Naoko's news, views and shoes thread

[redzinger]

Call me old-fashioned, but I miss the smell of men, the texture of their hairy bodies, that firmness of muscle or softness of fat - I don't really mind which.

It has been a long long time since I sucked a cock and I would really like to see if the actual experience lives up to the way I imaginatively write about it.

I'm feeling the same way. A friend read all my books in quick succession, and said that there are a few similarities in how I described the sex scenes. I think I need a real-life refresher.

I have been through quite a number of cocktail bars, high- and low-class tea-shops and even cheap and exceedingly uninviting eating-houses, and have yet to meet someone I felt turned on by in the flesh. (I mean except the rugby CEO, who was clearly not in it for the long term...

It is so, so rare that I meet someone I find genuinely attractive. I can't force it though - I've tried to in the past and it doesn't work.

Unfortunately, the only two social situations places where I usually meet people nowadays is either the pub (cycling-related) or the rugby club. Neither are ideal situations, and both usually involve alcohol consumption. I confess, I feel I'm a little dependent on alcohol to relax me enough to flirt comfortably.

I've continued flirting with the anal-obsessed proto-Dom 23yo. Not entirely sure why. Maybe because not much else is going on in my (love/sex) life?

I wouldn't mind a trustworthy, single, fuck buddy/fwb, but I haven't met anyone suitable. Friends have suggested Tinder, and I'm increasingly tempted to give it a go...

...I just felt a bit icky when he tactlessly revealed he was married.)

It does annoy me how easily many men/women will consider cheating on their SO. I like chatting to other people, perhaps having a bit of a flirt. But, I won't be intimate with someone non-single.

Am I old-fashioned? Some people seem to assume that if I write erotica, then it must mean I have lax morals. When in fact, it's the opposite. I find cheating is a turn-off.

A friend is currently involved with two attached men. I won't interfere - she's a grown woman and has massive self-image problems - but, I'm not comfortable with it either. I have the feeling that either one could blow up massively, and I may inadvertently, get caught in the fallout.

 

[NaokoSmith]

I confess, I feel I'm a little dependent on alcohol to relax me enough to flirt comfortably.

I've continued flirting with the anal-obsessed proto-Dom 23yo. Not entirely sure why. Maybe because not much else is going on in my (love/sex) life?

I wouldn't mind a trustworthy, single, fuck buddy/fwb, but I haven't met anyone suitable. Friends have suggested Tinder, and I'm increasingly tempted to give it a go...

I think it's an atmosphere rather than the actual drug effects of the alcohol. In pubs and bars, people are out to have a good time and flirting is normal so there is a bit of sparkle going.

TBH, I will flirt anywhere. They have got the new NomNom chocolate Lust in the Deli Cafe, and one (older) waitress said: "What is lust?" so I said: "Let me take you out the back and show you, dahlink." Everybody shrieked with laughter and we had a good time. I flirt outrageously when I go in there, the owner loves it. There aren't any silver foxes but there are some old badgers who come in for milky coffee and panetonne and they snigger surreptitiously and enjoy my flirting while feeling comfortably too old to be in danger. Mwaaahahaha, little do they realise ...

Is Tinder good? I have had a few tentative contacts on the classical music website but it's slow and hard to get going. The main thing in its favour is that it looks like people who are on there are genuinely looking for something more romantic, rather than just SEX (oh, did I forget to tell you I'm married). The main thing against it is the cost. I am just trialling it out, Favouriting a few people, seeing if there is anyone I would seriously like to date. At the moment it's so slow I don't think it will be worth paying for it. I mean, I did Favourite podgy123 back, but I don't have high hopes of him. Still, who knows, perhaps nicguy will turn out to be Nice Guy after all. I saw one chap, and thought of you - a keen cyclist in the area! but he didn't put rugby as an interest. I mean, how can you live in Wales and not be interested in rugby?


As for the 23yo proto-Dom - go, girl, go! I am quite sorry younger men don't do it for me, as I have had several attempt to contact me but they just don't turn me on.

