Can you believe that I am already in Seattle, settled nicely into Allena's. RC and I made the drive this morning and I just finished teaching two different classes. Butt Sex & Anal Pleasures and Bi Curious? Where to Start For Girls Who Want to Date Girls. Both strong excellent classes, the first mixed gender and the latter women only. I so love my women's only classes and guiding them into and through new topics and ideas.
Tonight we're heading back to The Wet Spot for some play, it's the pan party. I plan on doing a scene with my guy and then spending plenty of time talking with everyone about making donations to the new club.
We're off to grab some Thai food for dinner next. Allena, her boy, RC and I.
My life is charmed.
Jennifer ... Vancouver's Sex Educator, Sexuality Coach and Activist. The content of this blog is not suited for those under the age of 18. What you'll find here is a written account of my personal journey in sex positive culture both personally and professionally.
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Friday, April 27, 2007
can't do it without you
I'm feelin' the love. There is a lot of it out there amongst you all. Just over 48 hours ago I sent out a contribution request as part of our fundraising program to the Libido Events mailing list and since then the response back has been overwhelming. Overwhelmingly positive that is.
Tears have rolled down my face a few times over the last while, the support has made me feel so blessed & valued.
The messages of hope on the bottom of the contribution forms have been filled in with such wonderful comments about my activism and strong community involvement.
WOW, thank you all.
xoxoxoox
Tears have rolled down my face a few times over the last while, the support has made me feel so blessed & valued.
The messages of hope on the bottom of the contribution forms have been filled in with such wonderful comments about my activism and strong community involvement.
WOW, thank you all.
xoxoxoox
Thursday, April 26, 2007
be generous, get involved
Dear Friends,
I am so excited and I want to share my excitement with you. I am very close, so very close, to the start of a new venture that is bigger than anything I have done before.
You may have heard of it before--over the past year, I have mentioned or hinted about it several times. Many of you have been waiting for it with great anticipation.
I AM IN THE FINAL STAGES OF OPENING A LONG-TERM, PAN-SEXUAL, SEX-POSITIVE VENUE IN THE CITY!
The venue is completely dedicated to this endeavor and is not shared with any other organization or venture. It has a private entrance. There are showers, lockers, a sound system, a theater, a social lounge, and large play rooms both private and open. Its location is excellent: on a major bus route, near a Skytrain station, and readily accessible from Highway 1. There is lots of free parking on site.
Almost all the preparatory work--the search, the negotiations, the paperwork--has already been completed. All that's needed now to seal the deal for this wonderful venue is the money for first and last months' rent deposits; licensing, insurance, and administration fees; renovations and equipment; and business name provincial registration, Internet domain name registration, and website creation. I hope to throw open the doors in just a couple of months from now.
I am incredibly thrilled because this space will give me and Libido Events the room and the freedom to host a range and variety of regularly-scheduled sex-positive events, far beyond what we have been able to do so far.
What events? For a start, all the same events that Libido Events has held before. Pansexual play parties, women-only play parties, bondage events, and all of the Erotic Arts Curriculum classes.
Now think beyond that. Think of a rental space for individuals and groups. A classroom for outside sex educators to teach in. A meeting space for support groups. A gallery for erotic art exhibitions. A room for clothing-optional yoga. A studio for erotic photography or life drawing. And more. (What have you longed for? What have you hoped or wished for? What can you imagine?)
In addition, the venue will house the Libido Events offices--my personal office and coaching space and the planned Libido Events Sex-Positive Lending Library.
As I mentioned earlier, opening this venue is bigger than anything I have ever done before. But it is a natural next step up from the sex education and activism I have been doing for the past ten years. In that time, a great majority of you have repeatedly offered your help to me in support of my activism and community involvement. You have offered to pitch in, lend a hand, and help do what needs to be done. You have donated time, energy, equipment, and supplies. And I have been happy and grateful to accept many of those offers of help. And I want to thank each of you for supporting me over those years. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!
