Stiletto Diaries

I haven’t allowed myself time to blog as of late due to wanting to make the most of the final week of summer, not to mention my birthday weekend, which was all kinds of fabulous really.

Tickets to Bedouin Soundclash and Blue Man Group for September comprised part of my birthday gift from Jack.  He also went halfers with me on a new bicycle, so that V and I could start riding together.  I’d seen a specific model in the states that I really wanted, but we couldn’t find it here and I didn’t want to wait until our next trip to America, so I went with my second choice, a Raleigh Matterhorn.

106. Buy a bicycle

V and I went for a spin last night.  Probably my first bike ride in almost ten years.  We rode down to the nearest 7-11 and picked up a jug of milk, which I carried home in the crate we rigged up on the back carrier rack.  It was pretty funny, and even though the ride wasn’t all that long (around half an hour total) my legs were burning by the time we got home.  Clearly I am WAY out of practice.  I am really excited about biking more while the warm weather lasts though, and it’s certainly going to help me get back in shape.

On Friday night Jack took me out for dinner to celebrate my birthday.  V was kind enough to watch the kiddos for us so that we could have a date and some time to ourselves.  We decided to try this Japanese place I’d heard good things about.

I decided to seize the opportunity to accomplish a list item, and ordered a hot sake before our meal.

 

It tasted a bit like vodka, and plum, and finished very much like a strong wine.  It was interesting to try, but I don’t think I’ll make a habit of drinking it, LOL.

435. Drink sake

It was really nice to get out together and have a date.  After we had eaten we went to a local pub and had a drink together.  We were actually planning on spending a few hours there together, but the service was so dreadfully slow we gave up after our first round and went home to drink instead.

The three of us stayed up late into the night of course, talking and laughing and playing Yahtzee.  It was a very good way to begin my birthday weekend!

On Saturday we celebrated with cake and with buying my bike and some accessories (like the aforementioned rear rack, and a kickstand).  Later that evening V and I went out to a bar I’d been wanting to check out, and we had a great time there.  The atmosphere is right, the drinks are cheap, and there are plenty of attractive males to look at.  We danced some, but spent most of the night sitting on the patio, enjoying the very warm night, and meeting a number of new people.

When we stumbled out into the street after the bar closed, the first mission on our minds was street meat, followed by finding a cab ride home.

We wandered through a sea of people downtown, until we came across a hot dog cart.  I loaded my sausage down with sauerkraut, bacon bits, ketchup, and mustard.  We wandered down the street in the hoped of hailing a cab while we ate.  Eventually we found one that wasn’t occupied and made it home, where we discovered that neither of us had house keys.  I called Jack on his cell phone and he came down to let us in, and then promptly went back to bed.  I followed soon after, falling into bed beside him around 4am.

Sunday was a laid back kinda day.  V and I went to Mississauga in the afternoon to do some shopping.  I picked up some things at Lush, including shampoo for my dreads and some skin care items.  V picked up shampoo at the Aveda store, and we looked at shoes and clothes together for a while.  When the mall closed we got a table at Earl’s and had a martini while we waited for Jack and the kids, who were meeting us there for supper.

It was dusk by the time we finished eating, which was perfect since we were going to the Chinese Lantern Festival that evening in Toronto.  It was a fairly quick drive to Ontario Place from where we were, but traffic and parking nearby were horrific due to the exhibition in Toronto.  We found a spot sort of nearby, and we didn’t mind the walk at any rate.

The lantern festival wasn’t cheap by any means (we had a coupon for $3 off per person and they let our littlest one in free, and it still cost us $83) but it was SO worth it.

 You can click on any of the following photos to see them full sized.

250. See the Chinese Lantern Festival in Toronto

Honestly, if you have the opportunity to see it, GO!  It’s not the kind of thing you go back to every year, but certainly a ’see it once’ at least.  Also, the kids had a ball, and loved every minute of it.

We all grabbed ice cream at the end before we headed home.  The little ones were exhausted, so we bundled them into bed as soon as we got into the house, and then us adults sat up watching re-runs of 90210 until 3:00 in the morning.

On Monday, my official birthdate, we all went for brunch buffet around noon, and then V and I put the final touches on her bathroom and unpacked most of her things.

