Joy In Small Things and Sugasm #64
Some days a little thing happens and that's enough.
Today I went to my regular yoga class and for the first time ever, there was a man in attendance. I noticed mostly because when I came in and started setting up, he kept staring at me whenever I walked by like he was looking for some kind of acknowledgment. So when I first came in, I gave him eye contact and a little smile/nod to sort of say, "Hail, stranger," but he didn't smile back, so then I just shrugged it off and let him do his watching thing and I just kept doing my thing till I was all set up.
But here's what. He couldn't have seemed more average. He could have been anywhere from his early 30s to his late 40s; you couldn't really tell. He wasn't noticeably ugly, or beautiful. He wasn't noticeably anything. He had this feel of tired and serious earnestness about him, and that beige, bland air of a government worker. He was tall, and relatively thin, but in every way nondescript, really, a sort of everyman/commuter/middle-class/blank/average/straight-guy feel to him. Nothing to note; just another nondescript person like every other person who usually walks around in the city I live in. I forgot about him as soon as I went to the other side of the room and started working out.
I didn't think of him again until I was done class and could feel him watching me again as I went to put my stuff away. So I turned to look at him out of the corner of my eye as I passed and then I saw it.
He'd been working out barefoot, like the rest of us. And peeping out under the hems of his average-Joe sweats, on his bland, everyman feet...
...full-on, perfect, pedicure-quality toenail polish. A deep, rich, womanly, shade of plum-rose.
It made my day.
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And, now, here's the Sugasm for this week (I am participating). Have some fun reading the best of this weeks blogs by the bloggers who blog them. Highlighting the top 3 posts as chosen by Sugasm participants. Want in Sugasm #65? Submit a link to your best post of the week using this form. Participants, repost the linklist within a week and you’re all set.
This Week’s Picks
Arrogant Penis (http://www.sex-kitten.net)
“When I start to relax, adrift in the warm comfy seas of a powerful orgasm, my body slackening (and lord knows how my face looks), aware of nothing but how fabulous this is and ready to ride the waves into slumber, he doesn’t stop.”
Bewitch Me! (http://perverselypoly.blogspot.com)
“I’m big enough to pin you down while I move my hands up and down the sides of your body, feeling its contours beneath the black fabrics you so favor.”
Unicorn Sighting, Part II (http://loladavid.wordpress.com)
“There was one man in the very front of the theatre who didn’t give a damn who heard him moan as he came.”
Mr. Sugasm Himself
The High Definition Porn Problem (http://sugarbank.com)
Editor’s Choice
The Two-Client Day (http://thismuse.blogspot.com)
NSFW Pics (& videos)
Fundoshi and naked Japanese males (http://hothardcock.blogspot.com)
Getting Naked For Justice (http://myhotbox.blogspot.com)
Renee Perez Naked (http://eroticandy.blogspot.com)
You don’t have to be naked… (http://kitchen-girls.blogspot.com)
Thoughts on Sex and Relationships
10 Reasons Why a Spanking Model is Like a Geisha (but not really) (http://adelehaze.com)
I got this feeling when I heard your name the other day… (http://lustylady.blogspot.com)
Pop Quiz: Dating Myth/Reality (http://sexeteria.net)
Realization (http://thisthingcalledbdsm.blogspot.com)
So Many Sexy Memories (http://totalsensuality.blogspot.com)
Thoughts on virginity (http://deliciously-naughty.typepad.com)
BDSM and Fetish
Demented Game (http://eroticjournals.blogspot.com)
Four poster beds (and one spanked bottom) (http://pandorablake.blogspot.com)
Greta: An Erotic Lingerie Story (http://aslipofagirl.blogspot.com)
Happy HNT - Fetish boots and whip (http://darkside-journey.blogspot.com)
I Had a Dream (http://www.spankingwriters.com/blog)
Meeboguest confesses: “I have been a bad boy” (http://anawtymouz.blogspot.com)
