Observations from a South Park conservative

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I  was reading some of the old shoot descriptions on www.InfernalRestraints.com and this one particularly caught my interest:

BDSM gear fetishists everywhere will never unanimously agree on anything much less the attributes and premier sources of visually stunning and highly functional equipment. Unless of course, you're talking about PD's creations. Obsessed with the binding of the human body, PD is scrupulous about efficacy and design. And he hates to wait. So he sewed and re-sewed his own pattern of a straitjacket until he was satisfied not merely with the aesthetics, but also with his requirement that equipment should perfectly fit and restrain any number of body types. As KGB (the metal smith at Intersec) has remarked, It is always a struggle to make it fit both the bitch and PD. The devices and gear you see on Infernal Restraints are one-of-a-kind pieces made by artists for artists with a deep love of the genre.

Part one of Straitjacket features Pinky cable-tied to an antique dentist chair that's worth every penny. The elegant metal chair enhances the delicious lines and curves of Pinky's body as she strains against the tightly constricting bondage that renders her utterly helpless. Clamps wound with copper wire are bolted so tight to her nipples that, well, you just can't squeeze a tit any tighter, even with surgical screws. Pink and lush, her protruding nipples are mouthwatering. PD leaves Pinky with a cunt/clit vibrator in place then drives into town to pick up a couple burgers, a sandwich that Pinky clearly disdains. As Pinky wiggles and squirms against her strict, controlling bondage, PD calls Pinky's cell phone, which just happens to be taped to a voice activated stim. The close connection of copper to nipple, while Pinky is penetrated and vibrated, causes her to have a mind-blowing experience. In Part 2, Pinky's strapped and laced tightly into PD's straitjacket. It fits her body like skin. We'll see just how much she likes the burger PD brings back for her.

Most of the gear used in this shoot was either picked up at a flea market, purchased at a local hardware store, or made by PD. The ingenious re-use of day-to-day objects is well, let's face it way hot. Like FABULOUSLY hot. Like totally INSEX hot.

Note to all Members: Throughout its existence, Intersec has welcomed the ideas and talents of its members who have shown time and again that diabolically effective equipment can be constructed from just about anything. Many thanks to all of our members, especially those with deviously obsessed minds. . .You know who you are.

A Second, More Frivolous Note: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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I work very well under pressure but tonight is going to be a true test of this skill.

I fly out of here tomorrow, headed for sweet home - CHICAGO. I'll be at mom and dad's till the 30th. Well, actually, I'll be all over Illinois and Wisconsin. I have visiting to do. I have parental bonding time to accomplish (and shopping - weeeeeeeee). I have Kenny and Kat, Josh and Amy, and my two closest friends to visit, I also would like to see one special person in Gurnee and her three beautiful children. I'll be up in central Wisconsin to visit some kinfolk for Thanksgiving. Then flying back home to Sacramento on November 30th.

I imagine I'll have some downtime in the evenings for catching up on livejournal, I'm so far behind. I feel as if I'm missing out on so much happening in everyone's lives.

Work will never be the same. I've lost my beloved Captain to his promotion. He is now one step higher but I'll still be his right hand gal, as of Monday I'll have a new Captain, I love this guy too, he'll be wonderful to work for. Months ago I lost my office partner to a promotion, but he's now coming back to me. Our offices are just a few feet apart. Seems I'll be the exec. asst. for two captains and a lieutenant, is that like two turn-tables and a microphone? Bet I'm going to be kept really busy when I get back to work on December 1. Then comes the task of choosing who shares my office with me. The Sgt. that was there just got a promotion to Lt. and will be transfering out to New Folsom prison. Johnny Cash didn't sing any songs about new Folsom, only the old Folsom prison.

I'm spazzing out about what to pack. I haven't flown in two years, haven't dealt with chilly weather, I suppose I'll just pack a mixture of winter clothes and tshirts/jeans/sweats/ and the business suit I'm traveling in. I just can't think straight. ugh.