That evening we opened a bottle of Ice Cuvee that I’ve been saving, to celebrate.  That bottle was followed with a few glasses of Merlot, and by the end of the night V and I were feeling pretty good, LOL.  It certainly wasn’t as wild or busy as past birthdays, but it was lovely just the same.

Nia gave me the most hilarious pin and magnet, which I will feature here in future Favorite Things.

This Friday Jack and V and myself are going to the Journey concert in Toronto, and then on Saturday Jack is taking to see the Hamilton Ti-Cats (my favorite CFL team) play on their home turf.  Sunday I have tentative plans to go for drinks with a new potential Dom, so lots to look forward to for the weekend!

Thanks to everyone who sent me birthday wishes or left comments here!  It was much appreciated

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It’s been a busy week, and weekend, hence the total lack of blogging.  I’ve had a really wonderful birthday weekend, complete with gifts and cake and drinks and all sorts of fabulousness!

There are pictures to get posted and I’ve crossed off a few list items which I want to tell you about, but it’ll have to wait a day or two.  While I have a moment, I’d like to express my gratitude to a few people who made this birthday particularly memorable.

Thank you Jack for making this a really amazing weekend for me.  You’re so loving and generous, I hope you know how special you are to me and how much I love and appreciate you

Thank you V for being you, and for your friendship.  You inspire and motivate me on a daily basis, and you’ve really added a great deal to our lives this past month.  I’m so thankful to have you here, and to be able to share this birthday with you.

Thank you Padme, for the sweet birthday wishes and for the phone call this morning.  Even across the miles you are one of my two very dearest friends, and I am glad to have you to talk whenever I need an understanding ear.  You are so thoughtful and genuine and I want you to know that you mean a great deal to me.

You guys are awesome, and I am better for knowing each one of you.  This birthday wouldn’t have been nearly as great without you guys!

XOXO

Shasta

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So my date went really well last night, although we have established that we’d just like to be friends.  We had a really wonderful, excited intellectual conversation about all sorts of sexual and poly related topics.  We certainly connected in that capacity, but the rest just wasn’t there.  At the very least, I have someone new to have passionate and enthusiastic conversations with, who likes to read a lot of the same books, and all of that great stuff.

There are two other potentials on the horizon at the moment.  Both of them are exceedingly busy until summer ends, which is just as well, since so am I.  Hopefully coffee dates will come to fruition in September.

I still haven’t decided exactly what I want to do this weekend for my birthday.  On Friday Jack is taking me out for dinner and drinks.  I think we’ll try this sushi place I heard about but haven’t been to yet.  The rest of the weekend is still open to whatever I might be inclined to do.  Perhaps I shall peruse my bucket list for inspiration.  I’d love to run off to Ottawa for the weekend or something, so that’s one option.  We could also go in to Toronto, or to Niagara Falls.

We’re applying for passports this week, since Jack keeps dropping hints about taking me on a surprise trip somewhere.  I know he’s been dying to take me to Vegas for years.  I guess the backlog isn’t horrible right now, so it should only take a couple of weeks for processing.  Plus, I’ll get to cross another thing off my list!

I’m feeling oddly anxious today, for no good reason at all.  It’s been a great while since I’ve had a day like this, so I am sure it’ll pass, it’s just unnerving.  At any rate, it’s not doing anything helpful for my blogging mojo, LOL.

*Steven Meretzky

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Since my birthday is only a week away, I decided to finally update my wish list and post it here.  Thanks to a particularly awesome friend of mine at Extreme Restraints, this wish list is set up so that anyone who wants to purchase something for me can do so, and Extreme Restraints will ship it directly to me.  This way you can remain anonymous if you wish (no return address required) and so can I!  Supposing anyone were to send me something of course I would feel indebted to provide you with plenty of photographic evidence of said gift in use, so I’d hope you’d at least pass on your e-mail address for those purposes.

Shasta’s Wish List

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Happy Birthday Jack

Love,
Shasta

The week sure has flown by! It seems like I barely had time to turn around and here we are heading into the weekend. I suppose it helps to be very busy, LOL.

