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Sunday, December 17, 2023
Unwanted Packages....
'When you stop believing in Santa....
You get underwear.'
We all loved when the Sears Wish book arrived. Even though it usually arrived at our doorsteps in August or September, the Christmas countdown was then officially turned on! After fighting with my siblings about who got it first, we all flipped first to the sections with toys, games and sporting equipment.
When I was alone however... like all sexually confused and closeted young kids, I then sneaked a peak at the 2, maybe 4 pages displaying men's underwear. Those poor Sears male model's all got a holiday modeling gig, but one where their crotches were all airbrushed so they all looked like Ken dolls. Even though these penisless people were incapable of getting a stiffy, they did have the power to produce them in others.
As erotic as they catalogue pages were to a 10 year old, in the end, underwear wasn't something you wanted to find under the Christmas tree. It was embarrassing getting those little plastic bags with 3 or 6 pairs of white or multi-colored briefs. It was especially awkward if they came from your great aunt. No one wants to think of their great aunt when they slip on their briefs every morning before school.
The Ten Least Favorite Gifts Boys Want To Find Under The Tree:
10. Battery operated Toys (Without batteries when all the stores were closed)
9. Notebooks or diaries
8. Mittens
7. Puzzles
6. Dictionary (pre having the net)
5. Socks
4. Slippers
3. Toothbrush or Dental Floss
2. Homemade ANYTHING: Scarfs, Bathrobes, Sweaters
1. UNDERWEAR!
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When we get a little older, like in our late teens or twenties, getting sexy underwear from someone you're in a relationship can be fun. It's also hot to let them know whenever you're together in the future that you're wearing them. When you give them as a gift yourself, you feel a hot (but looking back icky) sense ownership over your partners genitals when they're wearing the undies that you gave them.
By the time we reach our thirties, we sort of tire of getting underwear again, especially from the person we're seeing or connected with. The ownership bull is over, at least for those who've matured, and the underwear is usually not that comfortable, and you're at the stage you go for comfort, and prefer to buy your underwear yourself.
I'm guessing however, but by the time you hit your fifties or sixties, you're back to enjoying, or at least pretending to enjoy, getting underwear as gifts. My mom gave my dad sock, underwear or slippers almost every Christmas for years on end. I swear she re-gifted unopened bags of underwear he never wore several years in a row. He never seemed to notice, or admit he noticed, and pretended it was the best Christmas gift ever.
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12 Days: Mimi Branescu in Tuesday After Christmas
'Paul Hanganu loves two women. Adriana his wife and the mother of their daughter, the woman with whom he's shared the thrills of the past ten years, and Raluca the woman who has made him redefine himself. He has to leave one of them before Christmas.'
When I first began my 12 Days theme, it started as a way to count down the 12 Days of Christmas by undressing those holiday hunks from Hallmark. Since then, I've expanded beyond just Hallmark hotties, and also to other holidays throughout the year.
For some reason, I've been watching fewer Hallmark movies this year than I usually do. Maybe it's because there are fewer new ones due to the actors strike this year, but I don't think that's the main reason. It's not just the new movies that I watch, as there are still hundreds from previous holiday seasons that I have never seen.
I think in part it's my mood. I often put on Hallmark films as 'background.' They're like elevator music in the distance when I do work around my home. This year, is my first year in my new digs, and there far less work to be done. I'm renting, so there's no walls to paint, no kitchen cupboards to repair, less cleaning and maintenance. I do still spend time in the evening doing work for my job, but I've been on sit-com repeats, or episodes of Jeopardy as my background.
This meant searching for a some new films to include in the 12 Days theme and today, we're heading to Romania with Tuesday After Christmas. The 2010 film was written and directed by Radu Muntean and was selected for the Un Certain Regard section of 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
It's not filled with many scenes of festive joy, but I did find it entirely engrossing. Paul, a banker in Bucharest, has been married for ten years to Adriana. They have an adored daughter Mara. The child has tooth problems which are being tended by Raluca, an attractive young orthodontist. Since first seeing her in the summer, Paul has been having a secret affair with her
As Christmas approaches however, tensions mount. Paul loves both women, but Raluca tells him something that Paul already knows: that he must choose. When he says to his wife that he is in love with Raluca, she orders him to move out and to say nothing to Mara. The round of Christmas festivities then begins, with the couple pretending outwardly that nothing is wrong. Everything is put on hold until the Tuesday after Christmas.
Paul is played by actor Mimi Branescu who would have been in his late 30's when the film was made. Even though Paul is no saint, in Mimi's hands, you feel for his holiday dilemma. Mimi's also incredibly handsome and hot and although he doesn't have the typical look of a Holiday rom-com star, there's defiantly something incredibly sexy about him. To a degree, all on-screen nudity is gratuitous, but I found Mimi's two nude scenes very natural and also important to the film. Both make clear why the two women want him to be with them, and them alone.
RMark Photography: The Fragility of Balls
Bobby
Timothy
Nico
Christian
Cole
Logan
Mike
Jake
Jeremy
Tobias
'Hang your balls on the Christmas tree
Make it look so bright
Hang your balls on the Christmas tree
Oh! Happy Christmas night'
One of the most love Christmas visual, is the red Christmas ball. Most of us grew up with shiny glass balls hanging under the branches of our trees. When I was young, the balls were much more fragile, shattering into hundreds of tiny pieces if dropped. It took both a broom and a vacuum cleaner to ensure you got each and every tiny glittering sliver cleaned up.
Many of us had parents who went through that horrific brief period of having those ugly thread balls. No, they didn't break or shatter, but they were truly the testicles of balls. As soon as they were handled, the threads began unraveling, leaving them useless to hang and enjoy.
Today's glass ornaments are mostly made from plastic, and bound rather than shatter when hitting the floor. They're also not nearly as shiny and bright and don't reflect the Christmas tree lights nearly as beautiful as those balls we had when we were younger. They do the trick though, just not as well.
This is the fifth year I've had the pleasure of featuring Roger's, (RMark Photography) series of men and their balls. In addition to some FH favorites, there are some new holiday hunks making their FH debut. Although many photographers shoot Christmas themed imagery, models posing with the large Christmas balls, has become Roger's festive visual signature. I asked Roger why he chose the Christmas ball, and why he continues to enjoy shooting holiday themed imagery.
'I choose the Holiday ornament theme as a way of presenting a positive, upbeat antidote to the increasing difficult world we live in. Positive Energy and Beauty have never been more important.'
When Roger was thinking up ideas for Christmas imagery, he tried several different themes before settling on the large colored balls. He knew he wanted something different, beyond just a Santa hat. Given we decorate for Christmas, and how important and sentimental ornaments have become, he thought a large prop would be great to incorporate into his work. This way, he could use the same prop with many different models.
He initially tried a series of large stars, and then snowflakes, but the feedback from the models Roger was shooting was that they were limiting when posing. The large round balls were not only visually stunning, they were easy for the models to hold onto and led to more creative posing. Roger usually encouraged the models to experiment and find a pose that worked for them. Some chose classic poses while holding the balls, others went for the fun and humor associated with the task at hand.
When it came to colors, Roger purchased balls in a rainbow of colors, and has shot blue, yellow, violet and orange, and of course red and green, the colors of Christmas. This year, I liked the monochromatic look and just chose my favorite shots featuring the red ball. With all those balls, and all those models, it shouldn't come as a surprise that some models had trouble holding onto their balls. Thanks to UPS however, unlike real balls, these large orbs were easily replaced.
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