

Impertinent Question: Do You Name Your Genitals?

BDSM & Fetish

Anatomy of a Mindfuck

Brutal caning punishments for school girls’ filthy behaviour

Caning; La marca del deseo.

Claire Adams Does Some Wonderful Shibari Rigging In This Scene From The Whipped-Pussy Archives

Mz Berlin (Me!) & Madison Young In Bondage Slave Training

Ring Around the Collar

Two school girls in uniform spanked and caned over the bench.

Witch Stories

Whoring Hubby Spanked – F/m Spanking Pix

Sex Advice

Ask Miss Bliss-My Girlfriend’s Using Coke And Lying About It

Controlling the Urge to Ejaculate

How To Pick A Dildo

Pull My Hair, Slap Me Around – A How-To Guide To Rough Sex, Part 1

Thoughts on Sex and Relationships

Catalina loves Masculinity

It’s been a while – lots of stuff going on!

Satine Phoenix Says, “Save thousands on therapy, go to your reunion!!?”

Wax On; Wacks Off

Sex News, Reviews & Interviews

Fetish Model Toxxxy In Cotton Panties Smearing Jam All Over Herself

FunseXXXtoys Public Baptismal

The Jollie Review For Babeland

Sex on Spout

Sgt Major Makes Jade Marxxx Beg For Pain On Backdoor Bondage

Spanking interview with Thomas S. Roche

NSFW Pics, Videos & Audio

Bedroom Radio #21: Sinclair Sexsmith of Sugarbutch.net

Elaisted is to Corset Photography what Phelps is to Swimming!

Photo Essay

Sex & Politics

The Dilemma of Jefferson: My Dissenting Voice

Friends of Jefferson, Spanking for Justice!

HOT NEW BANNER

Posted in News in my life on August 30, 2008 by essinem

I now interrupt your regularly scheduled posting for a HUGE thank you for the new banner to Sinclair. It’s beautimus!

Thanks sunshine :)

-Essin’ Em

Why I am a Sex Blogger

Posted in Thoughts, body image, butch/femme, gender, identity, linkage on August 30, 2008 by essinem

This is in response to a post on Curvaceous Dee’s blog. Basically, the question, phrases much more eloquently in her post, is why I *did* decide to be a sex blogger, as compared to any other kind of blogger, or just not one at all.

I’ve been blogging since oh…2001? I had FreeOpenDiary for a long time, until it deleted like a year worth of entries, and I said “fuck this” and moved to LiveJournal in 2004. I still have that LJ, and I write in it, posts that don’t belong here. Updates for some of my friends on my daily life, posts I want to be private to most people, posts about people I am attracted to, but who I’m not writing about on here, and who are my myspace/facebook friends, so I can’t write about on there. I use my Myspace blog too occasionally.

I like to write. When my dad died and my house burned down when I was 13, I went into hardcore emo poetry mode to try and process my feelings. I wrote all the time, but in notebooks, not online. When I did write online in journals, it was less freeform, and more what was happening in my life.

Fast forward a few (like 7) years later, when I was working for HotMoviesForHer.com. I had this column I wrote weekly, and daily movie reviews, and was in charge of the HMFH blog and blogroll. As I read over the people’s blogs from our blogroll, I thought “hmm…there isn’t anyone quite like me out there, and I could totally do this. I’m going to start a blog.” So I did, going in blindly.

My last two jobs had a lot to do with sexuality, so I had lots to write about and process, plus with my own sex life (or lack thereof) and going to grad school for sexuality, I never had a loss of what to write.

And as I wrote, I realized a few things. And have turned them into…

The Top 10 Reasons I am a Sex Blogger

1) My writing is my way of processing. The more I wrote over the past year or two, the less I had random nights of cry myself to sleep, and snapping at people when I was highly emotional. Granted, sometimes I cry as I write, but it is controllable. I think in blog posts when upsetting circumstances happen. Even if it takes me a while to actually write them, the act of thinking what I will write is processing; I figure out how I’m feeling and why, what my reactions are and why, etc.

2) I can put out what I have to say on issues that are important to me (identity, gender rights, fat politics, feminism, etc), and I can hear feedback (both positive and negative). And I can put my ideas/thoughts/theories/feelings out there to people I will never meet. And I can bounce off of other people’s ideas (quite often Sinclair Sexsmith’s, among others), creating new communities of thought that are accessible outside the world of academia.

3) I can be myself. If a reader doesn’t like my writing, and stops reading, I may never know. Much better than having someone reject me in person because they don’t like who I am.

4) I can find myself. The whole blogger community has helped me with that. So many people (Sinclair, Miss Avarice, Dylan and LadyBrettAshley to name a few) have really helped me come into my Femme identity. I don’t know if I would have reached it with out them. Ditto on going from bi –> pansexual –> queer, and realizing what my orientation really was.

