Aug 30, 2009

Vegas and more

Not a sexy post, but an amusing one, with a lot of various info and life updates.

I don't mention it much, but I do love OMG blog. Yeah, sometimes their info is wrong or outdated, but they have a great mix of humor, cuteness, interesting music, and hotness. One of their key contributors has announced he is leaving. Fortunately, the blog is continuing with new authors, so I'm hoping it'll keep it's edge.

New topic: last night, I had a dream about Josh not saying good-bye. I've never been able to reconnect with him since learning of his (physical) abuse, as I was gone. I do see him once in a while on facebook (I have one for work only, and he is a legit work connection), and he seems to be doing much better. The was made for him to talk with me, and it's still out there and he knows it, so I guess he'll use it when needed.

Well, the last few days had me in Las Vegas with Sam for vacation. It was a great time, very memorable! We saw Cirque du Soliel show "O" at the Bellagio in the 3rd row, center section. Yes, you read that correctly... 3rd row from the front. I have no idea how I got such a great ticket (well, I did get it way in advance). I liked it quite a bit, although it does get a bit repetitious by the end. Still, worth seeing. By the way, we also stayed at the Bellagio, and had a room facing the fountain show, which was a lot of fun. They pipe in the music for the show on the TV in the hotel room, so it's like private viewing!

Visited the Liberace Museum, which is really very interesting. Try to get the guided tour, it's very informative! Ate dinner at N9NE steakhouse at the Palm, where were had Ribeye for two... 40 oz. to share! It was great, although not that romantic, as it's a noisy place. But the food was really good.

On our last night, we stayed at Caesars, just because we wanted to try it. I can say the pool there had some really great eye & shrimp candy. Later that night, we went to see the one and only Charo. We received an upgrade to the front row, which was an interesting surprise. I have to say, despite the fact she lip synced the songs, Charo was very entertaining. Her banter was witty and well-delivered, and she's still quite the dynamo. She performed some current songs, such as Please Don't Stop the Music, but the second half of the show was dedicated to her classical guitar playing skills--something most people don't know that she actually excels at. I have to say, her playing was very real, and amazing. The best part, though was during the first half of the show, she went into the audience and started dancing and flirting with people. As it turned out, she stood on my chair and thrust her "cuchi cuchi" in my face, and she then went and grabbed Sam's head and pressed it into her chest! We both joked it was the most intimate we've ever been with a woman... and it was with Charo! Hilarious!

After returning from Vegas, we had a quick turn around in LA to see Liza Minnelli perform live at the Hollywood Bowl. I'm not necessarily a huge fan, but as I said before, you can't really pass up seeing a living gay icon. Believe it or not, she did not disappoint, and it was really quite a great show! Also fun to see so much "family" at the Bowl.

Okay, sexy pics to cum, promise! And even though it's been quiet here lately, remember that google/blogspot has been shutting down many blogs with paid pictures that include paid porn site tags on them (which are most of the good pics, of course). While mine has escaped so far, and I'm now looking to minimize including such pics, if you find this blog gone, please check my website to further info and/or updates. I'd still try another blog elsewhere.

Aug 28, 2009

Vegas in the summer is...

...a huge frat boi flip flop fantasy hard on. Had some *relaxing* viewing at the pool area, if you know what I mean... and if you're reading this blog, you do...

There were other adventures, too. Not really sexy ones, but very memorable nevertheless. I'll document later. Right now, we're getting ready to see the one and only Liza at the Hollywood Bowl tonight, before she dies. I'm not that much of a musical queer, but you gotta see a living legend.

Busy weekend ahead, but I'll post when I can. While I was gone, some new lycra stuff arrived, and a Russian Gas mask I ordered from Mr. S. So there will definitely need to be some play in our future. But when, when I say??? So busy!

Aug 25, 2009

Off to Vegas for a few days

Heading out for a mini vacation with the BF for a couple of days, just relaxing. Should be back by the end of the week. Hopefully nothing goes wrong with the blog while I'm gone! If I get a chance, I'll post, but if it seems quiet for a few days, you know why.

Aug 23, 2009

In Your Face, Part 10

Guess it's time to finish up this series! It's been a while since the last installment.

Some life stuff: I just participated in a show a few days ago where I was barefoot... it was fun, because Josh was in it and barefoot as well, which was fabulous, of course. On the downside, my feet are totally torn up, blistered, cut, etc. Not pleasant. Fortunately, I have a small stockpile of pictures I took before the injuries, so I can still have good looking web updates in the future. :) But it'll be a while until I can take a "smooth foot" shot. Although I may take a few of my injured feet, for the people who may actually be into such stuff. I'm not one of them, but I respect all!

