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It took me a while to transition both me and Blue Blood to the web. Forrest pretty much had to drag me kicking and screaming and I still do more magazine work than most anyone else in my position would. The modes of communication are different and the place for fashion and music is different and the money is different. I’m an old school zinester and some of those values are tough to hold in a world where my most serious business competitor could be a fifty-year-old multinational corporation in sheep’s clothing.

Lately I’ve been thinking about the fact that things really have turned out about 80% how I planned and how I wanted and that is probably not a bad score given how high I was aiming.

One of the things I wish had gone better as I achieved so many of my dreams is I feel like there are a few relationships I wish I had been able to take better care of. Given how many people I have met with my varied interests and all the places I have lived, the percentage of people I wish I had not missed a certain connection with is verrrrrrrrrrrrry low. I’ve been trying to come up with sort of a list of people who really know me. And know me from before I had the ability to put people on magazine covers. Sure, I want my friends to be pleased for my accomplishments, but sometimes I forget what an amazing distance I’ve traversed because it was a tough journey to stay in touch during. Both literally and metaphorically. Lately I’ve been able to patch up a couple of relationships and just appreciate the ones I have so much better and I’m awfully pleased about it. Spent part of this evening deciding whether or not to send an email to someone on that list of people I wish I had been able to maintain a relationship with and then realized that I (a) had the wrong email address and (b) the person didn’t have internet access. Doh!

I suppose no one here has a contact email for Elisabeth Bjerregaard-Pederson?

It took me a while to transition both me and Blue Blood to the web. Forrest pretty much had to drag me kicking and screaming and I still do more magazine work than most anyone else in my position would. The modes of communication are different and the place for fashion and music is different and the money is different. I’m an old school zinester and some of those values are tough to hold in a world where my most serious business competitor could be a fifty-year-old multinational corporation in sheep’s clothing.

Lately I’ve been thinking about the fact that thing really have turned out about 80% how I planned and how I wanted and that is probably not a bad score given how high I was aiming.

One of the things I wish had gone better as I achieved so many of my dreams is I feel like there are a few relationships I wish I had been able to take better care of. Given how many people I have met with my varied interests and all the places I have lived, the percentage of people I wish I had not missed a certain connection with is verrrrrrrrrrrrry low. I’ve been trying to come up with sort of a list of people who really know me. And know me from before I had the ability to put people on magazine covers. Sure, I want my friends to be pleased for my accomplishments, but sometimes I forget what an amazing distance I’ve traversed because it was a tough journey to stay in touch during. Both literally and metaphorically. Lately I’ve been able to patch up a couple of relationships and just appreciate the ones I have so much better and I’m awfully pleased about it. Spent part of this evening deciding whether or not to send an email to someone on that list of people I wish I had been able to maintain a relationship with and then realized that I (a) had the wrong email address and (b) the person didn’t have internet access. Doh!

I suppose no one here has a contact email for Elisabeth Bjerregaard-Pederson?

Anyone here try YowCow as an alternative to the freaking awful PayPal? Good experiences? Bad ones?

Altporn.net says: “Few individuals in our community need an introduction less than Amelia G. She and her partner-in-crime Forrest Black are the closest thing we have to a mother and father of altporn as we know it. Their writing, photography, publishing and marketing efforts established a model that has influenced nearly everyone working in the genre, and their dedication community building and support has allowed hundreds of creative individuals to connect with one another. Amelia took time out of her busy schedule to answer some of our questions about a variety of issues, including the state of the industry, the BlueBlood style, and advice for budding site ops.” Check out the extended interview on the site here

Whoo-hoo! Thanks, Ed!

Altporn.net says: “Few individuals in our community need an introduction less than Amelia G. She and her partner-in-crime Forrest Black are the closest thing we have to a mother and father of altporn as we know it. Their writing, photography, publishing and marketing efforts established a model that has influenced nearly everyone working in the genre, and their dedication community building and support has allowed hundreds of creative individuals to connect with one another. Amelia took time out of her busy schedule to answer some of our questions about a variety of issues, including the state of the industry, the BlueBlood style, and advice for budding site ops.” Check out the extended interview on the site here

Whoo-hoo! Thanks, Ed!

Apparently this assault weapon ban being lifted is a hot issue. The Blue Blood community boards thread on the issue already has 130 replies and counting. An armed society is a polite society and Blue Blood does have some of the politest boards on the net. Now the good manners all make sense.

Apparently this assault weapon ban being lifted is a hot issue. The Blue Blood community boards thread on the issue already has 130 replies and counting. An armed society is a polite society and Blue Blood does have some of the politest boards on the net. Now the good manners all make sense.

Just a reminder, if you are a model on a Blue Blood membership site, your comp password will most likely have expired in the past week. We are going over to a new system and you will be receiving an email about how it works soon. Getting a last couple of details working with the new servers on BlueBlood.net and getting Szandora.com launched were our top priorities, but next on my to-do list is to gather up all of the model emails for models on the membership sites. If you appear on a Blue Blood membership site, whether Forrest and I photographed you or you had someone photograph you and you submitted the photos or a photographer who photographed you submitted photos of you, you will be eligible for a comp membership. If you believe I may not have your most current email address, please post it in my journal and I will leave it screened.

The immediate next thing on my to-do list is breakfast is a bath. Walked around The Grove today. Found it to be (a) lame and (b) hard on my ankle.

I injured my ankle and tore a tendon in April and I was not able to work out or really even get around much for a few months, so I packed on some pounds sitting in front of the computer. Not much for a webmaster, but more than I’m thrilled with.

I don’t want to go the Beverly Hills doctor diet pill route, but I’d like to have a professional paying attention to what I do and looking at me from time to time. Thinking that both a nutritionsit and an allergist would be helpful.

Really, I just saw the episode of CSI with the vampire nutritionist and I’m hoping to get mauled by a dog while jogging. Okay, I did just see that episode, but I really am looking for help on this.

I injured my ankle and tore a tendon in April and I was not able to work out or really even get around much for a few months, so I packed on some pounds sitting in front of the computer. Not much for a webmaster, but more than I’m thrilled with.

I don’t want to go the Beverly Hills doctor diet pill route, but I’d like to have a professional paying attention to what I do and looking at me from time to time. Thinking that both a nutritionsit and an allergist would be helpful.

Really, I just saw the episode of CSI with the vampire nutritionist and I’m hoping to get mauled by a dog while jogging. Okay, I did just see that episode, but I really am looking for help on this.