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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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.

Being stuck in place as a nightstand in someone's room gives you plenty of time to ponder. Or in this case, write a blog entry.

(Actually, I discovered after taking this that I was somehow no longer stuck, but I had been previously forced to stay in that spot when I was logged in earlier. ;-))

Recently a friend dragged me, kicking and screaming, back into SecondLife. By which I mean, he mentioned some interesting-sounding things, and I decided to give it another try.

I basically lost interest in SL the first time due to boredom. There were some interesting avatars, but the lack of scripted-objects to capture you meant a lot of roleplaying to keep things fun, and the ration of puppetmasters to puppets was considerably low.

Since that time, some interesting developments have happened. For one, there is a viewer called Restrained Life that makes it so that (if you want to), you can actually stay stuck when you're in some device intended to make you stuck (in the regular viewer, you can simply click on another area to sit to easily escape).

To make things even more interesting, there have been developments in control devices, so that if you add one of your friends to your permissions, they can control your avatar in any manner of ways. Moving you around, of course. Reposing or animating you. But also things like making you mute (no matter what you type, the resulting text in chat is "..."), or subtly changing your speech (like a gag that translates your text into "gag-speech"), making you "blind," and various sensory alterations. Which admittedly sounded kind of dull compared to the real thing, but when I experienced it in game I realized just how helpless it can feel to have your avatar stuck in place, or moving on its own, or being "blind" (the screen is black, but you can still read text boxes) while also suddenly unable to tell who is saying what (everyone's names had been changed to generic nouns).

Also, there have been many developments in scripted items. I remember back when I was first exploring, the very first SL key had the capability to turn, and had a few built-in animations, and that was one of the coolest ASFR things around. We'd occasionally discuss scripting additions that would be really cool, like if you had a time limit until you wound down, and someone could click on your key in order to wind you up. And now that exists! Not to mention, if using Restrained Life, you can really be stuck like that (if you decide to turn on those options).

I plan to do several entries in the future looking more in-depth at some of the cool objects I've come across (plenty of which have already been covered by Yora Vig, but in some cases I may have additional thoughts). However, until I get to that, here are some cool places to visit to see these items for yourself...so you don't have to wait for me to blog about them.

Mech Dolls
http://slurl.com/secondlife/pine%20woods/78/221/26/

Here you will find what in my opinion is the best wind-up key currently in SL. There are many great keys out there, with plenty of interesting bits of scripting, but they're designed more to go with goth or gothic lolita outfits, with designs that -- while very well-crafted and intricate -- don't look like something you'd find on a toy. But Mech Dolls have one that is closer to the standard wind-up key look, and includes all sort of scripted goodies. Not only do you have a limited time before you wind down and need more winding, but people can also wind you more than once to add time (30 minutes with each wind). However, if they try to wind you more than three times, you will "break," and need to be rewound all over again.

The thing I love about Mech Dolls is that it's almost like they were reading my mind, inventing all the sorts of things that two years ago I was saying "wouldn't it be cool if...?" They have a puppet control cross that hangs over your head with strings...only unlike the previous one I blogged about some time back, this one will actually allow anyone around you to grab your control cross and move you around (when they click on it, it gives them a list of actions), or just make you do one of several silly puppet dances.

On top of that, there is a set of doll-joint skin layers, a Playstation-girl avatar (with cords sticking out, similar to how I envisioned my XBOX360-girl), and many other fun plasticy things. They've even made a pull-string now, that attaches to your back and makes you say silly phrases.

I hope to do a longer entry about this store in the future showing off some of the cool items, once I get ahold of some (I do already have the puppet cross, doll joint skin, and a cute superhero wind-up doll av, and will be showing you those later).

Grendel's Children
http://slurl.com/secondlife/avaria%20tor/224/28/270/

A large place filled with all sorts of odd things. If you dig a little, you can find all sorts of interesting gems, such as the nightstand pictured above. Which, by the way, has a cabinet that can open and close, and a lamp that can turn on and off with a click of the mouse (this is actually with the light switched to on, dark as it is...but it'd be even darker with the light off). My favorite item there so far is a wooden ship figurehead av (ship included!).

Curio Obscura
http://slurl.com/secondlife/rendervisions%20isle/157/159/26/

A store that specializes in steampunk items. I have not yet had a chance to explore the entire store yet, but one item of interest is a device that can turn you into a living hover-board that people can ride.

Vexation
http://slurl.com/secondlife/rowen%20brae/20/228/996/

Home of cursed objects that tend to have a transformative effect on you.

