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		<title>Where have I been?!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems as though when I start to focus on something new, something else falls by the wayside. In my case, I started to focus on personal fitness, and the workouts leave me so exhausted that I&#8217;m not focused on blogging. Which, to be honest, is okay with me. Weightlifting always made me feel meh. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It seems as though when I start to focus on something new, something else falls by the wayside.</p>
<p>In my case, I started to focus on personal fitness, and the workouts leave me so exhausted that I&#8217;m not focused on blogging.</p>
<p>Which, to be honest, is okay with me.</p>
<p>Weightlifting always made me feel meh. I&#8217;m focusing on bodyweight workouts using <span style="text-decoration: underline;">You Are Your Own Gym</span> by <a href="http://marklauren.com/" target="_blank">Mark Lauren</a>. In it, he lays out a recommended high protein diet. I&#8217;m still working on getting anywhere near the levels he recommends. I&#8217;m also not doing to workouts as he recommends them yet, so I guess that&#8217;s okay for now.</p>
<p>I walk at least a mile a day now, between riding the bus &amp; running errands. I joined a fitness social networking site, where I&#8217;ve been getting a lot of motivation and support. I didn&#8217;t realize just how much I need that constant pat on the back. Knowing that I&#8217;m doing the right thing, and making the right choices helps so much.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve lost 7 lbs this month. I&#8217;ve gained enough energy that for the first time in a while (if not, ever) I&#8217;m more productive than Master. The more I work out &amp; the less high fructose corn syrup I consume, the more I&#8217;m able to get up each day. I&#8217;m on day 5 of a 6 day work week (Yes, I worked through the holiday. Yes, I&#8217;m so okay with it. <img src='http://mysemicharmedlife.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> ) that thankfully ends Friday morning. I can feel my metabolism kicking in more and more. That mixed with my constantly sore muscles makes me happy. He&#8217;s been lethargic and bingeing on Christmasy sweets. I&#8217;ve been making smart choices, not giving into temptation too often, pushing myself in workouts, and I feel great.</p>
<p>Until I look at him. Then, I get frustrated when I can&#8217;t motivate him to make the same choices. He&#8217;d rather wait until the new year. I don&#8217;t understand why people wait until a specific date to start something. Want to make a change in yourself? Start now. Starting later just makes it that much harder.</p>
<p>For Christmas, I bought myself <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OCLW5Q/ref=oh_o00_s00_i01_details" target="_blank">a new scale</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000G7YW7Y/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details" target="_blank">new measuring tape</a> &amp; a <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16874103258" target="_blank">12 month XBOX Live Gold Card</a> to renew my subscription. *continues to drool over Skyrim*</p>
<p>For my birthday, I think I&#8217;m going to splurge what I can on clothes. I could use a new pair of jeans that didn&#8217;t slide down my ass when I sat down. Also, more workout clothes. Yoga pants are awesome. More sports bras are even more awesome.</p>
<p>My birthday, though, is my true holiday of the holiday season. It&#8217;s in about a week. I will not be working out that day. I will not be working that day. I&#8217;ll be eating, drinking &amp; doing whatever the fuck I want. Because that&#8217;s what I do on my birthday. <img src='http://mysemicharmedlife.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' />  I never went to school on my birthday. It was always a rare day of shopping for me &amp; my family. A day to splurge. A day to celebrate when you&#8217;re not really financially able to celebrate like this often.</p>
<p>My life has come full circle. I made a vow as a teen to never live like I did growing up. As an adult, I&#8217;ve been unable to escape it.</p>
<p>I need to get myself back to the point where I can do stuff like sit around and update a blog. Until then, I may or may not be around.</p>
<p>You can always send me an email at simone@mysemicharmedlife.com. <img src='http://mysemicharmedlife.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>One From The Archives</title>
