#365Gratitude Day 291: Silver....

Saturday Missy and I got together with dear friends from Seattle, David and Krissie.  We love those guys.  They're partners to our little girl Valentalae, and one of the very compelling reasons we want to move to Seattle.  They're sweet, loving, giving people who we adore.

Krissie has a thing for rain forests in the same way I have my shark thing.  So, we decided to take them to the Baltimore Aquarium.  (Which has both!)

It was a super fun day out, and really great.

Here's my picture, of Missy taking a picture, of a shark.

We've known them for a couple of years now.  At some point in the day I found myself, as you do, thinking about the Girl Scouts song, "Silver and Gold."  

Definitely silver, heading towards gold.

#365Gratitude Day 290: That mom talk...

My friend Mel tweeted this YouTube video to me last night, I just saw it this morning and while it is very funny  in a way it's also kind of ...

PORN FOR ME ON YOUTUBE.  

Don't worry, it's worksafe. Just watch it. 

Thanks Mel! 

#365Gratitude Day 289: Tabi Cat

Today I wore my cool Tabi, traditional Japanese toe socks that my Japanese family got me as a present. ​

​What a great gift! They're comfy and awesome!

#justBecause: Now Boarding for Happy, But Needs a Diaper Change

On Twitter this morning, I saw a discussion between several friends that gave me a great idea. 

Now I'm pretty full up on creative work just now.  (Let's be honest, I'm postively choking on it.) So I wanted to write the idea down to share it, so that I could either pick it up later, or someone else could, or maybe we could all discuss it and really refine it. 

The Problem: Knowing how your friends are feeling when they're remote, or you're at a busy place, like a kink event. 

My idea: A sort of mood status board for people at an event, or specific friends you follow.  I call it MOODBOARD.

Think of one of those flappy-updating displays you see at train stations and airports. 

Like this one

Moodboard would be sort of like that: 

FRIEND                                                             MOOD

Cargo                                 Happy (Wet diaper) 

Shokolada                         Looking to be bagged 

Tasha                                Looking to cuddle 

Mako                                 Looking to be cuddled 

Flare                                 Wants to give spanking 

Vee                                    Needs a spanking 

That's like a super crude mockup.  But it's the basic idea.  That way you can let people know how you're feeling, what you're looking for, what you're open to.  It'd be tied to your Twitter name so you could use it to find and follow and cross-follow one another without needing yet another account. 

I could see using it temporarily, having a moodboard just for folks you meet at a Con, or to broadcast your mood "publicly" to a Con.  I could also see using it on an ongoing basis with friends. 

What do you all think? 

#365Gratitude Day 288: Safety Patrol

Missy joked to me this morning that she's on the safety patrol.  

That's because she put on my "Hey cars, please don't hit me" yellow safety harness I wear when I go running in the dark.  

She put it on so she can try out walking to work today, in the early morning dark and chill, and do so safely.  

The walking to work is her idea. The safety harness was mine. I think she looks both adorable and kinda badass in it. Badassadorable? 

The whole thing is my gratitude today because I love it when Missy tries something new, heads towards it full tilt boogie, with a sense of adventure... and without being hit by a car, either.