The Matter at Hand

First of all, thank you to everyone who participated in LOL Day! The comments made my day a lot better. :-) Now, onto that matter. . .

Being human means that we are inherently attracted to certain features on other humans. We notice nice smiles, good hair, smooth skin, and body shape. One psychological study found that a symmetrical face was the most appealing even to young infants, who would focus their gaze on the symmetrical picture for seconds longer than those that were less balanced.

With all of the attractive features to choose from, some people may find it hard to believe that the thing I notice first and am drawn to are large, masculine hands.

There's just something about them. I think about what they can do: hold me tight, make me feel safe, fix things around the house, play music, operate machines, give a firm handshake, or hold me down during a firm spanking.

I've been guilty of checking out the hands of my male classmates during lectures, and if I like what I see, I'm more likely to talk to them or send them a smile.

It may be strange, or picky, but it's a fact. Do any of you have a similar attraction, or something uniquely different?
Let's see a show of hands! What a nice show that would be. :-)

Loving those Lurkers

Hello everyone!

Since I've had this blog up for less than a year, this will be my first Love Our Lurkers Day. I've always liked the idea, and I remember leaving a few comments on my favorite blogs years ago, when I was an avid lurker! It felt good to make my presence known to the blog writers I appreciated so much.

Since starting this blog (and looking at the handy Statcounter), I know that I have a lot more readers than commenters. So, if you feel so inclined, I would love to receive comments from any lovely lurkers that may be around. If you'd rather just send an email, I love getting those too!

spankingsophie@gmail.com

I've gotten to know so many great people through creating this blog, and I really do thank any and all of you who stop by to read.

<3

Implement Madness

We all have our favorites and (more importantly) our least favorites. Some prefer leather over wood, some despise canes, some limit themselves to hand only. This is a prime example of just how differentiated our little community can be.

Here are a few of my personal favorites:

1. Hand- This will always be my favorite, The intimacy involved in skin-to-skin contact, the spontaneity and constant availability, the large range from soft, sensual pats to hard, stinging slaps. Mmmm.

2. Belt- So domestically classic and perfect for my headspace. The belt is in my fantasies constantly. The stern look, the belt being unbuckled, slipping slowly (yet quickly) through the belt loops, the folding over, the rolling up of sleeves. The belt epitomizes manly dominance and causes my stomach to flip.

3. Cane- This satisfies my less frequent desire for cold, detached discipline. There is nothing friendly or intimate about the cane, and that's why I love it. It stings immensely and leaves an after burn that can be reignited easily by sitting. Plus, it leaves lovely marks. :-)

It's kind of funny that my top three favorite implements are the four letter words. Perhaps that's appropriate, seeing as I feel like screaming other four letter words during particularly hard swats!

I do probably deserve a harsher spanking with some of the above implements for waiting nearly two weeks to post a blog. It really is important to me to keep up with my rules, so I apologize for that.

This past weekend, my good friend Malignus came to stay with me, and we had two days full of spanking and fun. Also, Danny and I uploaded a couple more clips to our store, including another week of discipline diary as well as a double belting we filmed with Kat and Kyle in Vegas. Free trailer can be seen here!

Just Another Sunday- And Pictures!

There isn't anything new or exciting going on here, but I thought I'd blog seeing as I've finished all of my homework for the day (Oh yeah, and I'm supposed to blog once a week, according to my rules!). As I'm sure all bloggers know, it is sometimes a struggle to come up with something to write about when you're just going through the daily grind. Of course, I wish I had some really mind blowing event to tell you about.

Note to self: do more mind blowing things for the sake of your blog.

Do any of you have something you'd like me to write about? I know Michael requested that I write about my latest shoot in the new studio.

I always have a great time shooting with RS, but this time was especially fun because I got to mix things up a little bit. The studio is a mansion with an outdoor pool, jacuzzi, and some tree-covered acreage. All of this creates amazing shoot opportunities!

I have to admit, I found myself a little disoriented in the new space. I had just gotten used to the old, factory-style studio (which I constantly got lost in) and now I was navigating my way through room after room, trying to find the set I was shooting on.

The first shoot we did was very true to my real life: I fell asleep while studying and was awoken by Mr. M, who proceeded to strap me (rude awakening!).

While the strapping wasn't overly hard, it caused a tiny abrasion on one of my cheeks and bled a little bit. It happens, and I wasn't worried, but the crew decided to do my second scene over clothes. It was an old fashioned caning where I received a dozen strokes over my skirt. That was the first time I had been caned over clothes, and it was definitely a different sensation. Less sting, more thud.

In the third scene, I got to dress as a french maid and go outside to pick a switch (a fetish of mine, so it made me happy). The maid outfit was left over from a feature film that RS did a while back, called Maid For Punishment.

Also, Danny and I have been filming a lot of great content lately for Clips4Sale. Our latest vids include a good girl spanking and a double daughter spanking we filmed in Vegas. Trailers on Spankingtube!

The Age Old Question

There are a few questions I get asked repeatedly by people who write to me, message me, etc. One of the more recent ones is “How long do you plan on being a spanking model?” Often times, I'll get comments on how young I am and asked if I was spanked when I was a child. It got me thinking about the age factor and just how it plays into this kink of ours.