		<link>http://mysemicharmedlife.com/2011/12/08/one-from-the-archives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I posted on Twitter that I&#8217;d take a new picture for Wanton Wednesday with my new phone. I ended up sleeping all day. I guess I needed the sleep. Fear not! I have an extensive archive to pull from, so I&#8217;ll just do that. Hopefully, I&#8217;ll have something by next week, but with my mom [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I posted on Twitter that I&#8217;d take a new picture for Wanton Wednesday with my new phone.</p>
<p>I ended up sleeping all day. I guess I needed the sleep.</p>
<p>Fear not! I have an extensive archive to pull from, so I&#8217;ll just do that. <img src='http://mysemicharmedlife.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><center><img src="http://mysemicharmedlife.com/images/200706151844_00230.jpg"></center></p>
<p>Hopefully, I&#8217;ll have something by next week, but with my mom moving here this weekend, it may not happen. Oh well, I&#8217;ll just pull another one from the archives next week then! hehe</p>
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		<title>No Wanton Wednesday this week.</title>
		<link>http://mysemicharmedlife.com/2011/12/01/no-wanton-wednesday-this-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My phone was stolen a couple of days ago. No SD card means no pictures. Got a phone call from the shop I took the car to yesterday. The car is overheating due to the crankshaft, as well as the rack &#038; pinion being bad. The repairs to the engine are way out of my [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My phone was stolen a couple of days ago. No SD card means no pictures. <img src='http://mysemicharmedlife.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Got a phone call from the shop I took the car to yesterday. The car is overheating due to the crankshaft, as well as the rack &#038; pinion being bad. The repairs to the engine are way out of my budget. Hell, even a new engine is out of my budget.</p>
<p>Going to see if I can repair a scooter to ride that to/from work for a while.</p>
<p>More things wrong with the car: </p>
<p>Power steering hose needs to be replaced (not a big deal)</p>
<p>EGR valve needs to be replaced (there are screws stuck in the threads. The heads of the screws were sheared off. If I can get the screws out, I can fix this.)</p>
<p>Front driver side brake caliper needs to be replaced (I have the new caliper. I have the tool to fix the stripped thread. I just need a new caliper bolt.)</p>
<p>Front driver side tire needs to be replaced. Thread is starting to separate from the wheel.</p>
<p>Since the caliper has been scraping the inside of the wheel, I should actually just replace the whole goddamn wheel.</p>
<p>I need new shocks for my suspension. (Which the mechanic failed to mention during their inspection.)</p>
<p>My horn needs to be fixed. (They also missed this. I pulled the fuse so that the horn would stop blaring every time I turned the wheel. There&#8217;s a wire loose inside the steering column.)</p>
<p>So, as of right now, I owe them for the inspection they&#8217;ve done, as well as an oil change. I think I may just park the car for the time being.</p>
<p>I may have financed a lemon, but it&#8217;s improving my credit rating, so long as I continue to pay the payments. Silver lining, and all that jazz.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll figure it out. I always figure everything out. <img src='http://mysemicharmedlife.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>TMI Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://mysemicharmedlife.com/2011/11/29/tmi-tuesday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been meaning to play along, but I always seem to miss it. NOT THIS WEEK!&#160;All of my answers are in red. 1. Finish this thought: Nerds make me horny ? (idea from PocketRockettz) 2. If you were in a beauty pageant, which would be your ticket to the tiara? (heard on the Newlywed Game) [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">I&#8217;ve been meaning to play along, but I always seem to miss it. <strong>NOT THIS WEEK!</strong>&nbsp;All of my answers are in red. <img src='http://mysemicharmedlife.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
<p>1. Finish this thought: Nerds make me <span style="color: #ff0000;">horny</span> ? (idea from PocketRockettz)</p>
<p>2. If you were in a beauty pageant, which would be your ticket to the tiara? (heard on the Newlywed Game)<br />
a. Talent<br />
b. Interview<br />
c. Swimsuit<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">d. Evening wear (i.e., gown, tuxedo)</span></p>
<p>3. On your body what is eye candy and what is an eyesore?<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">It really depends on the preferences of whomever is looking at me. However, I do love my eyes, my breasts &amp; my butt. My thighs still need some slimming.</span></p>
