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August 27th, 2008 — Bondage, Fetish, Lochai, Photos, Recommendations, Shibari, Shopping, Stuff and Things
Doorway Butterfly by Lochai
Well, if it’s not evident to everybody in the entire world, I have a thing for Lochai. I actually fell in love with Lochai’s work long before I developed this thing I have. I knew the images before I knew the artist.
Anyway, here I am again, writing about Lochai, or “Perfect Lochai” as Marky refers to him whenever I speak of him at home. This time, I’m writing about his art. If you read my blog on a regular basis, then you already know that Lochai’s award-winning image, “Beach Bound,” now hangs in the World Erotic Art Museum.
Aside from Beach Bound, which will remain at the WEAM indefinitely, there are several museum prints available to purchase. Museum prints are special because there is only one, and they are marked (”M”) as museum prints. I don’t know, I just personally like feeling like I have something special.
Beach Bound is actually available to purchase as a print, but not the museum print copy of it.
You can find all of the images on Kirinawa.com that are being sold. In my last conversation with Lochai (today) he said that a few have already been sold and so therefore, are not available. Those that are not available as museum prints are:
- #3 - Aftermath
- #16 - Iris
- #23 - Madison Retro
- #24 - Pony Up
- #34 - Self-Portrait
- #35 - Angela Idles
You should email Lochai directly if you are interested in buying one of the WEAM museum prints - double check that it’s still available and find out about pricing. Oh, and a little insiders tip: it’s worth noting that prices will double on the prints after the move to San Francisco.
August 22nd, 2008 — Blogs, Bondage, FetLife, Fetish, Hogtied, Lochai, Movies, Mr. and Mrs. Kink (dot com), Mz. Berlin, Pro Photo Tours, Quid Pro Quo, Recommendations, Satine Phoenix, Shibari, The Week In Kink, Toys, bestsexbloggers.com, madison young, politics
ProPhotoTours.com - Side-by-Side, Start-to-Finish Photographic Workshops
Last week I took the easy way out and sent you to BestSexBloggers.com. This week I did my homework! I included blogs that aren’t on BestSexBloggers.com. Of course I’ll start with a synopsis of our own blogs. We haven’t been writing as much of our own content - this week we became the marketing department for Fetlife.com. If you haven’t checked out Fetlife yet, what are you waiting for? It’s the best social networking site for kinky people just like you!
This week’s Week In Kink is brought to you by the caffeine and nicotine keeping me awake to write it.
August 21st, 2008 — Blogs, Bondage, Books, FetLife, Hogtied, Lochai, Movies, Quid Pro Quo, Recommendations, Reviews, Shibari, Spanking, Stuff and Things, Websites, Weight Loss
Postsecret.com every Sunday!
Life is very busy and I’m not sure how much I’ll get a chance to write. This is truthfully one of my favorite blogs to write because it’s just the one where I get to sit down and say ” blah “. What comes out comes out.
Today we officially became the marketing department for FetLife.com, which is exciting! Marky is really the genius at it. I talk to people. I’m good at networking. He’s good at actually making the deals in the dunes. Between the two of us we’re a great team. We think in such different ways that what seems obvious to me wasn’t to him and vice-versa. You can advertise through FetLife.com by contacting me (catalina@fetlife.com) or Mark (mark@fetlife.com).
Also big announcement today from Lochai. He was offered and has accepted the position at Kink.com as the new webmaster/director of Hogtied.com. He recently went out there (to San Francisco) and did a shoot. You can watch it here. I am fortunate enough to have seen it already and I’m telling you - I adored Lochai before, but now I adore Lochai. What a yummy scene. That’s all I’m saying about it. You have to see for yourself!
Another crazy announcement in my circle: Audacia Ray is no longer writing The Naked City. I know?! What the hell are they thinking? Sometimes I wonder.
In other news - I received copies of Rachel Kramer Bussel’s books Spanked!, Tasting Her, and Tasting Him. The thing is, I think that Marky is supposed to review Tasting Her and I was to review Tasting Him, but I like both books! Being bisexual means I get to review both :) I need to get to work on reviews though, because I have a few books and movies that I need to give my opinion on - I know my opinion influences the greater society as a whole, and without it you will be paralyzed - do I buy the book or not?! What about this dildo?! What does Catalina Say?!
