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Galère 2007-12-10 11:37:00 When the bigger picture looks bleak, all you can do is pull in the focus and start looking at the details - preferably the nice ones. Spending one’s Saturday working like a beast ain’t great when you’ve already done a week’s work at the day job, but when you’re doing something you’re bloody good at, and every time you do it you get clear affirmation that you are bloody good at it, it helps. So ...

Stop 2007-12-07 16:18:00 It’s been a tough day today. Really tough. Whether you call it a light-bulb moment or a meltdown, there are times in life when the cold, harsh light of day shines mercilessly on your landscape and you see, in sharp relief, every jagged rock of the impossible precipice you find yourself stranded on. I can’t really go into detail, but I feel increasingly desperate. And let down. I know I need ...

Sweat & Slide 2007-12-06 09:22:00 My shoulders ache. But it’s a good ache, the kind of ache that comes from having worked just hard enough to push the boundaries without inviting injury. In my post-viral state of near permanent exhaustion, such things matter. It’s clear some friends think I’m mad for still going to both trapeze and pole dance classes whilst fighting off a chest infection, but my parsimony, my enthusiasm, and my ... Amp

EDW: Cor Blimey! 2007-12-05 11:32:00 When Dita rocked up on stage at this year’s Erotica show (some lovely pictures here), she did so to a piece of music by Sonny Lester and his Orchestra, from the early 1960’s album ‘How to Strip for Your Husband’. I first came across this LP some years ago when helping a friend clear out her Brixton flat, and was enchanted by the sleeve notes and accompanying instructions written by strip tease ...

The 'C' Word 2007-12-04 14:41:00 No, not that one. Although I expect I shall be uttering it soon enough. I’m talking about Christmas. It is upon us – shop windows are filled with fake snow and glitter, speaker systems everywhere are piping the same old (Christmas) shite on a loop, and Sainsburys is full of large packets of food you would never normally eat. There are lots of things about Christmas that I loathe – the forced ...

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 2007-12-03 10:44:00 You might think that having spent much of the last three days in bed coughing and praying for wellness, I would have nothing to post about. But no, I’m my usual loquacious self, and none of it includes the revolting details of my illness. As an aside, the only positive thing about being really poorly is the overwhelming gratitude you experience when you start to feel even the tiniest bit better. ...

Su-pearl-ative 2007-11-30 11:37:00 I’ve been thinking about pearl necklaces, and I’m not talking about when a man spunks on your décolletage (although that’s nice, too, of course). I’m talking about strings of marine luminescence that both grace and caress the wearer. Some years back, a lover gave me a pair of pearl earrings, two creamy globes that lit up my complexion. They’re good pearls – a deep lustre, good colour and flawless ...

Fever 2007-11-30 10:39:00 His tongue slugs up my thigh, silvering it with saliva and sensation. Nearing my apex, he shifts his weight forward, pushes my knees apart sharply and plunges deep into the heart of me. I start, melt, awaken. Confused by the dream, the first cogent thought to emerge in wakefulness; ‘Why am I dreaming of him?!’ So hot, overheating, I look down at the newborn I have forgotten, feeling it’s warm ...

Kill or Cure 2007-11-29 11:19:00 Having spent around twenty hours in bed, I dragged my sorry arse into the office yesterday afternoon, aware that there were jobs to do, and more aggro to face if they weren’t done. I should have carried a bell – the hacking cough had colleagues covering their faces and running for cover. Of course, once my obligations had been fulfilled, I should have gone straight home and back to bed, but being ...

EDW: Crowned 2007-11-28 10:42:00 Walking to the station this afternoon, I noticed the large holly bush in the churchyard is festooned with glorious red berries and looks stunning. I do love holly; the contrast between the glossy dark green and bright scarlet, the sculptural shapes of the leaves, and its defiance of winter. Apparently, there are over 600 species, but the bog standard version will do for me. Maybe it’s a bit ...

Polite Notice 2007-11-28 10:37:00 So, predictably, it's all kicked off after I reported what was said to me at Erotica on Sunday, although weirdly, (or perhaps predictably again), no one's saying anything to my face. So I issued the following statement earlier on the Body & Pole forum, and I said I would post it here in the interests of transparency. "I am not in the least bit interested in politics, cliques, or factions. My ...

Munificence 2007-11-27 11:13:00 As promised, it’s awards time. First up is the Roar for Powerful Words award. There are rules for this one: The people given this award are encouraged to post it on their own blogs; list three things they believe are necessary for good, powerful writing; and then pass the award on to the five blogs they want to honour, who in turn pass it on to five others, etc etc. Let’s send a roar through the ...

Sex, Lies, And Bondage Tape 2007-11-26 10:41:00 As promised, a more positive post, largely thanks to the dear friends who rallied round me this weekend, and to KT Coates of Vertical Dance who called me a ‘cunt’ and a ‘fucking bitch’ (and not in a good way either), in front of a crowd of about fifty interested spectators. It was quite a sexy weekend, beginning with the Seduced exhibition of erotic art at the Barbican, which I attended in the ...

Put Your Hands All Over My Body 2007-11-23 10:13:00 It nearly passed me by; this weekend is the tenth annual www.erotica-uk.com/Erotica show at London Olympia. The event has grown massively from reasonably humble beginnings and will be attended by thousands of people, sixty percent of whom will be women by all accounts. Erotica bills itself as a ‘tasteful’ celebration of sexuality (basically an expo with glitzy stage shows), but I’ve heard mixed ...

Least Said Soonest Mended 2007-11-22 10:12:00 The big news of the day is that Equity (the performers’ union) has agreed to our advisory committee. Having a pole dancers’ advisory committee is a landmark step, meaning that finally, dancers will have somewhere impartial to air professional issues and get advice on all manner of things affecting their working life. That’s another good reason for pole dancers to join – especially in light of the ...