existential crisis

It continues. I find myself in NYC at the moment. This weekend I participated in Sex Work Awareness’s Speak Up Media Training with Audacia Ray which was awesome and I’m really thankful to have been apart of it.

For those still interested in grabbing a copy of our Dirty Girl zine there’s a low-res version available online over here.

plunging into darkness

“The ninja carries the truth in his heart, though he may appear in many psychological guises to others his intentions remain resolute, though others may have no idea what those commitments entail.

Because he is totally honest with himself at all levels of introspection he can venture into the realm of falsehood and untruth without defiling himself or his spirit.

He can willingly plunge into the cold darkness knowing full well that he has the power to create light from the brightness he carries in his heart.”

-Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi

Sex workers are similar to ninjas because…

lost harddrive

I lost an external harddrive (250 mb) with all of my photos from 2007 to date. This is like a digital diary and if there’s anyone that may have suggestions on how to get it back I am all ears. I do not (stupidly) have a backup for this. I lost it somewhere between West Palm Beach Airport, Detroit Airport and Amsterdam. Obviously it contains sensitive material, if you have it please let me know and you will be handsomely rewarded.

movement sanity ego and purpose

Did you know all these things are related? I didn’t until I was forced to stay off my feet for a week. I took a bike ride last night and this morning and this evening again because I absolutely had to otherwise I was going to explode.

I spent this week in bed feeling like a general loser because I couldn’t work and anytime I needed to get up I had to hobble around on crutches, my knee couldn’t bend all the way and felt like a rubber band getting pulled too tight if I tried. I realized how much the way I carry myself and my ability to move is very much linked to my ego and self confidence.

I smoked alot of herb, I read some books mostly about sex, the occult and angels and some books that were about all three.

I learned a new word: demoniality: (noun) sexual activity with demons. “Consequently, when having intercourse with an Incubus, man does not degrade, but rather dignifies, his nature, and, taking that into consideration, Demoniality cannot be more grievous than Beastiality.” -Sinistrari Familiar Spirits

Oh really…?

I henna-ed my hair, put a face mask on, tried to read some more. Researched naked women protesting and in coming across National Go Topless Day, I found this site, which made me laugh and really want to start a cult.

Anyways,  I’ve been neglecting things online. Alot. Mostly a lot of my thought processes are changing so much its hard to keep up with stuff online or writing stuff or paying attention to other people’s stuff.

I’ve been realizing more and more that I’m not an environmentalist, I’m not a hippie and that I don’t think I belong in any box at all. Nor do I ever want to.

and I don’t want to be apart of any group that tries to force people to live a certain way…but I don’t want assholes like Monsanto or Dupont or Anti-Porn/Anti-Sex Work Feminists fucking up my way of life…so where does that leave me? I don’t want to be a target or an angry person with a sign, but I get tired of bending over for assholes too, yanno?

Also, I’m pretty sure I don’t want to live in a “community” again after this. I think I want to spend a lot of time by myself, writing maybe? Making art? I don’t know?

Mostly I’m feeling like not telling the world anything about myself ever again. I hate when people assume they know me from reading my blog which is kind of an obvious downside to writing about yourself so personally. I’m not sure what direction if any I am going anymore. I’m feeling guarded about myself and selfish. I just don’t want to share myself with strangers anymore and I mean that in more contexts than just this blog.

I’ve been having weird realizations about life, energy and some other bullshit that has made me rethink what it is I’m actually doing with myself in many ways. Yes, I realize how shitty and vague that last sentence was.

Mostly I think I’m going to shift away from writing about myself and maybe just writing about stuff that I’m concerned about. Or maybe I won’t write at all. I really wish I could pick up the habit of journaling.

So, this week’s epiphany was that if I don’t move around or see the sunrise on the beach I feel like shit and completely unmotivated to do anything. Physical movement is an important part of the way i maintain my sanity.

Purpose: what is mine? Sex work gives me purpose in a strange way. Yet, I’m pretty sure I’m ready to move on. But where to? I have no exit strategy or “real” job dreams.

Also, Universe: I want a lover that I see more than once a week…and a purpose! Please and thank you!

venus

“To her who appears in the sky, to her who appears in the sky, I want to address my greeting, to the hierodule who appears in the sky, I want to address my greeting, to the great queen of heaven, Inanna, I want to address my greeting, to her who fills the sky with her pure blaze, to the luminous one, to Inanna, as bright as the sun, to the great queen of heaven.”
- Sumerian Hymn dedicated to the planet Venus, which they believed was Inanna

Venus. The love planet. Atmosphere of carbon dioxide and clouds of sulfuric acid, desert landscape and windstorms. May have had earthlike oceans at one point, but its so hot they dried up.

The surface of Venus is often said to resemble Hell.

She also spins backwards.

Venus is the Roman Goddess of Love. The Romans, who were not creative enough to come up with their own deities copied the Greeks and Venus’ corresponding Greek Goddess is of course, Aphrodite. Before Aphrodite, she was Astarte, the deified version of the Evening Star. Another name for Venus when its spotted in the West after sunset.

