Oh, BTW, I organize my Masters *huge* DVD collection (what is up with Masters and needing to own every movie that ever came out?!) by genre. There’s the sci-fi and fantasy section, the animated section, the historical and old movie section, the Brit movies section, the BDSM/adult section, the romantic comedy section, the action/blow-y-up section, etc.

That way, if you in the mood for a certain kind of movie, you have all your choices at hand.

And it’s way, way, way more forgiving than alphabatizing, as you just need to know where the sections are, and just shove the DVD case back with it’s friends!

P.S. Please excuse my spelling and small stupid steps not to spell. Pain meds have caused my brain to go retard. :)

it made me think a LOT about *me*.

Amazing thoughts here. While you obviouslt put them in a Master/slave context, they could easily apply to any relationship. I see elements of this in my relationship with my students. I teach college, so on a certain level, I expect them to be capable of dealing with keeping up on their work on their own with no input from me. On the other hand, I think some of them, at least, want and need a certain level of, “the professor told me to do this,” from me. So, I have both practice problems and homework. Practice problems they get to do on their own, while the homework I tell them exactly what and when to do.

As for organizing the DVDs, I use this for my books (about the same n umber as His DVDs). Never fill a shelf from end to end. That way you have space to put new ones in the right place. While you will still have to reset the shelves at times, you make it less often than ecerytime you buy a new one.

Dave

Yes! That’s it. :D

Get a 3 ring binder with paper and some small stickers (for the spines of the DVDs. Then number the DVDs and put them in number order. They don’t have to be alphabetized but whatever order you put them in now, will be the permanent order. Then write all the numbers with the matching Title in the binder one line at a time. Then when you get more DVDs just add them to the end of the stack, give them numbers and add them to the binder.

I’m luck in this … because I’m very much the fallen sparrow at times.

In the years we have been together, I have had some very confusing times trying to figure out how to be the warrior slave — and still think like and be a slave.

I’ve recently broken through some of that … don’t ask me how, because even I don’t understand my own mental processes when it comes to the enslavement of me … but some rules from my Master have helped. One is that sometimes he’ll ask me to make him a cuppa tea … and I’ll say, “Yes, Sir, in a minute…” because I’m doing something, and then I’ll forget. I hated that our relationship had come to that — that I didn’t just jump up to serve him anymore, leaving everything undone. He hadn’t been too upset to wait a minute for his tea, as he’s a very kind and understanding man … but having the tea be completely forgotten was not okay, either. So now he asks me to make him tea, and I can say, “Okay, Sir, can it be in just a minute…?” and he’ll say that’s fine, but if he has to remind me more than once after that, then I will be punished.

Thus far, I haven’t had to be punished. Just knowing that there are rules around me, that hold me and support me, makes it easier for me to be the warrior slave that he would like. I just need to know that if I get confused about what kind of warrior I am, those rules will catch me, and I’ll get put right back into my place!