Hi yet again!

RE: ZOO

> ... the animals don't belong there. I know SD has one of the
> highest rated zoos in the country, so I think I'll break down
> and give it a try. 

You're right -- they don't belong there.  But we don't know if animals
are "happy" or "unhappy," we can only observe their behavior.  Zookeepers
have found that when animals engage in repetitious or self-destructive
behavior, that PEOPLE get unhappy.  When the animals behave with playful
novelty, the people are happier.  You might find Dixie's web site
interesting in this regard:

    http://www.well.com/user/abs/dbs/eesb/

She has made a specialty of what is called "behavioral" or "environmental
enrichment" for captive non-domestic animals.  You might be interested
to know that she invented a cricket dispenser to entertain predators.

RE: DELPHI

Thanks for the link!  I joined last night (as "Aleph0") and we lurked for
a while.  We'll probably post soon.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

I wanted to lay all of cards on the table and tell you what we are looking
for.  It's really two things: more of the same and something different.

1) As I mentioned we just saw our favorite play club implode, shortly after
we moved from five miles away to a hundred miles away.  We'd love to
find a similar environment in SD.  We were very disappointed to see the
rules at the 10/30 play party excluding penetration and water sports.

> ...I don't like the unwanted attention that comes from public displays.

This is why we prefer parties with couples only.  We've found that
unattached males contribute the most unwanted attention.

So our search will go on.  If you run across any leads, please let us know.
(We'll also use the Delphi forum to aid this quest.)

2) We also feel it's good to take the opportunity of a changing environment
to expand our horizons.  We sort of fell in with an all M dom/F sub
crowd and grew in that direction even though we are both switchable.
Our play started in the swinging world and so has always been pretty sexual,
with B&D and humiliation coming along later, and SM very recent.
One of the ways we lead ourselves to try new things is to hang out
with folks in a different space from us.

WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU

Sure, if you called us up and said you were in the mood for a Crisco
party we'd come right over, but at this point what we expect is that
we might reach a point where there was enough mutual trust for each
couple to watch the other in piss play.  And all we're actually asking
for is to get together for coffee.  Hang out.  Test the chenistry.
Talk about things.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

We realize that just because you want to do something doesn't mean you
want to do it with US.  Still, it has occured to us to wonder, when
you showed up at the party with Shaun in a WATER BOY shirt, and when
you posted an ad on Delphi looking to meet people in SD, what are you
looking for?  Places to play?  People to play with?  An audience?
New friends?  A scene to be a part of? We're trying to figure out
where you want things to go.

Your turn!