Doll Works
http://slurl.com/secondlife/the%20doll%20works/191/129/27/

The place to be for ASFR RP. There are all sorts of contraptions to get yourself stuck in, and it's divided up by category: there's a place for robots, for dolls, for clockwork, etc. etc. A very large place...I still haven't explored it all.

Stones N Rubber
http://slurl.com/secondlife/montsegur/111/199/22/

If you're not hanging out at Doll Works, you're probably hanging out here. Last time I was there, I ran into Yora Vig, who was locked into some contraption or another.

All I know about this image is that this was created for an art exhibit by a woman, and does not appear to involve any Photoshoping. Any additional information would be welcome.



And here's a chair I came across via a Google image search, that looks like something you might find in a horror movie.



("Ms. Chair" found by Kat.)

I was bouncing some ideas off Sebastian for a floor fan TF that had popped into my head. The idea of someone being stuck on a pivot, swiveling left and right...or pull up the knob and they're stuck in place. Reminds me of an old Mitch Hedberg routine.

One day I'll eventually get around to drawing the image in my head, but Sebastian just sent me his own take on a K-8 fan, which I share with you here:

The US DVD release of Tokyo!, featuring Michel Gondry's "Interior Design," comes out at the end of the month. But some kind soul emailed me a (non-subtitled) copy of the Gondry section early. I plan to rent it once it's on Netflix (so I can understand what's being said during the second half), but here's a short clip that needs no words:

Now on sale at Starbucks:



(Found by "utsumi.")

You ever have one of those dreams where, upon waking, you're like, "wow, this would make for a fantastic story if I just write it down!" And then later that day, when you start thinking about it more, you realize it didn't really make as much sense as you thought it did at the time? Wicked City, a Hong Kong film from 1992 (not to be confused with the 1989 anime of the same name) is like watching a 90 minute version of one of those dreams.

"Right, so then we drive up to this building, and it looks like time has stopped all around us. We go inside, and fight a flying clock. I turn into a giant knife and defeat it. A woman has melded herself with the building, so we get in an elevator to go to the floor her head is located on, except our elevator starts filling with foam. But Dr. Strange shows up just in time, pulling random motorcycle parts out of the walls and using them to bind the woman into the form of a Giger-esque motorcycle."



Below is the video, in case you think I'm exaggerating. I've left in the few scenes leading up to the motorcycle transformation for those who are into timestops (and those who have a fetish for cars covered in cling wrap?).

Also, I'd personally recommend turning the sound completely down, and watching it silent. The sound is extremely distracting, I actually found myself noticing more details in the visuals without it. It's not just the music, but the way their mouths rarely move in synch with what they're saying. Sometimes they'll even be speaking when their mouth is closed, or while licking their lips. You won't be able to understand them anyways, so it's no big loss. (I would've included the subtitles for you as well, but the movie actually seems to make more sense without them. If you really want to know what's being said, I can post a few examples in the comments.)

Not enough weirdness for you? Earlier in the film, she appears to send her essence into a pinball machine, and seems to really get off on having her buttons pushed.

( Video Under The Cut )

Pointed to me by "utsumi," Tokyo! is an independent film comprised of three short stories, each by a different director. The segment "Interior Design," directed by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind and that Bjork robot music video), is described as:

A young couple tries to set themselves up in Tokyo. The young man's ambition is clear — to become a film director. His girlfriend, far more indecisive, cannot escape the vague feeling that she's losing control of her life. Directionless, both are beginning to go under in this vast city until the young woman, utterly alone, becomes the object of a bizarre transformation...

Sound interesting? Take a look:



Chairs may not be one of my more favorite transformations, but when it's done like this (the leg-walking part in particular)... I wonder if he'd be open to taking suggestions for possible ideas to do next? ;-)

The short is actually a loose adaptation of comic story called "Cecil And Jordan In New York" by Gabrielle Bell. "Loose" because the original is only a four-page story, so Gondry has embellished some to stretch it out a bit (not to mention, changing the setting to Tokyo to go with the overall film's theme). Also, the trailer makes it appear to be an unexpected transformation, whereas in the story she does it completely of her own accord.

In fact, part of what makes the story so funny to read is just how nonchalant she is about the change, sort of like "yeah, so I thought I'd become a chair. *shrug*" The idea being that she is found by some unsuspecting person, and when they leave she turns back into a person and enjoys having "free" room and board.



You can read the full four-page story here.

It will be interesting to see how Gondry's take differs.

You might find this strange, but some objects -- furniture in particular -- have a secret fetish for being treated like a person.