I can’t remember if I already mentioned this, but I’m writing now for Trufetish.com and I think this month I’m going to write about polyamory, feeding off of the two articles that are already there. I’ve been on both sides of the pond, as a couple with a girlfriend or a boyfriend and also as the girlfriend of a couple. It’s also a topic that I’ve been discussing a lot lately with close friends.
I am also writing now on The Femmes Guide. It’s an interesting thing, the Femme’s guide, “a sex-positive femme queer collaborative blog”. It was brought up the other day by the editor of the blog that we aren’t a very diverse group - that aside from one of us (me) we are all “white, fat, femmes with advanced educations.” This brings up the issue of me being an ex-fat femme. I’ve been looking for a place to write about this phenemona - the loss of an entire human being (130 lbs. so far) and how the rules have changed. The game is different. I am not quite sure how to navigate through society in this new role. I don’t want to write too much about it here yet, or else why would you bother to go there to read it, but I think it will turn into a nice article.
Well, that about covers everything I can come up with at 4 am. I’ll be back in a few hours, at it again…
August 7th, 2008 — Advice, Lochai, Pro Photo Tours, Recommendations, Updates, Websites
Photography by David Lawrence
If you recall, I posted on Catalina Says a while back the Pro Photo Tours had announced their plans to tour the country, offering their unique style of photographic workshops. They take the advanced amateur and working professional photographer through every step of a shoot, from hair and make-up to lighting to working with models to shooting and post-production. The result of the workshop will be a fine art coffee table book that represents the participants’ body of work.
You already know Lochai, because he’s all I seem to talk about some days, but maybe you don’t know Bobby Knight as well… though I bet you’ve seen his work all over! Bobby Knight is a successful commercial & stock photographer and cinematographer who currently has over 75,000 images and 350 hours of visual stock content in circulation in the past eight years. His enjoyment in creating avant-garde media is apparent in his successes and cutting edge style. He has a creative mind that likes to push boundaries not only in media production using technology whenever possible to give his client that edge they seek. His work is, edgy, sometimes erotic and different than the norm. You can find his work from cell phones to major publications (AVP, Revolver, Chopper, AVN), the internet, and television.
This weekend (August 8-10) is the first weekend you have a chance to work with Bobby Knight of Knight Digital Photography and Lochai (yes, that Lochai!).
Because of technical difficulties (grrrrrrrrrrr code!) they were not able to register participants earlier and still have available openings. If you have the weekend free and you can be in Tampa, Catalina Says Do It! Contact Bobby Knight or Lochai directly to register for this weekend, to avoid said technical difficulties with the website.
Go to the ProPhotoTours.com website for more information and also to check out other dates and cities where you can work with these Master Photographers!
August 3rd, 2008 — Blogs, Lochai, Recommendations, The Week In Kink
Image by Lochai (http://kirinawa.com)
The weeks sexiest, kinkiest, hottest, blog posts, BDSM scenes, NSFW pics, HNTs, and so much more! That’s The Week in Kink. Catalina chooses her favorite blog posts from her blogs and her friends’ blogs and put them here for you kinky people to read. The Week in Kink is different than The Sugasm because they are all chosen by the editor rather than submitted by the writers. You should check out The Sugasm if you enjoy a weekly digest of the best sex blog posts. It comes out on a different day and generally features different posts than those I’ve chosen. Tell Vixen I sent you :)
And now, without further adieu, I present This Week’s Sexiest Blog Posts…
Well, that should keep you busy reading for a while. Sorry that this week’s edition of The Week in Kink is late. It’s because I was off having fun! (GASP) Yes, sometimes I get away from my desk and actually enter the 3-D world and socialize. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have anything good to write about! :) Enjoy Your Kinky Week!
The image above is by Lochai. Anybody who follows any of my blogs knows about my crush on Lochai and his wife. Check out Lochai’s page at Kirinawa.com and also look at the Lochai categories on Catalina Loves and Catalina Says for more about Lochai and his wonderfulness. Thank you, Lochai, for letting me use your images so freely. I am a very lucky girl.
July 26th, 2008 — Altered Aperture, Blogs, Bondage, Ms Nikki Nefarious, My Naughty Secretary, Mz. Berlin, Photos, Recommendations, The Good Things List, Toys, Websites
"Catalina's Penthouse Bondage", Rigging and Photography by Ms. Nikki Nefarious
This week’s Good Things List is packed full of as many good things as I could find for you. Some are free, some are not. Everything on here I hand-picked myself and I recommend. It’s not bullshit, it’s not clever advertising, it’s just that I’m an opinionated person and I think that people should know about the good things that I find. That’s all.
