Teacher's Pet

Live Journal

- Well with all the hoopla going on with LJ deleting 500 journals* -- Master suggested I do a back up of my livejournal. I have never done that but remembered my good friend mentioned LJArchive. So I did that tonight. I was reading through some early entries.....it is always odd for me to read though them but tonight I realized I repeat myself quite a bit. Also because of the hoopla I went through and deleted some interests off my profile and left some groups just in case. Sad but true.

* Here are a few links about it...
http://acari.livejournal.com/299533.html
http://roaring.livejournal.com/70304.html?style=mine
http://femmequixotic.livejournal.com/292480.html?nc=165
http://liz-marcs.livejournal.com/

Pirates

- We went to see the new Pirate of the Caribbean movie and it was SO GOOD! And someone else I read mentioned this too but Orlando Bloom has grown up or something as he looked damn hot in this movie! Especially in the end with the scarf on his head and the scar! Oh yummy!

Books

- I finished Memoirs of a Geisha today and really I know lots of people thought it was so different then the movie and the book was better then the movie but I find them both pretty much the same. I know the story is not exactly the same but the overall message and big points of the book to me come out in the movie. I am really glad I read it again and have it though. I had read it the year it came out (1997), but lent it to a friend and she never returned it.

Here is the list of books I have read this year so far and my goal was to get through 25. I think I will make that. Links below are entries where I do reviews or talk about the books a little more.

1. Collage Discovery
2. Tipping the Velvet
3. Danse Macabre
4. The Crimson Petal and The White
5. Artists' Journals & Sketchbooks
6. Creative Utopia: 12 Ways to Realize Total Creativity
7. The Academy
8. The Reunion
9. Bondage
10. The Rapture of Canaan
11. Kink
12. Suicide Blonde
13. The Marketplace
14. The Slave by Laura Antoniou.
15. Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coehlo - I really enjoyed the story. This is the first time I really have read one of his books and not felt I learned something after. This was just entertainment. It was a book about a prostitute and also had some SM in it too. I found it interesting since I was a prostitute. And well I like SM. :)
16. He, She, It by Marge Percy - EXCELLENT book! If you like anything set in the future - this book was very interesting. If you like history also you will like this book as it does go through Jewish history of 1600 Prague.
17. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Dinner

- A while back we got a pork roast that was HUGE! Anyway, I cut it half and did half in the oven roasting it with veggies. And the other half I did in the crockpot. I ended up then freezing quite a bit of it. Yesterday I took some of the shredded pork out of the freezer and made it into a yummy spicy dinner. I put the shredded pork into the crock with a can of diced tomatoes with the juice, did a cup of chicken stock, a can of black beans, a can of diced green chili peppers, 1 chipolte pepper chopped, some garlic and onions and then cumin and oregano. I simmered in the crock for about 2 hours and then served it on tortillas with cheese and sour cream.

Words

Recently I talked about a podcast I listened to of Vi Johnson's. She said in that podcast that when she is asked the question how she can be a slave when she is so strong - she replies with "most slaves are dominant." I replied that I didn't think most slaves were dominant. Maybe most are....I just think of the people I know and most of the slaves I know don't seem to be more dominant then submissive. It doesn't mean that their aren't more dominant slaves out there - but in my experiences I haven't seen it. Although I admire and find inspiration in many who are dominant. But really I think it not that they are dominant as much as I see those that are called to serve...and that is what I admire...their service. For me slavery is a calling. It is who I am...I need to be owned. I need to serve. I am a slave.

And I have to say I am submissive too. But that doesn't mean that I am not strong, capable, and able to take charge. I am all those words and many more. Because I don't associate strong, able to speak his/her mind, able to make good decisions, capable, self-aware, able to take charge in many different situations, organized, skillful as defining dominant. They are words to describe people...all sorts of people. And I think sometimes we add those to the word dominant but really when I look at the definition of dominant it means to command or control others. It doesn't say organized in the definition. It doesn't say strong. Does it imply it....I suppose it does but it doesn't mean that someone who is submissive can't be described by those words too. Those words could describe many different people - a secretary, a waitress, a doctor, a teacher, a janitor, a politician, a Master, a slave, a boy, a Top..and so on. And that is all they are...just words to describe people...just as dominant and submissive are words to describe people.

Becoming

We leave to go out of town in the morning and won't be back until Saturday maybe Sunday. I think at times things are so closely defined that we can't tell them apart. Or qualities that appear one way are actually another or intention behind makes it quite different.

