always great to see an aussie make such a great impression on so many in our industry
champion effort ;-)
Wow now this is a clear demonstration of Australian Respect! Evil on the boards! I had the pleasure of meeting Evil first years ago, but even though these two are my only Australian friends, I can say with confidence that both of them would be my favorites even if I knew the whole country! Respek to both of you!
22. Who do you look up to in online adult? Down on?
I don't look up or look down as such on anyone. People are people - each has their own idiosyncracies, their own good points, their own bad. I never view anyone as being above not below me, just different. SOME being more different than others.
What does make the difference is to me what it is all about - respect.
The list I of peeps I respect is long, so I'll try and keep it down, but when these people talk, I listen.....
Ben @ LionDollars.... has the rare ability to set a plan and drive it to fruition. He also knows how to attract and keep the best people. A true entrepenurial mindset and a truly well-life-balanced character.
Mayor.... a man of similar strengths to Ben. Does not lose focus on the big picture, but conversely can pick missing micro pieces and fill gaps accordingly.
Lensman.... an adult business actuary. Works the numbers better than most would ever dream to in any insurance underwriter, but does it with tits and ass. Goes to show, a widget is a widget is a widget.
ScottPB.... quite simply one of the smartest men I have ever met. Apart from the obvious brain implosions, blazed a trail that many of us now gladly and happily follow.
Serge.... no list complete without a man who was smart enough to understand the NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE without having to get hung up on anything technical. B2B pioneer.
Nickatilynx.... few can claim to have been able to successfully morph and evolve along with the environment that surrounds us for so long, so successfully... especially on both business and personal levels.
Juicy.... there is NO such thing as bad publicity. None. Nada. Nil. ;-)
24. How many people have you had sex with in your life? How many consented?
The absolute honest answer to this question is more than any one man should ever sleep with.
Better to maybe put some points of perspective.....
- I've probably had more 3'somes, 4'somes and moresomes than 99% of people have had sexual partners of any description in total.
- I lost my virginity at 12, not that there was any real point, as it was a matter of "stick it in and wiggle around until you get bored".
- First time I ever ejaculated was during sex, and at that exact minute I thought I was going to die, or go blind or my dick fall off, or all of the above.
- In 9th Grade (14 years old) I had a 6 month affair with one of my classmates mother's who was 30. I have a hard time reconciliing this as child abuse, because fucked if it wasn't an amazing 6 months !!!
- I still have an interest in the biggest swingers club hereabouts, http://www.mikesplace.com.au, and although I am not a swinger by lifestyle choice, I do what I feel like doing when I feel like doing it.
- Apart from the previous story, I have slept with women for money in my younger days on numerous occasions.
- I have slept with I think 7 different girls IN FRONT of the production camera, when situations required that of me in my early production days. This does include numerous POV type shoots.
- Yes I have been known to pay for prostitutes. Why? On many occasions I simply could not be bothered with all the bullshit that comes with one-nighters or irregulars (ESPECIALLY within our industry), and I point blank refuse to wake up next to someone that I do not want to wake up with.
As a sidebar, I have never slept with a man, nor I have I ever forced myself on anybody.
And at a youthful 39, I've still got a few more left in me yet. J-Reel has the recent pics to prove this
Plenty to go around people.
But the shop would shut forever if the right person came along.
SHORT VERSION, FUNNIER, BUT STILL GROUNDED IN FACT
None that I know of.
But seriously, one day I fully expect to get the knock on the door.
When I open it, some boy/girl aged between say 5 to 23 years (less than 5, they wouldn't be able to find my place yet !!) would look up at me and say, "Dad ?".
My answer would be "Probably.", followed by "Don't bother to tell me your mother's name, it most likely won't make it any simpler.", finally followed by, "Which kidney do you want ?".
And that would be about that.
LONGER VERSION, SOMEWHAT SCARY, BUT FULLY FACTUAL
In my early 20's, at the height of my short, but illustrious career as a "pretend" boxer, I had also started some part-time nightclub security to keep myself amused and busy outside of my "vanilla" day job.
Also at this one club I worked at was an gorgeous waitress, Rebecca, and her boyfriend, Tony, a New Zealand Maori who was one of my bouncer compatriats. He was also a total cock and he treated Rebecca really badly.
Bec and myself flirted heaps, but it was always the flirtiness between a couple that would never come to any fruition becasie of circumstances...
One night, well after midnight, there was a beating on the front door of the condominimum I lived in....
Rebecca with bag, tears streaming out of her eye, was there, standing at my door......
The following 6 weeks while Rebecca stayed with me consisted of little more than having sex in every possible permutation and combination ever devised either prior to, during and ever since the publication of the the "Karma Sutra" in every nook, cranny and crevice of the condo, and the occasional break while we waited for the pizza guy to arrive.
One day I awoke and Rebecca was again standing in front of me, tears again streaming out of her eyes, and she told me she was going back to Tony.
