Hello, I am known as K-8 (aka "conscious_object"). Here I keep a fetish blog with a (skewed) sense of humor. Contained herein you will find my various random thoughts on my unique fetishes, and interesting finds culled from all over the intarweb, including art by my friends, and sometimes my own art.

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Here's an example of the sort of objectification I don't like to see.

An Australian commercial for Brut body spray created to be shown during football games shows a "brutishly male" robot assembling a pile of favorite possessions that every real man should desire to own. He takes a bicycle and transforms it into a motorcycle, a beer can is turned into a beer keg, and a Barbie doll is turned into a bikini-clad model. He then puts all these objects with the drum set and big truck already in the pile (including the vacant-eyed woman), and the pile turns into large cans of Brut body spray, symbolizing that their product is like all this "cool stuff" combined.

The last scene ran into trouble with their Advertising Standards Bureau, and they were forced to alter it so that woman isn't shown in the pile of stuff at the end. But the original has found its way onto Youtube:



The Barbie-to-woman bit is still in the final version, she's just suddenly gone in the last scene.

So I can simultaneously be kinky and anti-fashion? Count me in.





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The 3rd annual Rubberdoll World Rendevous is in April 2010. Are any of you planning to go? Have any of you been to the two previous ones and wouldn't mind sharing your experience?

I like to keep this blog upbeat, so I don't often post scary or disturbing items...but this story is just too amazing and mindboggling not to share.

23 years ago, a man in his 20s was in a car accident, which resulted in him being in a coma all these years. Only, it was discovered more recently when his brain was being scanned again, that he was in fact fully conscious yet completely paralyzed, and has been stuck inside his body these last several decades. Now he has just enough movement to carefully type into a keyboard with one hand, so he can tell us how "I screamed, but there was nothing to hear."

I can think of no better example for why it'd be important to have it specified somewhere whether you'd want the plug pulled or not if ever in a coma (or "coma" in this case), whether it be that you'd not want the plug pulled no matter what, or if like me, you'd rather be euthanized than chance going through years of that sort of horror (let alone decades). The scariest part is that there are possibly many, many more "coma" cases like this where the person is still aware.

There are so many questions in my mind, chief among them "how did he keep from going insane?" The article only reveals a hint of that, with him saying he "traveled with my thoughts into the past, or into another existence altogether." The article also says he knows four languages, though I'm curious if or how much he's forgotten from non-use. Some say even your primary language can atrophy from non-use, though I'm curious to what extent. The bottom of the article says he's going to write a book on his experience, which I'm definitely interested in reading (though it sounds like it may take awhile to write).

Y'know, I've been pondering lately if maybe I use the words "fetish" and "kink" a little too loosely on the blog here. For some people, "fetish" is a word that specifically means an object or idea that instantly gets someone very aroused. And I use it to mean that too, but I also use it much more loosely to mean an object or idea that fascinates me or tickles my brain in a way that it doesn't most "normal" people. Like just a focused interest in something. I wonder sometimes if by referring to it as fetish, some people think I'm, like, masturbating furiously to everything I post here or something. Which isn't really the case, just to be clear.

Really, I suppose in many cases, you could replace the word "fetish" in my statements with "fan of." I'm a fan of transformation, a fan of catgirls, a fan of shiny robots, etc. etc. These things can take on erotic aspects for me, but only when combined with a few of my actual fetishes/kinks, like body control.

And I was going to say one more thing, but I've totally forgotten where I was going with this. Feel free to post your own thoughts, I guess.

If you used to watch magic show TV specials back in the day, you might remember David Copperfield's "Laser Illusion," where he appears to separate himself at the waist. A variation of the trick was performed more recently by a couple on the Brazilian version of "America's Got Talent," this time with the woman being the one to pull herself apart. Their segment starts at 6:00 into this video, but the good stuff starts at 7:34.

The lead-up is kind of clunky, and feels like it goes on a little too long. But I like that they stuck with her just lowering her body onto a chair and back, where I always thought Copperfield's "walking" with his upper body appearing to "float" looked kinda cartoonish. Also, points for using an obscure Black Sabbath song at the climax (cake to anyone who can correctly name the title).

FetishKitsch are the people showing of the Kink Engineering vac bed in this this vid.