Ok, I'm off this thing. I have to go get organized and stop panicking.

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

The empire strikes back

In recent weeks, we've taken huge steps towards blocking spam accounts on LiveJournal. In fact, we've suspended as many as 30,000 accounts in a single day! We've implemented several pre-emptive measures to prevent the creation of spam accounts, and we've honed our detection of suspicious content. Spam bots are a crafty lot, so we'll continue to refine our tactics and keep up the good fight to keep you safe from spam attacks on LiveJournal.

RSS feeds again

If you're addicted to xkcd_rss, icanhaschzbrgr, or other syndicated feeds, we're pleased to report that we've resolved the update error that was mucking up your RSS feeds. While content was being pulled correctly, it wasn't being posted to the feeds themselves. Late last week, we finally nailed down what we hope was the root problem, so content should post properly. We thank you for your patience.

Wii have killer CSI Deadly Intent contests!

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Enveloped in postcards

Last week, we asked you to send in postcards to help us decorate our drab concrete walls. Here's a photo of the results so far! Thank you so much and please keep them coming! You can mail them to Frank the Goat, Esq., c/o LiveJournal, Inc., 539 Bryant Street, Suite 210, San Francisco, CA 94107. Be sure to include your username, since we'll be giving ten random users paid account credits.

Photos of the week

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I worked up a plan for Afterburn. It's just me so I wanted, and needed, to travel fairly light. I've been wanting to camp by myself just to see if I can for awhile. This time worked out perfectly as it's also my birthday.

However...

My plan is a bit amiss, and I'm worried about my punt. I decided to take tent, 2 chairs, and my 2 little folding camp tables. One of the tables is designed to hold a camp stove. That's it for big gear. A dish tub, funnel & collapsible water container - there's my grey water device. Sparse clothing in a duffle bag. Cookware, lights, tp, first aid kit all in a plastic tub. Cold stuff in the cooler, dry goods in a milk crate. Easy peazy.

Except the little folding camp tables have disappeared. I have torn this house upside down looking for them. Nearly ruined a good pair work pants crawling around under stuff. I've gone through all 3 closets. Searched both porches high and low. Spent time on my belly crawling looking under stuff.. no tables.

I'm at a loss as to how to handle the camp stove. I have a wooden folding tv-dinner type table. Maybe use a silpat mat under the stove to keep from burning? I guess I could stop by Dick's Sporting Goods to see if they have a folding stove stand. They make such things. Hell, I could even detour to Bass Pro Outlet if Dick's is no good.

I'm afraid I'm trying to talk myself out of going. I know I'm adaptable and handle this. Can't I???

Roughly this time tomorrow I hope to be packing up the car, then stretching out for a little nap before heading out. Woot!

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This afternoon I experienced one of my mini-series dreams which seem to go on forever and cover different topics. This one covered everything from Craigslist, old classmate, a rainy parking lot, doll shoes and interstate ramps covered in debris. It ended with...

My Mom, myself and Sandra, a girl I went to high school with, getting on a subway in Little Rock, Arkansas. For the record, Little Rock does not have a subway. These subway cars were flat like mattresses with the option of using a seatbelt. It rocketed out of the station and zoomed along at a quick pace, at one seeming to zip into traffic only to dip down into a tunnel. Think 'The Knight Bus' from Harry Potter. It emerged from the tunnel to start loop-de-loop like a roller coaster, splashing through water at one point. Nobody fell or got hurt, just screamed some.

We end up in a 'station'. We gather our things and realize we are really really high up in a building. And the only way down from this station is two flights of stairs - verrrrry narrow twisting turning stairs. One set is on the outside, and one set is inside. And not normal stairs, but very close to the wall and unevenly spaced. The doorways are just openings with a straight drop down.

Other people are not hesitating, just trotting down the stairs. I take one look and get vertigo. Badly.

The rest of the dream is me trying to get the nerve to go down the stairs. We watch people go up & down, some falling to their death, others trotting along like nothing.

