That’s right fellow Dopers, yours truly is going to a porn convention this evening. I’m very excited (and a little nervous) because I have never gone to anything like this before. Hell, I’m not even into porn.
I heard about it yesterday on the local newsradio station, when they were interviewing some self-righteous busybody who was condemning it. I thought to myself, “Self, I ought to go to this to exercise my First Amendment rights and to spite cunts like that. Plus, how often does one get to go to a porn convention? The novelty value alone would be worth it for shits and giggles.”
Still I hesitated, because like I said, I don’t buy or watch a lot of porn. I thought the convention would be either in downtown or clear on the other side of town…is it really worth it to fight the Friday evening traffic in Houston? Plus, I’ve got finals next week that I need to be studying for. So when I got home from work, I looked it up on the Internet…it is just down the street from where I work…not even a mile away from where I sit typing this.
Clearly this is a message…The Universe wants me to go to the porn convention.
So, I’m going!
I may even do all of my Christmas shopping while there:
Buttplug for Grandma…Check!
Ass-less leather chaps for Dad…Check! Back Door Action 27 for the Brother-in-Law…Check!
Ball gag and Cat-O-Nine-Tails for that “special someone”…Check!
Ron Jeremy (and many others I’m not familiar with) will be there. Cameras will be allowed, so pictures will be taken…and posted here.
Oh, Houston isn’t that bad. I realize that we are the butt of jokes and pretty much universally slammed, but trust me, it’s a pretty nice place to live.
I’ve been to the big one in Vegas before, and it’s really not what I thought it was going to be. Yeah, there were nude women about, but they were out numbered by dudes selling DVD duplicating machines and the like by, oh, 1200 to 1. It’s an industry thing, they’re there for business, not for setting up a sex zoo. It cost something like $35 to get in, but it was maybe 5 minutes of interesting stuff and funny give aways and it got old really quick. Of course, YMMV, but we’ll be in Vegas again this year at the same time as the convention but I’m not going again.
Actually, my sister is part of the reason I’m going. She and my BIL went to one in LA a number of years ago, and they had a blast.
Mind you, they are both fairly conservative people. She said it was fun to look at all of the freaky products for sale, not to mention the more “interesting” people in attendance.
While they were there, my BIL had his picture taken with a porn starlet. She asked my sis if she could touch my BIL. My sis said, “Sure!” Said starlet then grabs my BIL’s package…it made for a very funny photo.
Anyway, I’m looking forward to it. I’ll try anything once if it isn’t illegal or especially life-threatening.
Just another scenic overlook on the journey that is Life.
For those of you interested in this actual porn convention (including checking out the guest list), Google “Lone Star Pornutopia.” Needless to say, the site is NOT WORK-SAFE!
I might be going ton one toward the beginning of January in Vegas. I’m mighty pleased about the idea - not because it’s porn, but because I absolutely love conventions, especially when it’s stuff I like (anime, porn, or both, or video games). To the best of my knowledge a friend of mine on the board will be going as well. Anyone else in?
Oh sure, and I’ve gotten a lot of milage out of the story too. I did get my pic taken with some random nude women, which is a hoot, until my girlfriend accidentially showed it to her grandmother. :eek:
There are some toys and such for sale, and the free samples were pretty much a bumpersticker that said “I’d rather be watching porn”, a free shirt from Evil Angel, and a fist (haha) full of little lubes. I also got to shake hands with a rather startled Vince Neil (caught him leaving out a side door). All in all I’m glad I went, but don’t plan on making a day out of it.
I’ve been to the one in Barcelona. It’s crazy! Tastefully named “Barcelona International Erotic Film Festival.”
I bought myself a nice toy there. Put it in my handcarry. Layover in Changi airport at the height of the no-gel-no-lotion-take-of-your-belt security regulations. You know the rest.
I couple years ago I lucked into a job building a website for a well known porn star. This was before I got sober and I ended up losing the job because I couldn’t stop drinking at that point. Anyway, before I lost the job I got to go to PornDex, the porn area of ComDex with the well known porn star I was working with. I went to meet some of the people that she was setting up deals with for her website. I got to meet a bunch of other porn stars and frankly most of them were pretty scary in person.
It was kind of cool, though, because I was walking through the biggest porn convention in the world with a porn star on my arm. Barbara, her real name, was a touchy kind of gal and had me by the arm most of the time. She got stopped often for autographs. It was interesting.
It is kind of a bummer that I was still drinking at the time*. If I had it together it is very possible that I would have made a decent chunk of change. The website tech wasn’t all that advanced and Barbara and I came up with some cool ideas.
The weird thing about the convention was that Barbara was introducing me to the girls and most of the time there would be huge posters of the girls doing their thing right behind them. What, exactly, are you supposed to say? Hi, nice to meet you. Your oral abilities are outstanding**.
Slee
*In hindsight it is a good thing I lost the job. It aided my slide towards the point that I decided I had to get clean.
**Phrased nicely so that no foul langauge enters MPISMS.
I’m that friend waves. It’s the weekend before my 21st birthday, so it’ll be fun! Hooray! (For those of you keeping track, I’ve actually bumped my Chicago trip up one week).