Posting a few definitions so I remember them for a post I am working on...

Dominant:
1 a : commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others b : very important, powerful, or successful 2 : overlooking and commanding from a superior position

Submissive:
1. inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"
2. abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient"

Slave:
1. a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another;
2. a person entirely under the domination of some influence or person

Submit:
1. to give over or yield to the power or authority of another
2. to subject to some kind of treatment or influence.
3. to yield oneself to the power or authority of another: to submit to a conqueror.
4. to allow oneself to be subjected to some kind of treatment

Obey:
1. to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of: to obey one's parents.
2. to comply with or follow (a command, restriction, wish, instruction, etc.).
3. (of things) to respond conformably in action to: The car obeyed the slightest touch of the steering wheel.
4. to submit or conform in action to (some guiding principle, impulse, one's conscience, etc.).
–verb (used without object)
5. to be obedient: to agree to obey.

Serving:
1. to be a servant to : ATTEND b : to give the service and respect due to (a superior) c : to comply with the commands or demands of : GRATIFY d : to give military or naval service to e : to perform the duties of (an office or post)
2. to act as server at (mass)
3. to work through (a term of service ) b : to put in (a term of imprisonment)
4. to wait on at table b : to bring (food) to a diner c : PRESENT, PROVIDE -- usually used with up
5 . to furnish or supply with something needed or desired b : to wait on (a customer) in a store c : to furnish professional service to
6. to answer the needs of b : to be enough for : SUFFICE c : to contribute or conduce to : PROMOTE
7. to treat or act toward in a specified way
8 : to provide services that benefit or help

Drinking Golden Wine

Old offline journal entry again...

I have had thoughts of my mouth opening up and feeling his cock...slide in and feel the hot stream of urine....shoot down my throat and swallowing as fast as I can. Feeling my heart racing and that ache between my legs grow. When I think of it I think of it different ways....sometimes desperate for it...begging him to let me drink. Other times where I don't want to and know I have to....and his hands on the side of my face....forcing me to him. Other times of drinking demurely obediently and being told I am a good girl. The other times spilling some and being slapped so hard I fall back and then kicked.

He had me play with myself...he believes things have progressed beyond suggestions. He has told me to play with myself and I did discreetly....to orgasm thinking of the very thought that I wrote above. He then said again because it took too long. His words embarrassed me but turned me on too.

So with thoughts of him pissing in my mouth...feeling the warmth of it in my mouth...to used in this way.....I masturbate again for him.

Positive Monday

I haven't been updating much because I have been so busy. In July, I have a family event that is basically being put on by my sister's and I and so my time has been spent getting that going. We also just have had a lot going on in our life that has made it hard to update regularly. Oh and we leave to go out of town on Wednesday won't be back until Saturday or Sunday.

So on to....

5 Good Things in my life...
1. Plans finally started rolling this weekend for the family event in July! (been stressing about it so glad it got going)
2. art - have been around a lot of inspiring people recently and just thankful for all the incredible art they do/give
3. memories as I am going through pictures
4. mail love
5. Master always seeming to make it work when I think things will fall apart into little pieces. Thank you!

Gratitude Tuesday - S

This list is long and I feel like it could have went on and on...there are so many things in my life that start with S that I could express gratitude over....so I am thankful for those and the many other things in my life that give me so much.




