Busting my Ass....

I really, really am! I started thinking today; how did I launch waterbondage and meninpain so quickly? I didn't have help with editing/encoding/updating them...and that is all the same stuff I am doing now for http://www.ChantasBitches.com but it just seems to be taking longer...I just couldn't figure out why...and then it hit me. At CNE I always had at least 2 machines but usually 3...so for a new site launch with a lot encoding, etc I would have all 3 machines running simultaneously....I didn't have assistants or anything but I just had more hardware. On that note it looks as if the site launch may be puched back a few days to maybe a week. I am having trouble with the mp4's (which I don't even know if I need...I mean, does anyone actually watch porn on their iPod?) and the huge streaming files. I need to compress them just a little more while maintaining a high quality to get the file size down somewhat. Of course, the launch will be announced here when it's ready.

Anyway, gotta go downstairs and set some more files off encoding.

Sleeping Pills

I am an insomniac....a huge insomniac. I used to love sleep, actually I still do, it's just that I can't seem to do it. 6 months ago I read online that if you were on Yasmin birth control for a long time (I had been for 3 years) it could cause insomnia and that withion a couple of months of coming off you'd be fine. I came off...I still can't sleep. I wouyld occassioanlly slip myself a nytol or tylenol pm...maybe once every 2 weeks when I was really, really exhausted. I have even made sure I don't have bad "bed habits"...like doing things other than sleeping in my bed. Apparently, if you read, work on your computer, eat, etc in bed your mind no longer sees it as a place only for sleeep (and sex) and it can be harder to sleep.

For long haul flights I always get prescribed sleeping pills. It's a dream, get on the plane, eat the meal, watch the first movie, pop a couple of temazipan and bam...you wake up in Australia totallly refreshed and not even a tiny bit jet lagged. Make sure you stay awake all day and then just to be safe take a couple more before bed and your body will totally be on the correct timeclock for where you are in the world...I love it.

Anyway, I was prescribed these just before my trip, 30 of them to be exact which would usually last me a year of international travels, maybe more. It's been 3 weeks...and I have only 6 pills left. Fuck. I mean, I just can't sleep.

I shot 2 huge scenes on Saturday. I was up at 6am, worked (hard) all day, llifting, carrying, shooting...exhausted. Came home and still cooked my man dinner. Went to bed after midnight (even though have been exhausted all day)...and guess what I couldn't sleep. So after a couple of nights of this I give in and last night I take a couple of pills and then I get to sleep...I also wake up grouchy and bitchy.

Like food and water, a person needs sleep. What is wrong with me? Why won't my breain stop spinning so that I can sleep? I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't gamble, I've never done drugs...I've never been even slightly close to being addicted to anything and now, after a life of mature decisions I'm getting hooked on sleeping pills...but without them I don't sleep. (oh, and I don't drink anything caffeinated bed) What do I do?

Seriously, any insomnia advice would be more than welcome. I'm trying everything and it isn't working.

Inconsolable

Today has been bad, so bad. It started out so well. Had a great class with Satine and a lovely lunch with her and the student...life was good, now it isn't. I just can;t believe how stupid I am and what I have lost today. I'll write more later when I can bring my self to do it. This seems to be a problem I can't solve.

The first copy!

Yep, it arrived today as promised....the first print copy of "Bondage for Sex, Volume 1". It looks great! It's actually a little smaller than I thought it would be at 8 by 10...maybe 8.5 by 11 would have been better, or perhaps I am just being too picky! The images look amazing, and the step by step instruction does look very nice.

One of my models; Darling, is staying with me tonight and she is in the book with her partner Blaze. My favorite step by step pics are of the tie with her, a nice arem and chest harness with the option of adding some breast bondage...yum!

Shooting 2 scenes tomorrow on location so I have to go now and sleep...and wash my ass so I can make Darling and Taylor lick it for me!

One Word....

TAXES!

Yep, hours of going through receipts, etc for 2005...am nowhere near finished but am looking forward to refund (which will buy a 42" plasma tv for me and my man)...thank god for 2006 I have quickbooks and input everything monthly instead of doing what I'm doing now...trying to make sense of an entire year.

WooHoo, finalised the codecs!

After lots of tests and comparisons I can announce the video formats (downloadable) for http://www.chantasbitches.com:

WMV: 640 by 480 at 796kbps
QuickTime: 640 by 480 at 750kbps
Mpeg4 (iPod): 320 by 240...not sure about the kbps yet, am still testing!

I'm still deciding on the streaming. It was going to be wmv but now I am thinking quicktime as it is easier to stream from the server.