All of these Goddesses are about love, sex, romance, fertility…

At the temple of Aphrodite it was a common practice to have sex with the priestesses as a form of worship. Also known as Sacred Prostitution.

Other associations include roses, red, pink, green, swans, cinnamon, lime trees, the ocean, doves, dolphins…

Aphrodite was said to ride ocean waves on an abalone shell. Sexy love goddess surfer babe, hell yeah.

South American tribes made sacrifices to her, fearing Venus as a planet of destruction.

In Western astrology, the position of Venus in your birth chart supposedly dictates how you interact romantically and how others perceive you in romance as well as  friendships, art, beauty,  attraction, and passions.

But why? What about Venus lends itself to being such a figure and representation of some of the sweetest things about life when geographically its such a volatile place to be?

One could gesture that its the temperature that lends itself to Venus’ association with love and such but its actually Mars, God of War (a freezing cold planet) that is attributed to influencing your sex drive.

I don’t remember how I got into my bike wreck. But I can tell you the song I was listening to before it happened…

I’ve been loving you (too long)

ankle sprain and knee contusion

is what I got from wrecking my bike on Friday morning. the only upside was a special boy picking me up from the hospital and a nice afternoon with said boy. other than that this shit sucks, being immobilized is not only totally frustrating but has made me realize how much I hate being stuck and how much therapy a simple bike ride truly provides.

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I’ve been pretty work focused these past few weeks, I had this realization that as much as I love the freedom and experiences that sex work has provided, its about time I did some growing up and have things like a savings account and drivers license because I don’t want to be doing this forever and ever and I mean from a workers perspective. I can see myself going a few routes from here, either as a business owner like of a porno production company (which is a dying industry) or brothel/bed and breakfast owner (which is more like a dream retirement plan…or maybe sex e3ducator or…

This is the part when everyone jumps in and tells me to go to school which is lots of monies that means I’d have to be working an awful lot to pay for which I’m trying to cut down on.

I’m tired and at the same point that I was at almost a year ago which caused me to go hiking in the woods for six months which didn’t fix me at all, but straightened my head out and gave me lots of stories, pretty photos and four whole IShotMyself videos that are beautiful.

One thing I would like to get certified to teach about is STD/STI prevention. You can thank Margaret Brooks for the inspiration and also the ignorance of some johns/hobbyists/clients. Margaret Brooks thinks that sex positive teachings = stds and that prostitutes have no business speaking to college kids about sexuality.

What really stinks is that its lame-os like her that make it almost impossible for people like me to speak because by accusing me of prostitution she’s legally endangering me and therefore trying to stop me from speaking. Shame on those that claim to be for human rights but try and kill the voice of others that they disagree with.

I’m not a prostitute, I work as an escort (the difference being that escorting is perfectly legal because I charge for my time, not for specific sex acts, get it?) as well as a stripper, ethical pornographer and a blogger. I also speak at places, like I’ll be speaking at Florida Atlantic University on the 16th of this month about how women have used their physicality to affect poltiical change through history. Yep.

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I’m not sure what the point of this post is, it kind of started off as a way to tell you about being on crutches and immobolized but then it turned into a halfassed update.

Oh, I was feautifed on The Beautiful Kind by the awesome Kendra Holiday. Her Goddess Book is definitely worth a read! Do it!

I’m also going places! Amsterdam! New York! San Francisco! Australia! Yikes!

the barbarian utopia

“…It (the trail) definitely gave me a different perspective of my sexuality because I went from being a full time sex worker and entertaining “civilized gentlmen” in their hotel rooms to like being in the barbarian utopia and romping around with boys in the woods and…in my tent…definitely a switch up but I think it was a cool experience because when you switch from one thing to something totally different, the contrast kind of helps you see different things…”

Majority of this last video was footage shot at our campsite right next to Little Wilson stream in the 100 mile wilderness in Maine which was my favorite section. You can also hear the real story behind my river trash escapades.

 

live free or die, bitches!

What kind of porn shows you how to truly appreciate mother nature…

safely hitch-hike…

and features yours truly stripping naked on top of Mount Moosilauke while declaring “Live free or die bitches!” in a really  bad storm?

MINE! Go watch the third part of x_country on IShotMyself.com.

sunrise wishes

I whisper my wishes to the sunrise
I want you
I watch the little ball of orange slowly reveal itself from behind the horizon
and send my intention with it

I know youre sleeping now
I figure I get can get a headstart
while you’re still in dreamspace.
before you have a chance to think
about the consequences of crossing lines

Be mine, be mine
I want you,
Be mine.

mountaintop masturbation

mountaintop masturbation

summiting mount killington, vermont

How do I celebrate summiting a mountain?

mountaintop masturbation

thats how!

mountain mamas are hot

cum watch your favorite mountain mama over at IShotMyself.com !