Technology advances so quickly that our verbs and their related tenses struggle to keep up. Reflect for a moment upon all the new verbs we use. Twitter, “Do you twitter?” Google, “I googled you.” Webster’s, Merriam and their brethren are way behind the vernacular in not only accepting their usage, but also in helping us to determine the past, present, future, subjunctive and conditional forms of all these new verbs. In this chasm is created opportunity; we may now determine via sweeping logic and careful historical research the perfected tense forms of these new verbs.
Allow me to present an example forthwith, using the verb necessitated by the use of the proper noun “Twitter”. Twitter is, of course, originally a verb deriving from the Middle English word twiteren which is itself born of the Germanic verb Gzwitschern. As all right thinking people realize with verbs born of German stock the past tense form often changes the vowel structure of the word. Extrapolating then, if the past tense of “run” is “ran” and the past tense of “swim” is “swam” isn’t it logical to posit that the past tense of “twitter” should be “twat?”
Hi, sorry for taking last week off. I was with my girl, and frankly got busy with doing things with her. That said, the NCSF has basically declared victory in their efforts to have Lifestyle activities removed from the DSM – V.
For those not familiar with the DSM (the Diagnostics and Statistical Manual), this is the book that the head doctors use when trying to figure out what sort of crazy you are.
Most important, it’s used by doctors to define what’s normal and what’s not. It was the DSM that officially declared homosexuality a mental disorder, and then in 1973 officially undeclared it. It’s defined an ever-expanding range of phobias and addictions that we’re still arguing about, but this time demands for more transparency aim to crack open the window on DSM deliberations, so interested parties can weigh in before they are enshrined, because once they are, the FDA approves drugs to treat them, and any further debate is drowned out in the flood of direct-to-consumer ads. [Link]
The NCSF says:
In the proposals for the Diagnostic and Statistic Manual (DSM-V), alternative sexual behavior has been depathologized. NCSF applauds the American Psychiatric Association’s Paraphilias Subworkgroup’s revisions which state that you can be a fetishist, transvestite, sadist or masochist without having a mental disorder. More work needs to be done but this is an important first step!
Hi, everyone. This morning I imported our old blog My Life In Slavery from blogger. That blog covers about a year- from May 2008 to June 2009, I believe. So, if you followed us here from blogger, our old posts are once again available for viewing. If you are new followers of our writing, do check out the archives for our older stuff. Unfortunately, wordpress did not note who the old posts were written by- it assumed they were all by me. So anything you run across that reads differently was probably written by my Master. Enjoy!!!
For the first time in a long time, i am hopeful that i have found a long-term Domme. She is beautiful, close to home, and it would be a real pleasure to serve Her. i auditioned for Her this morning, and i am nervously awaiting my “grade” at this point. i will let you know how that turns out. It was a mostly tame experience, although there were some fairly sexy moments. But no strap-ons or anything like that. As i said, i’m hopeful.
I love four day work weeks where you THINK it is monday, but really it is Tuesday.
Yesterday was a much needed do nothing kind of day. Master woke up before me (which is incredibly rare!), and when I woke up I mewed from the bed. I usually mew when I’m alone in bed since it happens so rarely, so Master knows I’m awake. After a few minutes he came in, and had a leash. I was totally bleary eyed, and thinking in a lazy sleepy kind of way ”Hmm, play before breakfast, eh? Cool.”
He leashed me, and had me crawl into the bathroom, where he washed me in the tub, then he made me breakfast, which I ate on the floor. <3 I don’t know what I did for him to be so nice to me, but I can’t say I didn’t enjoy it.
The rest of the day was kind of sleepy and awesome. I don’t think I fully woke up until around *4PM* lol! Talk about a sleepy zombie kitty. We watched movies, and played some xbox a bit. Then after dinner, we had some “fun” ))). It’s back to business today though, can’t wait till Master comes home at 6PM. Wonder what I’ll make for dinner.
