All over the map today

The pre-party jitters have settled in for the duration. I probably should have passed on the caffeinated coffee this morning. Besides being keyed up over SL, I’m still on a high from the shoot last week and my book coming out, so there is a bit of overload happening. Deep breaths, Erica. I know I’m setting myself up for a spectacular drop, but I’ll worry about that later.

The preparations are in gear. Already got the pedicure (I don’t bother with manicures; my fingernails are hideous, so I just cut them short) and the haircut, and banished those pesky gray hairs. I tore my closet apart yesterday, trying on outfits. Usually I buy something new for these parties, but this year, money is especially tight. So I’m recycling.

Today is laundry day and my last trip to the gym for a few days. Tomorrow will be a whirlwind of last-minute odds and ends. Yes, I know, I’m only going away for three days. I’m not moving to Siberia. But this is what I do.

Anyway, I have a bunch of shout-outs today. The wonderful Zelle is at it again, singing my book’s praises on her blog. I nearly fell over in my chair laughing when I saw her clever Photoshop of me emerging from a coffee cup (go look). Thank you, my friend! What are your publicist rates? I owe you a bundle by now.

There’s a new book in the spanko world! The Spanking Writers (Abel and Haron) have put together an anthology of spanking stories from various writers, entitled The Spanking Collection. And here’s the best part: all proceeds from the book will be donated to cancer research. Please check it out.

Sending out my best wishes and warm hugs to the beautiful Pixie, who is home recovering from surgery. She’s had a tough year and I hope things look up for her very soon. I really am fond of that girl.

This week, The Villain and Dana Kane are relocating to Las Vegas. Las Vegas’s gain is definitely L.A.’s loss! (sniff) But they have both assured me they will be back here regularly, including for Spanking Court shoots. Last week when I told V, “I don’t want you guys to move away!”, he laughed and said, “Ah, we’re just over the hill!” Over the hill, he says. I wish I were so laid back about a 4-5 hour drive! Anyway… I wish them the very best on their move.

Last but definitely not least, that wonderful UPT (Ultra-Popular Top) Richard Windsor offered to shoot a little book promo video with me at the party, to put on Spanking Tube. You’ll see a very different Richard from the one who shot the interview with me last year — a lot less of him, to be specific. What is it now, Rich — 80 pounds down? Somewhere around there. 🙂 Fabulous.

All right… must go be productive.

@#$%ing Tootsie Rolls!

Yes, I know. That’s a very strange title for a blog entry. But I do have an explanation. (don’t I always?)

I love Tootsie Rolls. I always have a bag of the Midgees in my kitchen, and I usually have a few of them in a Baggie in my purse. Last Saturday at John’s while we were watching TV, we were having snacks and drinking coffee, and I pulled a Tootsie Roll out of my purse to munch on.

The next day, John took me by the hand when I was about to leave. “Come over here, young lady.” He led me over to his coffee table and pointed. I looked down and saw magazines, a couple of DVDs, the DVD remote. Oh, and one lone crumpled Tootsie Roll wrapper.

“Do you think my coffee table is a garbage receptacle?” he asked. Well no, of course not. I merely overlooked that little wrapper when we were cleaning up.

“Here’s what you’re going to do,” he ordered, still gripping my hand. “You’re going to tell [New Guy] about this, and have him handle it as he sees fit. Then you have him email me and tell me if he thinks the situation was handled well enough, or if you need more. If he and I determine that further punishment is in order, I’m taking you to Las Vegas this weekend and letting everyone spank you.”

Oh, brother. Sure, honey. Whatever you say. I figured he was just in pre-Shadow Lane toppy tease mode, but then tonight on the phone, he reiterated what he wanted me to do. Fine…

So New Guy came over, and I told him the story. Surprise, surprise, he agreed with John that I’d committed an egregious and irresponsible act. (rolling eyes) “Too bad we don’t have that wrapper here,” he said.

“Oh, but we do,” I said, giggling. I got up, went to the kitchen and came back holding a Tootsie Roll Midgee. He unwrapped it and we split it. Then he crumpled the wrapper and threw it on my coffee table. “Is that about the way it was on John’s table?” he asked. “Yup,” I said.

“I think you need to get up close and personal with that wrapper.” He then cleared everything off the table (except the wrapper). Next thing I knew, I was on the table.

Spanking and lecturing then ensued, with the intent being that I’d never forget to pick up after myself again. (Dammit! I just overlooked it! I cleaned up everything else! Argghh) Ah, but NG is diabolical. He took it an extra step.

“I think you should have that wrapper taped to your nose.”

Yeah, right. And I think you should go fornicate yourself.

He told me to go get some tape. I said no. He convinced me with his heavy black strap that I really should go get the @#$%ing tape.

Yes, kids. I had to endure the rest of the spanking with a Tootsie Roll wrapper taped to my nose.

The grand finale was 10 belt strokes, and he said I needed to count them and say after each one, “I will not leave Tootsie Roll wrappers laying around.”

“Do you want me to leave the incorrect grammar intact?” I snapped. Laying, indeed. I got extra for correcting him, but it was well worth it.

(sigh) I’m afraid I failed to grasp the gravity of the situation. I just couldn’t stop laughing.

We actually didn’t play all that hard tonight, honestly. I think he was leaving me in one piece for this coming weekend. I will not see him next Monday, as we’ll just be getting home. But I have no doubt that in two weeks, he’ll make up for it.

And I’ll be happy to see him, as always. 🙂

The Villain Strikes: Erica Scott

V and Dana had a very busy Friday/Saturday. They got the video completely edited, then went to put it on Spanking Tube… and it was too large a file. We just kept going and going and going, and it was jam-packed with spanking action. So they had to find another place to put it, and then created a one-minute teaser video for Spanking Tube. That one, you can see here:

V also blogged about it here (go give the man some blog love, will ya?), tweeted about it, and posted pictures on FetLife. So, some of you have already seen the video in its entirety.