5) The support. I try not to write about my “normal” life too much, but because my sexuality and normal life are so intertwined, it happens. Last March, when my grandmother died, and I was in the car accident, and my computer crashed, and my phone broke, y’all were so supportive, with emails, comments, a surprise present from Jerry and Dacia was nice enough to send me her old phone to replace mine. Where the heck else does that happen? Or with Catalina’s raffle? Etc, etc, etc. Sex bloggers are their own support system (so um, when are we going to start a sex bloggers group insurance plan? I’m not kidding!)

6)The things I learn. No offense, but I can read the “normal” news on various websites. But without sex bloggers, how would I laugh over comics that compare posion ivy to virginia creepers as bondage rope? How would I know about Kate Bornstein writing about Wall-E in a Butch/Femme context? I learn about other sexuality news stories, new toys being released, porn videos coming out, new bloggers, etc, all via our sex blogging community.

7) The re-assurance. How many places in the world are there where you can post half-nekkid pictures of yourself, and have tons of people leave positive comments? In my almost 2 years blogging, I’ve only ever gotten one negative comment on a picture. The rest have made this alternative fat Femme feel pretty fucking sexy, let me tell you.

8) The swag. It’s not why I became one, but hell, it sure is a perk. I own more sex toys than most people can even dream of. It’s amazing :) I never have trouble getting off! Just storing it…

9) Helping others. Ok, I know this sounds silly and trite…but do you know how nice it is to get the occasional email telling me how much I’ve positively influenced someone’s life? Sometimes, I’ve inspired them to come out. Other times, to learn to love their body. A few people have told me that I’ve made them re-consider their orientation/gender/identity. That is such a good feeling, knowing that something I did or said made someone else feel better! It’s like being a nurse or doctor…but mentally, and through my writing! When I see people linking to my blog with a quote (“as Essin’ Em said _____) or writing a post based on something I said (“Essin’ Em got me to thinking and ________), or the other day, when I was on AAG’s blog, and a COMMENTER said something about being an avid Essin’ Em reader…all these give me warm fuzzies. I am certainly not an expert in anything, but to know that other people not only read what I have to say, but that it makes them think, or positively impacts their life? Amazing!

10) For myself. Every now and again, I read through my old posts. I think on them, I smile on the good times, I shiver on the bad. If I’ve said I’ll do something, I follow through. I try to learn from my past, as our experiences will shape our futures. It’s an outlet for me to rant and rave and think and process and bounce ideas off of people. And it’s all documented for me to look over, to see how I’ve grown, how I continue to grow.

And those, gentle readers, are some of the many many many reasons I am a sex blogger.

Is there something wrong with me?

Posted in Real life stories, Thoughts, exes, queer, relationships, travel on August 29, 2008 by essinem

Sometimes, I wonder.

Cause really? This sex thing has got me worried.

No, not my lack of sex. I mean, yes, the lack of frequency is sad for me (and possibly for you, since you don’t get to read about it), but in my mind, I’d much prefer a drought of sex than to lower my standards. And I assure you, I *do* have standards.

No, you see, what’s concerning me is the fact that all the sex I have had over the past two years has been when I’m leaving, or they’re leaving. Let’s review, shall we?

M: M was amazing, perfect, ideal sex. She’s amusing, smart, fun, cute, good in bed, wasn’t turned off by my awkwardness, wasn’t looking for anything super serious, etc. M also left 2 days after we had sex to go back to PA (cruel twist of fate, I know).

Sasha Sappho: We’ve been friends for 12 years or so, and I really wanted her to have fun at Thunder. While the scene wasn’t exactly what I had planned, it was a good emotional release for her, and I definitely had fun that weekend. However, she just left for Spain. SPAIN, y’all, SPAIN!

C: C was more connection based sex, and really satisfied the gnawing skin hunger I had. She was a very interesting person, fun, and something that I really needed. The second time we had sex was literally the night before I left Philadelphia.

K: K. Wow. K is K. He has this personality that just unravels me. All my sassiness, and any dominance that I may possibly have, is gone. I’d let him do almost anything to me (no finger breaking or razor blades, etc), and I don’t know why. I trust him, and I don’t know why. Anyways, we had sex I think about a month before I moved to Colorado.

Miss A and Dana: An adorable couple. Good practice for my flogging (circus flogging anyone?). But while I was in Florida, the night before I flew home.

Woman at Pleasure Garden: One night at a swingers club. Really good for my ego (I was called a goddess, multiple times), but not very satisfying on my part. And while we talked online once or twice, fairly obviously a one time thing.

