Monday, April 21, 2003

There's an article today on the homepage of MSN.com. It's about Pat Tillman, a former NFL safety who turned down a 3.6 million dollar contract with the Arizona Cardinals to join the Army. His courage is tremendous, and his willingness to forgo millions of dollars to serve his country is particularly notable in our society where salary is often valued much more highly than personal convictions or patriotism of any sort. He is now fighting in Iraq with the 75th Army Ranger Regiment.
Every member of the Allied troops is a hero. Each one of them is risking life and limb and deserves our admiration and gratitude. Those who have died have lost their lives in the most honorable way possible. Even though I've been somewhat conflicted about the war since its onset, I have the utmost respect for the Allied troops who are there.
People in the US often call professional athletes role models. Ideally, parents should be the ultimate role models, but there's no question that athletes often have a huge impact on the minds of many Americans. Pat Tillman is providing a tremendous example of personal fortitude for all who know his story.
Good afternoon! I hope everyone had a great Holiday. There is a new video clip in the Playhouse as of a few hours ago. It was shot by a good photographer friend of mine. He and I will be at an upcoming convention together so please check the Playhouse bulletin board for details. It should be a lot of fun and I'm really looking forward to it!
This week I'll be shooting some custom videos, and possibly doing some trampling videos as well. I'm also planning to work with my good friend Mary Carey (www.marycarey.com) on Saturday. I'm sure that some of that footage will show up in the Playhouse! Keep checking the bulletin board as I'll provide all details there. XXOO Tanya

Sunday, April 20, 2003

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Monday, April 14, 2003

Good evening. Just a quick note to remind all members that the newest video clip is now up in the members' area. As I mentioned on the bulletin board, we are now updating twice a week: new video clips on Monday, and new photosets on Friday. I will tell you all the background and details about the latest video clip tomorrow!! Today I worked all day doing a magazine layout with Mary Carey (whew!!) We had a great time as usual, but she wore me out and I'm going to bed. Be sure to check out the photoset with her and me that's already in the Playhouse. There will be more to come.... Mary and I are good friends, (very good friends!) Tomorrow morning I'll be working with Hollywood (Jeanne) of www.webkitten.com, and tomorrow afternoon I'll be doing a spanking video with another model- I'll reveal her identity in my next post. As soon as I get home I'll be on the computer to fill you in on all the details. Be sure to check the bulletin board-:) Bye for now- XXOO Tanya

Sunday, April 13, 2003

Hello! I hope all of you members are enjoying the
latest "superheroine" update with me at the mercy of
Shelly the Burbank Bomber. The photos were taken
during a recent custom video shoot that I did. If you
wish to see more of Shelly, she can be found at
www.burbankbomber.com. She is even available for
one-on-one wrestling matches, and she is STRONG and
TOUGH. Believe me. I'm not kidding. I wrote all about
the shoot on the members' bulletin board so be sure to
check that out. Maybe I'll start working on my
wrestling moves in case Shelly and I meet again....
Just kidding- that would require far too much effort
and discipline on my part. Besides, I could train for
the next few years and she would still kick my butt.
In addition to her take-no-prisoners athleticism,
Shelly is a very nice person and was a blast to work
with. Even when she forced me to suck on her strap-on
dildo and poured burning-hot candle wax on me.

Last week I wrote that I was on the cover of the June
Leg World, but I'm not. (Should have checked before I
said that!)I do, however, have a photo layout and
interview in that issue. I'm also in some photos in
the Spring 2003 issue of Gene Simmon's Tongue
Magazine. It's an article about Jeanne "Hollywood"
Basone and her wrestling company www.webkitten.com.
I'm actually going to be working for her again next
week. Like Shelly, Jeanne also does one-on-one
wrestling matches. So if you want to wrestle a
former Playboy model, or want to watch her wrestle,
Jeanne can be reached through her website. There are
some photos of her and me in a catfight in my members'
area as well.
Also this month I'm in the German GQ STYLE. I haven't
seen it, but I'm in a photo spread with well-known
male model Tony Ward and Sin City contract girl
Karina. It's one of only two magazine shoots I have
ever done with a male model. I think that issue may
only be available in Europe.

