The Dirty South Rocks Southeast Black and Blue Weekend

Sept 30th and Oct 1st marked the start of a new event for the Atlanta, GA Leather, Fetish, and Kink communities.  For the past two years we have held Southeast Rubber Weekend, which held the Mr. Southeast Rubber contest.  This year we decided to expand the weekend into one large celebration of Leather, Fetish, and Kink with Southeast Black and Blue weekend.  This event will now be the home to the Southeast LeatherSIR/boy/Community Bootblack contests as well as the Mr. Southeast Rubber contest.

We kicked off the weekend with the Mr. SE Rubber interviews followed by a meet and greet that evening with BDSM demos all around at the Atlanta Eagle.  The brothers and sisters of Panther Leather Levi club manned the bar and served Jell-O shooters to everyone. 

It was great to see the people who came from around the country to join us to kick off this huge event of ours.  We had friends from LA, San Fran, Denver, Charlotte, Knoxville, Baltimore, and even Fort Lauderdale.  We are very grateful for everyone who came to support us. 

Saturday afternoon the Atlanta Eagle hosted a BBQ and Beer Bust for us and we had several volunteers who set up demo stations to let people try different BDSM activities that they had always been interested in.  Lots of fun was had by everyone it seemed.

That night we got the contest underway and we were very happy to have the Lovely Luna emceeing alongside SIR Alan and myself.

At the end of the contest we were very proud to announce two new Southeast Regional titleholders:
Southeast Community Bootblack 2012, Girl Dale
Mr. Southeast Rubber 2012, Jamie Payne

Unfortunately we did not have any SIR/boy contestants the night of the contest, so we are currently working with Leather clubs from around the Southeast to appoint a SIR & boy for 2012.

The dates for Southeast Black and Blue weekend 2012 will be October 5-6 at the Atlanta Eagle so mark your calendars.

Thanks to all of the support that we received during the weekend we will be able to provide each of our regional titleholders up to a $1,000.00 travel scholarship for the expenses to get them to their International Contests.

Gulf Coast LeatherSIR/boy/CBB weekend

A few weeks back I had the great opportunity to join SIR Alan for our first trip to Dallas, TX.  I was one of the two tallymasters for the Gulf Coast LeatherSIR/boy/Community Bootblack contest held at the Dallas Eagle. 
The weekend got off to an awesome start when Parker picked us up from the airport and took us to one of the best burger places I've ever eaten at, Hunkies. 

OMG talk about a good thick juicy piece of meat.... What I'm talkin about the hamburger!

Then we went to the home of Jeffrey Payne, International Mr. Leather 2009, and his partner David (and their six four legged kids).  It was such an honor to be welcomed into their home like family.  They are such great men.

So many people came in from out of town and from other ILSb/ICBB regions to support the event, it was a great reunion.  SIR Olivier and his family came down from Oklahoma, Dan, Stephen, and SIR Bill came out from Phoenix, and lots more.  It was also so great to see my brother Cully as he finished out his regional year as Gulf Coast Leatherboy 2011.

The entire weekend was such a blast.  We had a meet and greet Friday evening to meet the contestants and the participants for the weekend.  Saturday we had the contestant interviews as well as the rest of the contest that evening.  Then it was time for some social time at the bar and we got the chance to meet a lot of the locals who make this such a great city. 

Sunday morning we all got ready and headed off to a great Mexican Food retauraunt before we headed home.  Had such a blast in Dallas and can't wait to go back again soon!

I'm very proud to announce that the new Gulf Coast Leather Family is:

SIR Jack Duke
boy Michael Dang
Community Bootblack Brenton who will be serving his region for a second year.

Congratulations to all of you and I can't wait to see how your year goes.

Busy weekend but SO much fun.