I've heard from several people that in the spanking video business, a woman can only model as a bottom until a certain age before she has to start topping. I don't like that idea. I don't have anything against female tops, but I'm certainly not one of them. It's unfortunate that there's an age limit of female bottoms in videos, but it's not realistic in the real world. I know that when I'm ninety years old, I'll still have the desire to be spanked. Hopefully I can find some willing gentleman then, but we'll see. Speaking of gentleman, how unfair is it that they're still in their spanking prime much later in life? Such injustice in this world.

Anyway, back to the present. It's a week after the start of my discipline diary, and I've been doing pretty well. Not perfect, though, and I didn't follow every rule completely. Danny and I sat down yesterday to go over my list, and I was punished for not completing all of it. How was I punished, you may ask? Well, we decided to turn the camera on during our discussion, so you can see it at our Clips4Sale store. There should be a preview posted soon on Spankingtube as well.

Here's me being in a less remorseful mood after my spanking when Danny was trying to take my picture. :-)

My most recent shoot with RealSpankings was a lot of fun, and I got to see their beautiful new studio, a lovely mansion with an outdoor pool and lots of acreage for outdoor shoots! I got to play a schoolgirl and a naughty french maid who is made to cut a switch from outside. I'll write more on that, and more Clips4Sale updates in another post.

Hope everyone had a spanktastic weekend! Oh, by the way. . . I love getting comments, just so everyone knows. :-)

Discipline Diary

September has been a stressful month at school, and it's the first time I've had to juggle my academic life with my less-vanilla, online life. I realize, of course, that academics need to be my first priority. Senior year would be a bad time to start slacking!

But doing spanking blogs and videos is something I enjoy a lot, and don't want to give up. With all of that in mind, I decided to ask Danny for some help in managing my time and keeping me motivated so that I can get everything done without having to give things up. We decided that I would start keeping track of this through a discipline diary.

I've already blogged about the various types of spankings that exist, and discipline is a big one. I've heard a lot of people say that spanking can't be used to effectively discipline a spanko, because they enjoy it too much. I think there is some truth to that, but I don't completely agree.

For me, knowing that someone is keeping track of what I do and holding me accountable to the goals I set for myself is both comforting and helpful. I can tell myself that I will get my essay done by Friday, but then easily make an excuse and give myself too much slack. If someone else knows what I need to be doing, I'm more likely to get it done. Exercising regularly is easier if you do it with a friend, and I see this in much the same way. If I don't follow the rules I've laid out, there is an added element of guilt because I am disappointing myself.

I had already been given a few rules by my friend Malignus, and I told Danny everything I wanted to focus on for this semester specifically. Together, we made 5 rules that I will be held accountable for:

1. 5 minutes or more playing guitar, 4 days a week.

2. 1 hour of productive school-related work every day.

3. 1 blog entry per week, and 1 hour of maintenance / replies to blog comments.

4. Once a week, log in to both bank accounts, review card activity, pay bills if necessary.

5. 6 meals per week must be made at home.

I'm happy with this list because the rules are not too overwhelming, and they cover some basic problems I've been having with procrastination and time management. Number one is there because I've wanted to play guitar (I used to play the violin) for a long time and have trouble remembering to practice. The others are pretty self explanatory. So now that I've posted them here, more people can help to keep me accountable!

Danny has said that he will check in once a week and I will keep track of things in a journal. If I'm not doing so well, you can probably guess what happens. We'll see if it helps. :-)

Have any of you tried something similar to this, and has it been effective? I hope everyone's weekend was great. Danny and I went to a small, local spanking party Friday night, and it was a lot of fun catching up with a few Shadow Laners and getting to play. Back to school tomorrow!

More Tidbits

I know, all this Shadow Lane talk is probably getting old, but I forgot to mention a few things:

Last Monday, when we were still in Vegas, Danny and I met up with Kyle and Kat to do some videos for Clips4Sale. We all had a great time and got some excellent footage with lots of variety: Danny and Kyle spanking Kat and I, and Paul (the wonderful host of many a SL suite party) spanking me.

Speaking of that last one, Kyle just posted it on Spankingtube, so people can go and see it for free. We had a lot of fun with that one, and I play the part of an innocent church-going girl who answers a Craigslist ad to keep Paul company. He asked for a girl who likes OTK, but I'm far too innocent to know anything about that (yeah, unlikely, but enjoy!). There's great spanking in it, too. :-)
Also, a new clip is now up on Clips4Sale. It doesn't include me, but it's a great video (also taken during Shadow Lane) starring Danny and Lily Starr. In this one, Danny spanks Lily for being too promiscuous at her first spanking party and agreeing to play with all the creepy guys (who definitely made an appearance during the party, but I won't name names!). She gets a hard hand spanking and then the belt, and it's in high definition, too!

And as long as you're in a spanking video mood, check out my latest update on RealSpankingInstitute, where I get the belt for sneaking into a back room with another student, Monica. My next shoot with them is coming up, and will be in their new studio, which has lots of opportunities for outdoor shoots!
I'm slowly getting over party drop and getting back into the swing of things. I came home to a lot of school responsibilities; I just finished writing a paper on culture and reworking my resume (I've never needed to make one until now!). Why can't life just be rainbows, gum drops, and spanking parties all the time?