The bad news is Youtube keeps nuking their account (hopefully they don't nuke Kink Engineering's account there). The good news is FetishKitsch now have their own website (I think it used to be just a redirect to their Clips4Sale page), which includes the sort of short preview clips that they'd normally try to upload to Youtube. The most recent update is MissKitsch walking around outside as a latex catsuited catgirl on Halloween. Lots of shiny.

A man has his second stroke at age 53, and suddenly begins to complain that his sexual orientation had flipped. Since his teens he had been interested only in men, and had enjoyed his relationships with men...and yet now he was suddenly only interested in women.

This is a true story, which you can read more about here. The article raises many interesting questions, not the least of which being "what if you woke up one day after an medical incident, and discovered your sexuality had changed?" The fact that it could even be possible is fascinating (and to some, possibly frightening).

The article also goes on to ask questions in regards to what this could mean, by extension, about fetishes and sexual interests in general:

But what if sexual orientation is as simple as that — a switch in the brain? How would you feel to know that a good bop in the head might cause you to wake up the next day with a desire for something you never desired before? And what if it weren’t just a matter of gay or straight but of a variety of sexual types? For example, it is known that various types of head injury can result in hypersexuality. What if you were to have a stroke and suddenly find yourself with an irresistible fetish for feet or puppies? Is it possible that perverts are not sexually liberated (as they like to think) or mentally ill (as some like to think) but rather victims of cerebral events? What if perversion is nothing more than a symptom in the same class as slurred speech or blurry vision?

What if one day you woke up and were suddenly asexual (not turned on by men or women), but still had your same kinks or fetishes?

(Warning: if the comments section at any point turns into a discussion where a few of you fellow sexual deviants start trying to argue how homosexuality is one form of sexual deviancy that's unacceptable, while your own not-considered-standard sexual interests are perfectly fine, I am going to lock the thread.)

I remember when the LTBSA used to update every month or two with a new batch of ASFR transformation stories. If you're a fan of these sort of stories, you've probably noticed that the updates have slowed down dramatically. This is primarily because there just aren't as many new stories being written and submitted to the website.

Is everyone just in a creative lull when it comes to these sorts of stories? Has everything been done that there is to do with this genre?

I have an idea I'm kicking around to try and spark some more new stories. You may remember the story contest at Gromet's Plaza awhile back, where people submitted stories related to the theme of vacuum beds, and the winner received an actual vac bed from Kink Engineering. Inspired by that, I thought: maybe I should try something like that here on my blog? And I'd be able to choose the theme I wanted to see more stories of, which is a bonus.

But what would the prize be? How about if the winning entry received an illustration to go with the story, drawn by me (in the style of the scarecrow and artist's block, only I'd color it as well)? Not only might it get people to write new stories, but it'd get me to draw some stuff again. But would an illustration for your story be enough incentive (those of you who write)?

I'm also thinking of deciding the winner differently than the Gromet's contest. That one was decided by reader votes, but I'd read a couple complaints that this resulting in a little bit of a popularity contest thing happening, where it was more about who could get more of their friends to go and vote. Honestly, if I'd known the vac bed was one of those ones that seals when the vacuum is turned off, I may've been tempted to use my powers for evil instead of good, and just wrote like a three paragraph story and asked blog readers to go and vote for me to "help me get that vac bed!" I only needed to beat beat like 40 or 50 votes, which would've been easy.

So, no reader voting, I'm thinking. I have a few ideas. One is to assemble an expert panel of judges (I say "expert" jokingly -- it's be me, and two other friends who also enjoy whatever chosen theme) to read all the entries and then decide on the winner. Except assembling a panel of judges who all enjoy whatever very specific theme I chose (I'd be going for transformations that I haven't seen done as often, so it'd probably be something other than "statue," "mannequin," "doll," or "robot"...well, maybe chrome-plated gynoids...) would be kind of tough, especially when many of the people that'd come to mind are writers themselves who I wouldn't mind seeing enter the contest.

Alternately, I could just say that since I'm the one who's going to be doing the illustration, it's entirely fair that I pick the winning story. But would that open up the possibility of hard feelings directed towards me if someone strongly believes their story was better than the one I chose? Though really, the main purpose of the contest would really be just to see a bunch of new stories created that could all be submitted to LTBSA and other similar story archives.