Plotting My Next Tryst Part IV (http://www.taratainton.com)
Realization (http://thisthingcalledbdsm.blogspot.com)
Red Satin Bustier (http://sweatshopsissy.wordpress.com)
Sex News, Reviews and Interviews
Product Review - iBuzz (http://shayssexcolumn.blogspot.com)
Erotic Writing and Experiences
Beautiful Cock (http://lafillemariee.blogspot.com)
Bend Over The Chair Part 2 (http://mandyseroticlife.blogspot.com)
Bewitch Me! (http://perverselypoly.blogspot.com)
Caught in a Dream (http://dirtylittlecockslut.blogspot.com)
Countdown pt. 2 (http://themilfblog.blogspot.com)
Exploring, Experimenting and Losing Control (http://junohenry.wordpress.com)
Forbidden Fruit is in Season (http://sexandtheivy.com)
His Turn Now (Part III)–Driving (http://pick-up-pieces.blogspot.com)
The Itch, Part The Fourth (http://udoj.wordpress.com)
Me, her, and him 5 (http://erotischism.blogspot.com)
Reminiscing (http://edinerotica.blogspot.com)
Squirting like never before (http://plum001.blogspot.com)
Sucking Cock (http://bimale.thumblogger.com)
Unicorn Sighting, Part II (http://loladavid.wordpress.com)
Comments (5)
...full-on, perfect, pedicure-quality toenail polish.
God, i love that; underneath it all, there's a little bit of fabulous.
1. Posted by Elvis on February 3, 2007
That's fuckin' awesome.
So, are you going to ask him out?
:D
2. Posted by alwaysarousedgirl on February 4, 2007
How come the first question out of AAG is always, "Are ya gonna ask him out?" Sheesh. That woman has a one track mind.
So, are ya?
3. Posted by ArtfulDodger on February 4, 2007
Karl Elvis: Yeah, it's good not to make any assumption that anyone's too ordinary just by what they look like. Sometimes I forget.
AAG: Heh. I have no idea if I'd like him or not--just the fact that he turned out to be not as typical as I thought made me happy about humanity overall. But you know, if he is interested, he can talk to ME. I did my part. I smiled hi and I even said something to him going out. His signals were weird--I didn't get it. He kept staring at me like he knew me or something. Like he'd seen a ghost, almost. And then, he went down the stairs out of the studio way ahead of me--I was still in there putting on my shoes. But he must have walked really slow on purpose, because when I came out, he was just walking out of the door (it's only one flight, he should have been gone by then), and he was totally looking back out of his peripheral vision to see if I'd come out yet. Even clueless-about-interest me could see that. So then the minute he saw I was in the hall and coming down, instead of leaving, even though he was ALREADY OUT THE DOOR, he turned around and waited, holding the door open the whole time down there at the bottom of the stairs till I could get down there and walk out. So that's when I said something basic to him as I was leaving, since he was holding the door. He could have totally started a conversation then. But every time I acknowledged or talked to him, he looked kind of shocked and really, really serious. He didn't smile or act friendly or anything. It was just kind of deadpan, like he didn't know how to respond; like somehow he hadn't expected I could actually SPEAK.
So I have no idea if that means he is attracted to me, or he just thinks I'm some kind of interesting scientific specimen or circus freak or something.
Anyway, more to the point, I don't feel like asking ANYONE out. I feel like being ASKED. I'm tired of drawing out shy men out of their shells. I'm ready to be pursued rather than having to be the pursuer/encourager/initiator all the time. I'm looking for men who are strong and know what they want and aren't afraid to tell you they want it, dammit! I want to hear I'm wanted, without me having to "induce" it.
Art: See answer to AAG above. She is set on dating these days--hey, maybe she should join my yoga class and ask the guy out. AAG, he's quite tall! Long appendages usually means...
4. Posted by Miss Syl on February 4, 2007
Hey, I'm tall too.
5. Posted by ArtfulDodger on February 5, 2007