On a Josh note, I hope to be talking with him again about his abusive relationship situation. We've exchanged some very sweet and somewhat moving emails regarding the situation. It's really put a new spin on things, and even Sam is feeling it a bit now, as he wants to help, too. For obvious privacy reasons, I'm not going to go into any more detail, but it's important enough to me to bring it up here and vent a bit.

Lastly, I am looking into possible new blog sites, should google shut this down. At the moment, I'm considering wordpress, nibblebit, and thumblogger. Anyone have any thoughts, reviews, or insights into any of those? Admittedly, I haven't explored any of them that much myself yet, so I may have a better idea over the next few days as I play with them a bit. We'll see. Maybe a miracle will happen and this blog will escape unscathed?

Now, onto the pics!










Aug 21, 2009

Disappearing Blogs Update

This is a direct quote from Scott's Male Feet & Edging Blog (his new one, since his old one was taken down):

"Hi Guys - Well, my original blog has fallen victim to Google's dreaded Terms Of Service. They now have the following addition to their Terms of Service policy...
"Commercial Pornography: We do not allow content that exists for the primary purpose of monetizing porn content or driving traffic to a monetized pornography site."
So It looks like any blog that posts photos from a commercial porn site is "driving traffic to a monetized pornography site" since the name of the website is usually on the pic. Unfortunately, removing the name of the website from the pic is a violation of the copyright of the porn site, so that is not an option.

Tons of blogs have fallen victim to this new policy, and many more will in the coming weeks. Am I disappointed? Sure. Am I upset with Google? No. This is a free service and it is totally up to them what to allow and not to allow."

I couldn't have said it better myself. So far, this blog has escaped, but judging from how many blogs have been taken down already, I figure it's just a matter of time. If anyone has any ideas for a new, free, gay/adult friendly blog host, ideas are welcome! If not, I'd probably continue on blogspot under another name, and just would be more careful about the pics I'd post... which is sort of a bummer, as you can imagine.

I do plan on continuing this blog until it's shut down... but just in case, if you have any pics you like, you'd better save them now! Also, keep in mind that I have my own "blog favorites" style gallery at my website, under the "Net Gallery" page. And check there as well for future blog plans, if it comes to that.

Aug 20, 2009

Case of the Disappearing Blogs, and an unexpected Josh twist

If you haven't noticed, lately a few blogs have been getting shut down due to Terms of Service (TOS) violations, including one of my personal faves, Barefootmale's Edging Blog. I can only wonder how much other blogs may suddenly disappear, perhaps even this one! If it ever did, I'm pretty certain that I'd try to get another one somewhere else, and you check my main website for updates. But it just seems strange that so many blogs appear to be under review at the same time.

IMO, many of the blogs being shut down don't appear to be doing anything worse than other blogs that are still up and running... but maybe they haven't gotten to them yet? Is it a copyright thing, an "adult content" thing, or what? Anyone else know more, or have any insight?

On a whole 'nother note, I've lately been working with Josh (a former twink crush of mine) on a project. Long story short, I just discovered that he's in an abusive relationship. While there is no good side to this sort of thing, at least it does seem the abusive is very infrequent. But it's also easy to argue that any physical abuse is too much. I want to help, but I sort of feel my capacities are limited. It's put me in a very confused place in figuring how to interact with him, as of course I want to help him, but I'm not sure the best way to go about it without having him retreat. This one may be awhile before it fully plays out.

Aug 18, 2009

Basic Bondage

Back to sexytime. Just some good ole' bois, bound up and not going anywhere...















Aug 16, 2009

"Get out of my car" dream

This was just such a strange experience, I had to post about it. Last night I had some sort of elaborate, lengthy dream. I don't remember all of it now, I at the end, I had a self-choreographed performance of some kind, and my jacket got very dirty (it was a dream; I have no idea what I was doing). Josh was there, and so were my family. I desperately want to say good-bye to Josh, so I asked him to wait for me while I said good-bye to my family first. As I do so, my sister says she hated my show. I'm very sad, and ask her to hug me. She nearly doesn't do so, but finally does, grimacing because of the dirt on my jacket. My mother refuses to hug or chat with me at all, which depresses me even more. By the time I'm done with them, Josh has already left with his family before I can say good-bye to him.

