Alright people! Gather round now, gather round! It's time for Scene 1 with your host, Merrick, and the infamous Twisted Monk!

That's right, the first scene from last summer is finally live in the Members Only area. *glee!*

An Introduction to Twisted Monk, 69 pics of bondage-y fun, awaiting NM.com Members! :)
Members can also read a bit more about this first scene in the MO blog post, More About Scene 1.

I could not be more pleased with how it turned out; Monk did some really awesome ties, my photographer captured really lovely tones and compositions, and I had a nice relaxing hammock of rope around me. ;D Makal was nearby operating the camcorder for Monk's own media endeavors... I'm sure it overheard some pretty amusing conversation as we quickly set to work putting me in rope, not an hour after meeting for the first time. :)

And yes--in case you REALLY have to ask--that rope is indeed real; nothing but the finest hemp from Twisted Monk! You gotta love that stuff. :)

Labels: members, new, photos, rope, twistedmonk

Alright, I have a confession to make: I've fallen a bit behind. Only a week, though. See, I started doing the 365 project on Flickr, where you take a picture of your self/your life every day and post it, etc. I've always kind of felt it's like NaNoWriMo, commitment-wise, though in reality it's not one month but a whole year. So, I've been focusing a lot on that. But it's ending up to be quite a fun exercise, all around. It's keeping my imagination flowing, and thanks to my new Gorillapod tripod, I'm doing lots more experimentation with photography (more options on where to shoot). I'm thinking that it could work out to where at least one of my photos each week is from a set that I'll post here... but, we'll see how that goes. No promises; don't want to set my goals *too* high. I know it's going to be an ordeal managing one image a day, period.

So, since we're just over a week into the new year (I started the 365 project on the 1st of the month), that means there's last week's set to introduce. I did get it up in the members area fairly quickly, thanks in part to the simplicity of the editing for this particular set. Due to assorted server issues and just being busy, I didn't get to do any write up for it until today. So if you've not seen the set yet, go check it out!


Light Dusting: 68 pics of nekkid snowyness
And members can read more about the set in this Members Only post...

Essentially, we spent about two weeks in Portland getting royally snowed on. And it was pretty awesome. I was pleased as punch at least; the rest of Portland (and surrounding areas) was perhaps not as accepting of the situation. To be fair, we were snowed in for two weeks... Makal was working from home, the grocery store was running out of certain meats and produce, and the buses weren't running because of the 3" of solid ice on the roads. That ice also meant that Makal and I didn't get our Thinkgeek christmas presents to each other delivered until nearly New Year Day, because UPS wasn't making rounds. Such craziness! More proof of the snow is in my Portland Arctic Blast! set on Flickr. :D

Alright dahlingz; I am getting prepared to release the first of the scenes I shot with Twisted Monk. If everything goes to according to plan I will be getting those uploaded tomorrow! See ya then...

Labels: life, new, photos, portland, preview

And then I forget to post the updates. ^^; Okay well actually, I got really sick with the flu and couldn't be arsed to do much of anything. But I'm mostly better now, just a lingering cough and headache, so that is good. I hope those of you who are also battling seasonal illness get better soon. :D

Earlier this month (wow, I can't believe we're halfway through it already) I posted another new set, When. This was a semi-impromptu self shoot that was inspired by some awesome sex I had that morning; I talk about my thoughts behind the shoot here.

When, 21 images, just for members :)

I'm frustrated lately because I realize there's still a lot I need to do with this site... should have done, really. I lack drive though. I'm terrible at motivating myself. I get to a point where something is... satisfactory, usable, able to fulfill its intended function, and then I leave it be until I'm bored with it's lack of functionality and I begin anew. Yet most of the time, these aspects that are functioning could be tweaked and refined to the point of not just functioning, but... oh I don't know, what's a step above "functioning"? :P I really need to get my act together and I know it. I'm too easily distracted by my own world. I bet you can guess what sort of resolutions I'll be making for the coming new year...

Oh Winter, how you taunt me with your long hours of darkness. *sigh*

Labels: blah, members, new, photos

Now that I've had some time to wrap my brain around this site after that outage, I feel like I'm starting to get back into the swing of things. Okay well, for some reason the blogging process continues to feel really foreign to me, but I'll push through, in the name of some much needed updates...

First up on the ballot (Haha it's a pun! Wait, you don't get it yet...) is the new set of pics, which I shot in the middle of the day on November 4th when I was really tired of hearing about the election. (Now: haha wasn't that a great pun?!) I uploaded a few to Flickr under the title "Today is Not a Special Day", but now that feels too long and sarcastic so a simple "Election Day" it is.

A short, odd set for Members: Election Day, 17 images

Relevant short story: I actually managed to first upload that set without watermarking it and didn't realize it until a week later. The reason? One of my fave guys and someone I've known for years, I'll just call him Oz, is a huge fan of bush and really wanted to see more pictures like this one (NSFW, like it matters to you?) and... since his birthday was coming up, I was happy to post the rest of the set with--yes--more bush. So Oz, I know I'm saying this late but Happy Birthday man! ;D

Now, as I mentioned in my last Update, I recently bought a new domain name for myself. And it's been functioning for, oh, about a week now, and running smoothly at that (though I continue to tweak and poke at it, which is inevitable) so I am excited to finally announce it here! GO NOW: www.MerrickMonroe.com!!! Oooh shiny green! ^_^ Here is a feature/benefit list:

• a login link to Members Only in the top right corner gets you to smutty pictures fast!
• links to chat and networks right at the front, for all your socializing convenience!
• hand-coded from the ground up, so it looks good in any browser!
• most modules are straight-up HTML so the page loads quickly!
• this also means it looks pretty good on an iPhone!
• most* of the images and content are boobie+ free, so you can browse the page at work in leisure! (*no guarantees though...)
  
• with links to pretty much everything I do online, it's the fastest way to get your Merrick fix!

Weee feature/benefits! I'm sure my economics teacher never expected me to utilize his instruction quite like this... ^_~ I have some other website upgrades and shifts planned for the coming season, so keep your eyes peeled...

And I do believe that's it! Goooo, explore the good newnessss.

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