Oh, and one thing we worked on yesterday was getting through episode 4 of the Star Wars movies. One of my Day Zero goals is to watch every Star Wars movie once. To be honest, I’ve never really been able to get into them. Finally, Master showed me episodes 1-3, which made it a bit easier to follow along with the story in episode 4. I know that’s not the way they came out, but I just couldn’t get through episode 4. I found that episodes 1-3 were alright, fun to watch, but so NOT subtle at all. Hello! You don’t need to beat me over the head with the plot, I swear I’ll get it by watching. *Ahem.* Anyway, last night I finally watched all of episode 4. It was OK. I didn’t hate it. I think the problem for me is that the special effects are obviously so dated now. That might sound like a silly reason to hate a movie, but I have friends who have been trying to get me to watch Clerks for a long ass time, and I just can’t get through the opening because it is black and white. Lol! I know I’m letting a lot of good movies go unwatched though, and I want to at least be able to sit through all the Star Wars before I go on hating it. Can’t hate something you haven’t seen all the way, I think.
“ROGUES, REBELS, AND RENEGADES: The Art of an Outlaw”
Is a Documentary directed by: Ariel Hilton Ruiz.
Art or Porn? That is the question
the art world has asked ever since man first put
his mark on the wall.
Artists include:
Guy Gonzalez
Tony KnightHawk
Mayumi Barbara Nitke
Steven Speliotis
Michelle Wild
This is an important film, that I had the pleasure to be cast in…Yes it is of the “EROTIC” type…with ONE EXCEPTION…it is also a very insightful comment on the politics of erotica in art
Through interviews with the artists themselves (erotic photographers, graphic artists, performance art) the director attempts to elucidate the motivation behind their unique and controversial creativity providing a solid argument for freedom in artistic expression, which has more recently been regulated by newly implemented governmental media standards.
While I am just a small part of this project (the model) I urge you all to support the freedoms this film represents politically…and hopefully you’ll be able to come out to one of the viewings…the first was 2/10/09 at Anthology Film Archives and this was also the first time I had the chance to view the film and to be honest I am very very proud to have been included and to have my opinions and commentary so conscientiously portrayed-not to mention the sexually explicit scenes are hot as hell (thank you to my editor! Lol.).
This is a fantastic and well made project as a whole and the buzz in terms of distribution and appreciation of the film is HUGE (think major markets) and I think the director, the artists, and all involved in the project deserve IT ALL! Good Work…and I hope to keep everyone posted in terms of where this little project with a conscious ends up…and that ALL OF YOU…will join me for the REALEASE PARTY…which of course TWISTED SEDUCTION will be hosting.
I am so glad to be able to share two super-special gals with you today. First, brooding and sensitive Cheryl Kubert from earlier in the day (R.I.P. and I wish her many hopefully joyful and educational returns to this earth after her unhappy retirement; that’s what reincarnation is for), the solemn, petite brunette with tall skis and deep eyes, and now — for something completely different! — ebullient and absolutely adorable blonde ray of sunshine Julie Michelle McCullough: model, actress, stand-up comedienne, and maligned-but-triumphant victim of sitcom scandal. Take it away, buttercup!
Photographed by Arny Freytag.
“I’ve always felt that I have little eyes, a mouth full of teeth and ears that I call elf ears. They kind of poke out.” That’s her opinion. We certainly didn’t notice any flaws when Julie McCullough showed up for our salute to The Girls of Texas last February. In fact, we tucked her ears under a Stetson and put her on the cover. It was the first time she’d ever seen a copy of Playboy.
Although she was born in Hawaii, Julie was then, and is now, living in Texas. But as the daughter of a Marine Corps lifer, she has moved around a lot. “It bothered me when I was younger, but as I look back, I appreciate it, because it taught me how to get along with different types of people. If you make good friends, you never lose them.”
During most of her childhood years, Julie thought she wanted to be an artist. “I really love to draw,” she says, “but I could never see myself as a starving artist. So I realized art would have to be more of a hobby than a career. And then, in high school, I started entering pageants, and I got a couple of Miss Photogenic awards. And everybody would tell me, ‘You should try modeling; You should try modeling.’ And all of a sudden, it’s like, ‘Hey!’”
