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Ten years ago, YACHT was a sparkle in multi-instrumentalist Jona Bechtolt's eye. Now, the project has come to include singer Claire L. Evans, has released two studio albums, and has a show in the stages of development. Read on to hear about this 10-year-long journey and how the duo plan to celebrate the milestone...
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The PV Q&A: YACHT's Jona Bechtolt on the Band Turning Ten: "I Hope That Never Being Satisfied Helps Us Keep It Interesting and Evolving"
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Ten years ago,
was a sparkle in multi-instrumentalist
Jona Bechtolt
's eye. The Portland native performed solo with nothing but his keyboard to small groups of friends and music lovers in venues including college dorm lobbies. But the perfectionist that he is, the doe-eyed, dance loving one-man-band put his heart and soul into this project, constantly pushing himself to do better.
Bechtolt still possesses this tough love mindset, and because of that, YACHT has evolved into something much larger than himself. In 2008, singer
Claire L. Evans
officially joined the band and the possibilities seemed endless (and still do). As a duo, YACHT has released two studio albums and is currently developing a show, with the help of
, entitled
. On Friday, December 8, YACHT celebrates its 10-year anniversary at Los Angeles'
before delving into a new decade and chapter in its history.
PureVolume: Holy cow, I can't believe you are embarking on your 10th anniversary! Jona, I remember watching you play in college dorm lobbies by yourself in Portland. Did you ever think this project would become what it is today?
Jona Bechtolt: I still think of YACHT as being close to, but not exactly what I want it to be. I feel like I haven't gotten it just right yet, so I'm super grateful that everyone that comes to our shows and has our records don't see it and hear it the same way I do! I hope that never being satisfied helps us keep it interesting and evolving.
PV: What would you say have been your largest accomplishments in the past 10 years?
Claire L. Evans: Time itself is the accomplishment. We've remained committed to our work, unswerving, and eked out a life from it. We couldn't ask for anything more.
PV: Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?
CE: We haven't the foggiest. Maybe sweating, tanned, and smiling in the sun as we build the fortifications for our oft-dreamed-of compound in the Far West Texas desert. Maybe living underground, only slipping out at night to scavenge food and tools from the charred remains of post-apocalyptic Los Angeles. Nobody can imagine. Life is a long and winding path uphill, pitch-dark except for the few feet ahead, leading finally to the mountain.
PV: What can fans expect from your 10th Anniversary show at the Echoplex?
CE: It's going to be a very special occasion. We're building a completely new show, one which will feature material from the entire ten-year span of YACHT. There will be visual stimulus of all kinds, strong tactile elements, an overwhelming sense of community, surprises, and friends from over the years. For us, this is the end of one era and the beginning of another; it's sentimental, and something worth partying like maniacs about.
PV: Your "YACHT Turns 10" flyer indicates this will be the "last show for a long while." What are your plans after this gig?
CE: One of the defining aspects of YACHT is that we strive to constantly reinvent ourselves, try new things, and never make the same work twice. For the time being, we're taking this imperative to a meta-level and writing a television show about our experiences on the road over the last ten years. The show is called
, as in support band, and we're developing it with Amazon. It's still in the embryonic stages, but we're really excited to flex new muscles and try to communicate our experiences—the funny, the tragic, the ever-transforming reality of being a band in the 21st century—to a different audience. This doesn't signal the end of YACHT; we just need some time to focus on doing this right.
PV: Why did you decide to have the band's 10th birthday in Los Angeles instead of Portland?
CE: We both grew up in Portland, but Los Angeles is our home now. Although we came of age as human beings and artists in the Northwest, this decade anniversary is equally about who we are now as it is about where we come from.
PV: You released your fifth (secondnd as a duo) album,
, in June of last year. Are you working on new material? When can we expect a new album from YACHT?
CE: We have a new single, "Second Summer," coming out on DFA in December. It's a standalone release, with some remixes and a totally incredible music video that will come out right in time for our tenth anniversary. "Second Summer" is our swan song for the time being, a celebration of overcoming obstacles in order to be close to what you love. We're not working on any new material for the time being, although we almost certainly will in the near future. Every day is new, and we're always learning. It's like the science fiction writer
Ray Bradbury
said, sometimes you have to blithely step off the cliff and have to build your wings on the way down.