Upset and lonely, I head back to my car. It's dark, and at first, I mistakenly try to get into a car that isn't mine. I finally find my car and get inside, but then a crazy, unknown woman tries to open my passenger side car door. With great effort, I lock the door, and she momentarily goes away only to try and open the rear passenger door, which is still unlocked. I can't reach the lock in time, and that's when I shout, "Get out of my car!"

Here's the fun part... as I shout that in my dream, I suddenly become aware that I have shouted it in real life. At 4am. Right into the ear of Sam, my BF. Quite loudly. Waking him up in real life, frantically asking if I was okay. How embarrassing! I had to explain it all to him, but afterwards, we had a good laugh about it.

I've been told I talk in my sleep before, but I've never had a moment where I realize I'm shouting in the dream and real life simultaneously. Very weird! And just so you don't worry, I in fact have a great relationship with my family, which makes the dream all that much more strange and unrealistic.

Bizarre!

Well, enough of my ramblings. I'll make my next post a sexy one.

Aug 14, 2009

Sore all over... Josh, can I massage your feet?

Not really a sexy post, really, but just feel like sharing. Been participating in an intensive workshop for the last week, with one more week to go. It's been fantastic, but I'm not quite sore, and my feet are burning--and not in a sexy way.

I am getting work with Josh again, though, so that's always fun. ;) I really am pretty over my crush with him, and can be just a friend now. (okay, there's about a 10% crush left.) Oddly enough, I have also really reconnected with Josh's boyfriend, Brad, as s friend. They're both very nice guys, and it's been a hoot spending time with them both. And although I'm largely over my crush with Josh, I don't think I'll ever get tired of looking at his feet...

Aug 8, 2009

Resuce Me

Since Hard Heroes 6 wasn't all I hoped it would be, allow me to post some pics of what I wish it could have been! These have been added to my "Net Superhero Gallery" on my Extras page on my site, plus more not shown here! So take a look and enjoy!






Aug 5, 2009

Further TFG Update

So yesterday, I did quite a bit of online surfing, and just found out about these two great sites. I've been looking for some bondage social networks ever since guyzinbondage had to shut down, and now there are two! They both look great, but I'm a little partial to the first one, because they link this blog! ;) In any case, enjoy both! I've added them to the links page on my site, as well.

Gagged Guys
Male bondage social network. Has an independent, edgy feel to it. Still growing, but seems to have a lot of potential! Also, gotta love the fact they link me my blog. Thanks guys! ;) Free.
www.gagged2009.webs.com

Bondage Guyz
Another male bondage social network. If you're familiar with the new feet.tv format, you have the idea of this site, but it does seem a bit faster and has a few unique features. It already has over 1000 members, and lots of pics, so it's off to a good start! Free.
www.bondageguyz.zocku.com/home.html

I've already began a profile on both, and I'll try to add to them more Sunday or Monday when I return from my trip... which I leave for right now!

Aug 4, 2009

TFG Update

Going out of town yet again for five days, this time work related. I may get online once in a while, but for the most part, don't expect much to happen here for about a week. Before I go, I leave you with a website update teaser. As always, visit my site for the full sets, they're up now! Some pics, I've archived Alan's (from TieGuyUK/TieGuyUSA) exclusive SuperDude sets there, and a new video that I think a lot of you will enjoy!




Aug 2, 2009

Hard Hero Review

So I did end up going to the Hard Heroes party. I was able to go with my ex and his current BF, who are obviously good sports about having me tag along. (My BF wasn't able to go.)

I do have to say that it was essentially my first time in a gay club in nearly 10 years. Even when I went gay clubs back in the day, I personally didn't find them much to my personality, as I don't drink, and I'm not good at cruising and/or socializing. I tend to unintentionally give off a "don't bother me" vibe.

I was somewhat surprised to see that only about 25-ish% were dressed up in a decent costume. There were a lot of guys with body paint on (they were providing it), but I kinda don't count that. I sort of wish more fetish people had actually dressed. A good chunk of people did at least have a superhero related shirt on, though, which I'll probably wear next time if I ever go again. And for my taste, it was a bit cruisy. I generally don't handle being cruised all that well, especially now that I'm a taken guy.

All that said, I'm still glad I went, but I'm not all that anxious to go again, and if I do, I may not dress up. We'll see. There were a number of hot guys there, but I would have liked to have seen more hot guys in actual costume/lycra/spandex. For the record, my ex, who went last year, said the event was smaller, but had more guys dress up. So I'll keep my options open.