 

[Handley_Page]

"There aren't any silver foxes but there are some old badgers who come in for milky coffee and panetonne and they snigger surreptitiously and enjoy my flirting while feeling comfortably too old to be in danger."

I thought pannetone was some colour process in the Printing industry. <giggle>


As an old Badger, (just call me Brock), I sit, relax and watch the fun . . .

 

[NaokoSmith]

I was expecting to take all day working through this latest block from the module I'm teaching but I've finished already!

I could start my marking ... or go and have milky coffee and panetonne ...

About six or seven years ago, I decided I needed a new pair of shoes for work. I didn't have very many shoes - that was at that time when I would put all the money I earned into the housekeeping because the Fella said he couldn't afford to give me very much. The Fella never cared about shoes or lingerie or anything, so I wasn't very good at keeping myself en tenue.

I went to the sensible shoe shop where they sell comfortable Gabor shoes. And I saw this pair. I just fell in love. They are Gabor and very comfortable, and in a way they look like shoes your granny wears to a funeral but the big black strap totally transforms them.

When I brought them home and wore them first, the Fella took one quick sharp look at them and said nothing. I wondered if they were unattractive? One day I wore them to a work event with a skirt that was a little too short for them, and had to go past a building site. The site foreman looked me up and down. His eyes lingered on my shoes. His mouth pursed but he didn't whistle. Then I knew that the shoes were top dollar sexy, so I gave up wearing them for work events

(I'm still looking around for a pair of classic black court shoes for work )

 

[Handley_Page]

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[NaokoSmith]

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No no, the shoes fasten by velcro not zipper There is a big button on them, which won't come out in the photos because they are black against a black background, but they're purely decorative.

LOL @ you, you would be very cross in the Deli cafe and be asking why you can't have a simple coffee and slice of cake!

I really feel like having a slice now. (I mean of panetonne, not old badger ). Maybe I will just whizz round and clean the bathroom and go down there.

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[oggbashan]

No no, the shoes fasten by velcro not zipper There is a big button on them, which won't come out in the photos because they are black against a black background, but they're purely decorative.

LOL @ you, you would be very cross in the Deli cafe and be asking why you can't have a simple coffee and slice of cake!

I really feel like having a slice now. (I mean of panetonne, not old badger ). Maybe I will just whizz round and clean the bathroom and go down there.

I have added Naoko's shoes to my collection of pictures of her legs.

Panetonne? I buy it from Lidl. They have genuine panetonne at low prices before Christmas (and Stollen and other European cakes). But I can only find good Galette de Roi in France.

 

[TxRad]

Exactly! I didn't want to be one of the hoard, or even horde If I can't be unique, I like to at least stand out from the crowd

At least i didn't spell it whored.

ETA: Add large shiny rings in place of buttons on those shoes and see the reaction.

And for an even bigger reaction, tuck a riding crop under your arm the next time you walk past a work site.

 

[NaokoSmith]

I have added Naoko's shoes to my collection of pictures of her legs.

Panetonne? I buy it from Lidl. They have genuine panetonne at low prices before Christmas (and Stollen and other European cakes). But I can only find good Galette de Roi in France.

Galette de Roi! I haven't tried that, and I feel I should. Ah, next time I am in Paris ... LOL

I am hoping I will get a chance to make a collection of pictures myself of your legs.

At least i didn't spell it whored.

ETA: Add large shiny rings in place of buttons on those shoes and see the reaction.

And for an even bigger reaction, tuck a riding crop under your arm the next time you walk past a work site.

I thought 'hoard of middle-aged ladies' might be the Texan equivalent of a harem?

Actually, I don't generally need accessories to get attention when walking past a building site

 

[oggbashan]

Galette de Roi! I haven't tried that, and I feel I should. Ah, next time I am in Paris ... LOL

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Galette de Roi is only sold between Boxing Day and Twelfth Night so you have to be there at the right time.

http://anglophone-direct.com/la-galette-des-rois/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_cake

In Calais it appears to be Galette DE ROI (one King) and elsewhere it is DES ROIS for the Three Kings.

