Anika's Blog

You guys who’ve been asking when the new pictures are coming, quite right, I’ve been terrible.

Here’s a few more to keep you going while I’m away :)

Sorry I missed last week and have totally neglected you ever since. Did I make anyone sad? I’m not really sure whether the people who read this are regulars (I know there are a few, but for all I know it’s only the ones I know about specifically) or people dropping in while visiting my site.

Anyway, here’s another picture from my latest shoot (the full set hasn’t arrived yet), because it’s not all moody goth stuff.

© Trash Meister 2011

I bought a proper tripod and a remote control for my camera last week to help with taking self-portraits. On Tuesday I noticed the autumn leaves and sunlight were making a nice scene, so I got my new kit and tried it out. It’s so much better this way! I wish I’d thought to get them years ago.

© Anika Mae 2011

© Anika Mae 2011

© Anika Mae 2011

I’ve put some more cheeky ones in my private gallery :).

There’s really no reason for this one being late, I just forgot. I’ve set my phone to bother me about getting these done in time, so let’s hope that helps!

Here’s a preview of my new photos!

© Trash Meister 2011

Contact the photographer at www.trashmeister.com if you want a shoot yourself. The site’s a work in progress but the ‘tog is a pro and lovely too.

Well, they’re all photos from Thursday. I started editing them to post yesterday but thought I’d better go to bed instead.

So, bloggy things.

On Monday I administered my first caning. Hooray, these kinky schoolboy types aren’t all timewasting fantasists! He took it well, I wonder if the marks are still there.

On Tuesday I went to Hen Heaven as usual (31 miles on the bike). The not-awful weather was a relief; last week everything I was wearing got completely soaked and by the time I was due to leave the pad in my tights (which is there to stop my bum getting sore) still hadn’t dried. I couldn’t face putting it back on so I got a lift home.

The weather was forecast to be good for the next few days, so I thought I should try riding moderate distances on consecutive days. On Wednesday I did 53 miles and got home just in time to have some food and go for a sewer tour. Yesterday I did the same route reversed (minus the sewer), which was a lot more fun, partly because there was a rare Easterly wind to push me along at the end. I could really do with some more of those! I ride either North or East of Brighton, and fighting Westerlies for the last 10 miles before I get home is my least favourite bit.

I passed Raystede animal sanctuary near the beginning, so I stopped to have a look around. A parrot said hello to me. I may be cynical, but I reckoned it had it’s eye on my banana peel so I handed it over.

© Anika Mae 2011

Later I had a chat with a mountain biker who was working on the road and was impressed by my hill climbing. I forgot to point out that my bike is lighter than most mountain bikes and I’m lighter than most people so I have an advantage there.

Then I got to the coastal cycle path, put on some music and was whisked into Brighton. It was ace. Oh, and the starlings have arrived!

© Anika Mae 2011

When I got to Brighton I carried on to Shoreham Port and back to make the ride up to 60 miles. It was early evening then and everyone had rushed outside to do whatever outdoor activities they were into. It was lovely. Then I remembered I was supposed to be posting a picture of myself, so you get to see how trendy my riding gear is.

© Anika Mae 2011

Ok, best be off! I want to go to Sheffield Park Gardens today (about 40 miles). I’ve been there before, but this time I plan to take the key for my bike lock, not just the lock, so I can go in.

This post is delayed partly because I’m bad at getting stuff done, and partly because I had a photoshoot yesterday. Yes, a full professional shoot with lights and everything! I’ve been meaning to do another one for years. I should be able to show you something next week, but you’ll have to wait a bit for the set because then the tog’s off to Ibiza (where he’ll be working hard).

The reason that caused a delay was armpit hair. I don’t know about you, but I think female underarm hair is soft and sexy and other nice things, and I grow mine whenever I get the chance. That isn’t often though because I don’t think stubble’s nice, so if I’ve got some I always shave it off for work and it takes about 10 days without shaving to get to a point where I don’t mind people getting up close. I’d never kept it around for long after that either because unless I was seeing a regular who I was confident could handle it, I’d still shave it off.

With the summer holiday lull and being away for a bit I got to grow it out, and then if I wasn’t sure if a client would mind I went along with a razor and asked them if they wanted me to shave it off, but they were all ok with it. That was pretty encouraging, but since I hadn’t decided I was never shaving again and some people do have a hard time accepting female underarm hair I thought I’d better go with the lowest common denominator for that shoot.

I was a bit sad about though so I thought I’d take a picture and post it on Thursday. I was proper useless that day though and didn’t get my camera out before it got dark. I did manage on Friday before I shaved, but I was pretty tired when I got back from the shoot so I didn’t get it all sorted until now.

