Suzanne SxySadist’s Personal Blog

I got the following email from Diana that the website is up and they have already started advance registration for my personal favorite event of the year: Shibaricon!  I only plan to present at a handful of events in 2009 and Shibaricon is one of them!  Check out her email for more info:

Hello Rope Lovers,

Please check out our recently updated site http://www.shibaricon.com

Shibaricon 2009
May 22-25, 2009
Chicago, IL USA

Register before 12/31/08 to take advantage of the early registration
rate of $155.00!

4 DAYS OF CLASSES
Whether you are a novice or advanced rigger Shibaricon has something
for you! Over 4 days, attendees will have access to more than 80
classes taught best instructors around including Mark Yu, Mike West,
Jimi Tatu, Lee Harrington, DogTrainer1974 of www.meninrope.com,
Lochai, Mark of DV8 House, Sir C, Dov, Suzanne SxySadist, LadyGold,
Tony Buff and too many more to list. Check out
http://www.shibaricon.com for detailed presenter information in the
coming months.

3 EVENINGS OF PLAY
Practice your newly learned rope skills in our fully-equipped play
space until 3:00am for 3 consecutive nights!

VENDOR MALL
Shibaricon will have a great selection of vendors selling all sorts
of kinky goodies including rope, toys, corsets, shoes and much, much more!

Please join us for what will be a wonderful weekend of education, fun
& friendship.

Thanks,
Diana

On this Thanksgiving Day I want to share a message about a special mission with you and ask you to think about how often you take for granted the ability to simply share a smile.

The Smile Train is a non profit organization dedicated to changing the lives of children born with cleft palates.

This may not sound like so special but children born in developing nations do not have access to this simple low cost surgery and as a result many of them are abandoned or left to die.  This horrible disfigurement severley affects their ability to eat and communicate and if left uncorrected they will grow up leading tortured lonely lives.

In just 45 mins, for as little as $250.00  lives of these kids can be changed forever, giving them a chance at a life they could not even dare to dream of before. 

Earlier this year I sent off a moderate donation to the smile train and a few months later I received the before and after photos of a child whose life I helped to change. I was stunned by the difference and it made me feel really good to know that I have helped her.  Really helped her in a very tangible way!

So often when I send money to an organization I don’t know how much of it is actually being put to work doing some good and how much of it is going to making Christmas labels to send to folks to try to raise more money. With a staff of less than 40 people The Smile Train is a the largest cleft palate charity there is but they maintain a very low overhead so all of the monies raised goes directly to helping these kids! 

This holiday season as you look at the smiling faces of the people in your life, please consider helping to put a smile on the face of someone else, possibly for the very first time!

If that thought is not incentive enough, I would love to discount any play or training sessions with me by the amount you donate.  So if you send the Smile Train folks $25.00 for example and show me the letter they send you in thanks, I will discount your next meeting with me by that amount to express my thanks as well! In fact, show me any proof of donation to a children’s charity in 2009 and I will match your donation with a session discount!

Thank you for reading this and I want to wish you and all of yours a very Happy Thanksgiving!

I have been noticeably absent once again, longer than usual this time.  Things have been a little overwhelming lately and I have been thrown a couple of interesting curve balls that have been keeping me pretty busy lately.

One major one involved having my 19 year old nephew move into my home. That has been really interesting and awkward as hell, let me tell you! I won’t get into any of the details or reasons why he is here now but it definitely has created a bit of culture shock and adjustment time for all concerned.  I am happy to say that we are mostly settling in now and it seems we are learning to co exist more peacefully now.  (And chances are good I won’t have to kill or even torture the boy much.) 

Hmm Black Rose was great this year! Brett and I went down for the Halloween weekend event and had a really wonderful time again!  I taught three classes this time around and got great feedback from the folks who attended. I also just taught again over at Vassar college and they plan to invite me back for a 2 part series of bondage classes in the spring which I am really looking forward to!

However in the meantime I have decided to pretty much take some time off from teaching and travelling the way I have been.  I am just way too tired of packing and unpacking and schlepping through airport security and spending far too much money on events when what I REALLY need is a vacation to some sweet little tropical spot.

Brett and I took a mini sanity break last weekend that started with a truly fabulous dinner at the Culinary Institutes’s Escoffier Restaurant which is advertised to consist of classic French cuisine with a contemporary touch. I started with the Foie Gras and continued with the chicken breast stuffed with shrimp and spinach, while Brett had a lovely “surf & turf” appetizer followed by a delicious duck dish. I also greatly enjoyed a little cocktail that the bartender came up with called a Hudson Valley Harvest that had a pumpkin infused vodka mixed with a bit of Frangellica.  In fact, I liked it so much I had two of them! And then while I was at it for dessert I ordered a dessert wine sampler that included a Sauternes and one other sweet wine that for me was the perfect end to a fabulous meal! Although the place is a fair bit pricier than I would frequent often, I would definitely enjoy dining there again and checking out some of the CIA’s other fine offerings. 

To contnue our weekend break, the next afternoon we checked into a suite at the Inn at the Falls that boasted a HUGE jacuzzi tub and a fabulous four poster canopy bed! Wow what a tub!  We were both able to fully stretch out in it and simply soak for awhile and let the world slide off our backs for the night! No phones, no email, no one to bother us at all.

But I sure did bring some toys and rope!!  In fact, I had an absolute blast tying up my beloved in several very hot very vulnerable positions and having my way with him most of the evening.   And although I took a few photos for personal memoirs I would rather not share this set here but I do promise to try and get more visually interesting here soon. In the meantime, I am going to go watch a movie and relax for the rest of the evening and I do hope that you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and that you find yourself having much to be thankful for!