For those who haven’t, you can find the full-length film here. Even for this site, they had to edit it down a bit. Tough call, deciding what to snip out, because we loved it all.

They did a fan-freaking-tastic job and I’m thrilled to pieces with it. John liked it, and it’s very hard to impress him, since he’s seen so much spanking content over the years.

When V first told me about doing this and described everything he was bringing, I thought, holy crap, he’s going to have a carload of stuff, the parking is terrible on my block and it’s over 100 degrees out — what a nightmare! I told him, park in the red zone, call me from your car and I’ll come down and help you. Not necessary, he replied, it all fits in one bag. Huh??

Sure enough, he showed up with one big duffel bag on Thursday at noon. Remember in Mary Poppins, she had that one suitcase, but kept pulling one thing after another after another out of it? That’s what it was like with his duffel — out came a camera, three tripods, huge fluorescent bulbs, umbrellas to filter the lights, a microphone, power strips, cords, other odds and ends. We sat and talked for about 20 minutes while he set everything up.

I think we had five, maybe six camera position changes. For one quick portion, we had to set up the camera and a light in the hallway outside my front door. Fortunately, no one came down the hall or opened their door. That would have taken some ‘splaining. Once we got to the spanking action, then it was all one wide-angle shot. You could see all of him, all of me, and I made sure to keep my head craned around so my face was visible. (It’s no coincidence that I have a stiff neck after every video shoot!)

He thought it was going to take five-six hours, but we banged it out in four. And had so, so much fun doing it, lots of laughs and silliness. My apartment’s A/C cooperated for once and it was about 73 degrees (couldn’t get it any cooler), even though it was triple digits outside. Still, V drenched his shirt by the time we were done. Fortunately, he had a spare.

We didn’t have anyone to take stills for us, of course, so he said he’d pull stills with frame grabs. Every now and then as we were shooting, he’d whisper “Hold this for a few seconds, for a still,” and we’d freeze in position. I think that worked well.

Anyway, just like in the video, he was here and gone, and I was left sort of stupefied and giddy (not to mention a little tender). I put an oversized t-shirt on so I could go get the mail, and when I came back, I glanced at my front door, at the site of the doorbell, and noticed the black Labelmaker sticker with my last name on it. My real last name. Oh, crap. I’d completely forgotten about that.

So I wrote to V, asking if there’s any way they could blur that out. He wrote back, saying they’d already seen it and they were going to put an overlay on it to cover it up. I have no idea what that entails, but they did it. All you see is a white square. Amazing.

I would say both V and Dana should have a round of applause for how well they put this together, and how quickly! 🙂  I do hope y’all like it.

And apparently I’m going to be punished tomorrow for letting strangers into my apartment late at night…

Update — Pictures!

The video is not up yet, but V sent me a few teaser photos, just in time so I can post them before heading to John’s. 😀

The intruder comes in:

Menacing me in my bedroom: (can you guys see this OK? It’s very dark on my computer, but mine always shows things much darker)

When I first realize his intentions:

I’m not sure what sort of photo effect V and Dana put on this one, but I think it’s quite cool!

Editing the video has been a collaborative effort between V and Dana. Thank you, Dana! I love you guys!

Have a great weekend, y’all. As soon as I have a link, I will share it.

I can’t wait

I meant to, I really did. I was going to wait until I had pictures and a link for y’all, but I can’t. Some news demands immediacy.

I had a visitor yesterday. An intruder, who pushed his way into my front door, who dragged me into my bedroom with his hand over my mouth. He was quite sinister and I was scared half to death. I offered him money and my jewelry, but he didn’t want any of that.

It seemed I was done for… but this particular intruder was kinky. He didn’t want to kill me, or even rape me. He just wanted to spank me. And record it. How twisted is that?

I never got his name, but he left his calling card.

That’s right, V. For Villain.

This one will be free on Spanking Tube. As soon as I have a link and some photos, I will post them. I guess I’m a little kinky too. 🙂

A few odds and ends

Mr. Brushstrokes at The Spanking Spot is certainly doing his best to stir up new interest in my oldies. A couple of weeks ago, he reviewed “The Spanking Professor,” and today, I found a review for “The Schoolmaster’s Revenge,” Spanking Epics’ premier video, shot in 2004. I have a love/hate relationship with that video — I loved being part of it, I loved everyone at SE, I had the time of my life shooting with them… but ugh! That topping scene I did! Suckage! And I looked like a frumpy 1912 widowed mother. Guess that’s because I was playing one. 🙂 Still, it was well worth getting to work with Keith Jones again.

Speaking of videos — some of you may remember the one Danny Chrighton and I shot three years ago, called “When Danny Met Erica.” We wrote and produced that DVD, Chelsea Pfeiffer and her hubby shot it, Danny edited it, and Shadow Lane has been distributing it for us. However, I just found out that SL is no longer distributing outside DVDs (they used to sell stuff for Chelsea, Clare Fonda, and Northern Spanking as well). Sooooo… What do we do with this thing? It’s about a half-hour long, it’s beautifully shot. It’s not broken up into clips — Danny would have to do that, I guess, if we decided to go that way. Personally, I’d rather leave it intact. He has all the master files — I don’t have anything but photos. Any of you experts out there have thoughts?

As you guys know, this particular video means a lot to me. 🙂

And finally… Something wicked this way comes. Thursday. Stay tuned.

Yes, I’m a tease. Whaddaya going to do about it, hmmm?