This past weekend was certainly a busy one, but damn it was a lot of fun.  Friday night was our monthly barnight for our Leather/Levi Club, Panther L/L, at the Atlanta Eagle.  It was great to spend the evening with our club brothers and friends.

http://www.pantherll.org/

Then Saturday marked the 5 year anniversary for SIR Alan and I.  We spent the day relaxing at home with slave scott and our friend Thomas of LeatherHorseGear (http://www.leatherhorsegear.com/).  Then that night it was time for us to head to the local dungeon space, 1763, for our friend LizzyBrat's Bikers for Babies fundraiser to benefit the March of Dimes.  She shared a very personal story about how one of her daughters was born premature and the MoD helped her out when she needed it.  The event brought the fundraising totals to over $3700 so far and still climbing. 


Congrats Lizzy - We are proud of you!

 Many local groups/vendors/businesses contributed items to the auctions and Raffles including:

MikeA

Southeast Leatherfest

Xanny

Sir Nicholas/slave nic

DominaDea & Fetclinic

Shadowdragon
Geek72

Atlanta S/m Solidarity

Lee David

Mistress Ayn

Ms. Martha

and lots more.

Then on Sunday SIR Alan and I were off to a photoshoot with a local photographer who wanted to do some shots with us at a local abandoned warehouse.  Unfortunately the Atlanta Police Department broke up our shoot not long after we started LOL.  They were really nice about the whole thing, but they did make us leave.  So we came back home and did some shots under the bridge near our place.  Had a HELL of a lot of fun.  Can't wait to take some more shots with Brent for sure!

Had so much fun shooting these pics - Can't wait to do some more.  Perfect end to a GREAT weekend. 

Now it is time to get ready for our monthly Panther L/L business meeting.

Emotional Release - Very much Needed

Something that I spoke about publicly for the first time at ILSb this year is the fact that my previous relationship was emotionally and physically abusive.  Before SIR Alan and I got together I was in a D/s relationship for approximately a year and a half that left me a broken man.  The worst part about it is that just like many in that situation, I didn't see the signs at first.  I lived in a world of denial about the entire thing because "No that won't happen to me..." etc.

Because of this past I have always had issues channeling much impact play.

When SIR Alan and I got together five years ago today, her certainly did not have the man and boy that he has today.  He has done so much over the years to help me rebuild myself into the strong and confident person I am now.  He has now helped me to overcome another barrier as well. 

This past weekend at the Northwest LeatherSIR/boy/community bootblack contest, SIR Alan flogged me for only the second time ever.  At first I was intimidated by the concept, based on previous experience.  However, trusting him as much as I do I know that I was in a wonderfully safe place.  The scene lasted probably 30-40 minutes and at one point I just felt a huge weight lifted off of my shoulders.  SIR Alan recognized the change immediately and placed his hand on my shoulder.  As soon as he touched me I started to cry.  Not out of sadness, but out of relief.  I'm still not entirely sure how to explain the feeling other than to say that the next morning I felt like a completely different person.  So much of the baggage that I had been carrying around for all these years was suddenly gone. 

This was apparently just the therapy I needed and I am so thankful that it happened.
I'm certainly not saying that this is the same thing that everyone should do to deal with their baggage, but it certainly worked for me.

My Updated Event Calendar

Event	Location	Dates
Trident Knights Run	Augusta, GA	Aug 26-28, 2011
Northwest Regional LSB/CBB	Seattle, WA	Sept 2-4, 2011
Gulf Coast Regional LSb/CBB	Dallas, TX	Sep 23-25, 2011
Southeast Regional LSb/CBB	Atlanta, GA	Sep 29 – Oct 1, 2011
Southeast Olympus	Atlanta, GA	Oct 8, 2011
Atlanta Pride	Atlanta, GA	Oct 9, 2011
Atlanta AIDS Walk	Atlanta, GA	Oct 16, 2011
Leather Vampires & Fang Bangers	Atlanta, GA	Oct 29, 2011
Mr. International Rubber	Chicago, IL	Nov 4-7, 2011
Western Canada Regional LSb/CBB	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Nov 17-21, 2011
Leather Mask Ball	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	Nov 25-27, 2011
Twelve Days of Christmas	Baltimore, MD	Dec 9-11, 2011
Twisted Toyland	Atlanta, GA	Dec 17, 2011
Northern California Regional  LSb/CBB	San Francisco, CA	Feb 10-13, 2011
Eastern Canada Regional LSb/CBB	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Feb 16-20, 2012
Florida Regional LSb/CBB	Tampa, FL	Feb 24-26, 2012
Southwest Leather Pride Regional LSb/CBB	Phoenix, AZ	Mar 2-4, 2012
CLAP/Mid Atlantic Regional LSb/CBB	Baltimore, MD	Mar 23-25, 2012
International Ms Leather	San Francisco, CA	Mar 30-Apr 1, 2012
Atlanta Leather Pride	Atlanta, GA	Apr 13-15, 2012
Spring in the South	Atlanta, GA	Apr 27-29, 2012
Tradesmen Run	Augusta, GA	May 4-6, 2012
Panther L/L Anniversary Weekend	Atlanta, GA	May 11-12, 2012
Southeast LeatherFest	Atlanta, GA	Jun 8-10, 2012
Rocky Mountain Regional LSb/CBB	Denver, CO	Jul 13-15, 2012
ILSb/ICBB & Dore Alley	San Francisco, CA	Jul 26-28, 2012
Great Lakes Regional LSb/CBB,	Indianapolis, IN	Aug 10-12, 2012

