Evening musings: the folks I trust the most (except for closest friends, YKWYA) fall into 3 disparate categories: 1) Kinksters/BDSMers I’ve played with at least once (often more) 2) folks I’ve worked on signs with in the field, esp in adverse conditions 3) bartender(s) at the local dive

Bit of a different (but still hiviz) fit for the Saint Patrick’s Day* celebrations *Local ChIrish suburb’s festival that they always host a few weeks early

Debuting the Moose-Fox MX combo at tonight’s Kennel (As a friend said, we as a community are so incredibly lucky to have the institution that is @jackhammerchicago.bsky.social )

On the one hand the fact that the kink/gear/fur community is so dispersed makes logistics complicated, on the other hand it is amazing that I could right now do a proper trip to Alaska and never stay in a hotel because of the cool folks I know.

Sunday evening accomplishment: finally got around to installing the shower douche. I think this will be a big upgrade over the bulb, though it’s hard not to think about the fact that I’ll likely be uninstalling this in a month or two (with the intended move)

I regret to inform you that this was far too iconic for me to not own

Back at the place where many things happen (not just fur and kink, funnily enough)

Thinking about the deliberate evolution of fingernail lengths through different eras: Oud player: both hands as short as possible Folk guitar player: one hand long, one hand short Graffiti/sticker cleaner: some length but not crazy on both hands FFister: both hands as short as possible

Home from a packed weekend spent pretty much exclusively with local kinksters and I’m legit crying tears of joy. The Chicago(land) kink/gear/BDSM scene is truly special, and I am amazed and honored that I get to be part of it.

CHC and friends outing for a screening of Pillion last night. There were some pretty sexy scenes and lots of hot gear that were very cool to see on the big screen. @grrr.dog

Leaving Pillion in style: crammed in a Nissan Cube with a crew of gearheads and motorcycle boots on the lap

And now it’s time for Pillion!

A (pleasantly surprising) lesson in eBay/secondhand site cruising: If you know how sizing works for a given type of gear and photos of tags aren’t available, you may correctly guess that a seller mislabeled the size of an item. (I now have a set of orange Moose MX gear that fits perfectly.)

Catering tonight’s fit to a particular theme (hope to see y’all at a certain Lincoln Square theatre in a bit!)

Learned tonight that 1 of my closest (vanilla, cishet, kink-aware) friends values my presence at the monthly social gathering he organizes so much that he is actively planning it to avoid conflicting with the scene events I tell him about. Yet again am floored by the people I surround myself with.

Had a great time tonight giving @enzothepup.bsky.social his first taste of suspension bondage. And he was a good puppy too, shooting a big load for me on the table at the end 😈

(Inspired by COG) It turns out you can just order a personalized hiviz collar and leash from a bio dog supplier; no one needs to know! But now it’s time for an important question: is this going on me or you, pup?

I was gonna wait until I had a bit more kit on hand, but these boots are bringing me so much happiness tonight. Genuinely crying tears of joy that I was somehow able to find orange MX boots in my bonkers size (US15). …now who needs a trampling or kick in the balls?

Being a kinkster with a boot fetish and long (size 15, formerly 16) feet really feels like a cruel curse at times

An inadvertent metaphor: About a month ago, my rubber pride flag went missing, probably due to the wind yanking it off or a maintenance person removing it. Today I installed a replacement. My pride in this community can’t be silenced that easily.

Late night musing: coming to the realization that as someone who has now Figured Out Bottoming ™️*, I know a significant amount of my body better than anyone who hasn’t done similar, and that is really cool and empowering

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One of the many highlights of this @cogweekend.com : after putting on rubber and football gear for the Super Bowl party, @gogetemspanner.bsky.social put a plug tail in my butt and collared/leashed me, then took me for walkies around the resort. Ended up plugged and collared for the entire game 😅

Starting a tradition of the boot selfie in front of the I ❤️ PSP sign

Call me a sex worker the way I volunteer to carry sling rigs across the resort at teardown.

Thinking the @cogweekend.com Super Bowl party may be the ideal version: -Most folks in football gear -4 people with electro wired to a program that zaps you when your anti-preferred team scores -A fisting sling set up as secondary entertainment in case the game gets boring

Debuting the full green MX gear, and just a bit aromatic from the piss pit last night @cogweekend.com

The kinds of quotes you get at cons: “I can’t go in the pool right now because my ball weights are making me sink”

Made it to the special place

Being a dog at the bear (flag) capitol

And so begins the Tetris

Time for some pre-con (in this case, COG) soup

Welp, TIL @rubberez.bsky.social ‘s ass is apparently strong enough to straight up break a crop

*group of kinksters walking between bars on the @chifetishbarcrawl.bsky.social * Bio dog: *starts barking* 5+ human dogs: *bark back instinctively*

Feeling pretty yellow for the Fetish Bar Crawl tonight

Night 2 look: blue rubber/football dog at the rainbow rave Also thanks to @chicagorubberclub.bsky.social and @leatherarchives.bsky.social for a fantastic Matrix screening, that was a perfect collab!

Yknow how there’s that meme that’s like “Halloween as a Midwestern kid always sucked because you were never just a dinosaur, you were a dinosaur in a puffy coat”? It’s the same for Midwestern gear folks in winter (at least until you get to the club/bar/party). Unless your fetish is down gear, ofc

Fit for night 1 of what should be a busy weekend of gear and kink

Take time to appreciate the simple pleasures in life, like good toys and Minnesotan beer

Toy training update: took my first “proper” dick (the SquarePeg Mel) tonight and it felt great!

Guess who just managed to take a toy (in the ass) for the first time? This pup!

Not sure whether to be proud or embarrassed that my phone has offloaded Grindr (Probably the former, and Recon has gotta be one of my most used apps at this point)

When you do scenes at a downtown hotel and then go out partying the next few nights, guess it’s inevitable that multiple bags full of gear will end up on an extended stay in the office.

Useful side benefit of having a suspension rig: it kinda negates the need for a laundry rack

When the briefing for the EDM show is “normal slutty gay”, sometimes us gearsexuals gotta improvise

Thinking back on when I used to complain about putting fitted sheets on the bed and laughing in the context of my bed restraint system that always stays on.

What, you were watching the Bears game? When you could’ve been flogged and paddled by a cute dog?

It brings me great joy to live in a city where people will start up conversations about bus lanes in the basement of the local BDSM club.

The ingenuity of @gogetemspanner.bsky.social : what if we just put the (body) painted helmets in the washing machine?