"That sounds like a Vivid production," he says after I tell him about the storyline. "The plot.... is it Vivid?"
I can't help but laugh out loud. Jay is the closest thing I have to a boyfriend (maybe he
is my boyfriend?), and I'm telling him about the bit of adult entertainment I recently watched and reviewed. Our talk of moving me to California has got me concentrated on finding work in LA or the surrounding area, and even though I've been saying this since last year, the next job I have is going to be a journalism job. I've been ready to leave Chicago since October, but have put it off and put it off, because while there's nothing keeping me here, there's also nothing anywhere else that makes me want to leave.
Except now, maybe him.
Either way, I'm ready to get back into the newsroom, and if that means southern California, fine. We've already made plans for me to whip up some articles while I'm back in Long Beach next week, and I'm working on a cover letter for an unnamed business, one that is in the "adult entertainment" industry, on the media side of things. And I don't mean like raucous newsroom sex scenes. Although that might be a pretty rockin' beat (Time for some research).
Thus the porn review.
I'd say I'm more knowledgeable than many when it comes to the history of adult entertainment industry, because I find it so interesting, and because I'm a staunch advocate of First Amendment rights and a student of journalism law ( ex: miller v. california). These are two areas in which the adult entertainment industry and my industry have come together (love it when that happens) to defend each other. And if I can get a job working in one to learn about and report on the other, that sounds like a great opportunity to me.
So the porn review.
With the advent of online journalism and new media as the media these days, many adult websites have set up user review sites so that "people like you" can write, comment and critique the subject matter they know so well. It's the same thing as the news revolution we've seen over the past few years. Who needs a journalist unfamiliar with a neighborhood to come in and report on it when the residents themselves can provide better coverage? The premise of these websites and reviews is the same.
So I've signed up for a site and am now a bonafide video reviewer. It's a new process, but thus far, a fun one. And having support from others is always nice, no matter what I'm writing about.
Jay and I have been able to talk about anything since we met, and when I tell him about the reviews I'm writing, he's excited for me and happy that I'm doing something proactive for my career. And happy, of course, when I ask him to "research" with me.
And then when I tell him about "Pretty Girl" and he can tell it's a Vivid production, I laugh even harder. It's like we're playing "Name that Tune" or something. I'd like to think it's my stellar description that clued him into the production company, but no, he just knows his um, production companies that well. Sounds like I'm got a great research assistant on my hands.
I can't help but laugh out loud. Jay is the closest thing I have to a boyfriend (maybe he
is my boyfriend?), and I'm telling him about the bit of adult entertainment I recently watched and reviewed. Our talk of moving me to California has got me concentrated on finding work in LA or the surrounding area, and even though I've been saying this since last year, the next job I have is going to be a journalism job. I've been ready to leave Chicago since October, but have put it off and put it off, because while there's nothing keeping me here, there's also nothing anywhere else that makes me want to leave.Except now, maybe him.
Either way, I'm ready to get back into the newsroom, and if that means southern California, fine. We've already made plans for me to whip up some articles while I'm back in Long Beach next week, and I'm working on a cover letter for an unnamed business, one that is in the "adult entertainment" industry, on the media side of things. And I don't mean like raucous newsroom sex scenes. Although that might be a pretty rockin' beat (Time for some research).
Thus the porn review.
I'd say I'm more knowledgeable than many when it comes to the history of adult entertainment industry, because I find it so interesting, and because I'm a staunch advocate of First Amendment rights and a student of journalism law ( ex: miller v. california). These are two areas in which the adult entertainment industry and my industry have come together (love it when that happens) to defend each other. And if I can get a job working in one to learn about and report on the other, that sounds like a great opportunity to me.
So the porn review.
With the advent of online journalism and new media as the media these days, many adult websites have set up user review sites so that "people like you" can write, comment and critique the subject matter they know so well. It's the same thing as the news revolution we've seen over the past few years. Who needs a journalist unfamiliar with a neighborhood to come in and report on it when the residents themselves can provide better coverage? The premise of these websites and reviews is the same.
So I've signed up for a site and am now a bonafide video reviewer. It's a new process, but thus far, a fun one. And having support from others is always nice, no matter what I'm writing about.
Jay and I have been able to talk about anything since we met, and when I tell him about the reviews I'm writing, he's excited for me and happy that I'm doing something proactive for my career. And happy, of course, when I ask him to "research" with me.
And then when I tell him about "Pretty Girl" and he can tell it's a Vivid production, I laugh even harder. It's like we're playing "Name that Tune" or something. I'd like to think it's my stellar description that clued him into the production company, but no, he just knows his um, production companies that well. Sounds like I'm got a great research assistant on my hands.
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