you have my # :)Quote:
I want to come visit your casa and check out your operation. I have always wanted to do that. It would be like Charley wanting to go see Willy Wonka's Chocolate factory. roflmao. ((hugs))
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you have my # :)Quote:
I want to come visit your casa and check out your operation. I have always wanted to do that. It would be like Charley wanting to go see Willy Wonka's Chocolate factory. roflmao. ((hugs))
Hi Rocky,Quote:
Originally Posted by BeachBoi_Rocky
It was great seeing you also, I wanted to take you and lock you in my basement naked also, but I don't have one. I will just lock you in my bedroom instead. Thanks for the DVD offer, we never made it back to the convention Sunday. We spent Sunday together and just relaxed and then Ryan and I drove back to Tampa Sunday evening. I could use some good jo material also, those dvd's would of came in handy. hehehe.
Email me your address and I'll send out 7 dvd's for you and the guys.
:-)
Rocky
rocky@eonfilms.com
Bless your heart. Will do it right now.
Is that an open invite? :devil:Quote:
Originally Posted by BeachBoi_Rocky
If so, is there any chance i could substitute DVDs for the actual models j/k
Regards,
Lee
I'm 25, and until I found this out, I woulda bet money that you were younger than me. So this isn't surprising...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jasun
Whatever you are doing (or not doing), it's working!!
ok.. cool..
I'll keep drinking, smoking and man-handling the innocent.
oh, and being Canadian.
YAY.
:jasun:
Hmm, I don't remember wearing bikini briefs. Of course I do remember wearing even less when I went for a midnight swim with Dustin from Speciality Pubs and Jonathan from Bel Ami (though he kept his pants on).Quote:
Originally Posted by Jasun
Jasun, I really missed seeing more of you, literally. Now I know you were at those "mainstream" parties (If you were there they weren't "straight!") I just hope you stayed out of the ladies' room this time.
It was a great trip and I was glad to catch up with som many friends from the boards. I just wish I had more time to hang with more people. I'm not gonna name names but I love the guys (and gals) in this biz and Internext made me realize how lucky I am not to be working in tax consulting or industrial equiptment. How can you complain about an industry where you get in trouble if you DON'T watch porn at work!
I would echo the earlier comment about Phoenix Forum being better than Internext for networking and new business.
Internext was fun, good to see people I knew and meet those who I only knew from the boards.....but in terms of generating new business, I would say that overall it was not such a great show. And the way it was organized, there was really no centralized networking events.
I felt that the seminars were for the most part really lacking (and some were darn right awful!). Also, since the seminars and the trade floor overlaped in hours, it was imposible to go around the trade floor if you wanted to attend the seminars.
The highlight for me was having a lunch meeting -- in the top swimming pool! The waiter actually brought our food and drinks and put them on the ledge of the pool so we could continue our meeting as we ate lunch in the pool. If only all meetings could be like that!
For those of you who I did not get to meet up with while I was there, please IM me or email me so that we can at least say "hi" post conference.
Best,
BoyNation
I always love seeing my new friends at the shows, and believe it is important to have facetime with the people I do business with - many of whom were there. However, I must also say that I am bringing very little work back with me this time. This surprises me because last year's Internext Florida was unquestionably the best and most valuable show for me in 2004.
The setup of the show made it extremely difficult to network. There was a Berlin Wall style division between the Upstairs and the Downstairs. Either way you picked I felt like I missed something. The cabanas may have been a nice idea on paper - but in practice I think the sponsors got very little of their info out - because who wants to collect cards and papers poolside in the 96 degree heat? Plus you get three people in those tiny little hobbit holes and it's cramped for space.
Also after spending the entire first day at the pool, the sun did a great job at successfully sapped a lot of my energy for the evening.
This is the first show where I met almost nobody new.
Dzinerbear -- you know I had to scramble for a room at the Westin.... it is interesting to see that you had to stay at the Holiday Inn. Frankly, I cannot understand how they had every room booked.... but I guess they did.
Furthermore, maybe one day they will have a usefull gay marketing seminar. Everyone involved is very good at what they do. But the reason the gay marketing seminar was not attended is pretty much a vote of confidence by the gay attendees as to whether they think it would be useful. It is this kind of stuff that makes the smaller fry attendee really weigh and value the benefits of their $300 registration fee.
Steve
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Originally Posted by dillmedia
Yeah.. I'm not sure what made me call them that.. you were wearing Boxer Trunks.
Apparetnly, I'm not gay enough to know the proper names for under garments.
But you sure looked great in them.
Man from the feedback I'm seeing, I'm almost glad that I didn't attend. Thinking now that I'll forego Vagas and just attend Phoenix. I know I can network and have a good time there. lol Though I can do without losing another shirt!
AJ and Kelly and I had a great time meeting some of the folks we've never actually met before, reconnecting with old friends, and making some new ones.
I think the idea of offering the networking options by the pool was a really good one, but the 96 degree heat made it somewhat unworkable. And the indoor show floor was marred by these walled-up booth things that I am guessing was intended to make the show more intimate and allow business to be done better... but to me it felt more intimidating to wander into one of those booths than the ones that were open.
A lot of people have bitched that the event was mostly straight, but as far as I'm concerned that's pretty much the way it's always been, so that part didn't bother me.
The parties were a great way for people to meet each other, but WHEN will those running the events realize that loud music/overly loud drag numbers / etc are pretty counterproductive to a networking event? I have no problem with music or stage shows to keep things fun and interesting and provide atmosphere, but they should definitely be a side note so those that want to meet and talk to others don't need to be fluent in American Sign Language to communicate.
And I really, really, really hope that AVN will dump the Diplomat for another property next year. The Diplomat is beautiful, but the service, both this year and last, was abysmal. Restaurants opened late or closed early, staff was rude and unhelpful (with a few notable exceptions) room cleaning service either had to be beaten away with a stick (in spite of do-not-disturb signs) or pestered mercilessly to get them to show up at all, and everyone I know had bogus charges mysteriously added to their room bills. The worst part is the Diplomat management doesn't really seem to care, so I'm guessing that the disinterest in the guest probably stems all the way from the top level of management.
Was it worth the money? For us, I would say definitely yes. Could it be improved? Of course. But on the whole, I appreciate the gamble that AVN took in restructuring the show, and I think that with some refinement, the format shows a lot of promise.
Man, I hate that I missed this convention. Maybe I can go next year. I'll never make it to the Vegas shows with my vanillia job in the way. But I loved florida when I went to my first Internext.
And Laurence, I love your site btw. I'll take one of everything please, including your models ^_^