Well, I finally finished up the DVD that I’ve been working on for the last few months and I’m really excited about it. Now that it’s done, I’ve been having lots of ideas for the next one. It’s a lot of work to shoot all that video but is really satisfying when you’re editing a scene and it’s working. I just put up a link to the DVD on the website and there’s a 40 second streaming video preview there, in three different sizes depending on your internet connection, also some frame grabs.
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Finally a Break
The snow finally stopped falling today, so at last my best friend K. and I were able to get out. We’ve been playing Scrabble, eating too much and watching lots of DVDs.
Last night we saw Mulholland Drive, which is really excellent. I’d seen it a few years ago and was completely baffled by it, but this time we were able to go back and check out key scenes and kind of figure out what the heck was going on. It plays like a dream, so the logic behind it is still odd and hard to figure out, but it’s worth the effort. If you like weird movies this is a good one, very sexy too (though no bondage.) The clothes and make-up that the two female leads wear are terrific.
Shoot with Vivian Chen
So over the weekend I finally was able to schedule a shoot with Vivian Chen, whom I’ve been dying to get in front of the camera for over a year. She’s a very busy girl so doesn’t have a lot of spare time, but things finally came together and I was able to get a hotel room out east of Los Angeles and get some nice shots of her. Here’s a little preview, and I’m planning to post some more on the Trannies In Trouble paysite for this Friday’s update.
I’ve actually been shooting so much stuff lately – with Delilah, Bettie, Sissy, and now Vivian – plus working with Mr. K. and Chainguy – that I now have a lot of pictures in reserve that I’m really looking forward to posting in 2007. It should be another busy year in bondage.
DVD Shoot
Earlier I mentioned this big shoot from last week but am just now getting around to putting up some pictures. I’ve wanted to make a bondage DVD for some time (in addition to all the video on my website), and so finally last week I rented some time at the local dungeon and brought my friends in to shoot some stuff. Shooting video is always much harder work than I anticipate but we got some nice stuff. We had Delilah, Bettie Cho and me in front of the camera, and my friends Chainguy and Kim on the lights and camera.
We did a fun tie where I tied up both Delilah and Bettie together, and then later I put Bettie into a cruel strappado and caned her ass so hard that she finally started to cry. I’m really not a big S&M person. Bondage is definitely my main interest, but making someone cry does somewhat appeal to my sadistic side. When you’re messing with someone who’s as responsive as Bettie is, it can be quite fun.
Cleaning everything up at the end of the night took quite a while and I was beat by the time I got home. I’m guessing that we got a half hour to an hour of finished video out of the evening though editing is going to take a while. I’ll post an update as I get closer to finishing this project. I’m also planning to re-digitize some of the material on the Trannies website and make a “Best Of” DVD for Trannies In Trouble.
In the meantime, here are a few pictures from the other night.
Delilah all cute and helpless.
With Delilah, Sandra thinking, “What have I gotten myself into?”
Bettie Cho resting between takes.
Delilah’s awesome heels.
Now where did I put that ball-gag?
Silly Spam
“You always wanted to use your penis as a billiards cue.”
No, I swear I really didn’t…really…
Dove Real Beauty Ad
Once again Helen Boyd from My Husband Betty had a link to a really cool add put out by Dove. It just goes to show it’s all an illusion.
The Awe-Inspiring Variety
It’s wild the number of unusual sexual fetishes out there. One that I don’t understand much at all is the crushing and trampling genre. Of course, I’m not one to judge another person’s fetish. I’m sure the vast majority of people would look at mine, scratch their heads, and mutter, “What the f**k?” But hey, if it works for you, then rock on!
It is amazing though the crazy stuff that can get stuck in the sexual turn-on circuits of our brain. Here’s two that made me scratch my head. I can see that there are some nice high heels and bare feet there, but after that I’m pretty much lost.
And my favorite:
Computer Jargon
I love this. I just got this really cool error message:
“Precondition Failed”
I don’t know what it means but it sounds like something you’d put on your gravestone.
MySpace, Rather Amusing
I’ve been really inactive on the blog the last few days. However, I did recently read this amusing archived post from Miss Modernage about the awfulness of MySpace. And, yeah, I have a profile on MySpace too and waste way too much time on it.
People do Funny Things
Hey gang, let’s go get our pig tattooed.
Lovely Pet
In the “wasting time on the internet” category, this picture from Flurl totally freaked me out.
PostSecret
The lovely Kath Everson (whose blog I really enjoy), recently commented on the wonderful PostSecret site. If you haven’t seen it already, it’s fabulous.
Obscenity and Adult Websites
A friend sent me an interesting article on adult websites and the new FBI anti-obscenity task force, which among other things lists sites with “sadistic or masochistic behavior” as being potential targets. I started reading and thought, “Oh my God, I’m going to end up in jail!” But I quickly got over my hysteria. Most likely, I’m probably pretty safe – my website shows fully clothed t-girls bound and gagged, has no sex or genitals, and I keep my model releases and records in order (for the so-called 2257 regulations).
But the scary thing is that no one really knows what the Feds may choose to go after. I sure don’t know. Is bondage material considered “sadistic or masochistic?” Probably so, even though the things I’m into seem pretty tame compared to a lot of other stuff that’s out there. But obviously it would be a nightmare to come under scrutiny from the FBI. The author of the article, Sensuous Sadie – who has a nice website of her own with her writings on BDSM subjects – offers some suggestions for making a website less “obscene.” She makes the point that each person who runs a website has to weigh their own tolerance for risk and act accordingly. I thought it was an interesting article that describes the situation very well. Here’s a quote from the beginning (with my emphasis added):
“In September of 2005, the FBI formed an anti-obscenity task force to crack down on pornography. Any website that has content containing “bestiality, urination, defecation, as well as sadistic and masochistic behavior” can be shut down. Not only can the FBI shut down your website, but they can initiate a criminal prosecution for obscenity, which is a felony and is punishable by jail time. It is this criminal charge that is the most challenging problem for any website owner, because once you are charged by the FBI with the federal offence of obscenity, you are pretty much screwed because the legal costs of defending yourself create an untenable situation.”
Pretty scary-sounding stuff. Of course, we can’t all live in fear. If you’re not doing anything illegal, you take reasonable precautions, and you can live with any potential risks, then I think there’s no reason to change what you’re doing. There are too many people out there who don’t want you to express who you are and who would prefer to criminalize nearly all adult material. This can’t be. It’ll be interesting to see any future developments, and how soon or how long it’ll take for the current political climate to shift.