A Good Blog To Read
Naughty Secretary writes a very hot blog. She is a natural born writer, it just pours out of her and what she ends up with is eloquent and perfect every single time. She caught my attention and now we are close. I consider her my Naughty Secretary, as she has taken on the position willingly. I’m not just sending you there because NS is fucking hot, nor am I sending you there just because she wrote this post about me, but it certainly didn’t hurt her case either!
A Good Dildo
I’m way into glass / pyrex dildos these days. I talked before about the Cyberglass Felicity. This time I’m recommending the Pleasure Bump. They are a really nice quality for a really nice price. I was going on and on about the Cyberglass Felicity with a friend of mine who said, ” I love that glass dildo. Most glass products are so expensive, but this one is inexpensive, yet feels like some of the higher end glass dildos.” So there you have it, two kinky women agree these dildos are the way to go!
A Good Quickie
Mz Berlin is a friend of mine, as you know. She’s sexy, she’s intelligent, she’s dorky, she’s funny, she loves Lolcats, and sensory deprivation with her Dom, The Mad Scientist. She also has a little clips store that is well worth your time. Of course you can see porn for free, duh. I’m not stupid. I know this. You can also eat for free if you want to dumpster dive. This is the equivalent of eating in the restaurant rather than digging through the scraps. Take your pick and give a click. It’s a mixture of content from her younger days and also current content that she creates herself. And as she says, “I made it just for you.”
A Good Calling Card
I really need to have new calling cards made. Badly. So does everybody I know. Lately it’s been the topic of conversation amongst my friends. When Thursday’s Child suggested Moo Cards, I instantly knew I had to pass that site along in the Good Things List this week. It is definitely where I am going to order my cards from (payday… payday…) Oh, by the way - I get nothing from them for saying this - I just think their site is very cool.
A Good Deed
Now you can do a good deed and get off at the same time! It doesn’t really get better than that. Seriously. Take a look at “Adopt a Child” by Sinless Touch. I’m not affiliated with them, but I saw a press release on AVN (Adult Video Network) recently and looked into it and it’s the real deal. It says on their site:
During checkout, you have the option to round up your purchases and donate electronic “spare change” to a charitable cause. One of the reasons that people don’t donate is because they don’t have enough time, so we have tired to make it easy for you. During your checkout you decide how much to round up your total, and the donation is included in your payment.
With your generous donations, we have committed to adopting children worldwide. We will maintain a profile of each child and their life for all to follow and see how we are all making a difference.
A Good Rigger
A rigger is a bondage artist. S/he ties knots intricately for BDSM scenes using Nawa Shibari as well as other bondage art techniques. Professional riggers are employed by companies like Kink.com and often are themselves players in the scene (take Claire Adams, for example). Some are just there to tie up the willing victim. Some are there to create bondage art for bondage art photography. Ms. Nikki Nefarious was voted the #3 Rigger in the 2008 Bondage Awards. That’s right, my Nikki, the genius behind Altered Aperture, the award winning rigger ties up Catalina all the time. How fucking lucky am I?!?! Nikki’s recent separation from Social Kink has made her more available for freelance work. Now’s your chance!
A Good Way To Distract Yourself
I might be the last one alive to have signed up already for Twitter, my profile is CatalinaLoves, but I’m now officially addicted. I even have the little Twitterfox plug in for Firefox and now I can play with all my blogger friends and fellow kinksters and perverts all day long while I’m supposed to be working! If I could figure it out, I would add a little Twitter widget to Catalina Loves, but I haven’t figured it out yet. I could also, apparently, get updates on my cell phone, but again, not quite that cool. Funny, I can tell you how to write code, but I can’t get Twitter technology to work.
Well, that’s about it - anything more and I’ll just be looking for good things. These are all good things that I’ve found, stumbled upon, or was pointed to. I’d rather have a short list of good things that are really good than a big long list of crap I hunted for on Friday night at 9:33 pm (the current time here in Charlotte, NC).