This weekend I am going to an "artwalk" at an
artists' colony in downtown LA. Although I enjoy
looking at various types of art, I am still very much
of a philistine. I'm not saying that with pride
either. I've viewed many works by highly acclaimed
artists, and have often found that I don't see why
they have received so many accolades. Please don't
think that I am criticizing their creativity or effort
because I'm not. Perhaps there is something missing
within me or maybe I am simply not educated enough to
appreciate what makes their work special. I'm not
really sure.
Before I dropped out of college the first time I was
a history/art history major at UCLA. I have always
found art history very interesting. A great deal is
revealed about any culture through the artwork that it
produces. From a historical perspective it is
fascinating. At some point in my studies I took what
was basically the equivalent of an art appreciation
course. Everyone in the class had to attend a certain
gallery exhibit. One of the paintings at the exhibit
had won a "best in show" award or some such thing. It
was a canvas covered in solid, flat black. There were
no brush strokes or anything to break up the
monochrommatic blackness. It was interesting, but as I
gazed at it I couldn't help but think: "Wait, I could
have done that." For that matter, the average
5-year-old could have created it too. Of course,
something that is rendered simply can be very
compelling, but I just
couldn't see what made this work the "best in show."
Two women were standing near me in the gallery and
commenting on the painting. They spoke of it in
glowing terms. I can't quite remember what they were
saying, but it struck me as very pretentious and
stupid at the time. It seemed to me that they wanted
to praise it because someone else had called it
exemplary. Then again, maybe they just had a great
deal more insight than I. I'm not being sarcastic, I
just really don't know.
A few years ago I saw a segment of Howard Stern's TV
show. He was laughing at one of his people,
(Robin), because she had just paid a large sum of
money for a painting by Jackson Pollock. Howard bet
her that she would not be able to distinguish one of
his own
self-created masterpieces from four of Jackson
Pollock's works if he placed them all next to each
other. During the show Howard was seen throwing
various colors of paint on a canvas and laughing. I
think he used his fingers and a paintbrush to create
some shapes and squiggles with the paint. It took
about 10 minutes for him to finish. At the end
of the show Robin could not identify which one
of the five paintings Howard had created. That was
after she had already paid a lot of lip service to the
unique power of Pollock's work.
That show was hilarious not because it mocked
Pollock's creativity, but because it made a really
good point. Appreciation of art is extremely
subjective. Not everybody likes the same stuff.
Amusingly though, many people will collect certain
pieces simply because someone else told them that
those pieces had artistic merit. I've always been of
the mindset that art is whatever inspires you
personally. If four dogs playing poker has meaning for
you, then you should hang one of those pictures on
your wall. Same with the Velvet Elvises.
Speaking of Velvet Elvises, there was a great article in the Los Angeles Times about the whole genre by Annie Groer. It was published last August, but you can still find it at www.latimes.com if you do a search in their archives. Type in "velvet Elvis." In the article the director of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, MD discusses the "baroque pathos" of the velvet Elvis renderings. This same gentleman used to teach a course at Johns Hopkins University called "Holy through the Ages. Early Christian Saints through Elvis." He compares some of the velvet Elvises to Caravaggio's 16th and 17th century paintings of saints. The article is very funny and well worth reading. It also delighted me beyond reason. I never thought my artistic tastes would be validated by a professor at Johns Hopkins.
I don't actually own any velvet Elvises, but I do feel some strange kinship with anyone who would hang a velvet Elvis on his wall. I know what it is to derive great pleasure from something that most of the world scorns.
The art walk tomorrow should be interesting. Maybe it will broaden my horizons. Supposedly the event attracts a huge number of people so it will also be fun to see other people's reactions to the work displayed. I hope all of you have a good weekend too!

Wednesday, April 02, 2003

Good evening! This week's new update is in the members' section. It is more explicit than usual. I hope you all like it! Also, for all members: I have been posting more stuff on the bulletin board in the Playhouse. I'm not sure how many of you go there now, so I wanted to make sure you checked it once in a while.
Recently I've received a few e-mails asking what videos and magazines I'm in right now. Jim Holliday's video "Sorority Sex Kittens #6" has just been released by VCA. I am in a hot scene with the VERY, VERY sexy and beautiful Monica Mayhem. We shot it out in the desert near California City, and the temperature must have been over 100 degrees. Although I have not seen it yet I'm also on the cover of the June 2003 Hustler's "Leg World." I was wearing a gorgeous pair of silky, sheer Cuban-heel stockings for all you hosiery lovers. Ladi, the photographer who shot it, is one of my favorite people to work with. Next week he'll be shooting me again for a two-girl layout with Mary Carey, (www.marycarey.com), another person I LOVE to be paired up with. She and I have done sex scenes for High Society, Rain Productions, and Big Top. It should be a really, really fun day and I'm looking forward to it. And, believe me, I don't gush about people I don't like. I don't even pretend.
That brings to mind a conversation I had yesterday. I was shooting with Jim Martin for his site, www.bondagebyrequest.com, and we were discussing other photographers that we both know. I was speaking freely about some bad experiences at shoots, and about some photographers that I can't stand. He and I agreed that one photographer was particularly heinous, and he mentioned that he'd said the same thing to another model. She despised the same man, but cautioned Jim that he should keep his opinions to himself around other people in the business.
A lot of people seem to have the same sentiment that she does. I, on the other hand, defame people with abandon. Wild abandon. If I work with someone and they behave inappropriately during the shoot, three things will happen: 1. I'll pack up my stuff to go. 2. They will pay me for the day. The District Attorney and the Labor Board will be on my side if they don't. 3. I am going to tell EVERYONE what they did.
There's a wide degree of latitude in regards to what is acceptable on an adult set. Off-color jokes and sexual innuendoes are commonplace and rarely upset anyone. There are some photgraphers, though, who go beyond the normal joking banter. They should not be putting their hands on the models, asking for lap dances in the middle of the shoot, or pulling out their private parts when no one asked them to. Not surprisingly, it's the same guys who pull the same stunts over and over. It annoys me that quite often there's a cloak of secrecy that semi-protects them. The models are afraid to say anything. If they do, they often preface their statement with: "Don't tell anyone that I was the one who told you this, but...." Sometimes it's as if they feel that they did something wrong. Maybe the photographer got way too handsy and the model was afraid to stand up to him. Things went way farther than she wanted, she left feeling terrible about herself, and then didn't want to tell anyone about the incident. Granted, it is the model's responsibility to demand respectful treatment, but a lot of these photographers are good at preying on vulnerable young women. They have tons of experience at being lecherous perverts and have honed their manipulative techniques for years longer than some of the models have even been alive.
I feel it is my duty to spread the word about those idiots. It's not just gossip-mongering, it's a strike back at those weasels. There's nothing that I say about them to other people that I wouldn't say right to their faces. I probably already have. It's good to have the opportunity to warn other women about who they need to watch out for.
One more thing: these guys never behave badly just once. If they did it to me, they have definitely done it on other occasions.
It's not just in the modelling world that this happens either. People often remain silent to protect others that they know are slime. Maybe they are afraid of repercussions. They shouln't be. In the end, the truth has power.