#Rubbout2019 #RubboutIlluminate

Wow, with just over three weeks to go, things are coming together at a feverish pace. We are still trying to overcome some hurdles but this year's Rubbout is set to be the best by far! The liberty we get with a convention-style format in a supportive hotel has allowed us to plan for things we've never been able to plan for before. I gotta say I'm getting pretty excited.

You've probably by now seen the hashtags out in the twittersphere....we are pushing sales hard. We have literally broke the record for Rubbout weekend passes sold. We are nearing 140 with only a dozen or so to go, and over 40 rooms booked in the host hotel, the Holiday Inn Downtown! It's going to be a burner!

I've pretty much finalized all the sponsors and vendors, will be working on some of the volunteer assignment and logistics plans, and executing the Kink Market and Demo Pit throughout the weekend. I've also been asked to do a few demos at the Friday night party and I'm considering some of the equipment to make an appeared at the Vancouver Steamworks "AfterGlow" party on Saturday night in addition to the play party. We'll see what happens.

I have so many friends from near and far coming to this year's event, I really hope I have set my self up well enough to have time to visit and play with these awesome people! The fact I have some long-time friends coming to the event for the first time is super-amazing to me.

So, leading up to April 5-7 weekend, of course, there are kickoff parties. This Saturday, Vancouver Men in Leather are hosting a 'Smoulder' party to promote Rubbout 2019: Illuminate. I have been asked to provide a demo but I think it may amount to taking the straightjacket with me and perhaps the bondage strips to do a bit of a mummification demo. I'm sort of looking forward to just being able to relax and socialize this weekend. Maybe I'll wear something rubber buttless and get fucked in the bar? LOL

Next weekend is the next Vancouver Rubbermen Meet + Play, branded as the Rubbout kickoff party 'Spark'. I'm planning to bring out the electro and add it to the mix - sounds appropriate for the theme, doesn't it? The afternoon of the 16th is bound to be a hoot!

I've got some good vid and pics from last weekend's play dates with N33dfulthings and Mook. I had the opportunity to gimp out in full rubber and get my ass destroyed. It was pretty epic, and I'm pretty grateful. I'm still trying to get the vids of the XL Pig Hole in me getting stretched out with some epic Mr. Hankeys toys in the meanwhile :D

So much easier at the start of the fourth session pic.twitter.com/HbTnZ53Mbl

— Matt Bauer @Rubbout (@speedoguru) March 3, 2019

An excellent play night with a couple of lovers pic.twitter.com/PQcR6Vcr9B

— Matt Bauer @Rubbout (@speedoguru) March 3, 2019

New Libidex Men's Catsuit collection

Libidex is at is again, they seem to really love to create men's latex fashion, and I'm loving them for it! Here are some new sneak peek pics of their newest styles to add to their already substantial mens fashion and play collections.

I'm looking forward to getting into some of these someday!

Rubberstud of the Week #568

Rubberstud of the Week #567

Illuminate GIF

Sadly this GIF doesn't work, I'm going to try to find something that does.

Is this better?

VRM Februbbery Meet + Play Feb 16

What a terrific weekend! It all started Friday immediately after work with the finale of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 4; regardless of what you thought of the outcome, the RPDR series keep upping the ante with regards to quality and entertainment (and scripting and editing). Immediately after, Mook and I went to the first of my 3-pass Just for Laughs Northwest ComedyFest performances - Matteo Lane doing Barbra. Man, that guy is sexy as fuck AND can he ever sing! Wow! We were just as entertained by the singing as the comedy in between songs - and the drunk French Canadian girls that got kicked out of front row for being loud and obnoxious.

Additionally N33dfulthings sent us a text message just before the show, which had us in stitches before the performance even started!

Truly, no words of response....

"Silicone Sculpture Lubricant"....such a loaded shipping inventory description. N33dfulthings was so funny in how he described the Fedex clerk's behaviour when she brought the 'sculpture' from the back room hahaha

The evening concluded with a bit of fun with Mook on Friday night before bed. We were up relatively early on Saturday to pack and prep for the Vancouver Rubbermen meet on Saturday afternoon. The boys showed up, we rubbered up, and headed over to Pumpjack.

We had another fantastic turnout, it's so great to see all the sexy local guys that are gearing up and coming out for the meets! This one seemed a lot more social than playful, though the vac-bed got used for two or three victims, the cube only got used once. I am hoping we will have the tower back for March!

After the meet, Mr. P, N33dfulThings, Romeo_Latex, IvyHole, Mook, Pan and I all went back to the condo to chill for a few hours prior to gearing up to head to the Backdoor party at the VAL Lab. Pan and I flip-fucked each other for awhile on the bench but everyone else was just intent on chilling. Fuck those guys!

We spandexed and rubbered up, taxied to the party around 11pm, danced, hugged, and sucked until 3:30 or so. We caught a cab back to downtown with a couple of our other handsome friends that are just opening up their relationship and had asked Mook and I to help them out with that. Gladly! We'll have to make plans for that, it was fun just standing out on the street with these two at 4am shooting the shit about general topics of interest.

I met a couple new cute guys at the rubber meet and at the party. One young guy loves daddy holes(!), I have obligingly presented mine to him once already this week.

I love meeting new people and especially those that are interested in playing! :)
Not much on the horizon this weekend. It's actually really busy. Considering we're getting a two week break from RuPaul, this Friday I've got tickets for Natasha Leggero on Friday (Pass 2 of my 3-pass JFLNW purchase), Meat Draw and Nicole Byer on Saturday (Pass 3 of my 3-pass JFLNW purchase), the Vancouver Men in Leather AGM Sunday morning followed by curling at 2:15. It's a full weekend! 

Next week on the 28th, Mook and I are going to the Robyn concert on Thursday at the Pacific Coliseum.

The following weekend is just the opposite, nothing going on. Mook and I are planning to have a rubber buddy over on Friday for some vac-bondage, and then N33dfulthings and I have been talking about getting together on Saturday for a long-overdue fisting session.

Argh! Then it's officially March and officially, like, only 4.5 weeks until Rubbout 2019! Things are coming together; not as quickly as I would like but I am not assuming any lead role this year. Fuck that! Someone else can assume liability LOL

Rubberstud of the Week #566

Rubberstud of the Week #565

Februbbery Meet + Play

The rubberiest month of the year - Februbbery!

The rubber heat is rising up some more. One more month, one more rubber party closer to Rubbout 2019! This month's meet and play promises to have a bigger sexier turnout and more options of equipment to try and membership options to check out. And it's only four more weeks until the official Vancouver Rubbermen Rubbout 2019 Kickoff party, SHINE!

Rubberstud of the Week #564