domstargazer

You answered "yes" to 346 of 400 questions, making you 13.5% sexually pure (86.5% sexually corrupt); that is, you are 13.5% pure in the sex domain.
Your Weirdness Factor (AKA Uniqueness Factor) is 57%, based on a comparison of your test results with 120808 other submissions for this test.

The average purity for this test is 65.3%.

( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. )

I am a Canna What Flower Are You?

"You stand up for what you believe in, even if it gets in the way of what other people think. You are proud of yourself and your accomplishments and you enjoy letting people know that."

So 6 of the most intense weeks of my life have finally passed and we held the Grand Opening of our new space Sat the 14th. Thanks to a lot of hard work and some seriously long hours from lots of people the place looked AMAZING! We had over 100 people show up and the place didn't even feel crowded.

6 Intense weeks?? Why yes...yes they were. Just as things were really starting to get busy at work we got the letter from the landlord telling us to "Get the f**k out". As chair of the facilities committee I was put in charge of finding us a new place. Thanks ever so much for that piece of happiness.

I started with an on-line search and then contacted commercial real estate agents, most of whom said "You wanna open a WHAT?!?! in my building?" Not exactly a promising start to the conversation. Now, gentle reader, you may be asking yourself, What kind of moron TELLS someone they are opening a dungeon? The very same moron who doesn't wish to get tossed out on his (pretty cute if I say so myself) ass again once the landlord finds out what we are. So after exhausting the possibilities with the commercial real estate folk I decided to drive around Hartford.

Driving around Hartford randomly looking for a dungeon space is less effective than it sounds. It even less fun. The good news is that I was rarely shot at and only twice subject to arrest. Seriously though, I spent a good deal of time peeping in windows which is sooooooo much less rewarding if there isn't a pretty girl in a shower to look at through the window.

I had honestly just about given up and had many pep talks from our esteemed facilitator "b" when what to my wondering eyes did appear? (no it wasn't a mini sleigh and reindeer) On my way home from work (which I drive by every freaking day!) was a sign that held some promise. I called the building owner and set up a time to see the place. I called "P" and asked him to come as well.

The appointed hour arrived and Wow!!! we were stunned. The layout was truly amazingly perfect. I wont bore you with the details of the place (yet) as most of you know already and those that don't NEED to get their butts to Hartford to see it. I excitedly called "b" and told him about the place. I should mention that we also did a LOT of math to figure out how we were going to PAY for this much more expensive place. The following morning I called the landlord and started a very lengthy negotiation process. We also had several conversations about who we are and what we do, starting off gently and moving slowly forward into the realities of our activities. The landlord gave in to all of my requests (except to add a hot tub at no extra charge) and he sent us copies of the proposed lease.

Then we had to present the lease and the place to our membership. I was amazed at how easy everyone thought it would be to find a place. Questions like: well what else is available? Is this the only place you looked at? Why weren't we given a choice on other sites? Where will we go if we vote no? Where will you go?.... back to meeting in Hotels! I am thoroughly convinced that this was the ONLY place that was available and met zoning reqs and neighborhood reqs and privacy reqs and and and that we were seeking.

Now after my little mini rant there you are probably thinking I was pissed off huh? I sure was. But once again the membership amazed me. We voted unanimously to take the new place and raise our own out of pocket expenses. A couple of times now in the last few months the membership has voted for the long term health of our group over their own wallets. No one ever votes against their own wallet and yet here we did AGAIN. And that is why (well part one of why) The Society is my family. Truly amazingly wonderful people that care deeply about the organization.

Next.....preparation and moving day