Amazing time at Northwest LeatherSIR/boy/Community Bootblack 2012 contest

Well SIR Alan have now attended our first LSb/CBB Regional contest during our title year.  We were very honored to have been invited to Seattle by SIR Hugh to stay in his beautiful home for the weekend.  SIR Alan, Luna, and I each served together on a judges panel of eight for the weekend.  The weekend was a great success with the Meet and Greet being Friday night at Doghouse Leathers followed by the Bootblack Interpersonal skills at the Cuff Complex, and the contest being held Saturday evening at the Cuff Complex.  This was actually my first time judging a Leather contest and I certainly enjoyed seeing things from that side of the table.  The contest as a whole went very well, and I would like to again congratulate the newest LSB/CBB Title Family, SIR Jim, boy danny, and Bootblack Ruin who will be serving as Northwest LeatherSIR/boy/Community Bootblack.  I can’t wait to see how they all grow together over the course of the next year. 

I can’t say enough about the amazing hospitality that was shown to us by SIR Hugh this weekend.  It is such an honor for me to be invited into the beautifully peaceful home of a man whom I have such a high level of respect for.  He treated SIR Alan and I like members of his own Family, and to say it was greatly appreciated would be a gross understatement.  We also had the awesome chance to share the House with my brother, 1^st Runner-Up International Leatherboy 2011, boy Renee from the Western Canada region.  I’m not going to give any details here about THAT part of the weekend, but you can only imagine what happened when you put the four of us under one roof WOOF.  We even had the wonderful treat of SIR Hugh’s fantastic Italian cooking (he said that the dish containing two full blocks Cheese and other ingredients was an attempt to test to see if SIR Alan was really human and could gain weight).  I really enjoyed the time getting to know SIR Hugh and his boys so much more during the weekend, and I can’t wait to see them all again very soon.

I also had another fairly new experience this weekend.  During the play party Saturday Night at Lady Lydia’s dungeon space SIR Alan flogged me with his braided flogger.  This was only my second time being flogged because Impact play has always been very difficult for me to overcome mentally.  As many of you know I was formerly in an abusive D/s relationship (that’s a whole other post though) so there were some mental barriers to overcome here.  However, SIR Alan was able to help coach me through the experience without even saying a word.  About half way through he came up behind me and placed his hands on my shoulders and the dam of emotions broke loose.  It is certainly an odd feeling to cry that hard from the release of pent up emotions rather than from sorrow, but today I feel like an entirely different person.  I really feel like a compartment of baggage that I have been carrying around for years flew away last night, and I’m very grateful.

To sum it up in a nutshell our first trip was very fun, but I am certainly missing slave scott and our dog Sandy.  SIR Alan and I are on the plane headed back for Atlanta now.  I’m VERY glad that we have tomorrow off (Labor Day) so that we can rest and relax as a Family. 



No really... We are a VERY Serious bunch LOL




2012 Contestants - SIR Jim, Bootblack Ruin, boy danny





SIR Hugh's cat decided to energize some of SIR Alan's Leathers





Mama's Family