PV: Jona, you began this as a solo project and eventually invited Claire to join the band. Do you see this expanding to a full band (aside from touring)?
JB: I love
Bobby Birdman
Jeffrey Jerusalem
, our touring band, and was a fan of their solo work before getting the pleasure of playing with them, so working together has been really awesome. Since we've been touring together they've become instrumental in making new music
PV: Take me through your writing process—Jona, do you still act as primary songwriter or is it more of a collaborative effort?
JB: It's a fully collaborative project, but the two of us definitely go on solo journeys into different parts of the work. Sometimes if Claire leaves the house she'll come back to a fully realized song that will have parts written for her to sing, other times we'll hash out each step of a song together, and other times Claire will have melodies or entire books of lyrics that she'll bring to me, but it's hardly ever the same way twice. You can count on us using a computer, whatever instruments we have access to, working on the songs up until the minute we have to send them off, never feeling satisfied, and tons of easter eggs in everything from the structure of the songs and lyrics to the tones we choose.
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That is really funny. I just finished The Happiness Project two nights ago and have also been inspired to de-clutter. I took 5 huge garbage bags full of clothing to the local charity shop and just spent the entire weekend going through every room in our house - from top to bottom. I have another huge pile of items to donate. It feels wonderful!
I love the idea of a clothing swap and have been involved in them before. Great job!
Tricia :)I so love passing on clothes and other things no longer fitting or needed. In our homeschool group people randomly bring what ever they have to pass along, I so enjoy seeing a shirt that was a hand me down used by my daughter then my son then one of the children in the group and then another...a lovely way to lighten our foot print on this our lovely earth!
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Once Upon a Time is bringing an icy new character for season four and the timing couldn't be more appropriate.
The final seconds of Sunday's season-three finale of ABC's fairy-tale drama revealed the Storybrooke arrival of Elsa, from Disney's Oscar winner Frozen. The process of bringing the character to Once Upon a Time evolved naturally, executive producers Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz claim. After the co-creators watched Frozen several times, they came up with an idea they felt adamant about doing.
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Following Sunday's big Frozen reveal, Kitsis and Horowitz talk to The Hollywood Reporter about how it came to pass, whether they have their eye on an actress and the unexpected arrival of Regina and Robin Hood's temporary bliss.
Was that the Snow Queen, or Frozen's Elsa, in the final moments?
Adam Horowitz: That was Elsa.
So you'll base the character on Frozen and not the original fairy tale?
Horowitz: We are dealing with the world of Frozen. We are honored to be allowed to do it. We loved the movie. We fell in love with it when it came out last year like everyone did, and we want to do our best to do it justice.
Eddy Kitsis: [What] we loved so much about the character of Elsa was that she was considered a villain but she never really was. She was misunderstood. That, on our show, speaks to us so strongly, that it was a toy we had to play with. It's funny because I see lots of people [saying] "Oh! Did Disney ask them to do this?" It's quite the opposite. It's actually quite hard to get these characters on the show. It's not like you get a call from Mickey Mouse saying, "I want you to sell mermaids this week." It's the opposite. It's very hard to get these. We were very honored that Disney allowed us to take this toy off the shelf and let us play with it.
How did you come to the decision, then, to introduce Elsa? You have to admit it's quite timely.
Horowitz: After the movie came out last November, and seeing it three more times, we loved it. And our brains start to get activated. It's like anything on the show. Once our brains are activated and an idea starts to take root, we want to do it. And we started playing with the idea and it grew in our heads about what it could be, we went to the studio and network and pitched it to them. And they said, "OK, here you go." It was really as simple as that.
Q&A: 'Once Upon a Time' Bosses on Finale: 'Epic Wish Fulfillment'
Kitsis: We talked to Disney also.
Horowitz: It's like any idea we try to do on the show comes down to "Wow, wouldn't it be cool …"
Will Disney have substantial input in how she's incorporated into the show or will you have free rein?