It wasn't as heartbreaking as one may think - ours was a purely carnal attraction and the relationship was never deeper than our last fuck.
I didn't see her after that, what with us both not turning up for work at the club in the previous 6 weeks, and I just moved on. Sometime later I had heard on the grapevine that she was still with Tony and was pregnant. I paid no mind, but hoped she was well and happy.
Fast forward about 18 months, and I was by thenworking my nice cushy Government job, when one of the counter girls comes into my office and tells me their is a girl at the counter asking to see me.
Rebecca of course, was standing there, with a bundle in her arms.
A little bundle, a baby. And a cute little tyke.
She explained that her and Tony and the baby girl were moving back to New Zealand (where Tony, the Maori was from) and that they were getting married and Tony had a really good job lined up with his uncle's company, and that she was really looking forward to a new life and they would probably never see me again.....
I admit, I was totally befuddled by the whole conversation.
So, I sort of said "Ok, that's great", and asked how she'd been. She said she was great and that the little girl was now right on 18 months old and was healthy and great.
We said goodbye and she left.
I don't know whether it was 5 minutse after I returned to my office and sat down or 55 minutes when I started to think.... then I did the 18 month math.... then I realized that that the "baby bundle" has a shock of straight white blond hair and was fair skinned, HOT dark haired and dark skinned like her "father".
Fuck me dead.
Have never heard so much as a whisper since.
She'd be 18 or so now.
AS IT IS VERSION, DAY TO DAY REALITY BITES
I broke up with my last girlfriend about 2 years ago. We had been together about 2 years. She had 2 marvellous kids, Nate (now 6) and Maddy (now almost 10).
I stayed with Leisa for the last 1 1/2 months of our relationship for 2 reasons - Maddy and Nate.
Biologically they may not been mine, but trust me, they are mine.
Nate calls me Dad and Maddy, even though she calls me Lindsay, introduces me as her father.
On both counts it was their idea to do so.
Neither of their real fathers play much, if any, of a role in their lives.
Maddy and I always hit it off, and a couple of years back, Nate broke his leg at Kindergarten, spent 2 weeks in hospital in traction, and then 2 1/2 months at home in a full body plaster cast.
To say we bonded is the understatement of the century.
He, I and Cartoon Network have an indelibile lifetime understanding.
Luckily Leisa and I remain friends, and my access to the kids is totally unhindered. She even changed her will so that if anything ever happened to her, the kids come to me.
They are my kids, I miss them terribly when I am away on my trips, and I spend as much time as possible with them when I back home.
27. Is there more money in gay or straight porn? What type of marketing makes the most money?
Let's get one thing straight right away GAY is NOT a niche !!
Gay is a market in it's own right.
Straight porn is a MUCH larger market in general terms.
I don't think it's a case of there being more money is gay, but there IS more targeted money in gay.
It has been long proven in marketing terms that gay consumers are smarter, more demanding, more loyal and have MORE disposable income and better credit than their straight counterparts.
Even though the gay market is appreciably smaller overall than the straight market, there are less sites overall offering what the gay market seeks and also less webmasters marketing gay.
Like any marketing problem, it is ALL about understanding your product and understanding your market.
28. How many shows do you attend a year? Do you fly coach, business or first class?
I have definitely been on an upward growth curve since I made the decision I did not need to go to shows for business, so therefore I could (see earlier post) ....
2004 - 1 Show
Internext Florida
2005 - 5 Shows
Internext Vegas
Phoenix Forum
AOE Prague
Internext Florida
LionDollars Amsterdam New Years
2006 - 15 Shows Planned
Internext Vegas
Costa Rica Bash
Phoenix Forum
Redneck Getaway
Cybernet Expo
Xbiz Summer '06 Forum
Internext Hollywood
Qwebec Expo - Montreal
Vancouver Adult Show
Webmaster Access Europe - Amsterdam
YP Mexico - La Salina
Gay Phoenix Forum
Klixxx Island Gathering - Curacao
Webmaster Access West - Los Angeles
LionDollars Amsterdam New Years
I see 2007 as being much the same as this year - planes, trains and automobiles for most of the year.
I am one of the lucky people who sleep ANYWHERE, fuck I sleep that little in normal life (and I usually don't sleep more than a couple of hours a day at any show), I am almost narcoleptic if you can sit my ADHD ridden ass still for 5 minutes or more.
For that reason, I usually fly coach. As a Gold Frequent Flyer, I generally get pretty well looked after and generally have no complaints.
Last year, I did fly Business to Phoenix Forum. I slept 12 1/2 of the 13 hour flight, had NO meals and did NOT get to use the service at ALL !!! That sucked - if I fly Business, I want service, service, service.
I have a bucketload of points of course, and I do occasionally upgrade a leg here and there.
Luckily for me I quite enjoy traveling, but I do base myself in the States between shows where possible as the long haul shit does fuck you up after a while.
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