Girls (and boys) on film

Ah, sex. My favourite topic.

As Aaron Strickler sees things, the world would be better off if others could see him having sex on film.

"Filming sex is fun and bringing joy and levity to other people is the biggest thing we can do in this life," he said before he premiered a short film of explicit footage in a split-screen, black-and-white format.

Strickler, 36, and the other six finalists at San Francisco's Amateur Erotic Film Competition were following a long tradition of homemade porn that has often helped inspire the mainstream industry.

I don't know who Aaron Strickler is, nor do I think I want to see him on video. No, I don't think the world would be a better place if I DID see him on video. But it got me thinking a little.

Have you put yourself on film before? Ever thought about it? What do you think about taping yourself? And what's that you say? Who? Me? Sorry? Lil'ol me?

I confess I haven't really thought about it. Yes, I've been captured on film for all god's forsaken eternity. But I didn't instigate it, didn't desire it. The camera was just.... there. And rolling. But you really don't think about it after the first minute or two because you're so.... *ahem*.... involved with other things.

And the first time I saw myself on film? I remember thinking Holy Shit. What the fuck is that bloody bloated whale of a person doing??? Delete! Delete! Delete! Heh. Most thrilling, eh?

But the funny thing? The funny thing about home movies is tha one really doesn't care if the film is rolling or not. A home movie looks exactly like what it is. Bad acting, poor editing, and a horrific plot (if any, at all) But pictures..... ah, pictures...... pictures can be so damned sexy.

You know it's deliberate.
You know someone's watching you carefully and oh-so-intimately..
You know someone's thinking about how you're positioning yourself.
You know that very self same same person is wondering how to position themselves around *you*.
It's intense, it's voyeuristic, and it's very very sensual.


Heh. Just my 2 cents worth.