As I also mentioned earlier, what is needed now to seal the deal for this space are the payments for deposits, fees, renovations, and equipment. But this last step is larger than I can take on my own. The first and last months' rent deposits come to $6000. For the licensing, insurance, and administration fees, $1000. Renovations and equipment are another $1000 ($500 for construction materials for play equipment: lumber, screws, bolts, chains; $300 for renovation supplies: lighting, flooring, cleaning products; and $200 for paint--Burning Passion Red--for 9 rooms). And finally, the business registration of the name with the province, Internet domain name registration (for web URL and email), and website creation will cost $500. And the payments have to be made very soon, before the middle of May.
Can you help me? I need to raise $8500 in two weeks to secure the space. I have an agreement at this time with the landlord that can not be drawn out over an extended period of time, and certainly not forever. If I can not make the payments, I will have to give up the venue (it's not reasonable to expect the landlord to hold the space for me indefinitely) and everything else that comes with it, from the good location to the event plans to the rental space (which I have already made a commitment to provide to other educators and groups). I will have to start all over again looking for somewhere else. Though I have leads, finding something spacious enough, yet still affordable and accessible will be a challenge. **This current space is ideal.**
My planned opening date is June 1, 2007, with all funds raised. My request of you, to help me reach the $8500 I need: consider how your generosity at this time could help get this venue for all of us to enjoy.
1. A Gift.
Gift me with a donation. Any amount of money, even just $5 or $10, that you are able to donate will help. All donations will be received with gratitude; however, I am offering recognition for larger donations--see a little way below.
2. A Credit.
Buy an Annual Membership for $25. Or buy advance credit to 4-5 Libido Events. Or book advance Private Coaching time with me, as an individual or as a couple, even if you haven't decided on a coaching topic or whether it will be a sit-down conversational or hands-on instructional session.
3. A Loan.
Extend me a loan, anything up to the full $8500 needed. Money is needed urgently now, and I will repay you in full as soon as possible. My preference is for a no-interest loan. However, I am open to negotiating any form of repayment that is workable. (Yes, I fully realize that this could make for interesting negotiations.)
Please email me, jennifer@libidoevents.com with the amount of your contribution and I’ll send you relevant banking and mailing information. You can also send a cheque, made out to Jennifer Skrukwa, to my mailing address:
PO Box 28578,
4050 Hastings Street,
Burnaby, BC,
V5C 6J4
I can not say it enough: any amount you can contribute will help and will be received gratefully and will be put to good use. $10 will pay for 1 day of insurance coverage. $100 will cover 1 day's rent.
For a donation of $500 or more, I would like to recognize your generosity (with your agreement) with your name or business on a plaque on a room as the benefactor.
If you are able to give $1000 or more, I would like to show my appreciation by making you a Benefactor Lifetime Member. This is something I am offering this one time only, pre-opening. Excellent bang for your buck, when you consider that Annual Membership is going to be $25 year plus per-event fees for parties, classes, or other events. For $1000 one-time, you get it all, forever.
Donating can take many forms, and I understand that not everyone is willing or able to contribute money right now. I am happy to accept your help in lots of other ways. If--or shall I dare to say when--the new venue is secured, there will be lots of opportunity for volunteers to paint, move furniture, build equipment, decorate rooms, and for donations of towels, bedding, and other supplies. But the immediate need is the money to get the venue in the first place.
Regardless of whether I manage to raise enough money over the next two weeks, the following remains true:
During the past ten years, I have been blessed with the privilege of guiding and sharing with so many of you in your journeys into sex-positive culture. When you asked questions in email, I happily answered them. When you came to classes, I taught you new sex tips and techniques. When you phoned me or cornered me at events, I have supported and advised you. When you came to play parties, I helped expand your sexual horizons. When you booked a private coaching session, I have worked together with you. If your relationship needed a spark, if you needed help with something new, or you simply needed a reminder that you were not alone in your sexual journey, you only had to open a Libido Events mail-out to find access to answers.