<p>4. Your penis is starring in a gritty crime drama? Which part would it play?<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">a. Straight laced detective</span><br />
b. Hooded criminal<br />
c. Crooked cop</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">I guess? I don&#8217;t have a penis! <img src='http://mysemicharmedlife.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
<p>5. Would you rather? (as heard on the Graham Norton Show)<br />
a. Eat dog food for every meal for a year or<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">b. Get shot in the knee</span></p>
<p>6. If you crapped yourself at work what would you do? (This was a poll taken at a blues bar…seriously)<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">a. Go commando</span><br />
b. Do nothing<br />
c. Turn ‘em inside out<br />
d. Wash in employee sink</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">I would also throw the underwear out, and use Wet Wipes to clean as best I can.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">Too the car into the shop. My mom has a date that she&#8217;s moving. Now, my life is one big waiting game, while I kick ass at my job.</p>
<p>Speaking of which, time to choose my layers for tonight. When you only have one means of transportation for 2 people, both people take the bus. Even if it&#8217;s at night &amp; pretty cold. =/ We&#8217;ll survive.</p>
<p></span>Go play along with everyone else who is sharing TMI today!</p>
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		<title>Life, the Universe, and Fuck This Week</title>
		<link>http://mysemicharmedlife.com/2011/11/24/life-the-universe-and-fuck-this-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Little known fact about PMS. Not every woman becomes a raging bitch once a month. There are others, like me, who are more prone to being sad/depressed than angry. Hormones affects everyone differently. Last Friday night, coming home from a night out with friends, I noticed a water-like sound when I turned off my car. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Little known fact about PMS. Not every woman becomes a raging bitch once a month. There are others, like me, who are more prone to being sad/depressed than angry.</p>
<p>Hormones affects everyone differently.</p>
<p>Last Friday night, coming home from a night out with friends, I noticed a water-like sound when I turned off my car. I thought it may have been a sprinkler, but it was 3:30am. I popped the hood, and found smoke coming from the engine, and water boiling on top of my air hose.</p>
<p><b><i>Commence freak out #1.</i></b></p>
<p>Saturday morning, my mother woke me up with news that she was being evicted, yet again, for not being able to come up with rent in time. The job economy in South Florida sucks, to say the least. I had her go to Occupy Fort Lauderdale to join their rally, and she spent the night there.</p>
<p>Sunday morning, she decided to move to Houston. I&#8217;m in Houston. How will she get here, where will she stay when she gets here? So many variables.</p>
<p><b><i>Commence freak out #2.</i></b></p>
<p>Sunday was also my scheduled day to remove my birth control.</p>
<p><b><i>Commence hormone insanity.</i></b></p>
<p>I spent Sunday feeling off. Feeling combative, defensive, depressed, stressed out, confused, etc</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve ridden the city bus to/from work since. Still not sure what&#8217;s going on with my car. The not knowing creates anxiety within me, which does nothing to help relieve the stress within me.</p>
<p>At this point, my mother&#8217;s situation is stable. Her, her boyfriend &#038; her dog are staying with my father &#038; sister. My parents recently finalized their divorce. Awkward!</p>
<p>She&#8217;s probably going to fly here, and ship what she can&#8217;t take on the plane. I&#8217;ve researched rooming houses for her. She&#8217;s going to make the calls to the rooming houses on Friday.</p>
<p>If my car situation doesn&#8217;t improve, she may be stuck at the airport. Just looked up bus routes. Hopefully, they&#8217;ll let her on the bus with her dog if this happens.</p>
<p>Like I told Master the other day while he was holding me: I know everything will work out just fine. It&#8217;s just the in between that&#8217;s killing me. It&#8217;s the not knowing. It&#8217;s the inability to finish a thought/project.</p>
<p>Until that happens, it usually bugs me. Tack on period hormones, and I&#8217;m a hot mess.</p>
<p>Good news? I just got my period. On time. Always a plus.</p>
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		<title>Sunbathing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laying down on the floor in my living room, loving the feel of the sun on my skin. Please be sure to visit all of the other blogs participating in Wanton Wednesday!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Laying down on the floor in my living room, loving the feel of the sun on my skin.</p>
