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"Greek prog/neo-psychedelic"??

Is that actually a thing?

Jeez, I knew I was behind the times, music-wise, but … really?

Oh, in the musical world I live in, that's Tuesday. When I was a kid we had "heavy metal". Period. Now, we have progressive blackened melodic death metal and things like that. Greek black metal that's distinctly different from the Nordic variety (I prefer Greek black metal, e.g. Rotting Christ). And so on. Neo-psychedelic is kind of a new one on me, too, but so is heavy psych and that's actually from the seventies but never really got out of the underground much. I found a whole playlist on Spotify that someone put together of obscure heavy psych, proto-metal, and similar late 60s and 70s music.

And good morning! A new day dawns soon.

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Are you still retiring soon, Mr Ape?

I have 6 days left of work in November, then have a leave for month of December. I can’t imagine what that will feel like.

Still 2028 even if I have days of thinking earlier might be necessary.

I am off on vacation most of December once you include the holidays. Fly out on Dec. 5 and back on Christmas Eve so not back in office until after Boxing Day.

Don't lift him too much or you'll have ... Thor muscles.😎

Ape giggles hysterically

Mmmm. Calamari.😲😁

Good morning. It's just another Thursday around here. Work and life. Had the interesting experience of stumbling across a concert by a band I had never heard of before on YouTube and discovering a possible new favourite. Greek prog/neo-psychedelic outfit called Naxatras. This seems to happen to me from time to time.

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C) I love David Tennant (you MUST see him in Good Omens).

Funnily enough, I was listening to the new album Requiem for a Village by British prog musician Steven Wilson and it has David as a spoken word narrator. Excellent album. Album of the year material.

Good evening. How's things? Started writing something today but unlikely to turn erotic. More of a family drama. We shall see where it goes.

Those damned mail-in ballots. We gotta stop those.

Been watching female masturbation, preferably amateur, a lot for stimulation of late. Guess I like the idea of me and a partner getting off while watching each other. Need a willing partner to see how it goes IRL.

New religion, I think. My linguistic knowledge isn't good enough to start a whole new language.

Binge a TV show or watch movies for the same amount of time?

Mrs. Ape thanks you all (or would if she knew this place existed). 😊 We ate out and went hiking to celebrate. Came home to a huge bouquet from our son. We're zooming him later this evening.

Cowgirl, but missionary has its charms, too.

What would turn you off having sex in the moment, i.e. foreplay was already happening?

Not really. I moved to take my current job but that I took the job because I needed to be in this city for other reasons (called "my wife is having our baby and lives an hour and a half from me"😳).

HYE sung solo on a stage with an audience (i.e. the shower doesn't count)?

Cowgirl is my personal favourite. Eye contact, get a good view, can touch her as she rides me. There's a lot that I have never tried (including rear entry like doggy) but I can't really see any of them improving on cowgirl.

This one (which is linked from that one) is helpful, too, but deals more with style and such rather than allowed content.

https://www.lushstories.com/forum/writing-resources/before-you-submit-a-story

This is the best resource:

https://www.lushstories.com/forum/writing-resources/simplified-acceptable-content-guide

There's nothing specific there about blackmail and I think it depends on context and how it plays into consent. A mod will hopefully chime in.

Yacht

Sketch comedy or stand-up comedy?

Addams Family (though there's a number from that time period that I like)

How many, if any, video streaming services do you watch?

Well, that's bummer. Hope she gets better quickly. Healing vibes sent.

Just finished the weekly cleaning. Often I leave that until Sunday but it's Mrs. Ape's b-day tomorrow so we'll probably be off celebrating. Weather has cooled off and been kind of unsettled but tomorrow is supposed to be better (crossed fingers).

I am contemplating revisiting an old story. It's one that got lost when I dumped my old profile but that I was quite fond of. There's nothing left, not even drafts, so I'd be starting from scratch. My worry is that I won't be able to recapture the magic but we'll see. At least it's something to get me writing.

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Just discovered this band. Their third album comes out in January but on the strength of this single from it. I gave their second a listen. Two fingers up.🤘

And now I find out that the vocalist used to live here in London, Ontario. She studied voice at the local university's music faculty. Cool. I have known a few grads of that program back when I was running worship at a local church that hired students from the program to play for services.

Good morning. Third day of feeling blah. Our weather has been unsettled, ranging from full sun to heavy rain, sometimes within hours, so it might be that. It has been too long since the time change and my flu shot for me to keep blaming those.

Hot buns, eh. I would go for a, um, taste of those. Maybe slip in a sausage, too.😋

Assam tea, make it strong.

Just discovered this band. Their third album comes out in January but on the strength of this single from it. I gave their second a listen. Two fingers up.🤘

Ice cream with apple.

Tent camping or RV?

Hm. I have a bit of a woods kink, so that.

Soothing soft rock or heavy metal banger?

I am doing a very good simulation of writing a comp entry. Alas, that's not helping with actually doing one.🙄 And I feel like shit right now so not really writing anything.

Gangbang. I like to see who is using me.

Gangbanged by all male or all female?

Inside (today in particular)

Work from home: Still dress for work or dress down?

Dirty talk. Not sure spanking is my kink.

Kitchen sex: on the table or bent over the counter?

No and I wouldn't. Too risky in this day and age.

HYE had sexy selfies of yourself end up in the wrong hands?

Yeah, what happened down there? It's like sanity temporarily broke out. I mean, we still have two more years of Trump, but at least he might be facing a hostile Congress now.

Poodle skirt. I was around for the 70s and, yeah, no. Whereas those skirts always look cute.

Hot tub or sauna?

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I can't say I've seen stories that appear to be blatant copies of others

Not necessarily 100% copies but the "laundry list" character descriptions that we sometimes moan about are certainly very same-y. The only difference from to another is usually small details. It is part of why they are detested by more serious readers and writers.

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Your suggestion to use “editor’s picks” and the like helps the reader, but also relies on programs to make that decision for you

No, Editor's Picks are selected by human beings. As are Recommended Reads and comp lists. No programs involved. Or maybe I am misunderstanding what you by "relies on programs".

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I will often go through stories that have many likes that read remarkably like other stories, even to the point of using the same descriptions, to where all the stories blend together.

Right, because this is a sex and erotic writing site, people tend to hit like on whatever gets them off. And a lot of people get off on the same stuff so writers fishing for likes pick up on that and write what "sells". Following likes just gets you what's popular not what's good.

Look at my stories. My most liked story is my one contribution to the infamous IF category. Is it my best? Nope. I wrote it to see if I could. But that category is a magnet for likes so it gets lots of them.