Dustings #75
/Here’s a good idea from supporter JFC. It’s a place to keep invisible elastic thread Loops or TIES or whatever the hell you’re using.
Yigal Mesika has a good system available for keeping them on a special card inside your wallet.
But some modern wallets might not accept the card, or you might not carry a wallet.
You can, of course, just wear it on your wrist all day. That’s fine, but it can be hard on the gimmick and you might end up snagging it or forgetting it. And regardless you’ll probably want to have back-ups on you.
JFC’s idea is this.
Obviously, with an opaque case you wouldn’t see the thread cards. But I didn’t use an opaque case for demonstration purposes because then I’d just be taking pictures of a phone case.
It’s both convenient and very safe for the thread as well. It’s a good practical idea for the casual performer. Thanks, JFC.
Paul Voodini’s Penguin Live lecture has 33 ratings, and 79% of them are five stars. Sounds pretty good.
I know what you’re thinking…
But can I jack off to it?
Probably not.
Fortunately, Paul has something that will help you out. If you watch that lecture and get all worked up from Paul’s raw sensuality, you can hop over to Lybrary.com and pick up his book, The Erotic Adventures of Vampire Kate.
According to the blurb, the book is “high end erotica” full of “carnal lusts and forbidden pleasures.”
So whether you want to read someone else’s palm, or wrap your dick in your own, Voodini has you covered.
Below is a gallery of potential covers I generated for the November Love Letters newsletter using an AI art program. The prompt I gave it was“Lovers in Autumn.” These were the results…
To be clear, all the options the AI art generated were shitty. These were just the ones that happen to be shitty and struck me as funny. My goal of handing over everything I do to artificial intelligence (as explored in a week’s worth of posts last year) seems to be some time off.
A few people wrote in asking about any highlights in the second half of my horror movie watching last month. I know October is over, but a good horror movie can be enjoyed all year. I won’t go through everything I watched, but these ones were the best of the second half:
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair - I think this movie is polarizing with horror fans, but I dug it. It’s mostly “found footage” and it’s almost painfully slow in parts, but I think that adds to verisimilitude of the footage. It’s got a very creepy vibe. It’s about an online challenge called the World’s Fair Challenge which, supposedly, causes some indeterminate changes in those who participate in it. Like, imagine if after you did the Ice Bucket Challenge your hair started falling out and you had a sudden craving for menstrual blood. (That’s not the story of the movie. I’m just using that as an example.)
The Night House - An interesting take on the traditional haunted house story. Had me on edge through much of it. The story is not a retread of anything you’ve seen before and there are a couple very clever scares in it.
Wrong Turn (2020) - I’ve never really been into any of the other movies in this franchise, but I really liked this one. Any movie that begins with a bunch of young people going off into the woods is off to a strong start. This one goes off into a weird direction, which some people didn’t like, but I enjoyed it. It also has the most satisfying end credit scene in movie history.
Barbarian - This is another one that doesn’t go where you expect it might. The story and tone shift a couple of times in a way I found very enjoyable. Scary in spots, funny in spots. But never a corny “horror comedy.” I didn’t link the trailer for this one because it gives too much away. Just watch it if you’re into horror movies.