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* "Awakenings" by Annette (virgin to slut transition)
10, 10, 10
* "Awakenings" by Annette. The young lady is a naive virgin who has just graduated from a Swiss finishing school. Her big turn-on is the thought that when a man penetrates her for the first time it will be to shoot live ammunition at an unprotected target. She gets all churned up at the idea of totally unprotected sex with an even chance of being put in the family way. When a rich guy she really likes comes on strong to her, she tells him her feelings and says she's just not quite ready yet. Naive? Well, sort of; but she certainly knows how to keep Alan at bay! She resolves to be a virgin when she marries Alan; but shortly before the wedding he gets called away for work for two months overseas, and she goes on a cruise. The cruise ship is a veritable stud farm; and she mates with the ships mate. Not to worry; he'll use a condom. Ooops! To hell with the condom; he'll withdraw. Ooops! To hell with withdrawal; he has a supply of the RU 462 morning after pill. Ah! Ecstasy (or Ecstacy, as the Brits say); ten straight days and nights of ecstasy. Ooops! If you've never seen an RU-462 pill, I guess it's easy to confuse them with Relaxatabs. The story has minor proofreading errors; but if I managed to ignore them, you can probably do so as well. Here is a lesson from the English teacher that lies hidden inside me. Comedians and newscasters frequently talk about oxymorons. They give as examples "military intelligence," "governmental efficiency," and "honest lawyer." It may be funny to refer to these as oxymorons, because by doing so the speaker is suggesting that the military is inherently unintelligent, the government inefficient, and lawyers dishonest. The problem with those examples is that they are better examples of humor than of oxymorons. This author uses a true oxymoron when the protagonist sees her first engorged penis and refers to as "how beautifully ugly!" That's a perfect oxymoron. I once heard the person behind me at a wedding ceremony refer to the bride's "utterly ugly beauty" - making the point that the extreme artificiality of her makeup was not beautiful at all. There's a famous Latin expression: "festina lente" - make haste slowly, or as Yogi Berra put it, "Take your time; but hurry up!" A genuine oxymoron makes a point. In the story, the idea is that the male sex organ fully engorged with blood is really pretty grotesque if you look at it objectively; but if you look at it from the potential pleasure it can give, it's beautiful. This is such a great example; I want so much to use it as an illustration for my students, but I guess I had better not. American middle class manners; now there's an oxymoron for you! Even aside from the oxymoron, the sexual scenes were delightfully graphic. I strongly recommend this story. Ratings for "Awakenings" Athena (technical quality): 10 Venus (plot & character): 10 Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10 |