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Hello, I am a being known as K-8 (or sometimes "conscious_object"), and this is my fetish blog. Here I write about my random thoughts on my various fetishes (some more obscure than others), and post whatever internet finds that pique my interest, as well as art by my friends, and occasionally even art of my own.
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Hey all. Just an update to let you know I'm still around.
I apologize to everyone whose emails or comments haven't been answered yet...I'm still considering myself on a break, and part of that break for me is to wait to answer all those messages until I'm in the right mood. I do plan on continuing the blog. It's not retired yet. In fact, I've even taken some steps towards getting it going again. But I'm not ready to start yet.
When will I be ready? The problem right now is that there are other areas of my life that need a lot more of my focus for the time being. Also, life has me pretty stressed out right now, and I have a hard time getting in a kinky mindset when I'm not relaxed. So when I'm in a place where I can feel relaxed again, perhaps when I feel like I'm in a more secure place career-wise, I'll start the blog up again.
There's also something else I'd like to talk about briefly. I'm not sure how many of you know, but I have a history of issues with depression/anxiety. I've been on almost every popularly prescribed depression/anxiety med at one point or another, and the problem is they all have their side effects. With any med, its about asking whether the side effects are worth the trade-off of lessened anxiety or depression.
Currently I'm not on any depression/anxiety meds (the negative side-effects just didn't seem worth it to me) and haven't been for quite some time. And I think I'm doing fairly well without them. What I've come to realize, though, is the effect that the meds have possibly had on the blog at different points.
Sometimes side-effects aren't necessarily negative, and with a few meds I've been on, I've experienced an increased libido. In fact, I think that's partly what led to me starting this blog in the first place...being asexual (or kinksexual), having an increased libido and nowhere to direct it meant increased kinky desires, and an increase in a desire to talk about those desires. In hindsight, it also likely led to some risky behavior on my part, not being as safe as I should have with some of my early experiences exploring bondage IRL. Maybe one day I'll go into more detail on that end of things, but not right now.
My point is just that I'm a different person now, and I've been reevaluating what this blog means to me. But as of right now, the plan is still to pick it up again at some point. Just not yet.
I apologize to everyone whose emails or comments haven't been answered yet...I'm still considering myself on a break, and part of that break for me is to wait to answer all those messages until I'm in the right mood. I do plan on continuing the blog. It's not retired yet. In fact, I've even taken some steps towards getting it going again. But I'm not ready to start yet.
When will I be ready? The problem right now is that there are other areas of my life that need a lot more of my focus for the time being. Also, life has me pretty stressed out right now, and I have a hard time getting in a kinky mindset when I'm not relaxed. So when I'm in a place where I can feel relaxed again, perhaps when I feel like I'm in a more secure place career-wise, I'll start the blog up again.
There's also something else I'd like to talk about briefly. I'm not sure how many of you know, but I have a history of issues with depression/anxiety. I've been on almost every popularly prescribed depression/anxiety med at one point or another, and the problem is they all have their side effects. With any med, its about asking whether the side effects are worth the trade-off of lessened anxiety or depression.
Currently I'm not on any depression/anxiety meds (the negative side-effects just didn't seem worth it to me) and haven't been for quite some time. And I think I'm doing fairly well without them. What I've come to realize, though, is the effect that the meds have possibly had on the blog at different points.
Sometimes side-effects aren't necessarily negative, and with a few meds I've been on, I've experienced an increased libido. In fact, I think that's partly what led to me starting this blog in the first place...being asexual (or kinksexual), having an increased libido and nowhere to direct it meant increased kinky desires, and an increase in a desire to talk about those desires. In hindsight, it also likely led to some risky behavior on my part, not being as safe as I should have with some of my early experiences exploring bondage IRL. Maybe one day I'll go into more detail on that end of things, but not right now.
My point is just that I'm a different person now, and I've been reevaluating what this blog means to me. But as of right now, the plan is still to pick it up again at some point. Just not yet.
I'm gonna do a little thinking out loud here for a moment.
So, I'd actually like to be blogging here more, it's just that currently I'm focusing on trying to move some other aspects of my life forward. Y'know, career stuff. Spare time is very finite, and as much as I'd like to be doing more fetish art, that's not something I can really put in a professional portfolio, nor my fetish writing here, heh.
But maybe if I could figure out how to earn a little money on the side from fetish blogging and/or art-ing, then I could move it up the priority list. Unfortunately, from what I've seen it doesn't seem people can really make that much from doing things like this, without turning it into a website that requires membership or something dumb. And there's no adult version of Google Adsense, and Paypal doesn't like people using it to receive payments for anything remotely adult or even fetishy.
So just for the hell of it, let's brainstorm. What sorts of ways can you come up with to earn a little money at things like that? I can think of a bunch of potential ways, but there are always things that make it too complicated or difficult.
Do you think anyone would be interested in "sponsoring" the blog and/or art?
So, I'd actually like to be blogging here more, it's just that currently I'm focusing on trying to move some other aspects of my life forward. Y'know, career stuff. Spare time is very finite, and as much as I'd like to be doing more fetish art, that's not something I can really put in a professional portfolio, nor my fetish writing here, heh.
But maybe if I could figure out how to earn a little money on the side from fetish blogging and/or art-ing, then I could move it up the priority list. Unfortunately, from what I've seen it doesn't seem people can really make that much from doing things like this, without turning it into a website that requires membership or something dumb. And there's no adult version of Google Adsense, and Paypal doesn't like people using it to receive payments for anything remotely adult or even fetishy.