Conventions

Hello,

I thought I should clear up which conventions I am and am not attending as it seems I am listed as appearing at some which I am not!

Firstly, I will NOT be at DomConLA. I had planned on teaching there but Mistress Cyan and I never managed to get a hold of each other! Maybe next year.

Secondly, I have just had to cancel my atttendance at Shibaricon. Presenters cover their own costs for this event so I decided to kill 2 birds with one stone and arrange a shoot there with a photographer that pays models fees and travel. Unfortunately he is now unable to shoot so I won't be at Shibaricon, I just can't afford the expense right now...maybe next year once the site is up, the book is released, etc.

So, where else will I be this year?

YES to attending Erotica LA (June). I will be teaching a quick class there and will hopefully also be a bondage sexpert for the Pleasure Chest.

YES to FetishCon in Tampa (August), I'll be teaching there and will be available for a few select shoots.

YES to an east coast book tour! I'll be travelling from Boston down to DC mid September!

YES to Folsom St Fair! Of course! I'll be signing there with my book and will probably volunteer to tie people up for the SoJ booth again (if they'll have me!)

YES to Erotica London (end November)...I am hoping to talk one of the TV stations into letting me host a TV show here again but I'll be there no matter what!

So, that's it so far! I'm sure there will be more to come.

I'm Back!!!!

Everything went very smoothly with immigration here at SFO! I took my attorneys advice and an hour before we landed I changed out of my funky purple tie-die dress (that has flown 54 countries with me)and into a nice classic suit-dress in a dark chocolate brown...basically made sure I didn't look like someone with a cocaine up my ass! For the first time ever I did not have to queue with the visitors and was able to go straight to the residents and citizens lines which were tiny. No questions, no problems...just a welcome home and off I went. I only had hand luggage so I was out of the airport in record time.

Now it's back to work and there is sooooo much to do. I may have to slightly postpone the launch of ChantasBitches.com if I can't get everything done in time...or another alternative that many even be better is to launch with 4 shoots up...but then add one every 2 days for the first week. I have a G5 quad (makes me wet just thinking about it) so it does encode these high quality files as fast as it possibly can but a 40 minute streaming wmv at 768 bitrate still takes hours and I have a total of 12 of them to do (and then theres the downloadable clips)...at least this is the type of thing you set up, set off and walk away for 8 hours to do other things.

Shooting Harmony on Friday and am looking forward to it...she has wanted me to really beat her ass since I first tied her up a year ago. The only weird thing is, she's kind of been fucking around with my brother in law!!!! And now I fuck her with my big strap on...how weird/funny/odd, etc, I really don't know what to think of it!

LOL!

So it looks as if United Atrlines staff are going on strike next Tuesday in Melbourne and Sydney...my flight leaves from Melbourne and I change planes in Sydney...on that day! I might just be trapped here for another day or two! I can certainly think of worse things to happen than to be forced to stay in this beautiful weather but the truth is, my schedule in SF is hectic from the moment I land and I just can't lose a day. I'm about to call United and see if they can get me on a flight a day earlier just to be safe.

Went shoppong down Chapel St yesterday and spent some $$$. Not as much as usual though, I am unemployed after all and have all of my $$$ invested in the new site...but what I did buy is gorgeous. Just lovely timeless dresses that fit like a glove. I know Marty will like them, he loves it when I look "classic". I always had taste but when we got together I used to "show" a lot more (cleavage, etc) and he loved sgowing me off but now, he likes me all covered up and respectable LOL, I guess that's what happens when you go from fuck-buddy to wife!

Beakfast time! take care, Chanta!

Happy to be "home"

Funny isn't it...I'm not exactly sure where my home is. I mean, I live in SF now so i suppose that's it but there is something so nice about the familiararity of melbourne...I'm very happy to be here.

Have been spending every last second with my little brother...my family jokes that we are twins seperated by 12 years (the difference in our ages) as we are so alike; loud, funny, silly, etc!

Went to see Syriana today at the "La Premiere" cinemas...I always go to these when I am here. You sit in the balcony seating of the cinema on huge comfortable sofa's with waiter service and all you can eat/drink of popcorn, soda, etc as well as being able to order cheese plates, desserts and other snacks...I love it so much and wish the US would start having this in some of the theatres.

Caused quite a stir on the "sfbayarea" lj today when I posted my upcoming class "Stimulating and Penetrating the Ass" description on there. LOL, I even got accused of spam...please, it is a community for the sf bay area...loads of people list events there and it's no problem. Sure if I do it all the time then fine but this was my second post their in 3 months.

Going to sleep now!

Rus, rush, rush!

