About Ambrosio: My Vanity Pages (ME! ME! ME!)

"Tranquility reigned upon his smooth unwrinkled forehead; 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 forties 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.

My Personal Ad

• My personal ad
  
  

My Social Networks and Additional Profiles

Wow!  Making friends online is so much easier than in the real world!

• Ambrosio's Lifekink page: http://www.lifekink.com/ambrosio
  
  
• Ambrosio's MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/evilmonkspace
  
  
• Ambrosio's Collarme.com page: http://www.collarme.com/Ambrosio
  
  
• Ambrosio's FetLife page: http://fetlife.com/users/80132
  
  
• Ambrosio's SAS/M Profile: http://www.sasmtx.info/profile01.html
  
  
• Ambrosio's Yahoo Profile: http://profiles.yahoo.com/ambrosio_sa
  
  
• AmbrosioTX's YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/AmbrosioTX

My Good Works

• The Introduction to BDSM class I present on occasion
  
  
• An announcement list I maintain: Ambrosio's BDSM Newsletter
  
  
• An award I maintain: Ambrosio's Award for Applying for This Award for a BDSM Site
  
  
• An Internet resource I've helped format: The Leather Archives and Museum's Leather History Timeline created by Tony DeBlase. I helped the webmaster for LA&M by "cleaning up the timeline and making it easier to navigate."

My Writings

• "Some Notes on Safety for Meeting Online and Off" at http://www.EvilMonk.org/A/safenote.cfm  (This one is about safety precautions to make when looking for, meeting with, and playing with new scene partners. It was part of a handout for a class I co-presented at Texas Leather Pride XI.)
  
  
• "Meeting Someone Else into BDSM" at http://www.EvilMonk.org/A/advice.cfm
  
  
• "An Open Letter to a Novice Domme" at http://www.EvilMonk.org/A/openlttr.cfm
  
  
• "Perverted Vocabulary: a Glossary of Terms Used in BDSM" at http://www.EvilMonk.org/A/terms.cfm
  
  
• "Some Notes on Netiquette and 'Net Basics" at http://www.EvilMonk.org/A/noteneti.cfm
  
  
• "Marginalia on the Old Guard, Leather Traditions, and BDSM History" at http://www.EvilMonk.org/A/notetrad.cfm
  
  
• "Play Nice: Some Notes on Scene Etiquette and Leather Protocol" at http://www.EvilMonk.org/A/protocol.cfm
  
  
  • Part 1: General Principles
    
    
  • Part 2: More Specific Guidelines
    
    
  • Part 3: Cruising With Class
    
    
  • Part 4: Play Parties
    
    
  • Part 5: Flagging, Symbols, and Rituals
    
    
  • Part 6: A Few Notes on High Protocol
    
    
  • Part 7: In Closing
    
    
  • The Entire Article on a Single Page
    
    
• "A Proposed 'Pansexual Protocol'" at http://www.EvilMonk.org/A/ppp.cfm
  
  
• "Polyamory and BDSM" at http://www.EvilMonk.org/A/polybdsm.cfm
  
  
• "An Open Letter to Law Enforcement" at http://www.EvilMonk.org/A/forlawen.cfm  (An open letter to law enforcement from someone in the BDSM community who wants to explain some ways in which BDSM is not domestic violence.)
  
  
• "Some Criteria for Consensual D/s Contracts" at http://www.EvilMonk.org/A/contract00.cfm
  
  
• "Kinky Mainstream DVDs" (a critical list) at http://www.EvilMonk.org/A/dvds.cfm
  
  
• "Dawn Perlmutter's 'Dark Subculture' Witch Hunt" at http://www.EvilMonk.org/A/perlmutter.cfm
  
  
• "Anatomy for Flogging: The Back" at http://www.EvilMonk.org/A/anatomy2.cfm
  
  
• "A Proposed 'Pansexual Protocol'" at http://www.EvilMonk.org/A/ppp.cfm
  
  
• "A Rant on Mentorship" at http://www.EvilMonk.org/A/mentoring.cfm
  
  
• "A Surprising Discovery" at http://www.EvilMonk.org/A/surprise.cfm
  
  

Wanted: a special Central Texas female submissive or Switch.

My Workshop Presentations

I have moved that list to a dedicated Classes and Workshops page.

Dropping Names: Some of My Scene Friends

• blossom
  
  
• Tattered
  
  

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
  
  

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
  
  

Ambrosio's Unfamiliar Stock Quotes