I will continue to do all these things with or without a space of my own. But I will be able to do so much more with a long-term, stable venue. Thank you for considering contributing to it. Below is a contribution form you can fill in and use.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Jennifer,
I would like to contribute to getting your new venue opened in the following way(s):
[ ] A Gift:
[ ] $10 (1 day's insurance)
[ ] $50
[ ] $100 (1 day's rent)
[ ] $500 (Benefactor Plaque of Appreciation)
[ ] $1000 (Benefactor Lifetime Membership)
[ ] $2000
[ ] $4000
[ ] $8000
[ ] $____
[ ] A Credit:
[ ] $25 (1 Annual Membership)
[ ] $100 (2 Annual Memberships & 2 event credits)
[ ] $350 (2 Annual Memberships & 3 hours Private Coaching)
[ ] $1000 (Benefactor Lifetime Membership)
[ ] $____
[ ] A Loan:
[ ] $500
[ ] $1000
[ ] $2000
[ ] $4000
[ ] $8000
[ ] $____
Terms:
[ ] No-interest loan (preferred)
[ ] Other (describe your offer):
[ ] Please send me banking and mailing information. My email address (if not the same as my From or Reply-To address) is ______________________________.
[ ] I am sending a cheque, made out to Jennifer Skrukwa, to your mailing address: PO Box 28578, 4050 Hastings Street, Burnaby, BC, V5C 6J4.
(Anything else you want to write, a message of hope):
----------------------------------------------------------------------
(Email responses to jennifer@libidoevents.com
For reading convenience, when replying, please include only the part between the lines rather than the entire text of this email.)
blessings,
Jennifer
sex-educator & activist
p.s. Remember, time is of the essence. Just over two weeks remain before the deadline (Friday May 11) to raise the $8500 needed to clinch the space. If you're able and willing to help, the time is now--don't delay. I hope we will all be able to get this ideal venue, for its great location and facilities, and the future events planned for the space, as described at the start of this email.
"Vancouver's Sex-Positive Resource, Libido Events is a production company which teaches sex education classes, hosts educational, social, and play-based adult events, and promotes other events celebrating alternative sexuality in our culture."
I am so excited and I want to share my excitement with you. I am very close, so very close, to the start of a new venture that is bigger than anything I have done before.
You may have heard of it before--over the past year, I have mentioned or hinted about it several times. Many of you have been waiting for it with great anticipation.
I AM IN THE FINAL STAGES OF OPENING A LONG-TERM, PAN-SEXUAL, SEX-POSITIVE VENUE IN THE CITY!
The venue is completely dedicated to this endeavor and is not shared with any other organization or venture. It has a private entrance. There are showers, lockers, a sound system, a theater, a social lounge, and large play rooms both private and open. Its location is excellent: on a major bus route, near a Skytrain station, and readily accessible from Highway 1. There is lots of free parking on site.
Almost all the preparatory work--the search, the negotiations, the paperwork--has already been completed. All that's needed now to seal the deal for this wonderful venue is the money for first and last months' rent deposits; licensing, insurance, and administration fees; renovations and equipment; and business name provincial registration, Internet domain name registration, and website creation. I hope to throw open the doors in just a couple of months from now.
I am incredibly thrilled because this space will give me and Libido Events the room and the freedom to host a range and variety of regularly-scheduled sex-positive events, far beyond what we have been able to do so far.
What events? For a start, all the same events that Libido Events has held before. Pansexual play parties, women-only play parties, bondage events, and all of the Erotic Arts Curriculum classes.
Now think beyond that. Think of a rental space for individuals and groups. A classroom for outside sex educators to teach in. A meeting space for support groups. A gallery for erotic art exhibitions. A room for clothing-optional yoga. A studio for erotic photography or life drawing. And more. (What have you longed for? What have you hoped or wished for? What can you imagine?)
