overwhelmed with awesome video options!

OK, I've been a little unable to blog lately because there's been so much *almost* going on.  And the reason things have been *almost* going on, is that there are so many options it's hard to pick which ones to do and what to do first!  

So I decided it's just time to talk about this and how simultaneously awesome and frustrating it is.  I'm gonna lay out all the video options and ideas we're considering, and if anyone wants to help the decision-making process with votes or custom orders, that would be excellent!

The "problem" begins with the fact that Orlandoe is back in NYC for the summer --  limited time, three months only!  Now Orlandoe was always one of our most capable, competitive wrestlers, and she's kept up her training while she's been away.  We had a quick roll together at a recent open mat, and I was super impressed.  A straight-up wrestling rematch between us would be pretty neat for starters.  

BUT Orlandoe is also one of the ladies besides me who knows her way around ropes -- we could set her to bondaging her own crop of victims.  AND she's such a fun personality being so tricky and devious -- she's makes a terrific villain or pro-style heel.  See what I mean?  Too many options!

Now, at the same time, Amazon Annie is back from her extended travels and pretty pumped up for action.  And we have a lot of tiny opponents who would be great in size domination matches with her -- Jade Indica, ShaSha, possibly Cali Logan if she wants to come visit, new guy Tae...

Annie vs. ???

And speaking of Tae, he's a new, very small, very quick and scrappy, but totally untrained guy.  So basically ALL the ladies would love to get their hands on him for a big [hazing] wrestling welcome.  He's also friend of Howl, so there are great options for those guys working together in multi-person team matches and scenarios.  

We actually gave that idea a first run last week in the What Goes Around Comes Around Bondage Caper video, AND we're scheduled for a Battle of the Sexes Bondage Battle II next week (Howl & Tae vs. Orlandoe & Me), along with and Orlandoe vs. Me Pro-Style Rematch.  So those are some ideas that ARE happening already.  But so many more options, even more than I've mentioned already...

Another thing going on, obviously, is that it's summer!!  This is the time for outdoor scenarios, and a lot of our ladies and guys have agreed they'd love to do some on-site adventure filming.  Of course, Annie would like to do an Amazon vs. the jungle hunters scene in nature reserve she knows.  I think gladiators meeting on the sands would be great, and I'm hearing some requests to bring last year's skin diver character back to the beach as well.  Plus Howl mentioned shooting at the Cloisters, which would give us an amazing Medieval castle setting.

And finally, there are phenomenal guest wrestlers we'll be shooting with in July and August.

Mistress Kara will be here July 17-19, and we're already planning a full-day shoot with her.  Now what do?  

Kara is a genius of mixed domination.  It's tempting to match her against every guy we have to overpower, tie-up, and/or enslave them in turn.  

But maybe we don't want to miss the chance for her do some more unusual things?  Kara could rock a pro-style match like a champ; she would make an amazing superheroine or villian; and she looks awesome in pantyhose...maybe a catball?  Not to mention the fact that she would be super-exciting in one of our 4-way or 6-way bondage battles!  One match we are certain about is a confirmed competitive custom vs. Amazon Annie.  But for the rest, decisions must be made!

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Now, moving on into slightly further down-the-road news.  A little bit more of an FYI, advance-notice set of announcements...but still not too far off, so worth starting to think about! 

Megan Jones and Mutiny are also going to be visiting New York later in July.  We're actually scheduled to shoot with both of them in Florida in August, but only Diablo and I are going on that trip.  SO, if anyone has requests for these two awesome ladies to match up with other members of our New York crew. we would be glad to set up a home-turf shoot with them too.  (Or to take requests for videos with Diablo or me for August).

Megan  

Mutiny

And FINALLY, in August Diablo and I head down to FetCon.  We're set up to shoot so far with:  Layla Moore, Nikki Fierce, Tomiko, Andrea Rosu, Mutiny, Lily Kat, Briella Jaden, and Megan Jones.  Any requests for videos with these ladies, or with other ladies attending FetCon, are very welcome!

video mega-shoot and acting class

I wanted to post a wrap-up of Tuesday's super-shoot yesterday, but my office job pretty much swallowed me whole from nine straight through to five, and after that I had my second-to-last winter term acting class.  That was fun but a little odd -- more about that later.

