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Created on 2007-10-22 18:37:32 (#14088490), last updated 2009-11-24
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Basic Info| Name: | breakring |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | 1969-05-22 |
| Location: | Las vegas, Nevada, United States |
BioHwaet, my friends:
Conrad here.
In a general sense, who am I? Physically: I am about 6'4", 280, bald, reasonably fit, inked, usually wear darker clothing. Professionally I am an attorney. Romantically I tend to manifest dominance, and have my buttons pushed by strength of character, intelligence, service, pluralism (as distinct from more general poly) obedience, masochism and surrender. I end up being involved in long term, structured, "power exchange" relationships with strong women and am happily in one right now with Melissa (and anticipate being so involved for the rest of my life). She and Abby, our toddler aged daughter, live 24/7 with me. Socially I end up spending time with leather (I teach and judge at various leather events during the year around the US and Canada), the SCA and at the gym. Most of my friends come from these three areas, though I have a few odds and ends from law enforcement, martial arts or even more oddball stuff.
I am starting out this Live Journal account as a way to manage my current Connie_Updates list. If you do not know who "Conrad" might be, well, welcome, I suppose. I have a "vanilla" and sanitized version of this journal for law community/law enforcement people, SCA and some bio family; that is where I place new friends if I am unsure where to fit them. However, I am pretty much an open book. I do not have professional or social concerns with folks knowing and do this to be kind to the sensibilities of some folks I care about who do not wish to be fully "in the loop." If you want me to let you access the full version, just let me know.
A quote from a movie comes to mind:
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. . . . All those ... moments will be lost in time, like tears...in rain." [Last words of Roy Batty in Blade Runner].
Ok, melodramatic, but I find it evocative of what my motives are, partly, for this journal. There are some things going on in my life right now which are pretty serious and it is likely I will want to remember them, in detail, in the years to come. Thus, to ensure that my memories of this time are not lost like tears in the rain, I will be sharing here.
A question I an often asked is what "Breakring" means. It comes from a kenning found in several old Germanic and Norse literary sources, like the Volsung Saga and Beowulf. "Beaga bryttan," (Breaker of Rings) is a metaphorical compound word or phrase. It refers to the particular sort of hero king who rubbed shoulders with his warriors in hall and on the field and apparently comes from the habit among such chieftans of breaking off sections of gold arm-rings to bestow as a sign of favour, thus "ring breaker," "breaker of rings" or "breakring."
Aledon þa leofne þeoden,
beaga bryttan, on bearm scipes,
mærne be mæste. þær wæs madma fela
of feorwegum, frætwa, gelæded;
ne hyrde ic cymlicor ceol gegyrwan
hildewæpnum ond heaðowædum,
billum ond byrnum; him on bearme læg
madma mænigo, þa him mid scoldon
on flodes æht feor gewitan.
there laid they down their darling lord
on the breast of the boat, the breaker-of-rings,
by the mast the mighty one. Many a treasure
fetched from far was freighted with him.
No ship have I known so nobly dight
with weapons of war and weeds of battle,
with breastplate and blade: on his bosom lay
a heaped hoard that hence should go
far o'er the flood with him floating away.
Tentative 2008 schedule
March 12: 7PM St. Therese at PT's.
March 15: Stevens going away party
March 21-23: Friend of Melissa's here from Indiana
March 28-April 6: Catherine Gross teaching in Vegas
April 4-6: non-profit board meeting
April 7-Abby turns 2
April 10-13: Presenting at Beyond Leather
April 25-27: Mark Frazier teaching in Vegas
May 1-4: IMsL
May 8-12: Melissa's sister visiting
May 16-18 NW M/s Contest
May 22: my birthday
May 30-31: MAsT meeting in LA
June 13-15: Presening at Cuir de Carnaval
June 27-29: Presenting in Edmonton, Canada
July 25-27 presenting at Thunder
August 22-24 presenting at GLLA
August 7-10 presenting at International Master/slave Conference in D.C.
Septeber 26-28 tentatively presenting at Folsom Fringe or Beyond Vanilla - I have not heard enough from anyone to know for sure, though I have presented at FF for the past 3 years, so I am planning upon there
October 1-3? Black Rose
October 9-12 Leather Sir/Boy in Dallas - tentatively presenting
October 17-19 Rio Grande Leather
November 7-9 Presenting at Southeast Erotic Art Conference
Conrad here.