The munch on Tuesday was a lot of fun. I got to get to know that young Dom a little better, and spent a lot of time chatting with that Domme friend of mine who needs a name, but I’m coming up short. Hmmmm, Deja will do nicely I think Anyway, a nice visit was had by all, and I’m setting up arrangements with Deja and that young Dom to play sometime in the next couple of weeks.

We also had Saydie’s birthday this week, which we had a simple celebration for. She was pleased, and spoiled of course. Hard to believe she’s already 4 years old, where do all the years go?

Today has been very exciting thus far.  I finally went in and got that double labret/snake bite piercing I’ve been itching to get for well over a year.  After some researching and asking around, I decided to head over to Cambridge to see Jesse Villemaire at Thrive Studios.  Although they do take walk-ins, I called ahead to make sure they would be able to fit me in today, since I didn’t want to drive all that way for nothing.

Jesse was super awesome, I found him really easy to talk to about what I wanted and he was really easy going and made sure to thoroughly go over the process and aftercare with me before he got started.  I’ll admit, I’d been so anxious and nervous all day, I thought I might vomit.  My stomach was churning, which happens pretty much every time I do something different that I know is going to involve some amount of discomfort.

I was really pleased at how thorough and picky he was when it came to placing the dots for the piercing.  He must have done them over at least half a dozen times to make sure they were as close to perfect as possible.  Once we had agreed on the placement he very gently clamped my lip, with just enough pressure to hold the piercing area still.  Then he had me take a deep breath and exhale while he did the piercing itself.  Yes, it pinched, but it wasn’t at all unbearable, and he was very quick about it.

When he did the second hole I knew what to expect so I wasn’t anxious at all.  He put in temporary jewelry, which is extra long to allow for swelling in the first couple of weeks.  Yes, they look pretty crappy, but I get to go back in three weeks and he will measure me for more permanent jewelry and change it for me, for free!

He sent me on my way, after giving some free pins to my kiddos, who everyone in the shop just adored (I brought Nia as well to keep them entertained while I was getting the work done).  I really couldn’t be happier with how they look.

I’ll have to post updated photos in a few weeks once I get the new jewelry put in.  I’ll probably wear them with plain silver balls for the most part, but there are lots of other cute jewelry options for special occasions.  I think I’m going to order a set of these, once I determine the length I’ll need after the holes are all healed up.

Ten hours later and they aren’t even sore anymore.  There is still a little swelling, but nothing an Advil won’t cure.  Eating has become an interesting experience, since the current posts are extra long and tend to wiggle around a fair bit when I move my mouth.  It’s not painful, just a little weird, LOL.

Also, I got to cross another thing off my bucket list!  351. Get a double labret/snake bite piercing

This weekend I’m going to get the house into better order, in preparation for Padme’s visit (less than 4 weeks away) and because Mz. F (formerly known only as F) is visiting at the end of June as well.  I love having company, and I want the place to be tidy so I don’t have to worry about that while anyone is here.  I also plan to catch some sun and take the kids to the park, maybe take few photos and catch up on some sleep, Hee Hee.

Have a great night all!  I’m off to bed.  Sweet Dreams XOXO

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I know this entry is post-dated. I will not be here over the weekend so I had to publish it ahead of time.

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This comic made me laugh. I hope you have a good birthday K.

Adaptable and versatile
Communicative and witty
Intellectual and eloquent
Youthful and lively

On The Dark Side….

Nervous and tense
Superficial and inconsistent
Cunning and inquisitive

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Gemini, the sign of the Twins, is dual-natured, elusive, complex and contradictory. On the one hand it produces the virtue of versatility, and on the other the vices of two-facedness and flightiness. The sign is linked with Mercury, the planet of childhood and youth, and its subjects tend to have the graces and faults of the young. When they are good, they are very attractive; when they are bad they are more the worse for being the charmers they are. Like children they are lively, and happy, if circumstances are right for them, or egocentric, imaginative and restless. They take up new activities enthusiastically but lack application, constantly needing new interests, flitting from project to project as apparently purposelessly as a butterfly dancing from flower to flower. To them life is a game which must always be full of fresh moves and continuous entertainment, free of labor and routine. Changing horses in the middle of the stream is another small quirk in the Gemini personality which makes decision making, and sticking to a decision, particularly hard for them.

