February 9, 2004 I was flogged indoors in the SF Bay Area California by Gary ( Yahoo ID=corppun66 ). This was my first flogging in 2004 and the first since my 56th birthday. It seems that every year my normally intense desire to be flogged goes into hiding around November or before. What with travel, birthdays, Thanksgiving, Christmas and the shorter daylight hours in winter, I nearly lose all cravings to be flogged or whipped. Then, as the days start to get longer, my cravings get reawakened and I get to where I can't think of anything but that. This year was no exception, and from about the beginning of February, I wanted to go under the lash after a hiatus of nearly 4 months. I was secured with leather cuffs attached to chains hanging from from the garage door opener in Gary's garage. First I was given 6 dozen (72)lashes with single-tail whip on my back. This particular whip was different from one he'd used on me previously. I believe this one was shorter than the 4' Gary used in August, but this did have a cracker, which I think was nylon. I only got a look at it briefly after I was chained in position. It felt like this single- tail had quite a sting to it, quite possibly because of the cracker. Following that, another 6 dozen were administered with a Naval cat from A&G, that has +" tails with whipped ends, and made of hemp. This cat produced quite a thud and hit me pretty hard, but it did not sting like the first whip. After about a 5-10 minute break, another 6 dozen lashes were laid on with a homemade prison cat with nylon tails, made by Leatherback. This cat, though not a historical replica, was by far the most painful whip used this session. This had some thud, but huge sting and I could feel it tearing and cutting into my flesh. Like being struck with 9 single tails at once I would say. Prior to this I'd taken no more than 44 lashes with this particular cat, but today I got 72. (just lucky, huh) Today I got a total of 18 dozen (or 216 lashes). My back was quite sore but in a way that I find quite pleasant. Because of the way Gary lays them on so evenly, my back looked more marked up earlier in the session, but as more and more lashes were laid on, the marks sort of blended into one continuous patch of red. I also get the feeling that after taking many floggings and with severity increasing, my back doesn't mark up nearly as much as it did when I was newer to this. The most obvious marks are on my sides, but I expect most evidence will be gone in about 10 days. As I write this, my back is feeling like I have a very severe sunburn. This pain brings me a perverse sense of relief from my cravings! Photos of some of my flogging sessions are in my profile photo album at: http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jeans_noshirt_and_whipped/my_photos Narratives of other sessions and other thoughts I have about flogging and whipping can be found at: http://www.markofthelash.com/JNS&W_Diaries/ Some flogging videos at: http://www.markofthelash.com/videos.htm Sincerely, jeans_noshirt_and_whipped "Bob"