sparkles: I like sparkly things...I think it is the girly girl in me. Sparkles make me smile. So I am thankful for sparkles!
smiles: I am thankful for the smiles....they sometimes brighten my day in a way that nothing else can.
stars: The shape and the ones twinkling in the sky. Stars....they like sparkles make me smile. They represent good things such as hope.
stories: I love stories...life stories, fairy tales, fiction, non-fiction....just stories people tell....showing their unique voice and experiences.
Santa Fe: For years I dreamed of Santa Fe. I had never been there but I knew when I woke up that I was dreaming of Santa Fe....don't ask me why or how...it just was...and I felt the need to go. Early in our relationship, I told Master of the dreams. And he said that one day he would make that dream come true. After a year of being with him he made that dream come true. And we went to Santa Fe...and fell in love with it. It is an inspiring magically place. We hope to visit it again. We both miss it so much. So I am thankful for Master giving me my dream of Santa Fe as well as thankful for just the city itself...thankful for what it gave me.
sight: I am thankful for being able to see. I don't think there is much more to say about it as it is a pretty self explanatory thing...I mean seeing...all the things in the world weather good or bad....because each gives something...to learn from.
simple: I am thankful for the simple things in life...clean sheets on the bed, photos of family on my desk, clouds in the sky, kitty cats soaking the sun up in the window....they are all simple and yet complex things that give so much to me daily.
sugar: I am thankful for the wonderful thing called sugar. I love to bake and I love sweet treats....it just makes me feel good...even though at times that is not good for me. But I still love them. I think of my Grandmother and Mom making Christmas goodies...and so they give me good memories as well as sooth my sweet tooth.
seafood: I really like seafood. Master doesn't like it at all. So it is a very special treat for me. Shrimp tops my favorite type of seafood. I am thankful for the times I am allowed seafood. Yummy!
soup: I really like soups...all kinds. I love to make them in the winter time. They give warmth and comfort...so I am thankful for soup.
sour cream cookies: They are my favorite cookie...so I am thankful for them being so yummy!
shopping: I like to shop...:) I am thankful for all the intriguing and amazing items out there that help me in my day to day life, things I find that is a perfect gift, things that I can learn from, things that make me feel good.
self-awareness - self-discovery - self-expression: I am putting them all together even though they are all very different. It is very important to me to do all of them. I am thankful for my self awareness, discovery and expression. Each day they lead me to being a better me.
sensuality: people have told me quite a bit over the years that I exude sensuality. It is not something I see. But I do love the times I feel it. I am thankful for those that I see it in too.
sexuality: I have always been such a sexual person. It is something I like. I am thankful for it.
sex: yes...I am thankful for sex. I enjoy it. The touching...the emotions it evokes.
service/service oriented submission: I am thankful I am service oriented. I enjoy it. I like that it gives Master and others pleasure. I am thankful I am allowed to be of service.
slavery: I am thankful for the lifestyle that allows me to be a slave. It fulfills me.
spanking: I never liked spankings until Master. He is a drummer and WOW he just make me so turned on by his spankings. I feel the vibrations through my body. I am thankful for Master's spankings.
SM: I like SM play. I like pain. It makes me feel very good. I am thankful for the stinging of a whip, the biting nipple clamps, the strike of a cane across my bottom....it all turns me on. I am thankful for the things SM gives me and thankful for being with someone who likes to dish out pain.
slut: I am thankful for the times I am allowed to be a slut and let that raw sexuality out that makes me want suck and fuck with abandon.
spirituality: I am thankful for my spirituality. It gives me comfort, faith, and philosophy - a way to live my life and be fulfilled. I am thankful for all the different religions I have studies and taken things from. I am thankful for the Universe for guiding me through hard time and observing in times when I need to go it alone and figure it out.
strength: I am thankful for the strength I have to get through hard situations, the strength I find in obeying and submitting to Master, my strength of charters. I am also inspired by the strength I see in others. I am thankful for strength.
serenity: I am thankful for serenity...I gain serenity through so many things in my life....a day trip with Master, waking up snuggled up next to Master, doing art, meditating, looking at a sunset, giving/doing service and so many things. I am thankful for the serenity I receive daily.
shoes: I like shoes. Summer shoes especially. I have seen so many shoes this spring that are so cute. I gave lots of my shoes away to good will but I still have quite a few shoes in the closet. :)
socks: I am sock whore. I love socks. I have done whole posts on socks. They keep my feet warm and give me comfort. They are also fun and silly! I am especially thankful for my friend that made me a pair of slipper socks that are so beautiful and warm. They are warmest socks I have ever owned and they kept my feet warm all winter long! I am thankful for socks...warm and comfortable...fun and silly!
serendipity: I am thankful for all the unexpected and fortunate discoveries made in my life.
spiders: I have always had an affinity with spiders. I never have been scared of them. I always felt they are almost mystical and magical. A friend on livejournal gave me this from Tao Meditations: "A spider is a perfect creature of Tao. Its body is an elegant expression of its mind : It spins beautiful threads, and its legs are exactly suited to create and walk its web. From its center, a spider radiates its world out with a spare economy.

A spider's posture in regard to Tao is to set up a pattern. Its mind determines this pattern. It realizes the flow of Tao and does nothing to interfere with it. It simply creates its pattern and waits for Tao to bring it sustenance. That which comes to it, it accepts. That which does not come to it is not its concern.

