The Weekend and Catching Up

Hello, one and all. I am starting to write this on a Sunday morning; this particular post will likely be finished Sunday evening. Hopefully I can keep my same train of thought and frame of mind throughout.

10:00am

This morning I came across two of @galenkp's posts; one for his Weekend Engagement post, and the other with a simple title of "Happy." I am going to try to follow his lead and followup with two posts, one for the weekend, and one on the topic of "happy," and try not to combine them into this one post.

First... The Weekend.

What do you spend far too much time doing, how does it negatively impact your life and what steps could you take to reduce it? Remember to use your own photos.

and

Do you masturbate a lot and if so why...and if not why? Remember to use your own photos.

Well. Wow. use your own photos. Hmm.

(I actually used this photo on Hive several years ago, but it serves a greater purpose here).

I almost feel as if those two questions posted are related. I mean, really, how much is "too much" in "what do you spend too much time doing?"

Once upon a time I toyed (pun intended) with the idea of writing a book of poetry entitled The Art and Science of the Mengage-a-mois. It hasn't gone anywhere (though I do have some poems!), at least not yet. I'm sure I've got some other fantastic ideas kicking around my notebook, too.

2:30pm

A few hour break, and I'm back. Interestingly - and very unrelated, in fact - a friend and I just recently held a discussion about sex work and prostitution. We didn't touch on masturbation, per se, but we did discuss why sex work and prostitution exists in the first place. We're not experts in sexual psychology in any way but, between the two of us, we do have over 100 years experience.

(100 years)

(Fuck)

There was certainly a spirited discussion to be had (and, for those interested, the friend in question is a woman who was the victim of rape years ago; it wasn't just me and a buddy being wankers and fucking around) and there was definitely a comment that perhaps some men need to masturbate more. We also had an interesting discussion on the psychology of female arousal; at first she had said that women are more turned out in response to men, to which I responded that I have seen her drawer of personal, well-used toys, and that perhaps she has as much of a drive as anyone.

Well, as stated, neither of us are experts, but we did agree that, perhaps, people need to self pleasure more if for no other reason than to take the edge off. It's not meant to be cute, pretty, or romantic (unless you're with a partner, in which case it might be). More often than not, it's simply a release.

Let loose and have fun with it, in other words.

Here are some tips for having a good time: