Archive for 2008

Ultimate Surrender Championship

by Amelia G : September 14th, 2008

Season 6 of Ultimate Surrender just started, hot on the heels of this month’s Summer Vengeance Championship bout between ex-Marine Dia Zerva and sexy tattooed Syd Blakovich aka The Hungarian Nightmare. I guess I should back up a bit and explain what exactly Ultimate Surrender is.

Ultimate Surrender bills itself as a “competitive sexual female wrestling site”. Now there have been cat-fighting sites on the internet, pretty much since computers started vaguely being able to communicate with one another, but Ultimate Surrender takes it to another level. There have been sites where hot women wrestled, either naked or clothed. There have been Geocities compilations of stills from movies where chicks kick ass. But nobody really went all the way to do erotic combat right until the folks at Kink did it.

The thing I really like about all the Kink sites is that they really understand the fetishes they cater to and attempt to actually fulfill them. For example, their first site Hogtied did not just feature bondage and BDSM, but went the distance to show forced orgasms. And, let’s face it, it is not just the intricacies of the rope work which are hot, no matter how pretty shibari can get.

Kink started in 1997 with Hogtied and has since branched out with quite a number of sites, Ultimate Surrender launching in 2004. The basic concept of Ultimate Surrender features either two women or two teams of women getting in the ring, roughly wrestling one another either for real or an awfully convincing facsimile thereof, and the winners sexually dominating the losers. The format is three rounds of competitive wrestling followed by a fourth round where the winner gets to have her way . . .

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I gues if it is 04:59 am on LJ for moi, I will need to wait three hours and one minute, as opposed to one minute, to see if I properly configured by LoudTwitter the Dingo inspired me to try.

Quelle heur et il? (Check out my teenage French. Or not.)

Snarfed from r-ness

What will half a mill buy where you live? On my street, it appears that will pay for about a third of a house. If I wanted to expand my search to still be in my neighborhood but a bit farther away and include condos, for that dough, I could get a one bedroom and one bath condo in a building with no amenities besides a garage with room for only one car.

If the housing market is sooooooooooo terrible that it is a problem for the larger society requiring government intervention, why exactly are places empty rather than more reasonably priced?

What can $500,000 buy where you live?

Best room-mate
#2 best dinner companion
#2 best dancer
#3 most desired for marriage
#4 best singer
#5 smartest
#6 bravest
#6 cutest
#6 most cuddly
#6 person with the best body

My friends who voted me best singer must be the ones who enjoy silence.

My friend Sabrina‘s birthday was yesterday. Our party actually drank ALL the champagne in the restaurant. Like literally there was none left and the restaurant let some folks go to the store and bring in more. I had enough to end up singing karaoke for like the second time ever.

I feel like death in a blender today though. I feel like I used to have better recovery time or maybe we all really did drink that much.

Do you find that, over time, especially if you do not drink particularly often, your tolerance goes down and your recovery time takes longer?

PS How the heck is recumbent a mood option on this thing and hungover is not?

Ba ha ha ha. OMFG. Someone on MM (A LARPing site for people who like the idea of being photographers or models etc. without all the pesky work of actually doing it) just called *me* inaccurate and unrealistic and said he didn’t know what world I lived in. Uhm, how about the world where people actually get published on popular websites and in popular magazines and get their work featured on major television networks? Fortunately, the beautiful Isobel Wren schooled him or I’d think I was hallucinating.

Clint Rexx is to date the only person I have ever booked off of there. I should really wean myself off of looking at that site or participating in anything on it. Hope just springs eternal.

Dead Kennedys Too Drunk to Fuck

by Amelia G : September 5th, 2008

Last week, the Dead Kennedys announced an indefinite hiatus from touring, due to health issues suffered by bassist Klaus Flouride and drummer D.H. Peligro. Although I was fangirl-thrilled to meet East Bay Ray at a coffee shop a couple years back, I personally find it depressing when bands tour without key original members. A Jello Biafra-less DK would just bum me out.

Sometimes a group of people come together to make a great creative team, but only small portions of the group are really driving forces. The DK thing is not really one of those disputes. Drummers sometimes spontaneously combust and that never makes it seems like a band should hang it up. I think the thing which bothers me the most about Jello Biafra not exactly being in the Dead Kennedys any more is that you know there was a hot moment in time when they must have felt like a galvanized special unit in the war against conformity and oppression. There must have been a time when the Dead Kennedys felt like they could take on the world . . . together.

For anyone who is unaware of the legal squabble, the Dead Kennedys had a falling-out partly over whether or not their songs should be licensed to sell various things. Most notably Levi’s wanted to use “Holiday in Cambodia” in a Dockers commercial and Jello Biafra rejected their advances without consulting the rest of the band. Lawsuitarity ensued. Levi’s did not get the song, but Alternative Tentacles is no longer allowed to sell full length DK products. I am torn on how I feel about that. I have lived in not one, but two, punk rock group houses named after the “Holiday in Cambodia” song. Not like thirteen punks living in a townhouse . . .

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Just posted this in a community and thought I’d post it here too 🙂

I am also casting for folks who want to create this type of striking artistic image in Los Angeles this week. Details are in my LJ at http://amelia-g.livejournal.com/321161.html. You can read about the magazine appearance of this image on BlueBlood.net now and see the whole series on BlueBlood.com.

Our lovely models here are Nixon Sixx, Tinka, and Vampirabat. Couture and kitty both courtesy Antiseptic Fashion.

There is a lot of talk on this one site I occasionally post on about model safety. Whenever I see a model or photog in the scene giving advice, the topic of safety comes up.

Now I don’t object to a model bringing along a friend who will make him or her more comfortable, so the escort thing does not inconvenience me. Lots of people, especially hobbyists, are just shy and feel better (and thus pose better) with a familiar face around, so that’s all good.

As a photographer (and a woman), I have definitely shown up at a few shoot locations over the years where I did not feel safe. In one case (for a trade shoot), I made an excuse and got the heck out of there. In another (for a paid shoot), I shot one setup super-fast, paid the model, and got the heck out of there. I’ve had models attempt to touch me inappropriately, but I’ve never had anyone fail to back off when told to cut it out. I’m wracking my brain right now and, with the thousands of people I’ve shot, I can only think of three times offhand where I was on a shoot and genuinely scared something bad could happen to the point where I felt I should go. And nothing bad actually did go down on any of those occasions.

I remember hearing about that bondage model a year or two back who got assaulted and murdered. But no one I knew knew her. I know a number of models who have had the same experience I have where occasionally someone will start to touch them inappropriately, they tell the person to stop, and the person stops. There are some scary people out there, but I don’t think they usually do their scary stuff during a photo shoot.

So my question is, with all the fear-mongering about potential rape and murder, does anyone here personally know anyone (model, photographer, MUA, stylist, anyone) who has been physically assaulted in any way on a shoot?

If you are a serious costumer, I can provide you with some killer images and possibly both magazine and site exposure. (Magazine coverage depends on whether I end up shooting enough different pirates. Arrrr!) I am shooting an erotic pirate series. Please get in touch if you would like to be part of it.

Requirements:
You must be able to do an extravagant and impressive look.
You must have access to extremely high quality pirate costumes which fit you well.
Access to a nifty pirate location a plus.
Although this is a trade shoot, there may be some budget for costume and location for truly spectacular stuff to work with.
A minimum of topless nudity is required. Comfort with full nudity is preferred.
All body types are welcome.
Preference for models with more unusual and striking looks.
You must be in Los Angeles or Orange County during the coming two weeks.
We are looking to create the most artistic and striking images possible, so we are looking for a select few models who can really bring something extraordinary to the table.

Details:
I’m looking to shoot this week for European fetish magazine placement. I could finish the job with work I have on hand, but I’d kind of like to shoot some folks I have not shot for fetish magazines before. I would ideally like to shoot in Los Angeles, but San Francisco would be possible with enough good models and locations.

The magazine generally gets the images first, but you should expect to ultimately most likely get tears and promo for your personal projects and web-ready content. You will receive a copy of the magazine when Forrest Black and I get copies in and you will receive content for download within two weeks of each set being published on BlueBlood.com/RubberDollies.com/etc.

Requirements:

You must be able to do an extravagant and impressive look.
You must have access to high end and unique rubber or leather clothing or armor. Corsets and big boots are also a plus.
A minimum of topless nudity is required. Comfort with full nudity is preferred.
You must be in Los Angeles or Orange County this coming week.
We are looking to create the most artistic and striking images possible, so we are looking for a select few models who can really bring something extraordinary to the table.

Refer to Forrest Black’s and my work for an idea of what sorts of people we prefer to shoot in general. We have shot for all the important European fetish magazines, including Marquis, Skin Two, and Secret. Although Forrest Black and I have shot dozens of magazine covers, these specific tears are intended for inside pages, although the future can always bring more good things.

A few things to keep in mind: It is highly likely that you and/or the clothing designer will get significant press coverage from this. I can only use local models for this specific gig and that means Los Angeles or an easy drive from Los Angeles. If you are not sure what high end fetish fashion or rubber clothing is all about or if you are unsure of your nudity comfort levels, I’m really only looking for glamourous enthusiasts on this one.

To submit, please message me here or email submit@blueblood.net with the title FETISH MAGAZINE MODEL. Please indicate where pictures of you can be viewed, what city you are near, what your nudity comfort zone and interests are, what type of fetish fashion you have available, any location suggestions you may have, and whether the designer would like some press coverage as well if possible. If you have any special reasons for wanting to shoot or other information you feel is relevant, please feel free to include it.

HIGH END FETISH CLOTHING DESIGNERS, PLEASE ALSO FEEL FREE TO GET IN TOUCH.

EVERYONE PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REPOST THIS MODEL CALL TO APPROPRIATE PLACES.

I can leap tall buildings in a single bound, but doing my laundry regularly and remembering what day and time what is planned for is fucking beyond me.

Tucker Max vs Gawker

by Amelia G : September 1st, 2008

So apparently, while I wasn’t paying attention, best-selling author Tucker Max challenged Nick Denton’s huge blogging empire’s flagship Gawker to a $10,000 bet over the likely domestic gross of his upcoming movie and Gawker declared Jihad on Tucker Max over everything. Not in that order.

Full disclosure: I have drunk beer with Tucker Max and I’ve shaken hands with one of the Rudius Media bloggers. I have partied in Vegas with large portions of the Gawker staff, enjoyed Gawker’s hospitality in Austin, and shaken hands with Nick Denton. I think it is fair to say that I don’t have a horse in this race because I genuinely like and enjoy the work of people in both camps.

Now, Fleshbot is the main Gawker blog I read with any regularity, although, given that I quoted ValleyWag earlier today, obviously it is not the only one I read. So I don’t know how I missed the Gawker flagship’s 20 entries this month about how much they loathe Tucker Max. I worried that I might be being too rough on Joshua Todd and Buckcherry earlier this week, but, damn, compared to Gawker, I am sweetness and light and the personification of all that is gentle.

I wrote a thing a while back where I praised Tucker Max’s writing and general brilliance, but I mentioned that he was coy in his stories about use of cocaine. Tucker Max is very sensitive to people having misimpressions of him and he explained to me that it was important to him that he was about hanging out with beer and hot chicks and not about hookers and blow and that he felt beer and hot chicks were more fun. I’ve . . .

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Serial Killing, Kinky Sex, Body Mods, Drugs, Violent Video Games, and Linux Coding

by Amelia G : August 31st, 2008

Tim Faulker at ValleyWag summed up the Hans Reiser trial best, saying, “There’s nothing funny about a murder trial. Unless there is.”

It has been a while since we did any sex trial coverage at Blue Blood, so I guess we’re due. So here is the set-up. Hans Reiser is a well-known but unpopular Linux programmer. Well, he is probably a Linux programmer, but there are bitchy San Francisco tech scene rumors that he actually hired cheap Eastern Bloc coders to do all his work for him. At any rate, there are some Linux file systems which bear his name, whether or not he earned it. And, let’s face it, the SF tech world has a rich history of dudes who take credit for other people’s work. I don’t think most of those people are murderers, so that is not, in and of itself, damning in a murder trial. Given that Hans Reiser went off to college after 8th grade, I’m thinking he probably at least supervised his Russian coding teams. I’d say that he was not on trial for whether he deserved his personal kudos, but he actually kind of was. His attorneys William DuBois and Richard Tamor repeatedly alleged that Han Reiser was only on trial because people hated his personality so much. Heck, his lawyers pointed out that they couldn’t stand the guy. I’m not sure whether I’d choose to be represented by counsel who disliked me so intensely, but Hans Reiser admits he is a little iffy in his choices on who to associate with.

Apparently, whether or not one wishes to mail order, Russia has bride catalogs where marriage-minded gentlemen can flip through and select the woman of their dreams. Hans Reiser started dating one . . .

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