Just a little shameless self-promotion — I’d like to think that my blogs are all good things, so just a little reminder to take a peek. I also just started writing at Trufetish.com and I will contribute on the blog at Into The Attic as well. Soon all of the best sex bloggers and erotic photographers will collaborate on a very big project I am managing - so keep an ear out for news about that! And now, it’s time for my date with MDS.
July 25th, 2008 — Altered Aperture, Blogs, Bondage, Fetish, Lochai, Mr. and Mrs. Kink (dot com), My Naughty Secretary, Mz. Berlin, Recommendations, Satine Phoenix, Spanking, The Week In Kink
Hot Spanking Image by AlteredAperture.com
Each week the editor of The Week in Kink chooses two posts from her favorite sex blogs to highlight. It’s so difficult to choose just two.
And please take a few minutes to check out the great posts at True Grime.
So there you have it. The Week In Kink with a few new friends on the list, the list grows and grows and grows… maybe we should start doing it twice a week? The mid-week in kink? I don’t know. You tell me!
July 8th, 2008 — Fetish, Lochai, Recommendations, Shibari, Shopping, Updates, Websites
Become A Patron Of The Arts! Support Lochai!!
It’s no secret that I have a ridiculous crush on Lochai, and maybe a part of it is because I fell in love with his work as an artist. On top of all that I got to actually meet him yesterday and put my hands on his… prints (I know what you thought I was going to say!)
I know a lot of my readers are people who share my opinion about Lochai’s erotic and bondage images and also share my belief in supporting the art and the artists they love. That’s what this post is all about. Your opportunity to own real art while supporting the arts. It’s a win-win situation.
Lochai has a few gallery shows coming up. He talks about them in the interview we did recently here. In response to my question about his upcoming gallery shows, in particular the exhibition at the World Erotic Art Museum in Miami Beach, FL, this is what he had to say:
Wow…. To hang in a Museum is an amazing thing. To hang in this Museum is even a greater compliment in that the owner/curator, Naomi Wilzig, does not normally collect photography & has only just started to. She has thousands of painting, sculptures and other various articles that have moved her over the years and only a few photographs including ones from a good friend of mine, BT Charles. She has had many one person displays exhibited in the galleries in the 3 years WEAM has been open, but she asked me to be the first photographer. I am also a local so this adds to the pride I feel. Art gallery shows are wonderful but to say that you are displayed in a museum, for me that is something I am very proud of. I will also have Beach Bound added to the permanent collection. I was also the first heterosexual male artist to have a special “Guest Gallery” show that lasted a year of 30 of my images in the Leather Archives & Museum in Chicago http://www.leatherarchives.org/ which just came down in May.
So now here we are, it’s almost time for Lochai’s big show and now it’s time for me to get involved in the only way I know how. I’m holding my own Lochai Pledge Drive to help support Lochai’s upcoming gallery projects. He has never done this before and he may never do this again, it’s truly exclusive (and it will give your grandkids something to bring onto The Antique’s Roadshow!) Think of it is the kinky version of the PBS Pledge Drive - you know, you donate some money and they give you a nice gift to say thank you.
Here’s the rundown - you donate to Lochai’s upcoming shows. Donations are simple and easy - log into PayPal and use Lochai’s email address (nawalochai@kirinawa.com). You can even use your credit card. In return, as a thank-you gift, you receive one of Lochai’s signed prints. The print you will receive will be chosen by Lochai and is from his award-winning gallery.
Donate $25 and receive a signed 4×6 print. This is perfect to frame and put on your nightstand
Donate $50 and receive a signed 5×7 print. This is a perfect size to have on your desk, no?
Donate $75 and receive two signed 5 x 7 prints - a nice little complimentary set for your boudoir. I love the idea of having two complimentary, beautiful images, nicely framed and hung next to each other. MDS says he thinks it would be neat if you’re a couple to frame them and then put one on each of your nightstands. I love MDS. He’s so clever!
If you donate $75 or more, Beach Bound will be one of the 2 5×7 prints… ;-)
Donate $100 and receive one signed 8×10 print - perfect to hang on the wall. Actually Lochai gave me an 8×10 as a gift yesterday and it’s matted, framed, and perfectly placed on my desk, so an 8×10 is really a nice size - you can hang it or place it somewhere special.
