Wednesday, December 23, 2015

2015 Year in Review

From:  Noodles and Beef
I perform a yearly post mortem to review the highs and lows of the past twelve months. I call this my “yearly review.” You can read 2014′s review here, and see all my reviews here.

2015 was a really, really big year. Let’s begin.
January


Kicked off the new year with @alphabeef​ and @brandedbulltank​ at MASS.

The first four weeks of my #52weeksofkink project went really well, explored public sex,hypnosis, furries, and role reversal. Switching proved to be more difficult than expected,but ended up having a really nice time with pup aphyr in a dungeon.

My Brazilian visa is approved! Just in time for big pup’s surprise trip. 

Had our first walk-through of Ruby Skye, the venue for our wedding.


March


I removed lil pup’s collar and we reconciled our relationship to being “just friends.” The following week I took him to Yosemite for his birthday.



Pup aphyr is spending more time with us, had a nice dinner at his place. After my failure with lil pup I doubt my capacity to train another submissive.

April




Oh boy. It’s the big day. We threw a Circuit Party themed wedding called CONSUMMATEto celebrate our love. Sister Roma of the Sister of Perpetual Indulgence married us before our closest friends and family, DJ Kitty Glitter and Dave Aude headlined. My parents loved it. After the wedding, we went back to the hotel for cuddles and some light power exchange.

Tank signs a life contract (no expiration) in service to me on his three-year anniversary of service. Alpha gets pushed into subspace at the gym, pre’s through his shorts. And we watch RuPaul together as a family.

Day trip to Guernville with my pups and pup aphyr. I (poorly) decided this was a good time to tell him I couldn’t be his Dom. He was very upset with me. I am sad that friendship is not possible.

May


My birthday spills over into the following weekend, where tank takes me on a colour fight in Golden Gate park. He packed a lovely picnic and we even got to go flagging. Perfect.

Watched Avengers (and 50 Shades of Gray).

Big pup’s best man, and a close friend of mine, James passes away. He was very sick leading up to the actual wedding and was not able to be present for the ceremony, just the witnessing of our marriage license. We miss you, James. Thank you for introducing me to big pup.

Alpha takes me on a tour of the Armory. I get a little crazy with food and designCreole and British menus (plus a leather theme menu), which my pups loved.


Gunner pup visits, so we took him hiking. I took my #callmebeefy photo meme during the hike.


June



In an attempt to restart my stalled #52weeksofkink project, I explore humiliation play, and discover a new fetish of mine: big dick humiliation. Also tried switching again (more successful), and rope bondage.

The past six months, @bigxbad​ and I had been conspiring to throw a surprise wedding for him and @akbearcub​ at EDC Vegas. Once we arrived, I had the incredible privilege of being his best man and witness. EDC was incredible, with some of the most wonderful people in my life. Sigh :)

The supreme court rules for marriage equality (HURRAY) leading to an epic Pride celebration. My pups endured an 8+ hour hike while I played spirit guide.

July



Alpha earns my brand, which is basically an engagement.

I launch my “tumblr originals” tool to hide reblogs.


Met a wonderful reader who makes documentaries. So touched he enjoyed my silly blog for so long. Also had a wonderful dinner with pup Jared…he’s such a sweetheart.


August


Day trip to the Russian River. We wanted to do Lazy Bear, but we had a dog that wasn’t allowed :( 

Rented a dungeon for tank and alpha for one last scene before our honeymoon, then mole chicken duck fat fried tacos.

First stop on the honeymoon? Paris. Then Rome, a gay cruise through the Mediterranean, and ended in Istanbul. My liver doesn’t do so well on this trip.

October



A little late, considering Folsom was last month, but alpha and I got matching harnesses…and matching restraints. Then alpha went into chastity.

I accepted a dream job offer and quit my big corp job. With just three weeks between gigs, I decided to visit @innerbear​ in Hawaii.

He ended up leaving in the middle of my stay for a funeral (sorry beef), so I took a weekend trip to Kauai. Visited Secret beach (where my dad proposed to my mom), second thing, and hiked the Na’pali coast to Hanakapiai falls. When I returned, we had a hike of our own, saw Oahu’s nude beach, I went surfing, cooked an island dinner, and took him to Orchids.


December








Summary

Wow. 2015 was a really big year. Didn’t travel as much or finish as many personal projects as previous years, but with good reason: I planned our wedding, got married, and went on a fabulous honeymoon with big pup. That was this years “big” project.

This was a year of relationships. I removed lil pup’s collar, tank signed a life contract, I started switching with alpha, hurt a very wonderful pup, and now Phil and I are running a romance experiment.

Speaking of relationships, friends were in full force this year. I was so overwhelmed that every single important person in my life showed up to my wedding. Friends from around the world converged to join and celebrate our love. It was amazing. A few months after that, I got to return the favour for @bigxbadand @akbearcub‘s wedding at EDC.

How did I do on my 2015 Resolutions?

Continue to grow meaningful relationships with friends.
Yes! Doing great here. Made some new friends, trying to maintain strong relationships with existing friends…good times.


Travel three times out of the country
Uh! Well. Kinda? I went to Mexico, and on our honeymoon I visited, like, 12 countries. But that was all one trip. I also went to Hawaii, but that’s technically America.


Three more web projects
Technically, I did three personal projects. These are pretty simple though, I should push for more complex.


Explore my sexuality, grow as a Dom, improve my relationship with my pups.
I was unable to finish my #52weeksofkink project, but I feel my relationship with my pups is improving. Could’ve done more though :/


My 2016 Resolutions

Three “complex” web projects. (Can’t get away with simple one-pagers anymore).

Travel three times out of the country. (Already booked: Australia and Spain, just need one more).

Continue to work on my relationships, grow as a Dom, learn to switch easier.

New Calendar project. (You’ve already started taking pics, time to put the pre-order page up, come on, me).

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