Playboy’s cover picture, and the less covered picture inside the magazine, caused a furor in Julie’s home town of Allen, a rural community 26 miles north of Dallas. A local pastor, announcing that he planned to preach a sermon on the subject, was quoted as saying — we kid you not — “The easiest thing to do is jump on Julie.” He went on to say that he saw her appearance in Playboy as part of a larger problem, that of “general moral disintegration in the fiber of the nation.” (“Return of the Cover Girl,” Playboy, February 1986.)
While working as a model, she was also honing her skills as an actress and had landed a part on television’s sitcom Growing Pains, featuring Kirk Cameron. He unfortunately shared the opinion that the easiest thing to do was jump on Julie, it seems, because he used his pull with the network to have her summarily axed off the show when he learned she had posed for Playboy, accusing the network of tacitly endorsing pornography by continuing her employment.
Because Mr. Cameron was the breakout star of the show and a teen heartthrob who kept the network flush with sponsors (his charming smile conveniently moved hot amounts of Noxzema pads and Snickers bars to both cleanse and satisfy), they went along with his wishes and terminated the object of his objections.
McCullough appeared in eight episodes until she was fired in 1990, which stemmed from series star Kirk Cameron’s conversion to evangelical Christianity, a conversion that, according to “The E! True Hollywood Story” episode focusing on the show, served to alienate him from his fellow cast members, as he did not invite any of them to his wedding. He accused the show’s producers of promoting pornography. (the wiki)
Sez Ms. McCullough now: [Kirk Cameron] thinks if I read science books that I’m going to hell. I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints … the sinners are much more fun.* And a lot more interesting than some book-burner who is still having growing pains! I am at peace with God. Kirk thinks people like me are going to Hell; if I do, then at least I’ll go well-informed and well-read!
(Ms. McCullough’s myspace.)
*That is a reference to the Billy Joel song “Only the Good Die Young,” about young Virginia, a Catholic girl who starts much too late. Rock on with it, Ms. McCullough! Good people quote the Beatles. Great people quote the Beatles, Queen, and Billy Joel.
Contemporaneous with her being fired from Growing Pains, Ms. McCullough was also stripped of her crown as Wilmington, NC’s “Azalea Queen” for posing for Playboy. Sheesh. I try to keep shit to myself, but I really feel the need to address Mr. Cameron’s and the people of Wilmington’s position on this issue. Leaving aside for now the fact that the lord decreed we enter this earth naked and that nudity is a major factor in procreation, which what good man can decry?, let us address the point where it seems people feel it ill befits a person of “good” moral fiber to celebrate the physical gift of their bodies. As a hippy-dippy meditative and soulful Christian who has thought my way deeply and thoroughly through these issues and can confidently and guiltlessly balance both Playboy and my beloved monthly The Way of St. Francis without throwing out the baby with the bathwater, loving-the-Word-but-thanking-God-for-earthly-forms-wise, I can only cite and gently suggest a review of Matthew, chapter seven.
Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the plank that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a plank is in thine own eye?
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the plank out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye. At Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and the region across the Jordan, Jesus was talking to the multitudes gathered there after hearing of His message and of His healings to beseech them to not become like the pharisees and hypocrites who think they are above sin. (Matthew 7:1-7.)
Mmm-hmm. This a serious issue. I’m not playing about the no more judging stuff. It’s just like Blessed Mother Teresa said: “If you judge someone, you have no time to love them.” And which one do you think Jesus would rather you worked at doing? Get with the program!
Today, Ms. McCullough is a well-received and widely admired stand-up comedienne who continues to act.
Some of her film and small screen credits include The Golden Girls, Beverly Hills, 90210, Jake and the Fatman, the Drew Carey Show, The Blob, and Harry and the Hendersons.
