From a mailing list post...

From the Realm of Bliss email list:

First of all, thanks to those who have been obediently posting their experiences. It really pleases me to see them going to the list... And there's even been one really long one that I kept for myself. ;) Thanks also go to all of those who have supported me in the last few weeks - you know who you are. Also, thanks to @sirilyan for continuing to maintain my site.

Second, welcome to our new members! Please introduce yourselves. I love getting a lot of "approve this post" messages. :) Longertime members, please do welcome and greet the new folks. I know you remember what it was like to be new! (This goes double for my Chosen and my pets. I count on you to post when I'm too spammed.)

I'm thrilled that people are now making use of the appointments calendar! http://www.blisstrance.com and click on appointments. (Why do I not link directly? Because I want you to explore the site!) It tells you when I'll be available for phone trance. The best way to be sure you get the time you want is to use that to help schedule.

I record two new files tomorrow, both gender-neutral, and the Fm and Ff versions of Museum Heat are being edited. The new files will be the long-awaited Robotics 1.03: Skins and By Her Command: Peaceful Sleep. I can't tell you how excited I am about them! And I'm scripting Fm and Ff versions of Sleepy Surrender, Breast is Best, Sole Submission, and Fractionation Festival (although that last may end up being gender-neutral).

I'm also looking forward to the Virtual Hypnotist packs for those files to be released. Remember that the VHpacks are adjuncts to the mp3 files, designed to enhance, not replace.

Live appearances are still go, and I can't wait for FFF in ten days! I will be podcasting from there, so watch for that.

Keep watching Twitter (@ruetha) and my blog (http://blisstrance.blogspot.com) for what's going on with me. Add me and say hi!

Wishing you many, many blissful trances...

A busy couple of weeks!

Site updates and news:

The calendar is now up! Go to http://www.blisstrance.com/calendar and have a look. It'll let you know when I'm available for phone sessions. If there's nothing on there, I might sign on but it's not guaranteed. If it says NOT AVAILABLE pick another time. If it says Appointment Block you can schedule time. Please note that I will not *start* an appointment after the time listed as available, but I can and will run over!

I've got a bunch of the next few weeks showing my availability. There are even some daytime slots! Check it out!

Also, the schedule is up at the FFF site. I'm planning on attending the following:

Friday 20:00 - Hypno SIG
Friday 23:00 - Neko-chan
?Saturday 12:30 - Neko-chan
*Saturday 20:00 - Room induction
*Sunday 11:30 - Erotic hypnosis 101

The ones with a star I'm presenting, the one with a question mark I may or may not attend. I'm not going to be doing a lot of personal interest stuff at FFF (that's for DO!), since the munch group pulled so hard for me to attend. I want to be available and in public! But there's so much here for even a novice to D/s, so don't miss it!

Wednesday I'll be recording Museum Heat, Peaceful Sleep, and possibly a third... Requests?

5:30am comes early...

...and I should be heading for bed, but I'm stopping here to just say thank you to everyone who's been so supportive of me lately. You know who you are.

I turned off The Mentalist about an hour and a half ago. I'm not quite halfway through the first season, reviewing it for good hypno moments and cheesy it-doesn't-work-like-that moments, but right now what it's making me realize is how very lonely the lead character is. I am so grateful that my life is rich with the many textures of people I know.

Thank you all for making my life brighter. I'm coming up on an incredibly stressful two weeks, and the only reason I'm as sanguine as I am is that I know with the support of my Chosen, my pets, and my friends I will be OK. (In this stress I cannot count on my blood family, much as I'd like to, so typed letters appearing on my screen are all I have. And yet, oddly, it seems like it might just be enough.)

And I am deeply grateful.

Winter/Spring availability times

I've been getting requests for sessions, and I'm delighted to say that very soon I'll be doing a lot more of them. A lot more. Here's what the next few weeks look like for me:

This coming week: scripting for another long series of recording sessions - times BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, unless I announce on Twitter that I'm taking calls.
Week of the 25th: packing for a personal trip - times BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, unless I announce on Twitter that I'm taking calls.
30-31: personal trip

After that, I will be having regular weekday evening hypnosis session hours. Except when I am at a con or recording, count on me being available from 7pm eastern until 11pm or midnight nightly. I will be leaving Wednesday nights as open nights on my calendar for recording sessions, since I plan to be releasing more files and working more on the podcast, but those times may be available by appointment.

Please do see the previous post for my travel plans. Those will disrupt the normal schedule.

I look forward to talking with you soon.

More updated travel plans

I will be hypnotizing and (in some cases) giving seminars on erotic hypnosis this spring at the following conventions:

Fetish Fair Flea market - New England - February 11-16

• Group Trance 8pm Saturday, followed by hypnosis room party
  
• Erotic Hypnosis 101 11:30am Sunday
  
• Play other times, come find me!
• Wiseguy will be there, so you can talk to him too!
  

Dark Odyssey - Washington DC - February 26-28

• No seminar... sign up and message me to set up a play date!
• Jukebox and Kittyhypnoslut will be there with me.
  

Frolicon - Atlanta, GA - April 1-4, seminar times TBA

• Chakra Play and Hypnosis
  
• Robotization (With Winterrose!)
  
• Erotic Hypnosis 101
  
• Playing other times, message for a play date!
  

Also planning to appear at CONvergence and Dragon*Con!

Explore your fantasies. You know you want to.... ;)

Mmmmm!

Taking a break from rewatching Dead Again to blog post. Sometimes I just love the research I do for podcasts, really I do. And I have to take a break, because I had to take a shower after watching the first hypnosis scene.

I recently went over to the Inraptured site, and I'm trying to decide what I think of it. I'd been asked to go there before, but there were some people that, quite frankly, struck me as bugfuck crazy there. On the other hand... well, I don't know how active those people are any more, and there are a lot of tranceplayers who still aren't familiar with me after all this time. Guess it's time to go let them know!

If you're already a member there, feel free to post reviews of my work. I don't want to tell a whole bunch of new members to join up and spam reviews, because that's tacky, but if you want to join and post your feelings I'd appreciate it.

Another post later today with more firmed-up FFF and DO and Frolicon news!

Haiti Crisis

Eighty percent of the Haitian population lives below the poverty line. They were hit with four hurricanes in 2008, which destroyed 70 percent of their cropland. They have sickness and coups and pain.

Now this. A 7.0 earthquake hit ten miles from the capital city. Aftershocks keep on coming, many over 4.0. That is going to hamper rescue efforts - it's not safe for the rescuers. As I write we still don't even have estimates on fatalities, but it's going to be brutal.

I've already donated, and for the remainder of the week $5 of any CD or mp3 purchased will go to the Red Cross. Please feel free to repost this anywhere you think it'd be welcome.