Horowitz: The process I'm guessing it will be similar to how it's been with all these characters. In many ways, it's like using Snow White, using a character from Frozen -- it's just a hundred-year difference. Our scripts and our ideas get vetted by the studio and the network and Disney's brand management people, and I'm sure that process will continue.
Do you have someone in mind to play her or are you currently casting?
Horowitz: Honestly, we literally delivered the finale on Friday. We've got two weeks right now to decompress a little bit.
Kitsis: To not think. We're trying our hardest to not think for two weeks, but when the two weeks is done and Memorial Day is done, then our first order of business will be who is Elsa.
Horowitz: There will be some announcements, but right now we're decompressing.
When should we first expect to see her in season four?
Horowitz: I would expect it to be very, very early.
Kitsis: I would hope that it's in the premiere.
VIDEO: 'Once Upon a Time': Zelena and Regina Face Off in 'Old-School Showdown'
Let's get into the other big reveals from the finale too, if you don't mind. First of all, poor Regina. With Robin Hood's dead wife resurfacing in Storybrooke, where does this put Regina and Robin Hood's relationship?
Horowitz: It's going to be a challenge because we saw feelings start to grow between the two of them, obviously. It's a conundrum because Robin Hood believes his wife is dead and he clearly had feelings for her, so that's going to be hard for him. It's going to be hard for Regina. It's a funny thing. With Regina, this is a character who's very different from the character we met in the pilot. She's grown and changed, so how she reacts to adversity now is going to be very different from three years ago. That's one of the exciting things for us to explore, which is how does this new evolved Regina handle this situation.
Are Regina and Emma back to being nemeses, for lack of a better term, in season four?
Horowitz: We're not going back, we're going forward. If they were going back, what would've happened is she wouldn't have incinerated her on the spot.
Kitsis: Or tried to rip her heart out. For us, what's interesting is it takes Emma 66 episodes to call her mom and dad "Mom and Dad." It took her that long to open her heart and the same with Regina. How do the characters relate to this now as opposed to when the show started three years ago?
Another big moment was Hook and Emma coupling up. What's in store for them?
Kitsis: We know Emma's a tough one, and I think we want to explore exactly that: What does it mean? What does it mean now? Is it a kiss or is it more? If it is more, how does Emma feel about starting a relationship after just destroying one?
We also have to talk about Present-Day Hook punching Past himself in the Enchanted Forest in the Past. Did you want a clone scene?
Kitsis: We loved the idea of Hook being jealous of himself. We wanted Hook to punch himself.
Horowitz: And kissing Emma. It was a fun moment for us, but there was a serious subtext to it, which is that it's Hook looking back on the man he was. He's another character who's evolved some. He knows that that Hook with Emma is not something he wants to see.
What's the likelihood Belle and Rumplestiltskin's marriage will hit a rough patch?
Kitsis: Unfortunately for Belle, she doesn't realize Rumple has started off their marriage lying to her. But Rumple's feelings for her are genuine. Last year, we saw a Rumple who sacrificed his life to save everybody and then was brought back from death. Because he was held by the Wicked Witch, we never got inside his head to see how he was feeling. We're hoping to explain why he hid the knife, why he's lying to Belle and what he's up to; that's all season-four business.
Were there other names besides Neal that you were toying with for Snow and Charming's baby?
Kitsis: It was between Neal and Scott.
Why Scott?
Kitsis: No I'm kidding. (Laughs.) When we sat down to talk about the name, it was kind of like that. It has to be Neal or else it will be something like … John, which doesn't mean anything. It was funny because it was hanging over us. We were thinking, "What is it? What is it?" And then it was obvious: "Oh, it's Neal!"
There were some thinking it could have been Baelfire.
Kitsis: Yeah, I know. Prince Baelfire sounds better than Prince Neal, but in Storybrooke, Neal is easier. But maybe it's a different name -- he gets to be Bae in the Enchanted Forest if he ever finds it there.
We saw a lot of familiar faces in the finale, such as Ruby. Should we expect characters like her who had larger roles in early seasons to be significantly featured in season four?
Kitsis: We love Meghan [Ory] and we love that character and we hope to see more of her next season. We would've seen more of her this season but she was on another network on another show [CBS' canceled Intelligence].