Once its web is established, a spider does not think of expanding unnaturally. It does not make war upon its neighbors, it does not go for adventures in other countries, it does not try to fly to the moon, it does not build factories, it does not try to enslave others, it does not try to be intellectual. It is simply who it is and is content with that."

Suicide Blonde & Kink

11 / 25 (44.0%)

Suicide Blonde by Darcey Steinke

This book felt like it was one poetic prosing sentence after another trying to compete for the deepest navel gazing as possible. The story is dark. The story is of a girl named Jesse. She says about herself.."attracted to people who make me feel inadequate." Her lover is bisexual and obsessed over a former lover. So she is trying to find a way to keep him interested - just like her mother did with her father. The rest of the story is her deciding what she is going to do leave her boyfriend or go on with something else. One of those things is prostitution.

There is a woman named Pig in it who wants Jesse to bring her to a former female lover. Pig says, "When you love a woman, you love yourself, and it is terrible really how it seems perfectly possible to swallow the other. With a man you want to join, you want your ribs to connect like handcuffs. But with a woman if you swallow, she becomes you."

Said about Jesse..."You can't tell where you stop and other people start....that's a dangerous quality to have."

This is not a book of happy...far from it. It is a dark book and made to be depressing and seedy.

Kink by Kathe Koja

I liked it better then Suicide Blonde. But it was a pretty predictable story - at least to me. This is the story of Jess and Sophie....and eventually Lena. Jess narrates the story - he is the male in the 3-way relationship. Right from the start of Lena coming into their relationship I saw what was happening. And just kept wanting to get to that point to prove myself right. Eventually I did get to that point.

I liked the words used in this book. I liked the characters somewhat. I did like Jess and Sophie but I wished the whole book was about their relationship - just them. The book is set in an avant garde art community. And Jess and Sophie meet Lena and their life of course changes and that is about all I am going to say as I don't want to give the story away.

The book is called Kink because it is there thing with people that connect and have a deep bond...where you see the world through each other, you use each other to change the world, make the world...that is Kink to Jess and Sophie.

I know not very much about either book but basically doing this so I remember what books I read this year.

SELF podcasts: Mistress Victoria & Vi Johnson

Southeast Leather Fest is doing podcasts of all their presenters. I think it is great idea! I have only listened to two of them. The one with Heather S. and Frankie M. I have been on elists for years with Heather and always appreciated her thoughts and perspective. So it was nice to listen to that podcast and put a voice to the words I have read over the years.

The other podcast I listened to was Mistress Victoria and Vi Johnson. I have never had a chance to hear either in person but Vi Johnson is someone I have wanted to hear speak in person. I have many friends who have heard her speak and always always tell me I need to hear her speak. I received her book To Love, Honor and Obey from Moni and Michael for my birthday many years. At that time in my life I was very bitter and held lots of resentments from my previous relationship. Her book was hard to read not only because it is a diary and not edited so the writing is erratic and hard to follow at times but I also felt it was hard to reads because I was so upset from my last relationship. So the book was troubling but it was inspiring too. It really was pulled my emotions and thoughts all over. It is actually a book that I think I should try to read again - in this relationship and see how I respond to it.

Hearing this podcast re-enforced I would like to attend one of listen to her speak. But I do have to say that I was surprised because from what I remember reading of the book - her views and service today seem to be very different from the views and service portrayed in the book. They are talking a lot about appreciation of service. And from her book I don't feel she wasn't given appreciation of service at all but I guess appreciation can come in different forms for each person.

The class that Mistress Victoria and Vi Johnson are giving at Southeast Leather Fest is Giving and Receiving Service. One of the points that they feel is important to a service relationship is that "both parties need to be active participants in a service relationship." Mistress Victoria talked about if she doesn't respond to Vi's service - to let her know she is doing it right, shape it, give feedback on if the service is needed or wanted or if she is pleased and gratified by the service that it might over time discourage and confuse Vi to the point of de-motivation in doing service and thus the relationship is really failed then and not a service relationship. They feel it is important for slaves to learn service but for also Masters/Mistress to learn what to do with the service once it is received.

I think really that is what failed in one of my past relationships. I didn't know if I was doing anything he wanted or needed...if it pleased or gratified him at all. I would do and keep doing thinking this will be enough to please. I kept pushing myself harder because I didn't get feedback to know what I was doing pleased him so I internally decided I must not being doing enough or good enough so just keep working harder and harder to the point I was burnt out, discouraged, and de-motivated to do ANY service. Eventually I asked for release.

