Leather Families

I finally went to bed around 10am, after laying in a giant spa bath for a while soaking out some body pain. I got woken up in the late afternoon to get ready for dinner. Aleni, SilverGirl and I drove into town to meet up with Mark, Victoria, Jackie and her beau C after the 4 of them had finished load-out from No Holes Barred. The Vietnamese place was lovely, and the chef there used to work for the Prime minister of Vietnam, so yeah, amazingly tasty stuff. Tons of food, tons of wine, and a waiteress who went a bit bonkers and decided we could only talk to her and not to anyone else. I love these folks. Mark said a few things yesterday and today that keep almost making me cry... it's good to yet again be adopted as it were.I collect families. I can't say why, but I think of it as a good thing. My own immediate leather family is a wierd sprawling thing, but it has no hard fast core per se, no strong head... it is simply what it is. I feel like everyone's kid nephew... the kid everyone loves, likes to visit, that you;re happy to have do your lawn and your boots... but that doesn't stay. I had wanted to build a core leather family with Furry, but so far the dynamic between he and I have not led to that. So, for now, I really am happy being everyone's kid nephew.Growing up I was always the kid between cliques. Still am. I have leather families that do not talk to one another. I tread between.I have a number of folks I consider family in the scene...I actually started to create a list and realized that the web is too diverse. Too wide. But I have been really blessed by folks who call me family, and visa versa. I know i can call on them, and the same in return. But I really miss some of my leather family bad, beyond bad.I miss my Unlce Boymeat, and his sis Lolita.I miss Bo and Skye and Jordan and the entire Sovereign house.I miss my NYC queer boy crew (Bad Faggot, RogueBoi, BBJim, Levi, Nayland, Edge (even if he is in fl now) et al)I miss my LadyJ and Duke Euphoria and the discordian kink crew in LondonI miss Neptune and Cherry, and may skip ICC to go to the wedding.I miss my kid brother and sister Trevor and Tara, who I haven't seen in ages.I miss curling up with JoeM and Sol.I miss Peter Throckorton something fierce.I miss Regina Anne, my slave's twin sis and my cohort in bathtub squishing.I miss maliZ and Zamil who rock my Berlin and beyond.I miss my Pony Crew (Spike, Missy Comet, et al- Lazer Ponies!!!)I miss the Temple of Atonement. I miss Djinaya, Daddy angel, the Judge, Alexi, and hell, everyone)I miss my brother in rope, DovI miss Phantom and femcar something terribleI miss the old GoddesSMack crewI miss talking God with IceI miss my twisted cous' BootslutI miss my big sis Mistress MadelineI miss Onyx and Monkwtf, I have so many other folks I miss- my DC crew (Margo Eve's tribe, ChrisM's crew, DC Hughes' patriarchy, Greg's sprawl), my Atlanta folks (Retrohaven and Ruberella, plus Beth and the Fantasm kids), my bay area troble makers (Yani, Gasper, Turtle), my Boston and beyond family (HartleyHome, Percy's Geekabode, Mangosteen and his Bookteacher, Cauldron Farm, LBD kids, and so many others)... fuck, my midwesterners (hey Greydancer and Minx), Deborah Addington, FifthAngel and his family, and other folks who I know I'm not listing because I'm tired... gods, I am unbelievably blessed. I am so blessed.A few years ago at Kinkfest I had a leather family gathering that rocked. I had my extended crews all in one place it seemed. Midori showed up with Tobin, PDXAngel came with Rose Algren and her pilot. Boss and his girl came. Boymeat and Lolita, Duncan, PurpleGoddes... so many others. I want to do it again, but I have no idea when, where how...I love having family, folks who care, I... have no idea where I am going with this rant. But yeah, I am lucky. So what- I don't have my own "Family". Who gives a fuck. I am happy to be loved, and be part of so many amazing families on the perifery...So, I think I'm just tired and rambling. Now I'm just flashing through tons of amazing folks I know and have no idea where to go with this post so I'll just with...Where is my iPod? It's been missing for a day now. I had it at the airport when I landed, and when I met Victoria and Aleni.I know, random. Cope :)