In a general sense, who am I? Physically: I am about 6'4", 280, bald, reasonably fit, inked, usually wear darker clothing. Professionally I am an attorney. Romantically I tend to manifest dominance, and have my buttons pushed by strength of character, intelligence, service, pluralism (as distinct from more general poly) obedience, masochism and surrender. I end up being involved in long term, structured, "power exchange" relationships with strong women and am happily in one right now with Melissa (and anticipate being so involved for the rest of my life). She and Abby, our toddler aged daughter, live 24/7 with me. Socially I end up spending time with leather (I teach and judge at various leather events during the year around the US and Canada), the SCA and at the gym. Most of my friends come from these three areas, though I have a few odds and ends from law enforcement, martial arts or even more oddball stuff.
I am starting out this Live Journal account as a way to manage my current Connie_Updates list. If you do not know who "Conrad" might be, well, welcome, I suppose. I have a "vanilla" and sanitized version of this journal for law community/law enforcement people, SCA and some bio family; that is where I place new friends if I am unsure where to fit them. However, I am pretty much an open book. I do not have professional or social concerns with folks knowing and do this to be kind to the sensibilities of some folks I care about who do not wish to be fully "in the loop." If you want me to let you access the full version, just let me know.
A quote from a movie comes to mind:
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. . . . All those ... moments will be lost in time, like tears...in rain." [Last words of Roy Batty in Blade Runner].
Ok, melodramatic, but I find it evocative of what my motives are, partly, for this journal. There are some things going on in my life right now which are pretty serious and it is likely I will want to remember them, in detail, in the years to come. Thus, to ensure that my memories of this time are not lost like tears in the rain, I will be sharing here.
A question I an often asked is what "Breakring" means. It comes from a kenning found in several old Germanic and Norse literary sources, like the Volsung Saga and Beowulf. "Beaga bryttan," (Breaker of Rings) is a metaphorical compound word or phrase. It refers to the particular sort of hero king who rubbed shoulders with his warriors in hall and on the field and apparently comes from the habit among such chieftans of breaking off sections of gold arm-rings to bestow as a sign of favour, thus "ring breaker," "breaker of rings" or "breakring."
Aledon þa leofne þeoden,
beaga bryttan, on bearm scipes,
mærne be mæste. þær wæs madma fela
of feorwegum, frætwa, gelæded;
ne hyrde ic cymlicor ceol gegyrwan
hildewæpnum ond heaðowædum,
billum ond byrnum; him on bearme læg
madma mænigo, þa him mid scoldon
on flodes æht feor gewitan.
there laid they down their darling lord
on the breast of the boat, the breaker-of-rings,
by the mast the mighty one. Many a treasure
fetched from far was freighted with him.
No ship have I known so nobly dight
with weapons of war and weeds of battle,
with breastplate and blade: on his bosom lay
a heaped hoard that hence should go
far o'er the flood with him floating away.
Tentative 2008 schedule
March 12: 7PM St. Therese at PT's.
March 15: Stevens going away party
March 21-23: Friend of Melissa's here from Indiana
March 28-April 6: Catherine Gross teaching in Vegas
April 4-6: non-profit board meeting
April 7-Abby turns 2
April 10-13: Presenting at Beyond Leather
April 25-27: Mark Frazier teaching in Vegas
May 1-4: IMsL
May 8-12: Melissa's sister visiting
May 16-18 NW M/s Contest
May 22: my birthday
May 30-31: MAsT meeting in LA
June 13-15: Presening at Cuir de Carnaval
June 27-29: Presenting in Edmonton, Canada
July 25-27 presenting at Thunder
August 22-24 presenting at GLLA
August 7-10 presenting at International Master/slave Conference in D.C.
Septeber 26-28 tentatively presenting at Folsom Fringe or Beyond Vanilla - I have not heard enough from anyone to know for sure, though I have presented at FF for the past 3 years, so I am planning upon there
October 1-3? Black Rose
October 9-12 Leather Sir/Boy in Dallas - tentatively presenting
October 17-19 Rio Grande Leather
November 7-9 Presenting at Southeast Erotic Art Conference
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