Cuddling on the
Wild Side

One of the best shows in Las Vegas is Zumanity. I just got back from Vegas this past weekend. It was an amazing time with some old and new friends.

Zumanity is the “Sensual Side of Cirque du Soleil” and that is so very true. It’s full of hot, sexy men… and tons of tits. No full nudity, just tits. It really is an amazing show and worth the money. I’d even spend a little extra to make sure you get a center seat rather than a side seat (where we were).

There is one issue I have with it, and that was one performance about bondage, leather and auto-asphyxiation. If you’ve followed this blog for a while, I wrote about this earlier, which was why I was so startled to see a nightly show that fantasized this EXTREMELY dangerous fetish.

I understand that there are people out there that do it and that it can be done safely, but in a performance environment like Zumanity, I don’t feel like those issues were able to properly be addressed. I’m as kinky as the next guy. Ok, maybe a little more.

I thought maybe this had slipped past people and they may not have noticed that the performer was choking herself 20+ feet above the stage in an artistic manner, but nope… they noticed and even commented about it. They actually thought it was kind of cool.

Watching someone walk a tight-rope isn’t something that you’ll probably try, or go swinging from a rope with no harness. But with how sensual and erotic the show was, I could see someone potentially going home and trying that. I was mortified to see it, and it will likely stay a part of the show, but in the kinky world the lines between fantasy and reality aren’t as blurred as they are for many people.

Folsom 2009 Poster

I’m going to be in San Fransisco for Folsom next Friday, September 25th till the 28th for the Folsom Street Fair. This will be my 3rd Folsom, so let me know if you need any tips and let me know if you’re going to be there. Always love to meet other kinksters. I also plan to go to the Big Muscle party, the Magnitude party and the Real Bad party.

Shoot me an email or leave a comment if you’ll be there.

Here’s some pics from Folsom 2008.

Two of my SF buds with some of their friends.

Met him at the Big Muscle party from LA.

A great guy I met. He's in the Bearhunter X calendar.

Last weekend I was visiting my family in Minnesota. My uncle has terminal cancer and doesn’t have very long left, so I wanted to go visit him one last time. I fly standby and wasn’t able to get on a couple of my flights, so on Sunday, I spent quite a bit of time around the Minneapolis Airport. No, I didn’t see Larry Craig, but there was quite a bit better than him.

Let me know which ones you like. Sorry for the crappy quality. I wish the iPhone camera was better, but at least you have pics.

The Leather Pride flag being carried through the Twin Cities Pride

This past weekend, I went to Minneapolis for Pride and to visit my family. I spent 24 yrs there, it’s where I came out, so it’s nice to get back there and see my friends. It didn’t hurt that it was 30F cooler than Texas either. Twin Cities Pride weekend is the 3rd largest in the US and the parade alone attracts about 125,000 people.

If you’re reading this expecting some wild, kinky, hot stories… you’re not going to find any from this trip. Sorry.

I spent much of the weekend at one of my favorite bars, the Minneapolis Eagle. There were a lot more guys wearing leather than I had remembered, so that was very cool. On Saturday night, I managed to make out with and manhandle about 4 different guys in the bar. The problem was all of them were staying with friend, and I was with my parents. I like things wild and kinky, but I still like a bed and things like that. So, I didn’t get any action over the weekend.

At the Pride Festival I was a little disappointed there was only one leather-related booth and that was the local leather club, the Atons. In past years there were some leather stores, but nothing this year. I’m guessing they were impacted by the recession.

The main kink-related excitement actually happened in the airport on the way back to Texas. When I do trips like this, I fit everything into my carry-on. Apparently there is a screw in my flogger that looked a little suspicious when going through the x-ray machine. So they did a check through my bag and a secondary scan of my flogger.

When she first pulled out my flogger, she was like “what’s this?”

I told her it was a flogger. She then asked “Is this for Renaissance festival type stuff?”

I just said yes because I figured the fewer questions the better. While my flogger was going through the x-ray by itself (and being waved all around the security checkpoint area), she continued to look through my sex bag. She pulled out my bag of nipple toys and looked at them for about 2 minutes. I really wonder what was going through her mind. She briefly pulled the paddle out, and the hand mitts. She also looked in the pouch where I have all my condoms and lubes stored. She didn’t ask any more questions really.

I just sat there and smiled. I actually found it all pretty amusing, although I would have been pretty disappointed if I lost my flogger. I got it back and packed everything up and went on my way.

It’s always best if you can pack your sex/BDSM toys when flying, but if you can’t remember they may decide to take it. Avoid things like rope, cuffs, clubs/extra-large dildos, etc.

Overall, it was a great trip and tons of fun.

In just a couple days I’m going to be leaving for Mr. International Leather (IML) XXXI. I’m totally excited and hoping to have a great time meeting some fellow twitter friends and getting into LOTS of trouble.

A little background info for those that may not know what IML is. IML is hosted in Chicago on Memorial Day weekend every year. The main point of the event is to find Mr International Leather in a Ms. America style competition. It has an interview, speech and a physique portion. Beyond the competition the weekend is filled with parties, a leather marked filled with many different kinds of vendors, and tons of hot leather guys. It’s also Bear Pride in Chicago at the same time, so you might run into some of them.

I’ll be staying in the host hotel (it changes most every year) from Friday – Tuesday. I’ll definitely be spending quite a bit of time at the leather market and I’ll try to take plenty of pictures to share with everyone. My goal is to blog each day, maybe even multiple times, so stay tuned for updates from the crazy kinkiness that is IML.

If you’re going to be there and haven’t let me know via Twitter, send me an email.

If I’m wearing a butt plug on an airplane is there danger of it popping out due to the pressure changes?
No. The only way I could possibly see something like this being a danger would be if the butt plug was unbelievably large and your ass was unbelievably tight. Otherwise, your ass is stretchy enough that any air will slowly seep out, like a slow fart.

Obviously you are going to want to avoid any metal toys, whether cock rings or butt plugs. It’s just not worth the hassle or investigation when going through security. And if you’re having hot airport security fantasies, I don’t think they’ll get fulfilled the way you want them.

Remember, if you have any questions about anything sex/kink related, shoot me an email. Also, check out other Whipping Post questions.