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Entries for the Twisted Monk/Ropecast Giveaway

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

It started as a trickle, but it’s been growing and growing and now there’s one or two a day: people who are wanting to get their chance at the first $50 Gift Certificate for Twisted Monk Rope that we here at Ropecast Central are giving away.

And what are these entries, you ask? Well, they’ve been in many forms. Such as nifty ideas:

My idea is such (and could work for a male or female getting tied up): birthday boy or girl tied to a table spread eagle. Candles (wax play option for those who want it!) set around the body and the birthday cake set on the tummy of the boundee. Optional additional frosting decorations, or rope belt for holding in the vibrator in appropriate places. :) – Mildred

There are the poetical types:

There once was a submissive from Lear,
who held his rope collection quite dear.
He loved puppy play
not for the cage where hed stay,
but for the seven birthday parties a year.

-Vague

There are the literal-minded types like model Kari Marie:

It may not be as exciting as wax play and birthday cake, but dammit, it’s still birthday bondage.

And then there are those like Ganymancer, who went through a whole suspension scene with yours truly and then wrote about it quite eloquently, as well as contributing pictures:

Ganymancer, um...ganymancing?

Then there are some who know me well, old-fashioned guy that I am, and just went on ahead and sent boobies:

Batty Janice Bound by B.Playful

They’re all creative, and they’re all getting entries into the drawing, which will be held at the Cleveland GRUE pancake brunch on Sunday, March 21. But if you don’t make the GRUE (and really, that will make me very sad) you won’t find out if you won here. Or anywhere else online, ontweet, onblog, etc.

You’ll only find out if you listen to the ROPECAST. And that’s also where you’ll find out the theme of the next month’s contest…because that’s right, as soon as this one’s done, we’ve got another $50 Gift Certificate to just give away.

See? You ask for free rope, I give you free rope. Next time ask for something hard, like a stable poly triad, or a telepathic dom…

Send your entries to graydancer@gmail.com, or call in to the Ropecast Hotline at 608-432-KNOT!

Coming soon: WITNESS

Monday, March 1st, 2010

FILTH II at the Inferno in Madison WI March 12, 2010Say, did you hear about FILTH II, the upcoming show at the Inferno in Madison? I’m very excited, because it’s going to mean my return to performance art (as opposed to the fun stuff in burlesque, etc).

I’m going to be working with Miss Behavin’ and also Naiia to do two works. The second isn’t titled yet, but the first, with Miss Behavin’, is called “WITNESS” and it’s based on a concept I read in Alastair Reynold’s House of Suns.

In it, a woman expresses what I actually could see as a valid argument for monogamy (not that “cuz I like monogamy” isn’t valid, this one is just more logical to my mind). She talks about the idea of sharing an experience, just the two of you – in the book, I believe she uses a sunset as an example – and the fact that by sharing that experience, you each get 1/2 a memory – and that the full memory of that experience will only be complete when the two of you are together.

I am intrigued by this idea, and it forms the basis for the work “WITNESS.” Special thanks to the folks at the Secret Ingredient Collective, especially Delicate Mich, for re-inspiring me.