12.08.04
4:00 p.m.
SWLC
I am still working on a recap for the past weekend. It is hard to put into perspective an event that held so much heart and spirit for me. Master is working on Hers as well, but it is bothering me that i haven't posted anything yet!
It is hard to be in service at an event, and still enjoy the event. I think we both managed nicely. Even though i got out late from work on Fri. i still managed to get to the hotel in time to help Master set up, and then we went to the Opening Ceremonies. slave robert asked Master if i could be a flag-bearer for the state of Colorado. We had NO participants from there (hint hint wink wink!) Hopefully next year some of you will come down from the cold and join us. So i spent a good deal of time waiting outside with the other flag bearers until we presented.
The feedback to Master was that i looked great on stage...i was still so worried that She did not have my help during the day, and that i was standing around waiting to perform a duty while She was inside, unattended, again! Once i got to my seat, we both could sit back and relax.
After the Opening Ceremonies we had parties to host, then we went home to sleep, then up at 5 a.m. again. We had to stop at another store, and pick up supplies. Down to the hotel to set up for the judges breakfast. Back to the Hospitality suite...went to a workshop, went out for lunch, tried to pick up cakes, and then i attended slave robert's workshop on Leather Shamanics. I was a bit late and just as i sat down to relax, he was playing the dijeridoo(sp?) and asked me to get up. He used it on me, and vibrated all the tense energy out of me. This after receiving an impromptu massage from a slave girl whose name eludes me at this point.
Then out to pick up cakes, back to the room, got sent out to the store again. We had two parties that night to host...they went well...then we opened the room to hang out with some women that we had met over the weekend. Vi Johnson, Catherine Gross, Ann Marie Forte, and a few other dignataries were there. We were hoping for a bit of a play party but everybody was too pooped. We finally wound down, and Master and i got home at like 2:30 a.m.
Back up at 6:00 a.m. on Sunday. We had the MAsT coffee at 9:00 a.m. to get ready for, and one more run to the store. Mind you, the coffee pot took over an hour to make coffee! So we needed to be there before 8:00 a.m. to start that.
The benefit of hosting the parties and the Hospitality room was that we were able to connect with people whom we might not otherwise meet, we also got to know some people better, and we met new friends.
SWLC ends the event with what is called an energy pull. Life Suspended comes in and pierces folks with flesh hooks. They are then connected together with strings and connecters. Last year i did not attend. This year, even with all the work we had left to do (clean up), Master allowed me to attend. I was not doing the pull itself, however, i needed the drumming and dancing.
I don't think that i can even describe what happened. It was the first large tribal gathering that i have ever attended. People that i know, and some that i didn't were getting pierced. An LA friend was on the big leading drum, and another friend from here was leading the drumming.
I drummed, i danced. I chanted and yelled. I had about five warrior dances with people. I was honored to look after a brother's boy, and then asked by the same man to hold him while he was pierced. (He didn't want to clock his former Master). Once he was hooked, we started dancing and they pulled, and i stayed with him. N's boy joined us, and another friend...and it turned into something beyond what i expected. The place i went to was a place i have yet to encounter. I am grateful to the Universe, and to my Master for the opportunity to end the weekend with an incredible experience that probably will not be duplicated for me. It was a unique and special encounter.
I was fortunate enough to be off Monday, and was shuttling people to the airport. My friend Shawn from LA, who won the US Daddy/boy contest happened to need a ride. My first pick up at 10:30 a.m. had already left, so i was able to hang out with Shawn, his boy, and boy alex from Toronto. I took my first transports, and came back, for them. We were able to shove three boys, a dog, and a wheel chair into the Vibe! Plus their luggage. During this time i was able to see some other people from the event, and say good journey to them.
The heart and spirit of the conference was vibrant. The energy hummed all the way through the weekend. I don't think i can go beyond describing what i've written here. I've heard about so many other Leather events and all the kinky fun people have. I had kinky fun in a different kind of way. We were involved with the conference, which put us in touch with people from all over the country and beyond. That to me was the more necessary component. Master can use me and beat on me anytime She wants. The weekend was about connection.
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