Also, what should the deadline be? How much time should I allow people to write something before closing submissions? Would a month be enough for you writery people? I wouldn't be looking for a novel (in fact, I'd prefer if it weren't a novel), just a fun short story.

What do you think? Idea has potential?

If you're really sure you really want to have this conversation, just ask me about it already...quit tip-toeing around it.

Some of you may've seen pics from this odd film experiment thing, but now there is video:

Still waiting on some photos before writing about the previous weekend, so here's what happened just this last weekend instead.

To be honest, I try to avoid going to parties or events two weekends in a row. I'm somewhat the introverted type, and social gatherings (i.e. anything involving a group of people hanging out and/or doing stuff) usually leave me feeling a little worn out afterwards, as opposed to energized or whatever. But I didn't hear about about this Halloween party after I'd already RSVPed for the other party, and this one sounded to interesting to pass up.

As I mentioned previously, the party was held at a hotel in a banquet room. One part of it was filled with tables to sit and eat, and then go through a doorway and you're in another room filled with various items to tie people to.

The theme of the party was "Medical Malpractice," so most people were dressed as kinky doctors, nurses, and patients. Though one creative group of people decided to focus on that second word, and went as malpractice lawyers.

But if you're brain works similarly to mine, your first thoughts were probably "casts!" and "straight jackets!" However, not knowing anyone local who does casts, and straight jackets being expensive, I was a little stuck as to what to do. Fortunately, a recently made friend knew of a nice woman who owns a leather straight jacket and would be at the party, and asked on my behalf if I could borrow it for the evening.

And so I got to spend several hours like this:

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In a discovery that may help in developing a better treatment for people with Parkinson's, scientists have found that stimulating a particular frequency of brain wave can put a person into slow motion.

For those who are unaware, Parkinson's is an affliction that causes a person to gradually stiffen. The jumpiness seen in many people with Parkinson's is actually from the medication that keeps them from losing too much movement too quickly. Thus the more they learn from these experiments, the closer they may get to finding a solution.

The side-effect of this research, of course, is that they may also end up figuring out how to cause someone to temporarily freeze in place. Which I'm only interested in for entirely educational purposes, of course...

I think everyone has at some point experienced reading or seeing something they wish they could un-see. Frequently when digging around for new transformation-related things, I come across stories or images that have such a dark tone that they're just not appealing to me...but then there are the ones with conepts that are so horrific and disturbing, I almost want to remove my brain, lather it up with soap and water, and carefully scrub the idea completely out of my head.

Being that it's just a few days after Halloween, I thought it would perhaps be fitting to share with you one such tale, in the tradition of scary stories. (And also, so you can share my pain. ;-))

This is a short illustrated sequence by Ian Samson called "DragonHeart." Warning: may leave you feeling slightly disturbed.

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Went to a Halloween play party last night at a hotel. I was walking through the hall toward the event space wearing in regular non-costume clothes, but with my Sexy Boots on over my jeans, when I pass by a mother and her very young daughter dressed up as a fairy, walking in the opposite direction. I politely smile, and as I pass I hear the little girl behind me exclaim excitedly to her mom in a half-whisper, "did you see her boots?!?"

And another future fetishist is born. ;-)

Remember that "Instant Babe" illusion by Jonathan David Bass I posted awhile back? Here's a slightly newer performance, that now has a third section to the sequence.

And yet instead, I'm tempted to buy a CapriSun and lay the discarded pouch behind the back tire of my car...

Who came up with this campaign? Was it one of you? ;-)





Found out about these from masteroftoys after a new RLV curse popped up in SL based on the whoopee cushion (with a twist).

There's also a website with a series of mini-games featuring adorable cartoon versions of the characters from the commercials. There are a few characters who haven't yet had their own commercial, but I'm hoping that's only a temporary thing, because I'm kind of curious to see one for Handlebar Harry. ;-)

After seeing an unfinished chair curse by Vexation in SL, Bastian and I started discussing the idea of werechairs and trying to brainstorm exactly how the curse would be passed on. I don't think we ever came to a definitive conclusion there, but he was inspired to do a few sketches of the idea.

Apparently turning into a chair tickles a little.



And Erica isn't quite sure whether or not a werechair is safe to sit in. I think you can tell from my expression that I'm surely not planning to say anything.

Y'know, spanking and impact play becomes much more interesting when the person being spanked is laying over the top of you like a mattress.