tiny nibbles :: violet blue ®

They made me! I love seeing the historical progression of GETV cameras over the years within a 5-minute span...

On Sunday March 9, I put together and moderated an amazing panel for SXSW: Interactive called Sexual Privacy Online and this is their video of our session -- it's near to impossible to find or link to on their site like all of the other videos (many sessions' media aren't even up yet). Our sex privacy panel was intense, and included an incredible lineup: Violet Blue Violet Blue (me!) Zoe Margolis Writer, Girl With a One-Track Mind Jonathan Moore Security Expert and Developer, various social netowrks Jason Schultz Policy Fellow, Electronic Frontier Foundation John D'Addario Editor, Gawker Media (Fleshbot, link is NSFW)* image by George Ruiz

in case you were wanted to see more of my saturday night and what the animal and popcorn outfits were up to... when one of the horse-head girls ripped her mask up and screamed a grinning, "VIOLET BLUE!" and came after me with popcorn, I knew it was all over... the moment of chaos/darkness/silver pom-poms is one of the flag boys climbing on me. (I woke up this morning with fake popcorn in my ear and hairline.) this is none other than my friends, the Extra Action Marching Band. they are available to play any event, from presidential inagural speeches, prison breaks, 5150's and weddings, to Bar Mitzvahs... http://www.extra-action.com/ I gave up trying to edits all the other videos; this is the money shot of marching band moments. :)

this is unedited video, posted at 4:30am, I have lots more -- but this is just a taste of what happens when I visit my friends in the Extra Action Marching Band and they spot me... and attack. my night was like this times a thousand.see my NSFW photos here:http://www.flickr.com/gp/97761563@N00/XvpE96 I'm happy to say the Lumix not only survived the butter, popcorn, water, sweat and, um, fluids, but it totally rules for being able to go anywhere with me. I even ended up on the floor (hurt my back being force-fed popcorn) and it bounced right back -- yay Lumix.

Yesterday Irina and I shot a GETV episode at the Fog City Cat Club's 2007 "Puttin' on the Ritz" show at the Alameda County Fairgrounds. This is my short video recap of kittehs and competitions (really just a flimsy excuse to film *kittens*). The photo set I shot, which really needs some LOL capushuns, is here.

Messing around with the new iMove, I took a few silly clips I shot last week at the Porn Palace's final happy hour (they're moving their film operations to the Armory) and made this short, dorky movie. All shot on the fly, so pardon the roughage!

a rare glimpse of kink.com (NSFW) with the lights on while we were setting up for Arse Elektronika 2007, the sex and technology conference. at the end, a quick demo of Matt Ganucheau's interactive "female orgasm simulator" called Moaning Lisa. the video ends abruptly, as my laptop is slowly dying and I'm uploading this after the conference (I was on the last panel, starting at 10 pm, prior to two previous presentations). it's a fun video -- enjoy! image by Viviane from thesexcarnival.com (NSFW).

Last weekend I was on the "Altporn, Demystified" panel for the Los Angeles Erotic Film Fest 2007; this is the first six minutes of the panel, with Eon McKai introducing Dana DeArmond, myself, Vena Virago and Octavio "Winkytiki". It includes the first question about how the alternative porn genre hit mainstream, and that it angered people for a variety of reasons (including having a strong female fan base).

I've been going to the same hairdresser -- Damian Sargent at Hair Play -- for years, and he's a really passionate stylist who is constantly going to classes and seminars, and he always has some fun new hair technology to share with me. I'm his most adventurous client, so i get to try all kinds of fun stuff. Recently, he wanted to try a new hair extension technique, and I was more than game. In this video, I go to Hair Play and spend time at the salon after hours with Damian and the salon owner Fritz Clay, and they do some really cool stuff to my hair. Hair Play is a San Francisco institution, and one of the only truly multicultural hair salons in the nation.

this is a fun one; clips from the dyke march and the SF LGBT Pride Parade where I rode in a convertible with the police commission president (ahead of the mayor, Gavin Newsom) and a quick interview with SFPD Commission Presdent Theresa Sparks by channel 4 that I eavesdropped on. all recapped in my bed, including presents left to me by the Porn Fairy while I was off the clock at the porn mines...

Good Vibes (my former employer) asked me to their warehouse a week ago to give me some toys they thought I might enjoy reviewing. I got some very funny video out of it, both there and when I got home, including a cameo or two by my very wary cat, Alex. Side info mentioned in the video: Japanese vibrators are extremely high quality; they have the best, most reliable motors. Most sensation creams (like clit 'tingling' creams) have arginine in them, which causes flare-ups for people with herpes (so Good Vibes made their own with *no* arginine). They gave me so much fun stuff I've only *begun* my adventures: The Cone, the JimmyJane Little Chroma (love it), the Sidekick, Hand Cream, a Goldfrau, a Sprocket, a Rippler, Zing Pleasure Cream, a Blackberry Ring and Good Lubrications Warming Gel.

last night I got my hands on an about-to-be-released Sanyo Xacti E1 waterproof video camera (thanks Irina!), so I took it to the beach -- among other, ahem, places. I love it! wish I had one of my own -- except now it seems to be broken; it's still leaking water from somewhere and the menu button stopped responding about an hour ago. and the stills are just kind of okay (6.0 mp). hmmm. still, I had a blast playing with it. more info on the Xacti waterproof is here (Gizmodo).