So just for the hell of it, let's brainstorm. What sorts of ways can you come up with to earn a little money at things like that? I can think of a bunch of potential ways, but there are always things that make it too complicated or difficult.
Do you think anyone would be interested in "sponsoring" the blog and/or art?
Just a quick note to let people know I'm still around. I've just reached the "burned out" stage in the usual cycle, and I'm taking a break...which has included taking a break from responding to emails as well. But I will return (and I'll catch up on responding to emails when I do, too)...just not yet.
EonEntertainment, Inc., in association with Elemental LLC and Academy Award non-winner Steve Johnson (in-joke, see his videos on his Youtube channel), are producing a series of behind the scenes documentaries, and I've been informed that they plan to get a comprehensive Puttermans DVD out by the end of the year. Hooray!
Their website also indicates that a DVD on Steve Johnson's work on the suits in Bicentennial Man is also in the cards.
Incidentally, if you're the movie prop and memorabilia collector type, the videos listed for sale at Elemental Auctions as "Duracell Putterman Family" 2-4 would appear to be the originals from Steve Johnson's collection that the footage for these DVDs is being culled from. And for the completist, "Duracell Putterman Family 1" is on Ebay, and gives a better idea of the sorts of things that the videos contain. So if you're into the idea of owning originals...
Oh, and if you happen to buy "Duracell Putterman Family 4," with the video on top labeled "New Trish" and "1st Fitting"...please do let me know? ;-)
(Though I'm a little behind at checking emails at the moment. I'll catch up soon.)
Their website also indicates that a DVD on Steve Johnson's work on the suits in Bicentennial Man is also in the cards.
Incidentally, if you're the movie prop and memorabilia collector type, the videos listed for sale at Elemental Auctions as "Duracell Putterman Family" 2-4 would appear to be the originals from Steve Johnson's collection that the footage for these DVDs is being culled from. And for the completist, "Duracell Putterman Family 1" is on Ebay, and gives a better idea of the sorts of things that the videos contain. So if you're into the idea of owning originals...
Oh, and if you happen to buy "Duracell Putterman Family 4," with the video on top labeled "New Trish" and "1st Fitting"...please do let me know? ;-)
(Though I'm a little behind at checking emails at the moment. I'll catch up soon.)
Does anyone out there in LJ land know if there exists an application for posting to Livejournal, that allows you to schedule a date for an entry to be posted (like if I were writing something today, but for whatever reason wanted it to not show up until next week, and not have to put it aside and remember to post it in a week), that is also available on Macs?
I was contacted recently by the customer service rep at Elemental LLC Auctions, who informed me that according to their website statistics, my blog was their highest draw of traffic for the month, thanks to that link I posted in the previous entry. How crazy is that?
Even more surprising, she said that they would like to send me a gift as thanks. No, it's not a duplicate of the Galatea test videos. ;-) But on its way to me right now is this concept sketch from the Galatea design process:
Even more surprising, she said that they would like to send me a gift as thanks. No, it's not a duplicate of the Galatea test videos. ;-) But on its way to me right now is this concept sketch from the Galatea design process:
Remember that cool Galatea suit? Apparently Elemental LLC offered two videotapes of SFX tests of specifically that suit via their auction site, but it was sold before I was even aware of it (and yes, I may have considered buying them!). The description states:
Please tell me it was one of you! o_o
This is a very rare look behind the Silver Screen! You are purchasing 2 Bicentennial Man Galatea test tapes shot at XFX Studios. These are extremely rare unpublished videos showing Steve Johnson working on the FX elements from the film. Form the original sculpture to dancing and juggling tests. We do not list the run time but guarantee the tapes to play. Elemental LLC retains all rights to the contained on these tapes, no reproduction rights are implied or given.
Please tell me it was one of you! o_o
Suppose I should post a message just to remind everyone that today is the last day to submit entries for the story contest type thing. I've gotten a bunch more entries this last week, which is sort of what I was predicting.
Apologies for the lack of real blog updates lately. I have a ton of cool stuff to post about, but just haven't had a lot of time lately. I'll try to get on that!
Apologies for the lack of real blog updates lately. I have a ton of cool stuff to post about, but just haven't had a lot of time lately. I'll try to get on that!
Just a reminder that there are only a few weeks until the deadline to submits stories for the story "contest."
It might surprise you to hear that only a handful of people have sent stories so far (as in, I can still count the number of people on one hand. So if you were on the fence about writing something because you figured you wouldn't "win" anyways...there isn't a lot of competition yet.
It might surprise you to hear that only a handful of people have sent stories so far (as in, I can still count the number of people on one hand. So if you were on the fence about writing something because you figured you wouldn't "win" anyways...there isn't a lot of competition yet.
"That may have been one of my favorite moments of my whole life."
On a segment of G4's Attack Of The Showdeceptively titled "WTF," hosts Carrie and Kevin give a short two minute description of vac bed fetish (with a tone that simultaneously says "this is weird" and "this is cool"), followed by seven amusing minutes of them deciding to try it out for themselves. The quote above is Carrie's reaction. Kevin's reaction is similar, but much more...non-verbal.
Enjoy.
On a segment of G4's Attack Of The Showdeceptively titled "WTF," hosts Carrie and Kevin give a short two minute description of vac bed fetish (with a tone that simultaneously says "this is weird" and "this is cool"), followed by seven amusing minutes of them deciding to try it out for themselves. The quote above is Carrie's reaction. Kevin's reaction is similar, but much more...non-verbal.
Enjoy.
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