As I am one of my own primary partners (I mean, I contribute a lot of time, energy and resources to myself, right?), I’ve bought myself a bouquet of flowers, and a red vase that I love.

I hate the concept that only a lover can give you flowers, chocolates, etc. I spent this weekend on my own with the kitties, delicious food, lovely flowers, and chocolate covered ginger. I miss Q, yes, but I am also responsible for treating myself well and seeing to my own happiness, which occasionally means fresh flowers in the house.

-Essin’ Em

Last month, I did an early morning photoshoot with Brian Cartwright in downtown Phoenix. While I hated getting up at 6:30 am on a Saturday for it, I really enjoyed shooting with cameras from the 60s, including a polaroid with peel film (as seen in these pictures). I love doing creative and different shoots, and this was certainly one.

Happy Half Nekkid Thursday!

Essin’ Em

The day before Halloween, I did an amazing photoshoot in downtown Phoenix with Brian Cartwright. I’ll post some of those pictures next week. However, for said pictures, I had to glam it up, and that of course included a set of perfectly bright red lips. Voila!

Happy Half Nekkid Thursday!

-Essin’ Em

Happy Halloween!

Tried to get a better picture of our pumpkins, but unfortunately, I can’t seem to find my card reader for my camera, so we’ll rely on the pictures from Q’s cell phone.

Q carved the pumpkin on the left, I carved the one on the right. Not very pervy, but I’ll work on it. I like my giraffe, but ultimate goal is to be able to carve a rocking vulva into a pumpkin — how awesome would that be. Maybe next year.

Anyways, happy halloween to one and all! It’s one of, if not my favorite of all the holidays. It’s pretty non-religious, it involves fun dressing up, carving pumpkins, drinking apple cider, and of course, lots of CHOCOLATE! What’s not to love?

Have fun, be safe, and I look forward to seeing lots of pictures. I’m going as Rosie the Riveter (We CAN Do It!) and Q is going as “party in my pants” — complete with invitations.

Happy Halloween!

-Essin’ Em

This picture is from last weekend’s RACK Room party. I went with my moose Evey…she as a good conscience, me as a bad conscience. I’m sure you can imaging the devilish and angelic outfits that we each rocked out in. There will hopefully be a picture of the two of us at some point, once I can find out who was taking those pictures.

But for now, enjoy my horns…and not much else!

Happy Half Nekkid Thursday!

-Essin’ Em

As I’m getting to see my favorite Moose tomorrow, also known as Evey, I thought I’d post a picture of the two of us, just to give you some ideas of what craziness is going to go down tomorrow night at the RACK Room’s Skull FuK (Fetish und Kink) party. Evey is going as an angel, and I a devil, as good conscious and bad conscious. 

Happy Half Nekkid Thursday all!

-Essin’ Em

We’re now allowed to show our pictures from the Sex Blogger Calendar 2011, and I love love love this picture. Thanks to Marty Carstens for taking this fabulous photo of me and Valerie (Vivianne the Vulva’s smaller cousin), to all of those people and companies who worked to put it on, and all of the other hot and sexy models who came together to raise money for sexual freedom!

Calendars are now available online — click here to buy your own! With Nina Hartley on the cover, and Jiz Lee in January (I’m in June), it’ll be a great way to celebrate the new year, and they make great, social justice oriented presents for the holiday season. Just saying…

-Essin’ Em

This is from fall of 2008, but I love the pumpkin awesomeness, so I hope you don’t mind them being back.

I’m so happy with pumpkin chai lattes, pumpkin scones, pumpkin smoothies and pumpkin cheesecake all reappearing. I plan to make some epic batches of pumpkin pancakes, and Q and I are going this weekend to a pumpkin farm for hay rides and to pick out a pumpkin each to carve.

Basically, one might say that I have a pumpkin fetish. And I’d totally agree.

Happy Pumpkin Month! (and HNT),

-Essin’ Em

The above picture is my outfit that I wore for Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco last weekend. It’s an amazing outfit, period. I found the skirt on sale for $5 at Target, the hose as a two-pack (the other are much tighter weave, and are leopard print fishnet!) for $7, and then of course, my favorite fire corset and rainbow zebra shoes, coming together for an incredibly hot outfit. I love it.

I had a blast at Folsom, although it was quite hot, and there was far too much walking involved for a poor little femme using a cane. Maybe if I go again in the future, I’ll get me some ponies to pull me around.

My demo went great. About 45-50 people in the audience, two lovely demo bottoms, and lots of fantabulous queer energy made for a VERY fun “kinky games people play” demo at the Venus Playground. Plus, I got to see Madison Young, Mollena, Garnet Joyce, and other fabulous sex positive pervs…and then I finished off the day dancing with an old friend from Philly, and the love of her life. I give that a good thumbs up.

And now, I’m off to New York!

Happy HNT everyone!

-Essin’ Em

Tree tattoo my left leg. Artist: Molly "Tsunami"

While I was in Denver in July, I had a new tattoo artist (who is now my absolute favorite) create a custom piece for me. I wanted a beautiful tree, but it was important to me for it to have solid roots. I had it done in Denver, where my roots are. I wanted the tree to kind of match the rest of my tattoos, both in style and coloring, so it has swirls, and mostly black with a hint of red. This tattoo ties the two genderless people on my back for my favorite tattoo. It makes me so happy.

I had a weird reaction to the red, so even two months later, it is still finishing healing, but the black is good to go. I think it looks absolutely stunning, and represents me to a T: always grown, and flowing, and changing, but firmly anchored, both to my home and to my passions/beliefs.

This fabulous artist is Molly “Tsunami” Christopher, in Denver, Colorado. Both Q and I had work done by her (plus she offers beautiful custom work, life time touch ups, etc, and is super cute to boot) and would both highly recommend her.

While my leg isn’t the traditional kind of “Nekkid” per se, it is showing a piece of me, baring who I am. So Happy Half Nekkid Thursday to you all!

-Essin’ Em