See more HOT Furniture Porn here.

Guess what I finally got ahold of? That clip from Mr. Wizard's World I'd been wanting to track down.


So funny to see this again now as an adult. Am I the only one that almost started laughing when she says "this feels neat"? I wonder if she ended up developing similar interest when she grew up...? ;-)


And speaking of television moments that involved headlessness and scarred me for life, I just recently discovered a music video that -- like Talking Heads' "Love For Sale" -- I saw at such a young age, and sounded so bizarre when I'd try to put it into words, that I'd questioned if it was all my imagination. But no, the video for "Doing It All For My Baby" by Huey Lewis, it turns out, was all too real.

The video starts with Huey Lewis and the crew on their way to or from another, when one of their tires goes flat. For some reason, getting the spare off involves getting under the van while it's propped up, and Huey does the honors. Only jack falls out, and the van falls on top of him, crushing him to death! The rest of the band are shocked, and try to get him out...but confirm that he's dead. They killed Huey Lewis! And I'm only, like, four when I'm watching this. ;-P

The rest of the band is shocked for a moment, then are like "eh, screw 'em" and go to find any nearby place they can find. What they end up finding is some sort of creepy mansion, and...well, to make a long story short, Huey's is revived by a mad scientist who turns him into a Frankenstein-ian creation, after the rest of the band have already ended up as heads in jars...

Here it is, in case you don't believe me:


But rather than "scarring me for life" in a fun way like the Mr. Wizard clip, this one just left me forever paranoid that the jack might fall out and injure someone anytime I see someone changing a tire... ;-P

(And that concludes today's therapy season, thanks for coming. ;-P)


See the rest of the magic show.

I discovered a living-statue company called Living Art By Julie that also offers a very unique variation: bored of the same old table decorations? How about a living centerpiece?







If you click on that link about, you can also see another variation they do, these fruit-head table things. Which are sort of amusing-looking, but a little weird even for me.

Updated: Actually, now that I think about it, the living centerpieces actually kind of remind me of this fantastic Gord Mini-bar that was once shown on the House Of Gord tour page (sorry, no larger image available):



It's basically a version of this with an added table. I have to admit, being rigged up into that restrictive gagged form for use at a small party would be deliciously hot. ^_^

Another find by utsumi99.

I feel like this should have a Naga's Den-style caption to it, like: "the Sorceress felt the price she offered this girl's was more than reasonable, but still the girl refused to part with it. So the Sorceress ensured the two would remain inseparable."



Another shot:

Catman (not to be confused with catbondage) informs me of a popular haunted maze at Knott's Halloween Haunt in Buena Park, California, which changed its theme this year to "The Doll Factory." The basic plot is that a "Marionette Murderer" has been takes victims and turns them into living dolls in his doll factory, to add to his collection.

Sadly, at no point while walking the maze is there any threat of you yourself being turned into a doll... ;-)

Catman gave me links to a few videos that show off the maze. There is one doll in particular that seems to stick in people's minds afterwards due to her crazy body movements, and awesome contact lenses. You can see her best in this clip, which aired on the Travel Channel:



There are also a few other clips done by people just walking the maze with their camera phone or whatever. They're a little less clear, but show you some of the other dolls (there's a glimpse of a marionette doll in the unlit one of these two, and some mannequins turned into furniture in the other one):

Maze Walkthrough (Unlit) Vid

ODM's Maze Walkthrough Vid

Apologies for the lack of updates lately...that pesky "real life" thing getting in the way. ;-)

An anonymous reader sent me a link to this amusing page from a webcomic:

Questionable Content #634

A friend and I were joking around awhile back and came up with an amusing idea: Gord IKEA.

(Or would that be Gord's House Of Furniture? ForniPHILEA? )

Imagine walking into a warehouse-sized store, with shelves lines with all sorts of Gord-styled
furniture goodies. Scattered about are display models of the furniture... modeled by girls employedfor just that purpose (I'd totally apply for that job!).

Or if you've come to the store with the girl friend you plan to fit into the device, you can go to the fitting area. Here she can make sure she gets the right fit for her catsuit (from a variety of colors and styles to match any decor), and then try out one of the demo models of whatever furniture piece you're looking for. And don't forget the obligatory "Sweet Gwen"-style hood to make the Gord experience complete.

After finding the one you want, you just match the item number and take a brand new box (with the disassembled piece) up to the counter. After ringing you up, the clerk points to the girl at your side and asks "do you want her wrapped to go as well?" You then notice that each check out has a Gord patented "chick wrapper" next to the plastic bags and such -- each purchase comes with an optional complimentary Chick Wrapping. Then just set her in the back next to the box for the trip home.