In addition, the venue will house the Libido Events offices--my personal office and coaching space and the planned Libido Events Sex-Positive Lending Library.
As I mentioned earlier, opening this venue is bigger than anything I have ever done before. But it is a natural next step up from the sex education and activism I have been doing for the past ten years. In that time, a great majority of you have repeatedly offered your help to me in support of my activism and community involvement. You have offered to pitch in, lend a hand, and help do what needs to be done. You have donated time, energy, equipment, and supplies. And I have been happy and grateful to accept many of those offers of help. And I want to thank each of you for supporting me over those years. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!
As I also mentioned earlier, what is needed now to seal the deal for this space are the payments for deposits, fees, renovations, and equipment. But this last step is larger than I can take on my own. The first and last months' rent deposits come to $6000. For the licensing, insurance, and administration fees, $1000. Renovations and equipment are another $1000 ($500 for construction materials for play equipment: lumber, screws, bolts, chains; $300 for renovation supplies: lighting, flooring, cleaning products; and $200 for paint--Burning Passion Red--for 9 rooms). And finally, the business registration of the name with the province, Internet domain name registration (for web URL and email), and website creation will cost $500. And the payments have to be made very soon, before the middle of May.
Can you help me? I need to raise $8500 in two weeks to secure the space. I have an agreement at this time with the landlord that can not be drawn out over an extended period of time, and certainly not forever. If I can not make the payments, I will have to give up the venue (it's not reasonable to expect the landlord to hold the space for me indefinitely) and everything else that comes with it, from the good location to the event plans to the rental space (which I have already made a commitment to provide to other educators and groups). I will have to start all over again looking for somewhere else. Though I have leads, finding something spacious enough, yet still affordable and accessible will be a challenge. **This current space is ideal.**
My planned opening date is June 1, 2007, with all funds raised. My request of you, to help me reach the $8500 I need: consider how your generosity at this time could help get this venue for all of us to enjoy.
1. A Gift.
Gift me with a donation. Any amount of money, even just $5 or $10, that you are able to donate will help. All donations will be received with gratitude; however, I am offering recognition for larger donations--see a little way below.
2. A Credit.
Buy an Annual Membership for $25. Or buy advance credit to 4-5 Libido Events. Or book advance Private Coaching time with me, as an individual or as a couple, even if you haven't decided on a coaching topic or whether it will be a sit-down conversational or hands-on instructional session.
3. A Loan.
Extend me a loan, anything up to the full $8500 needed. Money is needed urgently now, and I will repay you in full as soon as possible. My preference is for a no-interest loan. However, I am open to negotiating any form of repayment that is workable. (Yes, I fully realize that this could make for interesting negotiations.)
Please email me, jennifer@libidoevents.com with the amount of your contribution and I’ll send you relevant banking and mailing information. You can also send a cheque, made out to Jennifer Skrukwa, to my mailing address:
PO Box 28578,
4050 Hastings Street,
Burnaby, BC,
V5C 6J4
I can not say it enough: any amount you can contribute will help and will be received gratefully and will be put to good use. $10 will pay for 1 day of insurance coverage. $100 will cover 1 day's rent.
For a donation of $500 or more, I would like to recognize your generosity (with your agreement) with your name or business on a plaque on a room as the benefactor.
If you are able to give $1000 or more, I would like to show my appreciation by making you a Benefactor Lifetime Member. This is something I am offering this one time only, pre-opening. Excellent bang for your buck, when you consider that Annual Membership is going to be $25 year plus per-event fees for parties, classes, or other events. For $1000 one-time, you get it all, forever.
Donating can take many forms, and I understand that not everyone is willing or able to contribute money right now. I am happy to accept your help in lots of other ways. If--or shall I dare to say when--the new venue is secured, there will be lots of opportunity for volunteers to paint, move furniture, build equipment, decorate rooms, and for donations of towels, bedding, and other supplies. But the immediate need is the money to get the venue in the first place.
