And by this I mean: blogging, reviewing, chatting, posts on forums, Tweeting and otherwise participating in this corner of the blogosphere.
At first, it was purely about getting free toys and maybe a little about proving how awesome I am. I’m competitive like that. Yes, I have gotten a lot of free toys. So a quick thank you to EdenFantasys, Vibrator.com, Sextoy.com, Babeland, Good Vibrations, PinkCherry, TabuToys, AdultSexToys, SheVibe, Wet Inc, Liberator, TheAdultToyShoppe, Nexus, California Exotics, BetterSex, Lovehoney and Ophoria for sending me free shit. I appreciate it more than you know. But I’m not as greedy anymore. I’ve gotten enough stuff that it takes a little more for something to catch my eye or I’m better at gauging what will or will not work for me. I’ve also been able to buy or swap for a lot of toys and there’s very few things I really want which I haven’t gotten. In the past few months, I acquired both the Lelo Ina and Mona, Fun Factory Delight and a Liberator Throe.
So as much as I like contests, I can’t even find $300 worth of items I want to join this one being hosted by AdultSextoys.
Of course, that’s not the only reason I’m here. Another selfish reason for doing all of this is simply to get to know myself better. To explore my sexuality, to experience pleasure. I’ve done a great deal of this with the help of my husband, too.
But not all my reasons are selfish. I’ve learned a lot from being apart of this all. I thought I knew a lot but I didn’t. Maybe I knew more than some people and I certainly know more than some people now but the more I learn, the more I realize how much there is to learn, how much I really don’t know. The more I know, however, the more I feel like maybe there’s an activist inside me.
And I hope, although maybe it’s a silly hope, I give something to others. Like maybe I’m helping to spread knowledge or prevent a bad purchase.
I have to admit, I love the praise, the recognition. I like having rank at EF and seeing my numbers rise. I like the sheer amount of stuff I’ve written. I like looking at my hits and visitors and pagerank. I like it when someone mentions how I’m a tough reviewer and this is why she trusts my word. That kinda thing. I like praise and recognition. A lot.
I’m here because I’m made some awesome friends and spent countless nights laughing out loud in chat as we discuss sex toys, PR mistakes, crappy companies and good ones. As we joke about who belongs to whom and who is a bigger slut and just what that word means anyway.
I guess I’m here more for selfish reasons than not but here I am and I’ll probably be sticking around a while. You see, you people keep me sane. And busy, And smiling. Maybe you’re the reason I do this.
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