Or perhaps instead, you'd like to take advantage of the store's expert pre-assembly and delivery service? In this scenario, when you're back at the fitting area with your girl tightly secured to your furniture of choice, you simply mention to the employee helping you that you'd like to have your new purchase delivered (the girl's response being "mmphh-mph mm-mmphh??," and maybe a little bit of wiggling). They'll wheel out a crate built for that particular furniture item, secure your new purchase firmly inside, and carry it out to the delivery truck, where they'll then deliver it right to your doorstep.

Now all you have to do is figure out where you want the new furniture piece to go, and wallah...another happy customer. ;-)

Mr. Wizard's World was a show that ran from 1983-1990 on Nickelodeon, demonstrating all sorts of crazy science-related "tricks," most of which were simple enough for any kid to do right at home.

The news has been going around that he just died a week and a half ago, which suddenly reminded me of this one particular episode I could've sworn seeing, but wasn't sure it was my imagination. Making it a little tougher to confirm, however, is the surprising lack of episodes on either YouTube or BitTorrent. But thankfully there's an official website with information about the DVD collection for the show, that also has select clips from most episodes. I lucked out, and one of those (extremely brief) clips happens to confirm for me that the Talking Head Illusion was not my imagination after all (it's the clip on the left side):

Mr. Wizard: "That is a Talking Head Illusion; and Jackie, before you leave today, your head's gonna be on that platter!"

This clip made me feel all sorts of weird, for reasons I didn't understand (judging from the years the series ran, I would've been 7-years-old or younger). Because it was such a long time ago, I'm having trouble remembering specifically what was going through my head, but I've always been intrigued by magic tricks like this, with disappearing limbs and such. In this case, I think it was trying to imagine the sensation of one's body disappearing via magical (and thus hopefully temporary ;-)) means, and what it would feel like to be stuck for awhile as only a head on a table. There's definitely a bondage-esque aspect to this fascination, in its theme of useful body parts being temporarily unavailable.

And then there's the boy smiling knowingly while the girl wonders how this is going to work, lol. Of course, once Mr. Wizard shows how it's done, it's revealed that the boy's body hasn't disappeared at all (I'd tell you how it works, but I don't want to ruin it for you if you don't want to know ;-)). But even then, you still have this bondage-like scenario of your body being unavailable, hidden away inside this table...add in a way to lock the table, and you're halfway to a Gord scenario:



This is possibly the earliest memory I can cite to having an interest in anything bondage-esque. Thanks Mr. Wizard! ;-)

A British TV show visited the House Of Gord, and you can view a clip of it on YouTube. I would've embedded the clip, but apparently it has been "disabled by request."

Some cute moments, like the host taking advantage of the helpless model's situation to tease her a bit, and some amusing quotes from Gord such as: "I always feel that women are probably the stronger of the genders, and so when a woman just hands over control to you, um, you get this illusory moment that we're actually running the planet." Wish the quality were better, but still an enjoyable clip. ^_^

(Warning: The following video is very NSFW.)

While we're on the topic of controversial vids, someone emailed me the link to a music video by a new band called Original Cast for their song "What Am I Supposed To Do?"

The idea is that the band's instruments have been replaced by...nude body-painted women. It's honestly quite bizarre. The guitarist holds up one girl and pretends to strum her. The drummer has three girls -- one crouching as a bass drum, one sitting wearing a symbal-like hat...and a third, whose breasts the drummer taps with his drumsticks. We also at one point see the keyboardist briefly adjust the "nob" on his keyboard-girl. What better way to get attention for your first single than purposely go for the controversal idea?

Though I'll say the silly concept of the video does kind of go with the general silliness of the song itself ("What am I supposed to do?" ("So what am I supposed to do??") "What am I supposed to do!?" ("So what am I supposed to do???")), lol.

So now that you've been thoroughly warned, here's the video if you're curious:


ORIGINAL CAST - What Am I Supposed To Do? - For more of the funniest videos, click here

There's also a censored version that's been created (so that they can get the video, y'know, actually played), which you can view over at YouTube. Basically, the naughtier bits of anatomy are covered up digitally with little random shapes.

And spotted this amusing response in the comments section: "Bit of a dodgy song but I can see myself humming this til I'm nuts! Nice to see my best mates sister appearing in this video as the "guitar girl"! You look grrrrrrrrreat girl." Wow, lead guitar -- a starring role. ;-P