Written on the train b/w Amsterdam & Paris...just getting to post now:
There are no really appropriate words
for how overdue I am for a blog entry, so I'll just fall back on the
handy phrase “better late than never” and go from there.
I'm 2/3 of the way through my European
tour right now,on the rapid train between Amsterdam and Paris. Pity
it's such a grey, rainy day (again!) because I'm sure the view along
the way would be lovely in sunshine.
Anyway, my first stop in London was an
absolute, exhausting blast. So great seeing Monica and Richard again
after years since my last London trip, and so great seeing Minxy,
Venom, and Honey after their recent visits to NYC (fucking awesome
how many Londoners we've had visiting New York lately; means I
already know a ton of people when I visit there!)
Also, the was definitely one of the
most competitive wrestling-filled tour stops I've ever made. On top
of the fact that I went over for Monica's video event to fight some
amazing women, quite a lot of the guys in London like to go all out
as well.
I flew over Thursday night, and didn't
get a direct flight, something I will never do again. So after some
chopped up napping on the plane, napping in Reykavik (appropriately
very cold), and napping on the second plane, I arrive slightly late
in London. I struggle all my baggage (yes, I am carrying my travel
mats too) down to the Underground, where the ticket machine won't
take my credit card. I head back to currency exchange, then back to
the subway. Now I am rushing, rushing to make it to my first
session. I arrive at Monica's studio in a rained-on flurry, but
ready to go. That's when I get the message that instead of the three
sessions I thought I had that day, I really have five! Thank
goodness Monica brought me snacks – think it saved my life ;)
So I powered through that night, and
had a fabulous time – competitive, semi-comp domination with a huge
opponent, competitive again, brutal Boston crab domination (crazy! –
I think this guy was more masochistic than flexible, but, wow, he
could take a lot, so fun!), and finally lift & carry with a
gentleman who only liked shoulder rides.
The next day was sessions in the
morning and the video event at night. I won't say how the matches
turned out since they're all for Monica's video store, but I will say
my two matches were extremely hard fought! I went up against Antscha
first, and I was very curious going in to this one. I fought Antscha
on my lat trip to London, and I'd heard over and over that she's
gotten a lot better since then. But so does everyone who trains –
I wondered how much better. Well, A LOT. Antscha was a fantastic
opponent who pushed me so hard! She's gotten more skilled, and
considerably stronger too! She had the power advantage over me, so I
had to be tricky to get my advantages.
My second match was with Bettie. I'd
fought her before too, and I'd ALSO been told she'd gotten better
since then. In her case, that scared me a little since I already
remembered her as one of my toughest-ever opponents. I just hoped
I'd gotten equally better. The Antsha match had been hard enough
that my arms were actually shaking a little before the match with
Bettie. But I knew once we got going that would all disappear. And
indeed it did. We fought that match hard, and it was SO close, and
so back-and-forth, and thank goodness it was the last one because
afterward instead of shaking I was just aching. And then we all went
out for Vietnamese food – hooray! Much needed.
I also want to thank all the guys who
came out to watch the event, especially the ones who met me
beforehand for sessions so I got a chance to see you again. Thanks
to my two great opponents. Thanks to the other ladies Venom, Tyger,
Geri, and Lydia for putting on great fights, so I got to watch some
as well as be in them. And a HUGE thanks to Minxy Li for photos
because the one great disaster of this trip is that I forgot my
camera charger.
Last day in London. Again sessions in
the morning and videos afterwards. The afternoon was spent filming
some mixed matches with Monica and Richard. I'm afraid I traumatized
their poor victim a bit with a rather tight elbow tie as we were
doing a bondage finale to a domination match. Oh dear, he did not
like that at all, no he didn't. My second video there was a sporty
sort of BJJ match with Richard. A lot of flow and movement, and a
lot, a lot of holds. After that it was on to shoot number two.
I bussed over to LWS where I had a
request for a custom in the Villainess Bondage style. This one was
even more elaborate with five different ladies involved. Venom I
already knew, but I got to meet Isabella, Puma, and Ivy as well.
Isabella was on my team, but the rest of the ladies I got to tie up
:)
After this mega project, there were two
videos to go. The great tragedy of October's NYC Mega-Filming was
that the footage of my excellent bondage match with Minxy was lost.
So Minxy, Honey, and I arranged that I would bondage wrestle Honey's
“boy” in exchange for her reshooting Me vs. Minxy.
Now I assumed bondage wrestling
someone's boy would be a straight out domination, but it became
immediately apparent that this guy planned to fight – hard! So I
cranked the level right up on this match and took it to him
viciously. At first we were trying to do the bondage with some
special-for-the-occasion, extra-long pink ropes of Honey's. But they
were so very long that it was impossible to do anything but make a
tangle. Then Minxy tossed my short white ropes in to me, and the
binding started. Once the ropes were cinched tight and all the
thrashing and squirming were shut down, then I was able to bring the
long ropes back to decorate my captive with pretty pink bows ;) In
contrast to my early victim that day, the more horrifically rough and
evil I was to this guy, the more he liked it!
And finally, my rematch with Minxy! So
wonderfully good! Many, many people will not attack when they
bondage wrestle me, or they'll forget within a minute. Not Minxy!
She kept getting ropes around my arms, making it so hard for me to do
anything, and causing all kinds of trouble. Plus she's hilarious and
incorrigible with all her banter and chatter. Unluckily for her,
though, I had just done a two-hour bondage session that morning where
I had a chance to work out a brilliant new tie. I was beyond
determined to recreate it, and ultimately, it looked great on Minxy!
She says she'll get me next time, though – we pledged an ongoing
bondage rivalry, and I can't wait until she comes back to New York
for our next installment.
Oh, dear god, look how long this has
gotten. We'll have to talk about Amsterdam and Paris in another
post.
