It's been a fairly mad week, to say the least. Since my last post I've:
a) Spent a day directing a porn film for Scarlet (a feature on Adultadventures, a new company that's set up to help people live out kinky experiences). It was a top laugh. The female star was utterly gorgeous (as was her bloke, but he doesn't have a website - and yes, they are a real life couple, which made it infinitely sexier to shoot) I was being taught about directing by the lovely Ionie Luv Coxx, who I met a year or so ago on another porn set I was visiting (for the life of me, I can't remember why, which is somewhat disturbing) The end result was considerably less cheesy than the last porn film I was involved in filming (for a porn school that was setting up) - but then again, that isn't hard given that other members of the team working on the last film insisted that we had a spaceman in it. And a French maid. And a policewoman. To say this hampered the narrative flow would be an understatement.
b) Gone sploshing. I never thought wrestling in custard could be so much fun (again, it was for work - see the November issue of Scarlet, out 21st November, for the unflattering custard-soaked pics. It was one of those moments when I pondered how exactly I ended up in this job.)
c) Commissioned a load of stories for an exciting (to me) new project for Audible - more of which at a later date.
d) Got a couple of approaches about book deals - again, more of which later
e) Attempted to start to get fit. I discovered a gorgeous walk with a mate, up to a lagoon (though I was disappointed that, despite being called a lagoon, there were no mermaids, or nymph-like creatures swimming around. Hell, there wasn't even a sea monkey) It's 6km away - so I've been trying to do the walk three times a week. I felt particularly virtuous last week because I managed it five times - nearly 20 miles walking in total (if my maths/conversion isn't horribly off) Even more strangely, I seem to be getting used to it. I'm bouncing (well, OK, easing - I haven't changed that much) out of bed in the morning wanting to go for the walk - even when it's been windy. And rainy. And I've had a hangover. Obviously, this fitness craze will last about as long as my previous non-smoking attempts (namely, another week) but then again, a mate has mentioned perhaps letting me borrow her very cute dog to walk along the beach, so maybe not...
I've also gone out with various mates. Somehow managing to combine both 'working' and 'having a life'is really quite pleasant. I should have done it years ago.
Tomorrow I'm off to be an extra on another porn film - fully clothed - this time for the terribly stylish Vivid Orchid. I've known one of the company founders for years and love what she's doing so pitched a 'behind the scenes' article at Forum (who I've been writing a fair bit of stuff for recently). And so it is that I'll finally be front of camera in a porn film. It had to happen at some stage... I guess I should get an early night.
Posted by emilyd at September 04, 2006 10:04 PM