So much to do before getting on a plane tomorrow! I wanted to edit 6 full length videos in 3 days which is actually very realistic for me...I used to do it at CNE all the time but the G5 ran out of space and when I tried to copy files over to the external drive it kept crashing at 4 gigs....well, an hour of video is 12 gigs so this was very, very frustrating. In the end I gave up and called Dre, the old Mac support guy at CNE and told him I'd cook him dinner if he came around, fixed the hard drive and assisted me with some new codecs. Turns out thje drive was formatted for PC which is why it wouldn't work, we fixed that and made it part of the Mac family and now all is good!

Just approved the back cover copy of the book. Am still waiting on some endorsements from people so hopefully I'll get those soon. Madison Young wrote an absolute amazing one for me, she loves the book and said it made her want to break out her rope and do some self bondage LOL!

Okay, gotta go edit...phone appt at 1:30pm and want to edit a scene with Ozzma before then.

Chanta

I Got It!!!!

I have a greencard, I have a greencard...woohoo! One less thing to worry about. I am legal and I can travel. I have already bought the flight to Australia and leave in a couple of days for a quick week and a half trip. I'm so happy to be going home!

Moving along!

I just uploaded pics of the new girls for http://www.chantasbitches.com to the site so go check it out!

I'm stuck at home today. I missed a UPS and a FedEx delivery last Friday so now I'm here waiting, FedEx has already been and gone but it will just be my luck that I'm waiting for UPS all day. I want to be downstairs editing but then I may miss them. I leave a note on the door saying I'm home but can't hear the bell and to call my cell but sometimes they do, sometimes they don't.

I have a tentative release date for the book...about fucking time. I have e-mailled August at the Citadel to see if she may let me have a "Bondage for Sex" party in mid May for the official launch...that would be so cool. I could do a short class first, followed by the party which would be filled with bondage and fucking...very cool! Later in the year I also hope to have a party in NYC.

Tomorrow is the big day. I'll either be overjoyed or more depressed than ever. I have my fingers crossed to be on a plane to Australia in the next few days and it all rests on tomorrow. Please, please, I have had one hell of a bad year and really, really need this to go well to pick me up.

Introducing Ozzma Lynn!

Another first time porn, first time bondage, first time dominated sexy girl for Chanta's Bitches!

Overload!

Okay, so I said I would make it back here to talk about my busy couple of shooting days.

Tuesday I shot with Jenya Leanne and Ozzma Lynn. The Jenya shoot had a nice bondage focus with a lot of forced orgasms and a fantastic suspended strap on fuck! It's important to know how to work with a girl. For example; Jenya is not a pain slut...but she is sexy and will take as much as she can at a moderate level. She has these fabulous boobs that she allows me to bind (she's not into it) but I'm not allowed to slap/flog them or use clamps. Her nipples are so sensitive that even running your finger over them could make her cry...it is a hard limit of hers that i respect...so I have to find other things to do to her...well that's easy; bondage, fucking, pussy licking and a nice OTK spanking!

The second shoot was with a new girl that has never done porn: Ozzma Lynn. I love breaking in virgins...but you always take a chance with them...they may love it, hate, be indifferent to it...you just never know. Ozzma found the impact play (tit/face slapping) to be a little shocking but when I bent her over and flogged her ass she fell right into her role as one of my bitches. I stuck a nice glass dildo in her ass and then fucked her pussy doggy style. Lastly I tickled her like crazy...turns out she is super ticklish and it is the worst punishment of all for her! Lucky I had her all tied up!

This was also the first time trying out my new videographer and he is amazing....better than my old one even so i am very, very happy to have found him. He even has access to a very cool rooftop location that I simply must shoot at.

Okay, so that was Tuesday...I have to edit some more pics but will be back later with the news from Wednesday.

Take care,
Chanta

A new bitch for the collection!

Just finished editing the "Samantha" pics! She was fantastic and I can't wait to work with her again...this was her first "porn" shot EVER...pretty intense to start as one of my bitches huh? And look at that mouth...she can swallow my whole foot...gotta love that!

Yes...I am a workaholic.

So, I shot all day Tuesday (2 scenes) and then all day yesterday (2 scenes). Yesterday was a particularly long day because the first model of the day was an hour late...so then we ran late but at the end of the day I also had to break everything down, load up the car, and then unload again at home. I still haven't cleaned anything or plugged everything in where it should be. Anyway...you would think after all of this I would relax right? Nope...I then edited the 300 pictures from the Jenya shoot LOL!

Today is a video edit day. I have enough material to launch the new site as soon as I get it all edited, etc.