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		<title>Furniture</title>
		<link>http://mysemicharmedlife.com/2011/11/18/furniture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t participate in kink to be different. I&#8217;m in it for the growth. I&#8217;m in it to prove to myself that I can do something I didn&#8217;t think I could do before. I&#8217;m in it to take more and more steps out of my comfort zone. For about 2 years, I&#8217;ve wondered what it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t participate in kink to be different. I&#8217;m in it for the growth. I&#8217;m in it to prove to myself that I can do something I didn&#8217;t think I could do before.</p>
<p><i><b>I&#8217;m in it to take more and more steps out of my comfort zone.</b></i></p>
<p>For about 2 years, I&#8217;ve wondered what it would be like to be used as human furniture. Yesterday, I was given a glimpse.</p>
<p>For about 10-20 minutes after my Dance Central workout, I knelt, naked, at Master&#8217;s feet on top of his mostly deflated bean bag chair. He rested his feet across my back while reading his kindle. I updated twitter, and responded to texts. Just as I would normally do sitting up. After a while, he ordered me to shower (it was a really sweaty workout. All of the sweat dried to me while I was sitting in front of a fan.) Occasionally though, I&#8217;d look up at him to find him smiling at me.</p>
<p>It wasn&#8217;t a normal smile. He smiles often. It was the smile every submissive lives for from his/her Dominant. It was a smile of love, one of pride. He&#8217;d occasionally mouth, &#8220;I love you&#8221;. I&#8217;d mouth it back. We didn&#8217;t speak a word the entire time. Yet, so much was spoken. So much was learned.</p>
<p>The second his feet landed on my back was the second I slipped into subspace. I think I purred audibly. I learned that my posture needs work. The way I was kneeling put unneeded pressure on my hips. I would have been much better off on all fours.</p>
<p>The look on his face told me that he enjoyed it as much as I did. It was a first for both of us, with this being his first D/s-type dynamic.</p>
<p>I think I&#8217;m going to try again today. Perhaps, this time, I&#8217;ll read my kindle while he props his feet up on me and reads his kindle.</p>
<p>The perfect way to kick off our weekend. <img src='http://mysemicharmedlife.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>What do you think about human furniture? Human food carts, ottomans, etc? Leave your responses in the comments!</p>
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		<title>Wanton Wednesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Current Music: Peaches &#8211; Fuck The Pain Away, States &#8211; Anxious, New Order &#8211; Leave Me Alone, The Faint &#8211; Sealed Human I wanted to participate in Wanton Wednesday this week for the first time, but it slipped my mind. =/ So I&#8217;m late. And I think I derped on the linky list thing. Oh [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Current Music: Peaches &#8211; Fuck The Pain Away, States &#8211; Anxious, New Order &#8211; Leave Me Alone, The Faint &#8211; Sealed Human</p>
<p>I wanted to participate in <a href="http://wantonwednesday.dangerouslilly.com/">Wanton Wednesday</a> this week for the first time, but it slipped my mind. =/</p>
<p>So I&#8217;m late. And I think I derped on the linky list thing. Oh well. Here goes nothing.</p>
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		<title>How You Look vs. Who You Fuck</title>
		<link>http://mysemicharmedlife.com/2011/11/15/how-you-look-vs-who-you-fuck/</link>
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		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Currently listening to: Rooney &#8211; I&#8217;m Shakin&#8217;, John Mayer &#8211; No Such Thing Found myself bristling to a tweet made by a friend yesterday. &#8220;Why are the cutest girls always lesbians?&#8221; I responded with &#8221; &#8221; His response? &#8220;what? lesbians and androgynous women are cute/hot. straight girls just don&#8217;t look like that&#8221; As a girl [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Currently listening to: Rooney &#8211; I&#8217;m Shakin&#8217;, John Mayer &#8211; No Such Thing</p>
<p>Found myself bristling to a tweet made by a friend yesterday. &#8220;Why are the cutest girls always lesbians?&#8221; I responded with &#8221; <img src='http://mysemicharmedlife.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_neutral.gif' alt=':|' class='wp-smiley' />  &#8221;</p>