Further into the podcast one of Vi's comments was that most slaves are dominant. And I don't think most slaves are dominant. I think there are slaves that are have dominant personalities and several are coming to mind. And actually they are usually the slaves I admire and wish to serve more like they do. I think most slaves have a strength that surprises people in and outside the lifestyle. That strength I don't think necessarily always comes from the dominant qualities in my personality though. I can take command of certain situations, I can make sound rational decisions and I have many useful skills to get a job done but none of those things say dominant to me. They just parts of my personality.

Vi also said that she doesn't bend to her Owner...she obeys. And what I took from that part of the podcast is that slaves obey and submissives bend. That slaves are proactive and submissive reactive. She was saying submissive bend to the control of another and slaves obey and don't bend their will. For ME, I feel, I bend to Master. But I want to bend. My will desires to bend because my will is to serve so at times that I need to bend.

Anyway I want to listen to the rest of the podcasts eventually. I am sure I will find them as interesting as the first 2 I listened too.

Freedom in Fear

Not a blogger entry but a journal entry from July 6th, 2002....

My skin is prickly right now. I like this feeling but hate it if it goes on too long. I feel the need for a release. A release that masturbating isn't really giving me. I have masturbated 3 times in the last 12 hours.

The thoughts that go through my head at times I want to shake away and pretend they aren't there. They are not mine. I don't get turned on by them but as I write this right now I feel the wetness between my thighs. I am turned on...but do I really want them if they tear through my brain? And the common feeling...theme with them...is fear. It all comes down to fear. So maybe it is not the things I want to do but the fear....it is the fear I crave. They are the dark secrets that keep playing over and over. I feel that need come to the surface flesh and I fight it...and feel the fight against it and the craving of it all so an energy prickles across my skin. I feel I am drowning in it...or I want to drown in the fear.

I have experienced most of the fear that plays through my mind but it always get turned up. More, deeper, further...into the fear. I wonder if I keep experiencing these things...that I won't fear them. That they will become muted and not turn me on?

When I lay here and think of the fear....it gives me freedom. It is a release from pretending....I don't need to pretend anymore. I can just go into it and scream, fight, let my mind just drown in it. It is a freedom for me. And it is freedom I wish I could experience to the depths that I desire.

Gratitude Tuesday - R

R

reading - I am thankful for being able to read and for all the amazing things to read out in the world...books, internet, newspaper..entertainment to knowledge all capture in words.

reality - I am big on reality. I like fantasy but reality and having my feet grounded in it is important to me. I am thankful for the reality I have.

rest - I like to rest. I am thankful for the opportunities to rest.

rights - I am thankful for the rights I have in the USA. In this political climate it is so very important to me to look over them, stand up for them and protect them.

rainbows - a wonderfully beautiful occurrence that always makes me stop and appreciate Mother Earth.

red - I do have a fondness for red. Especially at Christmas. I did a whole post once about red once. I am thankful for the color red.

red wine - I never really enjoyed wine until with Master. He introduced me to red wine...warm full-bodied drink to enjoy with dinner, relaxing in the tub or snuggled on the couch with Master.

rivers - small and trickling....deep and strong...again another wonder of nature...that also provides so much.

robe - I have a pale purple robe that is so warm and comfortable and I am thankful it keeps me warm when I am cold.

reflecting - The time and ability to reflect on life, family, friends, nature, the Universe.

road trip - I am thankful for the road trips I have had over the years especially those shared with Master. We have had some wonderful times on road trips. And anniversary of one road trips is coming up tomorrow. Master and I met in Cheyenne on May 9th. I was scared to cross the mountains so I would follow him home as he was taking me over in a way that would by pass most of the major mountain passes. It was the start of me moving to be with him. I arrived at the hotel with snow coming down and me in sandals and a short skirt. The only socks I had packed were of course buried deep within my car. I got a flat tire so Master was out in the snow trying to repair it enough to get to a repair shop.

romance - I am thankful for romance...I do enjoy it and I am thankful I am with someone who enjoys romance too.

rock-n-roll - Thankful for rock-n-roll as it is amazing!

rubber duckies - they are cute and fun! I am thankful for the bright cheeriness they add to our bathroom and when taking a slash in the tub.

rituals - I enjoy the process, the pleasure it gives Master and the internal feelings I get from ritual. It grounds me. I am thankful for them.

rosy red ass - In bed, I asked Master for some -R- words I could use for Gratitude Tuesday and this was one of his picks. And well I am thankful for the rosy red ass Master gives me.

rope - yay for bondage! I am thankful for the rope wrapping around my body...feel pull around my flesh....it makes me feel so good.

restraints/restrained - cuffed and restrained...no where to go....thankful for Master restraining me with restraints.

rough sex - I love the feeling of him pushing me down onto the bed...his hands grabbing my hips and shoving into me so deeply I scream. Oh yes thankful for the rough sex Master and I have....yum!

