Wow, what an insane week this has been! The new online store is going hog wild and thanks to a nice gal in the UK, the studio phone has been going non-stop. Of course this is a good problem to have, but it can make one feel a bit overwhelmed.

Now most of my male friends, upon hearing what I do for a living, eagerly offer their services if I, “ever need a hand with the rope stuff”. So in the hopes of getting ahead of this mad rush I decided to take one of them up on their offer. A stout lad who I knew could do the work and frankly could use some extra cash. He was in fact quite eager to help.

He arrived this morning, bright and ready for whatever I could toss at him. A quick learner, I set him loose working the raw hemp while I set about other tasks. After several sweaty hours and several bales of rope, he looks at me with tired eyes and exclaims. “Damn, this is a lot harder work than I expected”
“Huh? I warned you that this was going to be dirty work”, I reply as I heap another pile of rope into the boil.
“Well yeah, but you make bondage rope… I didn’t think…”
“That you would be lugging hundred pound coils of rope?”
“Yeah.”
“What? You thought that I just tied up porn stars and hung out with Pro Doms all day?!”
“…well kinda” He responded sheepishly.
“No, I only get to do that AFTER I do all this heavy work. Think of it as foreplay. Only after doing LOTS of it,if you do it well and your lucky, then perhaps you get some of the fun stuff.”
“oh…”

And back to work we went.

Sigh.

While yes, I do work in the business of pleasure. This is still, in fact, a business. I’m amazed some days at the folks who think that working in the sex industry = high pay and no real work. I think I work harder now than I ever did when I was a research geek at the Big M.

That said. I fucking love this job. Where else can you get praise like this? I keep telling folks that I am taking over the world, one bedroom at a time. Now if you will pardon me, I have a few more hours before I can call it night and a few thousand more feet of rope to cook.

PS to Belle, yes I do make a lovely pink rope and you’re welcome to as much as you like.