Regardless of whether I manage to raise enough money over the next two weeks, the following remains true:
During the past ten years, I have been blessed with the privilege of guiding and sharing with so many of you in your journeys into sex-positive culture. When you asked questions in email, I happily answered them. When you came to classes, I taught you new sex tips and techniques. When you phoned me or cornered me at events, I have supported and advised you. When you came to play parties, I helped expand your sexual horizons. When you booked a private coaching session, I have worked together with you. If your relationship needed a spark, if you needed help with something new, or you simply needed a reminder that you were not alone in your sexual journey, you only had to open a Libido Events mail-out to find access to answers.
I will continue to do all these things with or without a space of my own. But I will be able to do so much more with a long-term, stable venue. Thank you for considering contributing to it. Below is a contribution form you can fill in and use.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Jennifer,
I would like to contribute to getting your new venue opened in the following way(s):
[ ] A Gift:
[ ] $10 (1 day's insurance)
[ ] $50
[ ] $100 (1 day's rent)
[ ] $500 (Benefactor Plaque of Appreciation)
[ ] $1000 (Benefactor Lifetime Membership)
[ ] $2000
[ ] $4000
[ ] $8000
[ ] $____
[ ] A Credit:
[ ] $25 (1 Annual Membership)
[ ] $100 (2 Annual Memberships & 2 event credits)
[ ] $350 (2 Annual Memberships & 3 hours Private Coaching)
[ ] $1000 (Benefactor Lifetime Membership)
[ ] $____
[ ] A Loan:
[ ] $500
[ ] $1000
[ ] $2000
[ ] $4000
[ ] $8000
[ ] $____
Terms:
[ ] No-interest loan (preferred)
[ ] Other (describe your offer):
[ ] Please send me banking and mailing information. My email address (if not the same as my From or Reply-To address) is ______________________________.
[ ] I am sending a cheque, made out to Jennifer Skrukwa, to your mailing address: PO Box 28578, 4050 Hastings Street, Burnaby, BC, V5C 6J4.
(Anything else you want to write, a message of hope):
----------------------------------------------------------------------
(Email responses to jennifer@libidoevents.com
For reading convenience, when replying, please include only the part between the lines rather than the entire text of this email.)
blessings,
Jennifer
sex-educator & activist
p.s. Remember, time is of the essence. Just over two weeks remain before the deadline (Friday May 11) to raise the $8500 needed to clinch the space. If you're able and willing to help, the time is now--don't delay. I hope we will all be able to get this ideal venue, for its great location and facilities, and the future events planned for the space, as described at the start of this email.
"Vancouver's Sex-Positive Resource, Libido Events is a production company which teaches sex education classes, hosts educational, social, and play-based adult events, and promotes other events celebrating alternative sexuality in our culture."
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Sex Tips Class, Vancouver
April 26 Thursday
7:30 - 9:30pm
Sex Tips for Men & Women
presented by Jennifer
Little Sisters 1238 Davie Street, Vancouver
604-669-1753
$15 pay at door, or reserve over the phone
7:30 - 9:30pm
Sex Tips for Men & Women
presented by Jennifer
Little Sisters 1238 Davie Street, Vancouver
604-669-1753
$15 pay at door, or reserve over the phone
There are always more and new tricks plus tips you can learn to please yourself or a partner. This sex tips workshop and a bit of imagination go a long way in creating fun, exciting and vibrant sex play.
We’ll cover such topics as clitoral, vaginal and g-spot orgasms, prostate stimulation, hand balling, stroking styles, anal play, sex toys, pervertables, giving head, licking pussy, strap-on sex, creating want, fantasies and much more. There will be plenty of opportunity for you to ask personal questions and get the answers you are seeking.
Please bring a notebook and pen to class.