First, the shoot!  I would like to say that it was amazing!  We ended up only being able to get the studio for two hours, and we still managed to shoot seven videos PLUS take new profile pictures for Clobberetta and Nyx while only going 10 minutes over and *slightly* annoying the studio mangager.  HUGE thank you to everyone for being so on target.

The really unusual thing about this shoot was that I was hardly in any videos myself.  Though I do love jumping into the fray, this night was all about showcasing new and returning talent and never-before-seen skills from other wrestlers, which was exactly perfect.  I got to do a little camera work and little directing, and it was fantastic to get to watch the other ladies work, especially seeing their different styles back-to-back like that.  Clobberetta has a big bluff 'n' tough attitude; Nyx is more of a princess, letting her victim know just how gross it is that he's sweating on her while she squeezes him; and Orlandoe is simply insane!!!  But at least she knows it.

We started with Clobberetta's mixed domination video -- she grabbed an unsuspecting victim out of the hallway, tossed him on the mats, and proceeded to launch her comeback with a bang.  I LOVED watching the little guy try to crawl and scramble away as she stalked him across the mats, and when she shouted at him "I was looking for a fight, not a dog!" it was totally priceless. 



Nyx's domination of Diablo followed, and she showed she's a lady who can make scissoring a guy's head look classy and fashionable.  Next, onward to armwrestling -- this was where I got to make a brief visit to the mat.  Orlandoe and I carried our rivalry to yet another arena:  Arm Wrestling: VeVe vs Orlandoe.  I've already been notified that my form is terrible, but I do show off a lot of bicep.  And with corrections to my form (Who knew?  Probably everyone; I feel like a dolt), I may soon be ready to take the arm wrestling world by storm!

We moved next to a pair of specially commissioned tickle domination videos.  Poor Ben got to learn the true meaning of tickle torture as he was the requested victim for both clips.  In his bout with Orlandoe, that sneaky sadist AGAIN pullled a dirty trick to bind her victim's hands right at the top of the match, and after that no matter how much Ben squirmed and thrashed (and yipped, laughed, and gasped) she always managed to recapture his feet and continue tickling his soles.  Ben was looking for a break to catch his breath after that, but it was not to be!  Straight on to another round with Clobberetta, in which she repeatedly forced him into Indian deathlocks, pinning his arms behind his back and exposing his feet, and tickled away.

Our very last video was with Orlandoe, and I will repeat that she is crazy!  She also definitely has an issue with me -- she claimed that my wrestling domination videos are no good and that she could "out-domme" me.  To prove her point, she seized our cameraman, and if domination means choking and choking and choking your victim, I will admit she is damn good at it.  But better than me, I will not admit!  ...Actually, I am a big enough person to admit there is at least one department where Orlandoe is better than me -- I wish I had her legs.  Between the light and the shiny sweat and her nicely muscled capoeira legs, she looked awesome in this video.  But still psychotic!  She even told Diablo (while choking him) that she wished it was my neck she was squeezing.  I may need to be afraid.

That was the shoot! 

My other story is about last night's acting (scene study) class.  I'd previously done only a short practice scene and the beginning of a scene I had to abandon when my partner up and left on a three-week vacation in Brazil (and didn't take me with her, bitch).  This was my first "big" scene, and I was very excited for it because without performing you don't get critiques and feedback, and without that it might as well not be a class.  But after presenting, the only feedback I got was "wonderful, beautiful, great interpretation, great execution."  Now that's extremely nice, don't get me wrong, but damn it, I wanted to know how to make it better!  The scene felt *pretty good* to me, but certainly not perfect.

The really funny thing was that suddenly after I got this great review from the prof, other students I'd never even talked to before came up and started asking me for advice...but the thing they mostly asked about was how to be more comfortable wearing less clothing on stage!  The scene called for me to wear lingerie and attempt to seduce a reluctant man, so I suppose I put on a bit of a show there.  Somehow I don't think that "work out a whole lot and then practice doing sexy wrestling in front of a camera," is advice these ladies will be able to use.  (But who knows?!)  Last night gave me the feeling that domination wrestling is better preparation for acting than acting is for domination wrestling.  But quite likely that only applies to that scene.  I don't want to be cocky, and I DO want critiques.  Next week the Brazilian vacation partner returns, and we'll get to revive our daughter-fighting-with-mother scene.  We'll see how something different goes.