LadiesBladewing -> RE: Vanillia BDSM...a white paper on being quite moderate in an extreme lifestyle (10/19/2005 12:10:27 PM)
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ORIGINAL: JustaTop I didn't join an alternate lifestyle to explore new horizons of conformity.[:D] One does not have to -conform- to cooperate. I live and work in the outside world. At the moment, I work for one of the most conservative sectors in the US, as an editorial assistant connected to a medical school and med center. Everything about who and what we are as an institution is vanilla, and not just vanilla, but completely uniformly without variation or "flavor"... except for me. I am tattooed, and make no effort to hide them. Sometimes my clothes cover them, sometimes they don't. My head is shaved ( a requirement of the level that I am at on my spiritual path), and I wear loose, flowing outfits of natural fibers, compared to the polyester business dress of my counterparts. My work is -also- exceptional, because I expect that of myself. At the same time, I am considered to be a "cohesive, calming and uniting presence within this department" (that from my last review). People come to me, and know that I will listen, and I make it a point to be a -part- of the community that is my office. I am everything that I have allowed to be a part of my life. I am a teacher, a guide, a ball-busting editor, a calm voice on the phone, a Mahgi (Master) in my spiritual path, a mother, a preacher, an ethicist, a politician, a dreamer... no matter what we are, or how hard we play, or how "out" we are, there are parts of this life that we share -- and those can be celebrated without needing to conform...the only requirement is to recognize and respect the similarities and the differences. Lady Zephyr
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