Some Assembly Required

So I thought I should do a life update here as I haven't done one in a while...

The weather has been really cold and rainy....it kind of is fitting my mood which I will get at end of the post. Really has been pretty busy for Master. I started some spring cleaning. I am going slow at it but I know I can get it done and maybe get some organization back that I have had lacking for a while.

I joined a yahoogroup that had been really negative. Some of the negativity has quieted down but....I just wish a few people would "quiet" down as there are still so many posts I just end up scrolling through the digests without getting much from them because when I try to read it I just see one or two people posting and frankly there is one person I would filter out if I could. I am going to hang in there though because the people I like to read....many are a part of the group and I am always for learning more from them.

I have inadvertently cut down on my diet coke. I have been drinking crystal light recently and so instead of 2 diet cokes I am drinking 1 a day. I once upon a time drank 6 to 8 of them. Master cut me down to 3 when he first took control and then when I moved here he cut it down to 2 diet cokes. I do need to get some straws though as I am having been having a strawberry or raspberry mustache a lot lately!

I got 2 pieces of mail love this week that made me smile. Thank you ladies for making me smile as it has been a hard week. I got some sad news this week so that is why it has been a hard week. My ex-husband and I had a dog and she was really our baby. And when I left him, I made the decision she would be better off with him. Anyway, I found out on Thursday night that she had to put down because she was having seizures that was leaving her unresponsive. I am really hurting because there isn't a day that goes by where I don't think of her. I have a picture of her on a shelf above my bed and I love her very much. So going through a tough time right now as I remember her and miss her.

Gratitude Tuesday - Q

~ Q ~

quiet - I am thankful for the quiet. Lately that takes on a new meaning as my head has been pretty noisy so when it is quiet....I am very thankful. I also like the quiet of just time passing...quiet in the early morning....quiet late at night when everything is asleep... and quiet of a lake in the early morning...quiet in thy self of knowing who I am and the quiet strength of the relationship I am in.

quaint - I think of a town Master and I went our first Thanksgiving together....it was quaint & quiet. I am thankful for those type of towns...we often seem to go through them or visit them when we do our day trips.

quirky/quirks - I thankful for my quirks and quirky traits. I mean life would be pretty boring if I wasn't quirky every so often!

queue - my Netflix queue specifically. I have countless of hours of entertainment lined up on it. I am thankful that it gives me an organized list that my list making self loves!

quick - I don't think of myself as quick person. I mean I catch on fairly quick when people are teaching me something but when I think of quick...I think quick humor, wit and just intelligence. I appreciate people who have that trait.

questioning - I am thankful to think through things...and question when I don't know something or don't feel something is off or wrong.

quotes - I am quote whore when I first started this blog I used to have one quote with each post. I think I should start that again as I have files on files of quotes. They are quick little pieces of wisdom and insight.

quiche - I like quiche...it was something I was always intimidated to make and now I don't know why. I enjoy the versatility in making them also.

queer - Okay the dictionary says this is an offensive term for a homosexual man. But I have never felt it was offensive...intent. Whoopie Goldberg had a special on Bravo recently and it was all about words and intent behind words. And I can see where queer could be used as an offensive remark but for me when I say it, think it, write it...it means nothing but good things. I love the term. My intention behind the word when using it is really being out and proud. Plus it is just a fun word!

quips - again to me this goes with quick....I am not good at quips...but I admire people who can make quips just so easily that they slide off the tongue without hesitation or it seems even with much thought..it is like it was just hanging out there on the tip of the tongue ready to be said.

quest - I think of my path as a journey but of course quest and journey can mean the same thing. I think we all walk a path in search of something. And I am not different. I am thankful for the quest I am on and thankful I share this path with Master.

queenie - I am ending with this word...it has sentimental value to it. I miss the person that called me it. I haven't heard from her in a long time. She was my princess and I was her queenie. And only she has been able to call me that and it means good things behind it.