She is also a published poetess, with a number of anthology and private publishing credits to her literary name, and she was on a basketball team with Casper van Dien of Starship Troopers fame (I ♥ Heinlein and Johnny Rico forever). According to the imdb, she began working full time in 2006 as a stand-up comedienne.
In conclusion, it is a widely known but nonetheless truth that, frankly, haters gon’ hate. All love and good wishes to Ms. McCullough and her sunny resilience!
[01.02.2010: Bente Steinnes] The Norwegian Directorate of Health has decided that certain diagnostic codes are now invalid in Norway, thus changing the Norwegian version of the international diagnoses register (ICD-10).
The following diagnoses are taken out: fetishism, fetishistic transvestism, sadomasochism, multiple disorders of sexual preference, and transvestism.
- In our opinion there is no basis, neither in today’s societal norms nor in professional health thinking, to classify these diagnostic groups as disease, says head of the Health Directorate Bjørn-Inge Larsen (picture). By excluding the use of these codes in Norway the Directorate wishes to contribute to the weakening of a general opinion that certain sexual preferences, sexual identities and gender expressions may be seen as states of illness.
We want to avoid stigmatizing
The Directorate of Health gives considerable emphasis to the fact that several interest organizations as well as health professionals from various environments have for a long time presented knowledge that these diagnoses in and of themselves, are experienced by many people as offensive and that they contribute to stigmatizing both groups and individuals.
The diagnoses mentioned are outdated and not at the level of the scientific standards that otherwise characterizes the international diagnostic manual (ICD-10).
There have been no essential changes to these diagnoses for over one hundred years. They came into being as a result of theories based on the current knowledge and viewpoints on human sexuality in society of those long gone days. At best these diagnoses, are completely superfluous. At worst they are stigmatizing minority groups in society.
These diagnoses are not useful to the health care system
The main objective of the classification of illnesses and health problems is to enable clear and comparable statistics describing the health care assistance to patients in contact with the health care system. The diagnoses which are now deleted are very seldom reported, and are therefore of minor relevance as a basis for the contents of the Norwegian Patience Register.
The decision applies as of February 1st 2010, and the code register will be updated as soon as practically possible.
By making this revision Norway has now joined Denmark and Sweden which made similar revisions in 1995 and 2009 respectively. The World Health Organization, WHO, is currently working on a new version of the diagnostic manual: ICD-11. As all the Scandinavian countries have now abolished the diagnoses for use at the respective national levels, this will be a significant professional and health political signal to WHO in the compilation process of the ICD-11.
The diagnoses of Transsexualism remain unchanged
The diagnoses that cover transsexualism among adults and children (F64.0 and F64.2) are not affected by this revision. Concrete treatment offers are available to these groups. In 2010 the Directorate of Health shall investigate the treatment options which are available to transsexuals and transpersons, and evaluate possible improvements. In that connection it will be reasonable to evaluate the diagnostic criteria and how they are being used.
Last night, Master and me were playing. He told me to kneel in front of him, and I got up to obey. Before I kneeled down, he said “Oh wait! Here’s a pillow so you don’t hurt your knees.”
I totally laughed at him, and threw the pillow behind me. I never *ever* complain that I don’t like kneeling because it hurts, or because I’m bruised or anything like that, so I thought it was funny as hell that he offered me a pillow. I *LIKE* kneeling. I like having bruised knees the next day if I’ve been down there a long time. I like having abrasions, burns, welts, blood dots, rug burns, cuts, etc, etc, etc. After being with Master for nearly 6 years, and never having him offer me a pillow, I had to laugh.
I love funny weird totally “Where the hell did that come from?” moments. lol
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- In our opinion there is no basis, neither in today’s societal norms nor in professional health thinking, to classify these diagnostic groups as disease, says head of the Health Directorate Bjørn-Inge Larsen (picture). By excluding the use of these codes in Norway the Directorate wishes to contribute to the weakening of a general opinion that certain sexual preferences, sexual identities and gender expressions may be seen as states of illness.