I gradually woke up but felt the tremors in my knees and stomach for some time. I was afraid to even crawl off the bed. The mattress & box spring sitting on the floor was just too high for me.

Very weird!

I can't even entice her with treats. She did not rush out to pee at the end of the day.. so she may not be drinking either. She is unsteady on her feet, and her head is down with big liquid "old, I hurt" eyes.

I hate that she feels bad. I love my dogs.. but I hate this part.

Fortified by an excellent dinner and cheesy 80's movie (Cat People) with the made of win fragbert, I face Monday feeling pretty darn chipper. I have a list but plan to ease through it without stress or anxiety. After all it is my one work-free day off.

Library to return books and pick up last two of Dresden File seriesAlas, they only had the next Dresden book available but I did pick up the new Sookie Stackhouse book in hardback. Since it's new it is a '7 day' book I need to read it this week. Oh darn :P

Browse Nature's MarketWoohoo found Dark Auburn Henna! but forgot gloves so will need to go back out for those later today

Dick's Sporting Goods for new raised air mattressNo raised mattresses with non-electric pumps. How weird is that? I did buy some new Crocs in a ballet flat/skimmer style. My feet are very happy now.

Joann Fabrics for lightweight iron-on interfacing & black seam tapePlus some funky patterned fabric precut into strips for ruffles on my skull bloomers

Grocery store for roasted chicken goodness... and ice cream :P

Home to clean my superfund site of a kitchen

laundry for the week

casually start packing for AfterBurn

Review camp gear & make sure I have tent poles

Maybe cut out black skull bloomers

try not to read the next Dresden book all in one sitting But it is ok if I do that with the new Sookie book LOL

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EDIT: If you're reading this, our maintenance is OVER! The problem was not found on our equipment, which means we'll have to work with our ISP to fix this small problem -- which also means another maintenance window in the future -- but at least we have eliminated our side.

Thank you everyone, and a special shout out to rekoil for giving me a great suggestion AND also the opportunity to feel like I've just called in to a local radio station.

Have a great day, night or afternoon wherever you may be.

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Hi everyone, sorry for the late notice but I'm going to have to do some testing on 1 of our 4 internet circuits TONIGHT; Friday night or Saturday morning depending on which time zone you're in.

Most of us shouldn't notice any impact, though there may be some slowness or lag when I switch traffic on to our other ISP circuits and then another hit when I stop the tests. If a page won't load or times out, try hitting refresh 1 or 2 times and it should load then. If it doesn't work at all... trust me, I'll be typing really really really fast to try to undo whatever I just did. Hopefully you'll have some Halloween candy (if you're in the USA and celebrate that kind of thing) nearby to take away the bitterness of a small site outage. :(

Here's the handy-dandy Website That I Always Use to get a feel for when the maintenance will start in your area. Our site traffic historically dips on Friday afternoons until Saturday morning which is why we tend to pick this time for maintenance work.

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status.livejournal.org will, of course be updated before and after the maintenance window. Or else marta will get mad at me. :D

bt

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In response to user comments from last week, we want to let you know that we'll remain LJ cut-free for the next month in order to get more eyeballs on our evolving newsletter. As for product coverage, that continues to be our top priority. For more granular detail, however, we recommend you join lj_releases.

Super-tweak for Yandex search

Some of our beta testers expressed privacy concerns using the Yandex search engine. Here's why: Last week, when you ran a search, you could see the usernames (and only the usernames) of everyone who commented on an entry, even if that entry was switched to Private or Friends Only after it was originally indexed. You could NOT see the actual comments from Friends Only or Private posts. In response to your input, we've implemented a fix to keep all user activity currently marked Friends Only or Private completely hidden. If you'd prefer your public content not to be indexed by Yandex, click here and use the settings labeled Search Inclusion (this covers your entire journal) and/or Comment Search Inclusion (which covers comments only). To test drive Yandex search now, click here.

