7th Cavalry (Garryowen)

Well since the election I haven't heard anything from the folks who were headed north. 

Canadian-ness Test

Here's a test for you!!

Back when I had more oppurtunity to bounce around from bar to bar, I often ran across someone from the opposite sex who would ask for a back massage.  Never having any type of formal training it never occured to me that initially it may have been a "come on" or an attempt to help me break the ice, so to speak with someone who had an interest in me.  I'll admit I was pretty young and inexperienced in those days.  My only real massage "training" was whatever I had happened to see in a movie.  Some sexy scene where whats going on seems to be giving pleasure.  I thought I'd found my niche.  The first couple of times I tried to give a back massage, it didn't fit my preconcieved notions of what was going to happen.  i.e.

Sub-Catagory: Massage

File - Lessons Learned...*don't try to grab her shoulders to massage her unless she asks*... 

File - Lessons Learned... *even if you do massage her shoulders, she will not throw herself at you.*

File - Lessons Learned... *"Moaning" does not happen like in the movies, especially in public, but can come close in private if your doing something right.*

Action item: >purge preconceived ideas seen in movies - not the real thing.

Action item:>purge other preconceptions pertinant to this sub-catagory seen in porn.

I've since learned to do much better.  One place in particular, I couldn't just enter and sit to have a beer without my now long time friend stopping whatever conversation she was in, coming over and sitting next to me.  Then it was "you know why I'm here, I've assumed the position."  I could play her back like a piano she would tell me.  Often raving to her friends how well I did, not being touchy feely and always being gentleman and respectful.  It was amusing how many times as I was giving a massage some guy would come over, say I was doing it wrong and push my hands aside to demonstrate his massage skills.  Within a minute or two every single time the lady I was giving the massage to would sometimes kindly, but most of the time a bit more forcefully tell my would be replacement to stop what he was doing and leave her alone.  She would turn to me and plead for me to finish what I was doing because the other jerk had just hurt her back.  What was normally five to ten minutes was now fifteen to twenty minutes as I soothed away the pain.  There are more than a few husbands and boyfriends out there who probably would not think to kindly of me if they knew, but would have to grudgingly admit there was a night their partner came home from girls night out with shall we say a lot of energy. 

I've had some practice now but I was wondering should I have spent a little time getting some formal training, read a book or can I get away with watching the videos on Youtube and Metacafe?