I hope some of you like hair too. Those who don’t still get a picture of me naked, so it’s all good.

© Anika Mae 2011

So, I’m interested to know how you feel about ladyfluff. I’m starting to think that outside of lad culture, men don’t tend to have the strong negative associations that women (who’ve been conditioned to believe it’s something they need to care about) often do. What do you think? Is it nice, not your style, or does it actively freak you out?

(Oh and I think I’d like to do a small shoot when I’ve been able to grow it back, and it would be nice if the ‘tog got the aesthetic appeal too. If that’s you and you and you’re a reasonable good photographer, get in touch.)

Not as exciting as previous years I’m afraid. I don’t think I’ll ever feel like doing Pride in tassels again. It’s fun to go out in them and have them twirl while I walk, but even when I was younger and loved getting attention I still got sick of being stopped for pictures every other moment.

This year’s theme was “out of this world”, but I really wanted to wear the bloomers I’d just made, which tend to look beachy, so,

Summer holidays at Venus-by-the-sea © Anika Mae 2011

Unfortunately the bloomers look like baggy boxers from that angle.

© Anika Mae 2011

You can see them properly here, and the sea! But the picture isn’t that nice.

© Anika Mae 2011

© Anika Mae 2011

I didn’t stay out all night, so on Sunday I took my housemate out walking in the Downs. She thought I’d look picturesque in front of the cows.

© Anika Mae 2011

Pride and Sunday walks. We’re like old people who are still cool.

I hope you all have a nice weekend. I’ll be off to Wales next week so I might not have a picture next Thursday.

Um. So have another of these.

© Anika Mae 2007

This is a few years old, it’s from a birthday celebration of the Candy Bar Brighton (yep, related to the one in London that has a series on Channel 5 now, though I got the impression they were fairly different venues), where Sirens used to be. It was about a week after the third ever Sirens, which was the first I’d danced at. Kim, the owner, had decided to have Rebecca provide some pole dancers, but didn’t tell her until the night before, so she asked me about it in the afternoon. I was at a hotel doing incalls that week and didn’t have time to go home, but I had some appropriate gear with me so I went along. Anyway, it’s a cool picture :).

© realbrighton.com 2005

© Anika Mae 2006

Yeah, I vintage-ised it. How cheesy.

I did this was when I was 19, twice. I’d wanted to skydive since before I even knew it was something people did, but really I would have preferred parachuting when I was 16 and fearless. At 19 I was beginning to turn into a massive wimp (I think the jumps might have even catalysed it a bit) who doesn’t like rollercoasters. Glad I did it of course, but I never plan to sit with one bum-cheek out of a plane hatch again.

Did I publish this before? I don’t remember. Also, I’m sleepy.

© Anika Mae 2007

… so I thought I’d do one for this week’s photo, as an antidote to the two weeks of pink pube pictures.

umph

By the way, I’d like to let you know that I’m not the sort of raging narcissist who generally posts pictures of myself exercising, but I’m trying to have some variety in these weekly photos.

© Anika Mae 2011

So, it rained. It could have been worse, and the wind wasn’t as bad as predicted, but it was more than a drizzle. Skin is waterproof though, and with my hot water bottle in a backpack I stayed warm. Unfortunately the ride left without me! People had been gathering on The Level since noon (at which point I was having breakfast and wondering if I really wanted to go outside at all), and they were too wet and cold to wait for the 1.30 start time. A few people were left packing things up when I got there, so I waited for them and then we and a few other late arrivals headed off to find the ride. We found them at the end of a shortened route but feeling more enthusiastic and talking to the police about going around a bit more. I made it for that extra little ride around Kemptown.

Sorry if you were looking out for me! I expect it’ll be back to fun and suncream again next year.

Here are some pictures of me that I like from other people’s uploads: One Two Three Four Five Six.

And some others I like. This one amuses me, this is just lovely, I know the boy with the horn and he’s also lovely, I’m going to get some of these pants, aww, wet paint, lol, sweet pigtails, and way cute.

In time for the Naked Bike Ride on Sunday.

© Anika Mae 2011

© Anika Mae 2007

Sorry I haven’t posted anything else since last week. I’ll try harder!

Another webcam outfit, with some pretty great suspenders that you can’t see, and new lipstick. I’ll have to upload the rest to my private gallery soon :).

© Anika Mae 2011

I like foot fetishists, but I’ve only had two or three in my career, which is a bit sad but not that surprising given the lack of pictures. So, there’s some pictures of my feet! I hope you like them. Click to see the gallery.

For the rest of you, there’s a little update to my performance gallery. I changed the last picture to one from last summer. I got a lot of tips that evening and I wasn’t even dancing!