For donations more generous than $100.00, please contact Lochai directly. Those donors will be considered sponsors and will not only have their name associated with the show as a sponsor, but as a thank-you gift will receive a signed 5×7 Beach Bound, as well as a signed, limited edition print (of your choice). Again, just contact Lochai directly to discuss this option. He’s a very friendly man!
July 5th, 2008 — Blogs, Bondage, Erocrush, FetLife, January Seraph, Lochai, Masturbation, Recommendations, Shopping, The Good Things List, Toys, Websites
This week’s Good Things List is brought to you by the letter V (for valium) and the number 10 (for the dose)… and readers like you! (PS: JOIN FETLIFE!)
A Good Blog To Read
Narration by D is this week’s blog pick. D is the counterpart of another of my favorite blogs Thursday’s Child. It says in his profile: “From the male perspective, the exploration of a young married couple beyond vanilla sex.” D is in my BILF list. His wife is also in my BILF list. They as a couple are in my BILF list. Now we just have to figure out how to get into the same state and city!
A Good Toy
I have just gotten my new shipment of toys to review for Vibe Review and I haven’t even formally reviewed it yet on my blog, but so far I can tell you that I adore the Cyberglass Felicity. I have just recently gotten into glass/pyrex dildos and this one is a perfect starter because of the low price. You can warm it under some hot water in the sink or you can cool it in the refrigerator for a while (it comes in a nice case, by the way!). You can use either end, you can play with it vaginally or anally. I just love it! Vibe Review happens to be a great company to do business with - a classy online toy company that has a good reputation. That matters!
A Good Photographer
Erocrush. Melvin Moten, Jr. is Erocrush. His work is special to me. He is special to me. I consider him a very good friend. He allows me to use his images all the time on my blogs. I know that you have enjoyed them. Like Lochai, who I’m in love with, Melvin isn’t shooting for the porn content market. He shoots fetish and erotic art that he enjoys. With real women, that he enjoys. With real couples. One thing I noticed about Melvin’s work is that his models obviously feel so natural with him that they forget he’s even there. It’s as though you’re actually there, in the scene, a voyeur. I love Melvin. I want Melvin to shoot me. With any luck at all, this fall, he will. Then I will have my way with him! If you click on the (perfect) image in this post (by Erocrush) it will magically take you to his site. Fear not! It will open in a new window and you won’t lose the Good Things List!
A Good Pay Site
Inescapable Bondage is January Seraph’s new content site. She has been shooting their own content like crazy. She and her hotter than hell partner-in-crime, Smutty, have been violating all kinds of men and women. This is Brand Spanking New! January isn’t, of course. She’s got a great reputation as a top model and actress already, but this site is so new that you’re probably the first one you know to see it!
A Good Blogger Resource
The Week In Kink. Duh. I sat here and tried to think about this one for a while and then I realized, if you’re a good blogger and you have good posts, then you should send me a little note. Each week I go through blogs that I like and pick the hottest posts and then publish them on TheWeekInKink.Com. I just want to be clear that I’m not trying to compete with Sugasm. It’s not a democracy - it’s just a list of my top favoritest, hottest, made me want to masturbate posts. :)
A Good Group
It’s widely known that I love FetLife. I’m an official greeter there now, which makes me feel extra special. What makes me feel super, duper special, though, is starting a new Charlotte Kinksters group (it’s called Charlotte, NC - The Queen of Kink, since we are the Queen City!) If you join FetLife you can join the Charlotte Kinky group. The idea is that we could all get together for informal gatherings and have a little community here that isn’t quite as formal as CAPEX.
A Good Alternative Education Resource/CommUNITY Source
This is the place to go to find professional alternative educators, presenters, event planners, vendors, dm/security/medical, legal, volunteers, and more. Everybody claims to be a sex educator, but this group is truly respected within the commUNITY as the leaders in their fields. Now, you can learn from them. Oh, it’s no coincidence you’ll find Lochai there. Wouldn’t you die to take a bondage class with Lochai? Oh my… You can also take classes with people like Claire Adams. OMG. I’m in heaven.
July 4th, 2008 — Blogs, Bondage, Collars, Domination, Fetish, Lochai, Masturbation, Mr. and Mrs. Kink (dot com), Mz. Berlin, Recommendations, The Week In Kink, Toys
[This beautiful image is of Narration by D. I can't even begin to express how much I want him.]
And please take a few minutes to check out the great posts at True Grime.
So there you have it. The Week In Kink with a few new friends on the