 

[NaokoSmith]

Galette de Roi is only sold between Boxing Day and Twelfth Night so you have to be there at the right time.

http://anglophone-direct.com/la-galette-des-rois/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_cake

Hooray! a recipe. I might try my hand at making it. I had great success last weekend with a blood orange sponge. To my surprise it had no flour or butter in it, but I had to warn my students that anyone with a nut or egg allergy had better sit on the other side of the room to it!

 

[Handley_Page]

"Slice of Cherry Genoa and a coffee please"
[or Dundee cake, or almost any of the myriad recipes of Fruit Cake to be found in the UK at one time]

 

[stickygirl]

Oooerr... plenty of fruit cakes in here
I trust you're all wonderfully pink?
Naoko - are you ready for another book review None of the Above - 7 Apr 2015 -
by I W Gregorio? It's a "young person's read" about school life for an AIS girl

 

[Handley_Page]

Oooerr... plenty of fruit cakes in here
I trust you're all wonderfully pink?
Naoko - are you ready for another book review None of the Above - 7 Apr 2015 -
by I W Gregorio? It's a "young person's read" about school life for an AIS girl

Good EVening Jane

 

[NaokoSmith]

Oooerr... plenty of fruit cakes in here
I trust you're all wonderfully pink?
Naoko - are you ready for another book review None of the Above - 7 Apr 2015 -
by I W Gregorio? It's a "young person's read" about school life for an AIS girl

Yes, you are guaranteed fruit cake around here

I have been very slow about my blog recently, so that would be great!

Good Evening Jane

Good morning, HP.


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[silversword]

Mmm, cherries.

Good morning Naoko.

They would go well with a nice cup of tea on this winter (spring) morning.

 

[TxRad]

Well rounded fruitcakes in some cases.

 

[Handley_Page]

Good morning, HP.


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Ah - just the job with my morning tea.
Thank you, me dear.

More tea, Vicar ?

 

[oggbashan]

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I have been very slow about my blog recently, so that would be great!


...

And I've been adding condoms in my latest stories just for you...

 

[NaokoSmith]

Mmm, cherries.

Good morning Naoko.

They would go well with a nice cup of tea on this winter (spring) morning.

Hullo dahlink, and a warm welcome to this thread.

Well rounded fruitcakes in some cases.

Now now, no personal remarks about my figure. There's nothing wrong with a couple of well rounded body parts here and there - especially if they have a fine upstanding currant or raisin poking out.

More tea, Vicar ?

Oooh! is it that sort of party today? Where are the tarts?

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And I've been adding condoms in my latest stories just for you...

Yayyyy!

Gets out reviewing pen and blows dust off it.

Thank you, Jane, for the lovely review! I am checking it over imminently.


I have had a busy morning. Went for swim, then into the city centre shops. I bumped into one of the lay-dies from the health spa/swimming pool. "I didn't recognise you with your clothes on!" I cried. She guffawed heartily at this merry jest, and asked if I was on my way to the pool but I explained I'd gone early so I could get back for the farmers' market.
"Are you going to pick up a farmer?" she asked.
"I'll see if they are doing BOGOF and get one for you," I replied.

Then I had a contretemps with a cash machine, so I was held up and by the time I got home it was ten to one (farmers' market closes at one). I rushed out on my bike in my best cashmere coat with a pashmina round my neck, and Piglet's violin strapped to my back. (Having received a plaintive text saying: I forgot my violin, please mum, sorry, bring it to school.) Luckily I just caught the egg lady as she was packing up, and the veg man was still there.

I may be getting fatter because of eating cream cakes after swimming, but I am also getting fitter. I was suprised at how easily I whizzed away on the bike, in gears I had never dreamed I would be using.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Better add 'roadie' to your CV Naoko.