**your paid ticket to class gives you a 20% discount that evening in store, plus an after class tour with Jennifer of the Adult Toy Section
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
G Spot & Female Ejaculation class
April 25 Wednesday
7:30 - 9:30pm
Finding & Stimulating the G-Spot & Female Ejaculation - open to all
presented by Jennifer
Love Nest 4687 Kingsway, Burnaby
tickets $25 pay at door only
7:30 - 9:30pm
Finding & Stimulating the G-Spot & Female Ejaculation - open to all
presented by Jennifer
Love Nest 4687 Kingsway, Burnaby
tickets $25 pay at door only
Are you a squirter or gusher, or aspiring to be? Trying to locate your G Spot on your own? Want to help your lady enjoy her G-Spot? This is the class for you.
Join Jennifer and one of her lovely woman friends for a hands-in demonstration on techniques to please for G spot stimulation & ejaculation potential.
Clitoral & G-Spot Anatomy from both an internal and external view. Choosing a toy or your own hands? Getting you both ready for the often transformative experience. When the G-Spot is stroked, there is often a sensation or urge to urinate. By learning techniques to both understand then move beyond this urge, many women can experience heightened arousal and for others ejaculation becomes possible.
*please bring a notebook & pen to class
Monday, April 23, 2007
giving thanks
I've been off the wall lately. It's been crazy all the changes going on in my world. The last couple of weeks have given me a wee bit of a headache as the stress of some of this has been rather much.
Shamefully I have been non communicative to most unless it was for business and even then mostly in e-mail only and certainly not to be found by phone. Although I am not behind on any projects, I certainly am not as far ahead as I like to pace myself for on some important upcoming commitments.
It may have taken me longer in life than other to figure certain things out, but I'm certainly glad I did. Learning when and who one can ask for help has been an important lesson for me as of late. The next lesson will be to work through my personal issues surrounding asking for help, I find it such a challenge emotionally.
I am head-over-heels in love with RC. There are moments each day that are electrifying between us and not just in bed. The connection is palpable, our breathing even syncs up as we touch. Today was white with purple dotted orchids from the florist mixed with lush greens, just because. Yesterday a moment of about three sentences long, late at night on the sofa after the teenager was in bed, head on my shoulders, that made my heart bounce happily.
It's really hit home for me lately, just how many people I've come into contact with over the last 10 years of my involvement in sex-culture.
Most of my friendships and all of my love relationships have come from my connection to kink, sex, polyamory, activism and education.
I am grateful at this moment for friendships, and love.
Shamefully I have been non communicative to most unless it was for business and even then mostly in e-mail only and certainly not to be found by phone. Although I am not behind on any projects, I certainly am not as far ahead as I like to pace myself for on some important upcoming commitments.
It may have taken me longer in life than other to figure certain things out, but I'm certainly glad I did. Learning when and who one can ask for help has been an important lesson for me as of late. The next lesson will be to work through my personal issues surrounding asking for help, I find it such a challenge emotionally.
I am head-over-heels in love with RC. There are moments each day that are electrifying between us and not just in bed. The connection is palpable, our breathing even syncs up as we touch. Today was white with purple dotted orchids from the florist mixed with lush greens, just because. Yesterday a moment of about three sentences long, late at night on the sofa after the teenager was in bed, head on my shoulders, that made my heart bounce happily.
It's really hit home for me lately, just how many people I've come into contact with over the last 10 years of my involvement in sex-culture.
Most of my friendships and all of my love relationships have come from my connection to kink, sex, polyamory, activism and education.
I am grateful at this moment for friendships, and love.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Bum Sex
I am a happy twisted woman. Without a word of a lie, I find these to be very amusing and most certainly very adult! These pictures came from RC, I did not search them out on my own.
Though it looks like bubbles coming from Ernies bum, I'm fairly confident that the white substance is just a nice thick lubricant. :) 
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