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About Ambrosio: My Vanity Pages

by Ambrosio
  The Monk"Tranquillity reigned upon his smooth unwrinkled forhead; and content, expressed upon every feature, seemed to announce the man equally unacquainted with cares and crimes. He bowed himself with humility to the audience. Still there was a certain severity in his look and manner that inspired universal awe, a few could sustain the glance of his eye, at once fiery and penetrating. Such was Ambrosio, abbot of the Capuchins, and surnamed The man of holiness."

- M. G. Lewis
The Monk
 

My Self Absorbed Autobiography

Ambrosio's scene name originates from the title character of The Monk, a classic Gothic novel by M. G. Lewis about an evil Monk with a innocent appearance and pristine reputation. (Visit the Evil Monk Organization for more about that novel.) In his public life, Ambrosio is a single white male in his early fourties in Austin, TX. He's been in the BDSM scene since approximately 1994 and active since about 1995. He's known as sensual top with dominant tendencies but he also practices more heavy play (with the right play partners.) He founded SAS/M in 1996 and San Antonio Dominant's Dinner in 2001. He is a member of GWNN, SAS/M, SASSY. He also attended the Louisville Munch regularly and has served as substitute Munch host a few times. He served on the board of KUFS from June 2005 to November 2006. He runs "Ambrosio's BDSM News" mailing list, moderates the BDSN San Antonio Controversy list, teaches BDSM classes, and maintains Ambrosio's BDSM Site. Hobbies include reading, writing, acting, web development, ballroom dancing, and Safe, Sane, and Consensual BDSM.

In 2006, Ambrosio won the title of the Ohio Leather Fest King at OLF IX --- the final OLF. He remains the last reigning OLF monarch. He credits his victory to his good looks, his quick wit, and the fact that none of the other contestants or judges showed up for the contest.
 

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ME! ME! ME!

Ambrosio
 

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My Personal Ad

 

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My Good Works

 

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My Writings

My Workshop Presentations

The most of the following are classes that I've presented at an adult boutique, BDSM organizations --- such as KUFS, NLA: Austin, and SAADE --- and conferences such as the GWNN Birthday Bash and Texas Leather Pride. The rest are in development.

  • "BDSM 101" - A relaxed introduction to Bondage & Discipline, Dominance & submission, and S/M for beginners. The emphasis is on meeting potential play partners, negotiation skills, roles & expectations, scene safety, anatomy, basic techniques, common protocol, and party manners. Open to all genders and orientations. [In my opinion, every conference should offer at least one introductory class like a BDSM 101 so long as you have someone new to the scene in attendance.] (Last presented: 21 July 2007 at 14th Annual GWNN Bash in Austin, TX)

  • "S&M Light: Sensual Play" (2 versions)
    • "S&M Light: Sensual Play" (presentation for BDSM folks) - A class about both the eliciting of pleasurable sensations with little or no pain involved and "teasing as torture." Often sensual play is over looked and under appreciated but this class examines it's value as warming up, cooling down, and entire scenes in itself.
    • "S&M Light: Sensual Play for Loving Couples" (presentation for vanilla folks) - A class specifically for vanilla couples who would like to expand their repertoire with some BDSM experimentation but open to scene folk who enjoy "light play."

  • "BDSM, The 'Net Generation: WITTWD On-line and Off" (presented with Cyne Enright at Texas Leather Pride) - Netiquette, online precautions, cyber scening vs. the real thing, eGroup pitfalls, and the basics of web design (usability, accessibility, and aesthetics.)

  • "Perverted Vocabulary: Roles and Terms" (in development) - A moderated discussion over numerous terms and titles we use and abuse in the scene and the confusion that they engender.   How do you best reply to the question "What are you?"   Is that really the right question to ask?   What's the best way to answer it?   How does one fit in?   What's the difference between top and dominant?   Can a dominant bottom to a submissive?   Who if anyone is "Old Guard?"   Is being a slave better than being a submissive?   Do you have a fetish or are you merely kinky?   What makes a real sadist?

  • "Responding to Personals: Safety Tips for Meeting Online and Off" - Some advice for meeting strangers whom you've contacted through personal ads either online or in print as well as a moderated discussion about the issue of "policing our own." (Last presented: 29 April 2003)

  • "BDSM Etiquette and Leather Protocol for Fun and Profit" (in development) - Basic and intermediate etiquette, protocol, and ethics for the BDSM and Leather community.

  • "Community Service and Scene Politics" (in development) - How to do one while surviving and avoiding the other. How to start and run a group or a munch. What is involved in throwing a party?

  • "Erotic Chainsaw Play, Razor Wire Suspension Bondage, Hot Wax Enemas, and Sensual Defibrillator Play." (just kidding.)
 

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Dropping Names: Some of My Scene Friends



When one bases one's identity on a lifestyle, isn't one confusing the artifice with it's creator, the house with it's occupant, the facade with the feeling self? A house without an occupant is not a home, a life-style without a self is not a person.
- Alexander Lowen, MD
Narcissism: Denial of the True Self   (209)

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My List of Favorites

  • My favorite Banned German Decadent Author: Hanns Heinz Ewers

  • My favorite Singer/Songwriter: Ani DiFranco

  • My favorite Musical Theatre Composer: Stephen Sondhiem (Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, Follies, Pacific Overtures, etc.,)

  • My favorite movie director: Stuart Gordon (The Re-animator, From Beyond, etc.,)

  • My favorite actress: Lousie Brooks (Pandora's Box, Diary of a Lost Girl )

  • My favorite Gothic novel: The Monk by M. G. Lewis

 

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Favorite Femme Fatale Performances

Some of my favorite performances have been from women playing the role of a femme fatale. That type of role entails the elements of confidence, wit, a mixture of gentleness and sadism, overt unrestrained sensuality, subtle sexuality, and -- very often but not essentially -- great physical beauty.

  • Bridgette Helm as the Robot in Metropolis
  • Lousie Brooks as Lulu in Pandora's Box
  • Ludmilla Tchérina as Giulietta walking down the Venice stairs in Michael Powell's The Tales of Hoffman
  • Julia Migenes-Johnson dancing, singing, and acting as Carmen in Carmen
  • Michelle Pfeiffer as the Catwoman in Batman Returns
  • Alice Krieg as Alma Mobley in Ghost Story
  • Glen Close as the Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons
  • Alice Krieg as the Borg Queen in Star Trek: First Contact
  • Aimee McCormick as one of the evil daughters in the Vortex Repertory Company (Austin, TX) production of King Lear

 

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Ambrosio's Unfamiliar Stock Quotes

I have more quotes on my obscure and esoteric Original Homepage.
They're interesting -- just not as immediately relevant to BDSM.

 

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