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[mlerules]

Yea. Why can't I stop coughing?

Um, because you're SICK. Stay inside. Rest. Imbibe fluids. Take it easy. Get well! Now!

so, will be you be coming by when next you're in town? I really hope so! You're welcome to crash space as needed.Is that a real question? Kinda...

I'll be close-by and would love to visit. Will advise w/more certainty when it gets closer. Hmm, perhaps the night of Wed, 5/14/08. And methinks we should visit Perversion (must figure out where the new location is as stupid on-line stuff still lists the olde address) on Th, 5/15/08!

Take a moment. Really pause. And then answer this one: If you were going to have to choose a deity to Draw Down...would you prefer a diety you feel you know well, or a relative stranger?

Okay, HERE's an interesting question! Really not sure how to answer it. First of all, I must point out that I'm not pagan and I've only relatively recently started spending loads of time 'round pagans, so I had to do some research to figure out what this question even MEANT. Furthermore, I really don't feel that I know any of the dieties well. They're all still relative strangers to me. Okay, although my gut instinct says to choose the former over the latter (preference for deity I know well), I'm gonna take a raincheck on this question until a future date when I feel I can answer more truly/properly.

I would love to know how you decided to become a lawyer (which I gathered from a comment somewhere is what you once did to earn money), and why you stopped being a lawyer (which from somewhere else I got the impression you were no longer lawyering)

I'd toyed w/the idea of becoming an attorney since at least high school. My US Gov't/Law class put on a mock trial in a real courtroom with an actual judge presiding and I liked the process. I seem to recall saying something about wanting to major in PolySci (HEE!) and become an attorney in my college application essay. Considering that I took ZERO PolySci classes in approx seven (7) years as an undergrad, I guess my heart wasn't fully into that vision then though. Once I graduated (Anthro major from UCLA) and started working full-time (at the ASUCLA bookstore on campus), thoughts of becoming an attorney resurfaced - mainly b'c the opportunities for advancement in my current profession (bookstore work) were limited, so I got a file-clerk/paralegal job at a law firm. Luckily this was before one had to get a paralegal degree/certificate. I was bright and hard working and had an attorney friend who helped get me the job. I did fine. I also realized that I could do what I saw the attorneys doing, so I applied to law school, got in, and became an attorney. I LOVED law school. After working full-time for four (4) years (2 years at the bookstore and 2 years at the law firm), I was ready for the student schedule (loads of flex time) and some seriously good intellectual stimulation. Unfortunately, BEING an attorney wasn't nearly as satisfying as BECOMING one had been. To start with, I became a member of the CA bar at the end of 1993, when the economy last stalled nastily. Jobs were not easy to find. I had friends in law school who'd taken jobs (so stopped looking for others), only to show up at work on the designed first day, be handed $10K checks and be told "so sorry, we can't take you on." I did some contract work (putting together witness files for trial, doing research as needed) then worked for a couple of years as an attorney, but I really didn't care for it. Now and again I'd get some real satisfaction out of what I did, such as helping a l'il old lady wend her way through the system and get her medical insurance to pay for what they should've paid for but she couldn't quite negotiate the required hoops and juggle the pins properly so they tried to screw her over. I relish knowing the rules, following 'em, bending 'em, getting what I want/need. Sometimes I had to take and fit together huge jigsaw puzzle pieces (requirements that didn't mesh, rules and regulations that seemed contradictory) into configurations that worked - this felt good, even if the client didn't bother doing what I'd said to do...so when they called after the fact, complaining and whining about why such and so bad thing happened, I could point to the CYA-documentation and say "well, I did SAY to do X & Y or Q could happen." When the last attorney I'd worked for let me go b'c there weren't enough cases to justify keeping me on, I felt a HUGE wave of relief come over me and I haven't worked as an attorney since. (This was...8+ years ago.) In short, I like law and legal principles, but the practice doesn't thrill me. Sorta the same w/education. I wouldn't mind teaching, but I no longer have the patience to put up w/the crap in No Child Left Behind and testing and admin and such B.S. doesn't interest me. I could rant on and on about the insanity of the deregulation of the financial (and other major) industry while imposing uber-regulation onto education, but I shan't.

How do you best enjoy power play (D/s, etc)?

With dim lighting and good music playing...oh, wait, is that what you're asking? I prefer to be in control, although I will/have been known to switch. My experience is somewhat limited, but I'm gaining and learning more all the time (and enjoying the process). My preference is more service-oriented and sensation-play-based than pain-based (although I do enjoy pushing boundaries to see where these limits are/shift to). Humiliation doesn't particularly appeal.

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[crboltz.livejournal.com]

Really great answers, and interesting look at your life that I didn't know about.

Cool, thanks for sharing.

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

You're most welcome. Thanks for reading (and asking, and commenting). :-)