Once Upon a Time an uptight family member called me a “hedonistic pleasure seeker,” intending it as an insult. He didn’t know he was being redundant. It became an inside joke between me and my sister and I’ve worn the label as a badge of honor ever since.
Today I am a dancer, a lover, a mother, a student, an adventurer, a sensualist and a libertine. My geeky government job feeds my teenage daughter, finances my shoe habit, and generally frees me from the domestic graveyard of matrimony. My personal status is SINGLE and NOT REALLY LOOKING TOO HARD. Should I fall in love again someday it will probably be by accident.
This blog is the main outlet for my creativity, a place where I dump whatever is on my mind. Everything I write here is the truth as I see it, unless I write of illegal activities and you’re in law enforcement, in which case I made the whole thing up and have no idea what you are talking about. I started this weblog to document all things personal and pleasurable. I was going to avoid delving into politics, as so many other websites do better jobs at it, but . . . I . . . just . . . CAN’T . . . RESIST. Seriously folks, if the state of affairs in this world hasn’t infuriated you, you’re not paying attention. Join the Truth Tellers of the blogosphere and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Silence is complicity. Enjoy Net Neutrality while you still can!
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20 responses so far ↓
jocklawyer // May 25, 2006 at 1:01 am |
absolutely amazing blog, Ms. Hedonistic…… Just how do you maintain all of this? Wow!
hedonisticpleasureseeker // May 25, 2006 at 7:42 am |
Free blogging support from Worpresss? Actually, I started journaling when I was only thirteen years old. It was cheaper than therapy! By the time I had finished 30 journals the internet had already been made available to the general public; however, it took several years for it to occur to me that I could be journaling online with a blog . . .
Melissa Romano // August 1, 2006 at 4:42 am |
I was wondering which upscale manhattan dating service you went to…can u email the name to me…If you can’t thanks anyway
Dan Hendleman // November 13, 2006 at 10:58 pm |
Hi HED, You know how I love to split hairs with pitchfork and in that spirit, I wanted to say that writing about others is only as rude as the intentions of the writer and/or the interpretation of the reader.
Hey, we can’t always be lovable.
Jennifer Cascadia Emphatic // November 16, 2006 at 4:23 am |
Nice one!
Eric // December 10, 2006 at 5:59 pm |
How you are not on Barbra Walters 10 most fascinating people list is beyond me. I think you are one of the most amazing, thoughtful, interesting and fascinating people that I .. ?? know of(?) For lack of a better word. After reading through just a few categories I have to say you’relike drug; very addicting reading! I look forward to many more enjoyable days of reading your blogs
hedonisticpleasureseeker // December 11, 2006 at 11:05 pm |
Why, thank you Eric, and welcome aboard!
Kathleen Glyde // December 25, 2006 at 12:39 pm |
Glad I stopped by;-) Happy Holidays to you..
Lulu Malone // January 21, 2007 at 4:42 am |
I am looking forward to exploring you! Thank you for the link.
ronny knape // August 5, 2007 at 4:47 pm |
I demure w/ Eric who wrote “you’re like(a)drug; very addicting reading!” Always I have thought myself being totally over the top,off the wall, an anarchist and a libertine,at war with convention and a victim of my own reckless behavior. But,it’s only words and ideas and not threatening. Rather,it be the only way to healing and freedom; to face the truth about ourselves. So, I confess I am ‘hooked’ on you because . . . “To hell with because! Be he damned as a dog!” Sir A. Crowley
. . because it feels good and it is fun and it is funny.
And because it has given me a venue to express myself without self censorship knowing intuitively to be civil and sensible.
“Why,thank you Ronny, and welcome aboard!”
hedonisticpleasureseeker // August 7, 2007 at 12:15 am |
Hi Ronnie,
Dale // August 16, 2007 at 7:23 am |
What can I say? Love your blog. Highly entertaining and …uplifting. Maybe you might write a book some day
on the topic of dancing spontaneously with the phenomenal world. Plot? Seeeking the lost magic shoes of Scathach, the red headed warrioress who trained Cuchulain of the Tain Bo Cooligh Cycle of Irish Myth? ( LOL)
Meanwhile all I can do is leave this gift of a poem I wrote, aplogetically. I fancy the Cavalier Poets , ( John Cleland et. al.)
Thanks for the reads and photos.
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A Red Queen of Summer
What petal wakens stumbled heart ?
Can mist deceive heaving sea’s shaped breeze ?
Ashore, Flowers try to find their knees
Supplicating beauty ’s scent in blossom .
This Queen crowns her throne of summer,
When Season’s lost ,a mystry’s plunder.
Pale they are in compare – thunder ,
Sun and moon so soon
Not there, or there !
Shaken ,
Unrequited flowers be ,
Cast themselves upon the sea.
Bill // February 3, 2008 at 6:50 am |
One never knows where or how one lands on ones site but landing here on your has been absolutely delicious in so many ways … I not only discovered some wonderful drink recipes , but you in those gorgeous vintage slips reminiscent of Elizabeth Taylor in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof and Butterfield 8 …. outstanding and luscious … thanks Pleasureseeker, it is a pleasure
Jeff Darcy // July 12, 2008 at 7:09 pm |
So, you want people to link to your blog but you “don’t bother” linking to others? Or did I misread that?
The Hedonistic Pleasureseeker // July 12, 2008 at 9:27 pm |
You misread . . . I’ll ALMOST always link to a responsible source. Depending on time constraints I’ll also try to link to the original source.
An exception: Photographs, comics and art that are already attributed (with a signature and website address made a part of it). Most political cartoons are easily identifiable, for instance. Fair Use rules generally apply to those.
Most of what I don’t provide attribution for are clip art, photographs and graphics (usually from MySpace pages) that very much appear to be available for general public use. MySpace has whole websites devoted to these images. If I “art them up” myself I feel free to adopt them as my own. I would never knowingly do this to an artist who feels protective of his/her work, however.
And whoops – the comments on this site are supposed to be closed until the stalker-vandal who’s been trashing my blog goes away for good. So I’m shutting down comments here. Don’t worry, “It’s not you!”
talon achile // July 31, 2009 at 11:20 am |
hi bébé
i would like to meet you
if you can visit Tunisia for holidays
we can sweem together nude in desert beach
hot kiss
Jeffersonic // September 16, 2009 at 6:06 am |
Whew! The baser part of my personality wants to pile on the obsequious adjectives. I guess I’m comfortable enough in my manhood to suggest your site is breathtaking. Upon my cursory examination, I find it to be outrageously beautiful and sophisticated. Thank you for providing an intriguing oasis for a world weary internet traveler. Sweetie.
The Hedonistic Pleasureseeker // September 17, 2009 at 1:16 am |
Well hello there and thank you! Welcome aboard!
br0wnb3rry // September 29, 2009 at 11:37 pm |
wow, just wow.
No_limits87 // October 22, 2009 at 11:44 am |
This opening rewind is not the only example of temporal complexity in the pilot. ,