day 1 & 2 miscellany

today is day 3, and my second day of being up at 7 am. not sure what that's all about...no matter how exhausted i am, i can't sleep past then. yesterday i took a walk down brunswick st. in fitzroy, which is a sort of artsy, bohemian neighbourhood with lots of cafes & shops. the vintage shopping here seems like it's going to be fantastic, and as i've just been paid for my first shoot, it's only a matter of time before i blow it all on clothes. i love vintage shopping in other countries, because when i get compliments on the stuff i find, i get to say, 'i got it at a flea market in amsterdam' or something like that, revealing what a well-travelled global douche i really am. if i get anything fantastic i'll be sure to post some photos.

anyway, the neighbourhood is really cute, and i've really only seen a small part of it. yesterday my mission was to find some decent coffee for my flat. i was quite concerned about my coffee thing before i left, as i've sort of developed a little ritual around it at my place in san francisco. there's a place at the ferry building farmers' market called blue bottle coffee that sells amazing coffee that they've roasted the day before, and i really enjoy the slow process of making it and the buttery-ness of cream top milk added to it. i'm quite attached to it and wanted to find a version of it here. the lovely girls at atomic coffee (picture to follow, as soon as i take one) helped me choose the right bean and were really sweet and very cute. the girls here are so fucking cute. and they have great style, and sometimes bikes. it is a feast for the eyes.

yesterday for lunch, richard had a 'american' club sandwich and fries. the menu said 'american,' but i believe that an american club sandwich is ham and turkey, and this one was ham and chicken. also, if it was truly american, it would have been made by someone who had been to the toilet recently and not washed their hands, but i didn't bother asking the server about that as she seemed quite busy. i had 'nachos.' i thought it was worth checking out an australian take on mexican food. but the true test will be to see how they do burritos. another mission for me.

yesterday i did my first shoot for ifm upon a glass table with lots of pretty lighting. it is fucking hot here, and i had the good fortune of ending up in a long-sleeved polyester shirt, but i got the job done and all was well. it was quite a different experience to have someone else (richard and max) setting up all of the equipment and the angles and all of that. i think i'm learning quite a bit about lighting and composition by watching them. they're brilliant at what they do, and max is a fucking creative genius - she has a pretty constant flow of ideas and detail attention. it's quite fascinating to watch.

speaking of things which are fascinating to watch: i had the privilege (start building up your defences to jealousy now) of watching a shoot with chloe and lilie. this was absolutely the highlight of my day - watching their orgasms was better than having one myself. i'm not going to say much about the scenario as i don't want to spoil the surprise for the ifm folks, who are in for a real fucking treat when this one comes out. i was already with max and richard after doing my own shoot, so i just sort of stuck around to watch the show. lilie and chloe are adorable and their interactions are so much fun and really authentic and intimate. they didn't seem to be bothered that i was there as a total voyeur the entire time, which i appreciated. i am less an exhibitionist and more a voyeur, so this was so much fun for me. i would have loved to have had a camera on myself so that i could watch myself watching them - i'm sure the expression on my face was priceless. maybe i should start bringing my handycam to these things.

after the shoot, we went back to the office and arranged a little female ejaculation tutorial between chloe, lilie, and myself to happen this week. (score!) after watching them i was really keen to start working with other people, because it seems like it would really draw your attention away from the cameras and more into the situation and the other person. i haven't been in front of a camera for quite some time, and i think it's going to take a few shoots for me to warm up to it again. i'm glad that i'm going to have my first shoot with other people with those girls, because they're totally enthusiastic and really good-natured and relaxed, and i feel like i'm somewhat accustomed to their bodies after watching them for a couple of hours yesterday. and i get to share my sweet skills!

i had dinner with richard last night. conversations with him are really rigourous and energetic, and i quite enjoy that. we discussed the senselessness of much american foreign policy, and i was happy to hear him remark on bush's beady little eyes, because i've been thinking that for years but never heard anyone else mention that. he also informed me that in mainstream american porn, affluence is sexy, so you see women on the front cover with diamonds and that's supposed to suggest sexuality. i hadn't noticeed that, but i think that's quite interesting and i'm interested in looking at the suggestions that porn is making about class. linda williams, here i come (again).

i apologize for the lack of pictures thus far - i've not really taken any because it's just been a matter of settling in and getting organized so far. i'm going to the queen victoria market this morning, though, so i'm hoping to get some good ones there, and i'll try to keep up from now on. i know blogs are much more exciting when they have pictures.

tonight max, the infamous dandy and i are off to the strip club, and i've heard that a night out with dandy is quite an experience. the combination of excitement and fear for my life should create fertile ground for lots of cocktail consumption. hopefully i can save a few strippers from their lives of woe, bring them home, and turn them into respectable citizens.