J: Well. J and I were together for 5.5 months. But we weren’t supposed to be. Things were supposed to be over when J went back to school at the beginning of September. But we fell in love. That’s always a problem. Anyways, we had sex knowing that J would be leaving.

AC at at Dinah Shore: Let’s see…5 days in California, when I live in Philly. This was when I first started identifying as Femme, first realized that I could really enjoy sex, and that I loved being fucked. First time I actually slept through the night in a bed with someone. Balcony sex. Something like 15 orgasms in 24 hours. Good times, then I flew home.

And then there was the derby girl. Who I just saw as fun, friendly sex, and she wanted me to join her and her husband in a triad relationship. Which was not at all what I was interested in. At all. So she’s the only one that wasn’t leaving/wasn’t right before I was leaving.

So yeah. Looking at my track record, what’s wrong with me? I mean, it’s not like I only go for people who are leaving/when I’m leaving. L lives in Denver, and plans to be here for at least a year — I went for her. I liked her. I liked her in a more than just sex way. And she’s in love with her ex-girlfriend. There were people I tried to express interest in in Philly, but they just weren’t interested in me. I’m wondering if maybe I’m only attractive to other people when they know I won’t be around in the future (because one of the two of us is leaving)? Or if it’s a way of protecting myself from getting hurt somehow, or hurting someone else? I just don’t know, and would like to figure it out. Soon.

What do I want? I’d like a good friend with benefits, that lives in the same state (preferably city) as me and isn’t going anywhere for a while, who I can have interesting and intellectual conversations with, who makes me laugh and is fun to hang out with, and who has a similar sex drive. Is this really that hard to find? (hmmm…don’t answer that!)

-Essin’ Em

Essin’ Em Needs a Job

Posted in Real life stories, call for help on August 28, 2008 by essinem

HNT is below. Sorry – just scroll down!

Hey folks –

So my last day at my current job is Tuesday. I am being let go due to being injured, and not being able to perform all the walking/standing/lifting/driving, etc. (I’m a contractor, so they can do that)

However, I am sadly not the daughter or partner of a millionaire, so I will need to be making more monies.

The best case scenario would be a job I can do from home, as if the doctor is right in her assumptions, I will be having surgery, or at least a very permanent plaster cast put on my leg for a few weeks. So I’d love it if you have ideas for places who might pay me to freelance, data entry jobs from home, etc. Anything like that. Everyone has suggested phone sex operating – I’m looking into it, but I think I’d laugh too hard.

However, if you know of a job in the Denver area that doesn’t involve distance walking/driving/picking up boxes, chairs and tables/standing for periods of time, I’d like to hear about it too. I’d LOVE to have a job where I can have my fire engine red hair back, but am flexible.

I have a BA in Sociology and German, and a Master’s in Human Sexuality Education.

I have experience in:
*Admin Asst
*Writing/Editing
*PR/Marketing
*Outreach Education
*Teaching
*Internet work (blogging, websites, writing, marketing, affiliate programs, etc)
*Other things

I type about 60 WPM, am good with MS office (mac and PC), blogger, wordpress, basic HTML, lotus notes, and a smattering of other programs. I’m first aid/cpr certified, and fire extinguisher trained.

If you need my resume/references/etc, let me know an email I can send them to. I can also direct you to my consulting website.

Even if it’s just a part time job – tell me. I can mush a few of those together and hopefully afford to get by.

Feel free to repost. People can contact me at essinem at gmail dot com.

Thanks in advance for your help!

-Essin’ Em

Panties HNT

Posted in HNT, Rant, Thoughts, language, pictures on August 28, 2008 by essinem

I hate the word panties.

This might make me unpopular, but I really just do.

I also hate the word undies.

It’s not mean if it’s true, it’s just true (so said my grad school adviser), and it’s true; while I do love underwear (collecting it, wearing it, having it dropped on the floor while I get fucked), I hate the words panties and undies.

I mean, it makes it so foofy sounding. Almost little girlish sounding. Like when you were little, and put ie or y at the end of names; Bethie, Annie, Susie. I just plain don’t like those two words.

I love lingerie of all types; negligees, bustiers, bras, robes, stockings, etc. Anything and everything. I like satin, lace, pleather, mesh, silk, and more. I never really have anyone to wear them for, so gosh darn it, I wear them for myself, or out to parties/events. I love the feel against my skin, the different textures and sensations. I like sleeping in them, reading in them, drinking tea in them, just being in them. I like boy shorts (a lot!) g-strings, regular cut and even the occasional thong, and how it feels when my jeans rub up against my underwear.

But for all that I love all of these things, I just hate panties and undies.

HHNT all!

-Essin’ Em