Me and missus went tonight to celebrate my first week of teaching for a aussie steak (she assured me it was not tenderised to death). It wasn't - but they ought to take 'well done'off the menu. The steak came back still bloody inside..and the waitress was warning me that well done would result in a tough steak. I asked for it to be cooked a little longer - it came back STILL pink inside...
Weird. It was 158 rmb for the steak (Aussie angus rib fillet btw)...which came with a 'free'set of sides - soup, breads, salad (fruit and vegetable), spiral pasta (!!?), fruit juices of our choice, desserts, coffee... and everything was re-orderable.
Li Yan ordered a pork steak with veges.

I didnt want the set soup so opted for a crusty topped corn and chicken, and I wanted a plate of fries as well.
The coffee was wonderful..and the desserts...we ordered several twice - so yummy! Creme brulee, a coddled egg thing, choc cake, ..we were stuffed.
260 rmb all up...$50 - 60?
Could have had a nice bottle of Australian red or white wine with it too..but the set menu items kind of steered us away... shame for them..they missed out on a sale there..


lol is this more suited to the food thread?

 

[NotWise]

I may be getting fatter because of eating cream cakes after swimming, but I am also getting fitter. I was suprised at how easily I whizzed away on the bike, in gears I had never dreamed I would be using.

Or maybe not. When your muscle tone improves that can have the effect of making you look bigger when you really haven't put on fat. I understand from a fitness-freak friend that a lot of people who go into fitness programs to lose weight give up the program when that happens, but it they kept it up the next change they would see would be a loss of fat. So don't fret.

 

[stickygirl]

Being aerobically fit is one thing but it doesn't necessarily lead to weight loss. I saw a tv prog the other day that provided a 'medically/scientifically' proven training regime to burn calo's - it suggested 2 mins of high-intensity exercise then 1 min rest, then repeat 7 times. It fools the body into burning calo's long after the 20mins is up - sometimes 24hrs after!!
Mmmyeh... the old 'oh but muscle weighs more than fat' story. The problem with that is that you can add muscle but not remove the pesky brown fat that lurks below the obvious michelin effect. The brown fat is more stubborn, clogs up the machinery and is harder to shift.
Imagine cream cakes as lard and flour and they're much less tempting.

urgh - I hate it when my post is at the top of a page

 

[NaokoSmith]

Better add 'roadie' to your CV Naoko.

Food food food food

When your muscle tone improves that can have the effect of making you look bigger when you really haven't put on fat.

Being aerobically fit is one thing but it doesn't necessarily lead to weight loss. ... Imagine cream cakes as lard and flour and they're much less tempting.

urgh - I hate it when my post is at the top of a page

But we can all admire you up there, Jane! You look so lovely.

I think we should start a new food thread, but food is always welcome in here

Awww, thanks guys. But I'm not worried about my shape. I went to Pizza Express once and had this conversation:

Waiter *best Italiano accent*: Would Madam like a nice salad? Lots of the lovely ladies like a salad.
Moi: What?!!! Do you think I got to be this shape by eating salad?!! (*shakes cleavage at waiter*) Bring me a large pizza and a big glass of red wine, and I wil definitely be looking at the dessert menu.

I figure that the kind of men I would like to have dinner with would prefer a woman who enjoys the food and wine, and talks about interesting things, rather than a very skinny woman who eats some lettuce only after talking at length about how many calories it contains.

Gah, I have to go and teach again tomorrow. I've made another blood orange sponge for this lot of students. I'll send half with Piglet to the friends who are kindly taking her in for the afternoon while I struggle back on the train. There's no rugby so I should be back in reasonable time. Then Piglet and I can eat lard and flour while lounging about on our queen-size sofabed, watching DVDs on the 43" tv

 

[Handley_Page]

There's no rugby so I should be back in reasonable time. Then Piglet and I can eat lard and flour while lounging about on our queen-size sofabed, watching DVDs on the 43" tv

I really must see about casting a spell on Twickers against the Welsh side (23-18, I hope). But the big one, for me , is on the 19th: England, v France; in France !

Dear Lord, Please excuse this prayer, but. . . .