<p>His response? &#8220;what? lesbians and androgynous women are cute/hot. straight girls just don&#8217;t look like that&#8221;</p>
<p>As a girl who identifies as mostly straight (I&#8217;ve only had 2 girl/girl sexual experiences in my life), it struck my feminist nerve.</p>
<p>Is there a specific &#8220;look&#8221; women of a certain sexual orientation have? If you were to look at me, would you say, &#8220;That girl&#8217;s been with women.&#8221; Or would you say, &#8220;Yup. Straight as an arrow.&#8221;?</p>
<p>Since, people are welcomed to their opinions, even if their logic seems way off, I decided to drop it on twitter. However, it does make me curious to see what others think of the subject.</p>
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		<title>I guess an introduction is in order</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, new blog. I&#8217;m Simone. We&#8217;ve never met before, but thank you for being here. I&#8217;m 24 years old, and I currently live in Houston, Texas. I come from a working middle class family. I make the most money out of my sister and parents, yet I&#8217;m still barely scraping by. We all are. I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello, new blog. I&#8217;m Simone. We&#8217;ve never met before, but thank you for being here.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m 24 years old, and I currently live in Houston, Texas. I come from a working middle class family. I make the most money out of my sister and parents, yet I&#8217;m still barely scraping by.</p>
<p>We all are.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve never been much for traditional anything. Once I learned how to play football, I didn&#8217;t wear a dress or skirt until I was almost done with puberty. Pink is my least favorite color. Ever. I&#8217;m not a girly girl by any means.</p>
<p>So, I guess, without much surprise, that this would translate into my relationships as well. I sometimes call my 18-21 years my trampage, but I also feel that it takes away from all that I experienced during those years.</p>
<p>In sleeping with hundreds of guys, some I still maintain friendships with to this day, I was able to learn what I liked and didn&#8217;t like in bed. At the age of 21, I knew what I wanted my career to be, and I knew how I liked to be fucked. I&#8217;d say I was pretty ahead of my class.</p>
<p>In 2009, I discovered that the rabbit hole, known as BDSM, was deeper than I imagined. I learned more about myself that year, and experimented with submission, as well as Domination.</p>
<p>I also admitted to myself, and to my partner at the time that I was poly. That admission started the slippery slope to the end of the relationship, but to finally be okay with who I was empowered me like nothing did before.</p>
<p>2010 was a rough year for me. I was in a new state that did not have the kink community that I felt so comfortable in the year before. I spent much of the year feeling trapped, and wanting to run away. It almost did not matter where.</p>
<p>I met my current partner towards the end of September 2010. I didn&#8217;t expect anything to change. In fact, I expected to be hurt, crushed, you name it. What happened instead, was I found an equal. Someone who lifts me up, yet still makes me feel dumb sometimes. I think I do the same for him. <img src='http://mysemicharmedlife.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>My entire outlook on my life changed when I met him.</p>
<p>The theme of 2011 for me is to let go of the past and to move on. As we reach the end of the year, I believe a rebirth of sorts is in order.</p>
<p>Hello, my name is Simone. I am 24 years old, and I identify as a polyamorous sadomasochistic submissive. At this time, I am in a monogamous relationship with my owner, and I&#8217;m the happiest I can remember being. We have an interesting relationship in that there isn&#8217;t a lot of protocol, nor is there any sort of classic D/s structure. It flows between vanilla and kink seamlessly. I do not wear a collar, or any other piece of jewelry that signifies a collaring, yet there&#8217;s a paddle always within reach in our apartment.</p>
<p>I listen to a wide variety of musical genres. I&#8217;m mostly a new wave kid at heart though.</p>
<p>This blog won&#8217;t just be about my kink exploits. Hopefully. I really want to be able to have a space where I can just get everything out. A therapy space of sorts. This might mean that some entries will be difficult to follow. That&#8217;s okay.</p>
<p>Please feel free to ask me questions. I&#8217;m a bit of an introvert, so you&#8217;ll have to be direct with me.</p>
<p>It was nice to meet you, blog. Let&#8217;s be best friends.</p>
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