Since they lack the quality of conscientiousness, they are apt to fight a losing battle in any attempts they make to be moral (in the widest sense of the word). Their good qualities are attractive and come easily to them. They are affectionate, courteous, kind, generous, and thoughtful towards the poor and suffering - provided none of the activities resulting from expressing these traits interferes too greatly with their own lives and comforts. They quickly learn to use their outward attractiveness to gain their own ends, and when striving for these they will use any weapon in their armory - unscrupulous lying, and cunning evasiveness; escaping blame by contriving to put it on other people, wrapped up in all the charm they can turn on. In their better moments they may strive to be honest and straightforward, but self-interest is almost always the victor. If things go against them, they sulk like children.
Also like children, they demand attention, admiration, and the spending on them of time, energy and money, throwing tantrums if they don’t get what they want. They reflect every change in their surroundings, like chameleons, and can become pessimistic, sullen, peevish and materialistically self-centered if circumstances force them to struggle in any way. If the conditions of life become really adverse, their strength of will may desert them entirely. They can become uncertain of themselves, either withdrawn, or nervously excitable worriers, sullenly discontented, hard and irritable, with “Self” looming ever larger in their struggles. On the other hand their versatility can make them very adaptable, adjusting themselves to control the world around them by means of their inherent ingenuity and cleverness.

Most Gemini have a keen, intuitive, sometimes brilliant intelligence and they love cerebral challenges. But their concentration, though intense for a while, does not last. Their mental agility and energy give them a voracious appetite for knowledge from youth onward, though they dislike the labor of learning. They easily grasp almost everything requiring intelligence and mental dexterity, and are often able to marry manual skills to their qualities of mind. Their intellect is strongly analytical and sometimes gives them so great an ability to see both sides of a question that they vacillate and find it hard to make decisions. But their intelligence may very well be used to control and unify the duality of their natures into a most efficient unit. If faced with difficulties, they have little determination to worry at a problem until they find a solution - they will pick the brains of others. In their intellectual pursuits, as in other departments of their lives, they risk becoming dilettantes, losing themselves in too many projects which they follow until they become difficult.

In love they are fickle, not intentionally so but because of the basic inconsistency of their emotional nature, which has an amoral aspect to it. Their is a side to Geminians which can become deeply involved emotionally, and another, hostile to sentimentality, which stands back from a romantic situation, laughing at it and the protagonists in it, including themselves while analyzing it intellectually. Gemini subjects take nothing seriously. So, in love, in spite of their temporary depth of feeling, for the intensity of involvement lasts only while it is new, they are superficial, light-hearted, cool, flirtatious and unimaginative in the understanding of the pain they may give others. They like intrigue, the excitement of the chase, but once they have caught the prey, they lose interest and look around for the next creature to pursue. In less serious situations they make witty, entertaining companions, good acquaintances rather than friends. Even at their worst they are never dull - there is usually playfulness below the surface, and they can be brilliant conversationalists - but they can also be quarrelsome, prattlers, boasters, liars and cheats.

Geminians can be successful in many walks of life though their general characteristics tend to make them unreliable. They are often skilled manipulators of language, in speech and writing, and may be: debaters, diplomats (though in politics they are more interested in theory than practice), orators, preachers (brilliant rather than profound), teachers, authors, poets, journalists, or lawyers. In business any work which combines quick-wittedness with a change of surroundings suits them; working as a traveling salesperson, brokerage work, or dealing with the public in any capacity is right up their alley. Because they are dispassionate, logical, rational and analytical they make good scientists, especially in the fields of medicine and astronomy. They can also make excellent members of the Armed Forces, for they take danger no more seriously than anything else and can earn themselves a reputation for devotion to duty and heroic acts. In the arts they may excel in music, painting and sculpture. They make good psychic researchers of a sceptical kind. Negatively they can degenerate into confidence tricksters, thieves and even adepts in the black arts.

Possible Health Concerns…

Gemini rules the arms, shoulders, hands, lungs and nervous system and its subjects need to beware of diseases and accidents associated with the upper part of the body, as well as nervous and pulmonary disorders such as catarrh and bronchitis. Their mercurial nature may also affect a constitution which is not strong if it is put under strain.

You are prone to taking unnecessary risks and wind up harming yourself or others in the process. Sometimes pursuing pleasure too vigorously could also qualify as risk taking.

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