Postcards from the edge

Several years ago, we asked LiveJournal users to send postcards to help us decorate our dull, white-washed offices. Since a good idea warrants repetition, we're at it again (same issue, new address). We hope you'll surround us with LiveJournal love by sending your postcards to Frank the Goat, Esq., c/o LiveJournal, Inc., 539 Bryant Street, Suite 210, San Francisco, CA 94107. We'll post snapshots right here. Be sure to include your username, since we'll randomly pick 10 lucky recipients to win free paid account time.

Conquer Writer's Block

Here are some excerpts from this week's most popular question of the day:

If a friend or relative makes a racist or homophobic remark, do you tend to confront them or let it slide? Are you more likely to confront them if it offends you directly or someone else who seems reluctant to speak up?

1. I find it easier to stand up for other people, and i wouldn't let it slide if they made a rude or hurtful comment.
2. Usually if a friend makes a racist or homophobic remark, I tend to let it slide. I think that while i would not say such things myself, I have no right to censor those around me.
3. This happens all of the time. I confront some relatives, but I refuse to if they are drunk or watch Fox News.
4. I'd let it slide if it was just a private remark... As much as I despise bigotry and intolerance, I know that you can't change people-they have to change themselves ...
5. Confront! confront! confront! Politely, but without equivocation.
6. SPEAK UP. Always, always, always speak up. Letting something slide lets ignorance win. No matter if it offends me directly, or someone else, I will confront the speaker and let them know that's not ok.
7. I don't get offended personally. As an immigrant, woman, gay and person of color if I took every single potentially offensive remark seriously I wouldn't get anything done.
8. I punch them in the balls. With my mind.
9. I do speak up, but often very timidly because I feel that I'm white and therefore I don't really have any authority to lecture someone on what's racist and what isn't...
10. Generally speaking, I do not let this shit fly, because it reduces me as a person, to this non-person and it replicates the destructive discourse that makes sure that sexual minorities, racial minorities, women, people with disabilities, trans people and every intersection thereof into something other than human... And sometimes... I'm just too tired to deal with it, so I roll my eyes, make a sarcastic remark and hope the conversation moves on quickly.

For more daily questions and user comments, join writersblock. FYI, we don't want to invade your privacy, so we haven't credited individual users for their responses. We'd appreciate your feedback on this!

Spotlight community of the week

We can't resist making one last midnight trip to the ol' pumpkin patch. If you adore crazy costumes, fiendish festivities, and bottomless candy consumption as much as we do, this community has just what it takes to light up your jack-o-lantern.


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Photos of the week

We received so many incredible photos, we had to close our eyes and point. We uploaded a selection of awesome images at our new lj_photophile community. Please join and start posting (try to keep the width at around 625 for the sake of consistency)! We'd love for you to tell us more about your photos! You can help us select spotlight photos by commenting on your favorites. Once again, we thank you for making our online world more beautiful!

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Thanks, again, for tuning in. We look forward to seeing you next week.

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Yesterday my package from Big Fish Games arrived! It's silly but I got a one year anniversary gift from them. Not surprisingly it was... wait for it... A Big Green Fish! A cute stuffed fish resembling their logo, kinda beanie-bear-ish, on a base so it sits upright. I think it's adorable. I need to clean off my mantle so I can display it properly along side King Polywog and my Clucking Cadbury Bunny :D

In other news, I'm feeling much better - woot! I was afraid I'd lose energy in the middle of work but nope. Hell, I even stayed an additional hour to get stuff done. I'm not sure I should be delighted or worried that I'm enjoying my job so much that I'm willingly working extra unpaid hours. I figure I'm banking karma points plus I'm still making more per hour than I did on the phones.

When I came home this morning I went straight for my storage closet and pulled out some Halloween decorations. Mostly garland and paper things I can take to work to decorate our rows. I was also asked, multiple times, what my costume will be. Honestly I had not planned for anything more than wearing a Halloween tshirt.

Geesh I'm in a ridiculously good mood :D

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