Horowitz: We're at the stage where we're trying to figure out all that stuff. We love Meghan and she's [been] a huge part of the show since the pilot.
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The penalties on Dubinsky were bullsh_t. Boyle was on the ice getting jackhammered and the linesmen were on a coffee break somewhere. He was only trying to pull a goon off a teammate. The third man in rule was about fights, but this wasn't a fight.
Are ANY of these series being officiated well?
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could have been a cute hairstyle. too bad
...lol there nothing wrong with this hair. I think we need more pulled back ponytails in game that aren't ridiculously long.
I think it is.It's to kawaii for my Style and even Rosesims made a better one 2 Years ago, which is free.
Are you serious? The front is just the front from the Sakura hair...talk about laziness...
something about that ponytail and giant hair-scrunchie just looks really awkward.It looks like an old hair from maybe 2010 with a crappy texture that newsea just decided to upload.
Awesome hair as always :P
Lol...thats not a scrunchie. xD thats part of the hair wrapped around to make the ponytail. I do that to my hair when I don't have anything to tie it with. Maybe it is recycling meshes but oh well its still nice and not something just randomly floating on the head.
I have to agree with Kosmo on this, I like it also. Nothing fancy, just a ponytail. I think it is recycled but it is a nice recycle. :)
Was sparklers every retextured?
The ponytail itself doesn´t look pretty, though. I´m all for ponytails, but this one is terribly meshed in the tail and looks unrealistic.
This hair looks very off to me too...the hairline bugs me for some reason.
cecesaun1 said...Was sparklers every retextured?Yes it was, Cece. Here are a few different versions:http://mysims3blog.blogspot.com/search?q=newsea+sparklers
Thanks Kat!!
I wouldn't say that this is their best hair but it's pretty nice. Would probably look even better re-textured :).


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Stock the Bar Shower!
What a fun weekend! Saturday our wedding party threw a Stock the Bar shower for us and about 40 of our closest friends were in attendance. These showers amaze me everytime. The thought, hardwork and love that go in them make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. They are truly appreciated.
Now, on to the pictures!
Emily made this super cute beer cake! Loved the little pennants with our monogram on them.
Caroline made these adorable wine bottles with our wedding date on them and filled them with flowers.
Kara brought the delicious dessert that was made by her and Cameron's cousin, Elisabeth, who is also making our wedding cake! People could not stop talking about how good they were all night so I'm extra excited to taste the wedding cake now!
[key lime bars on the top, coconut blondies and fudge brownies on the bottom]
After the party, we packed everything up and headed to a random, yet fun bar on James Island (IBG for you locals) to partake in some karaoke singing and watching.
I think it's safe to say that our bar has officially been stocked.
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What an adorable shower idea! such a fun shower for both bride and groom! :)
I love the new trend of multiple showers for a couple... it's so fitting, have a traditional shower for your folks' friends, have a mixed shower for bride and groom, and have a fun girlie shower with your friends for all those lil' *extras *wink, wink :)
All these personalized showers definitely call for personalized thank you cards another great southern tradition!
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Thermal diffusivity measurement of spherical gold nanofluids of different sizes/concentrations
© López Muñoz et al.; licensee Springer. 2012
Received: 22 June 2012
Accepted: 24 July 2012
Published: 30 July 2012
In recent times, nanofluids have been studied by their thermal properties due to their variety of applications that range from photothermal therapy and radiofrequency hyperthermia (which have proven their potential use as coadjutants in these medical treatments for cancer diseases) to next-generation thermo-fluids. In this work, photoacoustic spectroscopy for a specific study of thermal diffusivity, as a function of particle size and concentration, on colloidal water-based gold nanofluids is reported. Gold nanoparticles were synthetized in the presence of hydroquinone through a seed-mediated growth with homogenous sizes and shapes in a range of 16 to 125 nm. The optical response, size and morphology of these nanoparticles were characterized using ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy, respectively. Thermal characterizations show a decrease in the thermal diffusivity ratio as the nanoparticle size is increased and an enhancement in thermal diffusivity ratio as nanoparticle concentration is added into the nanofluids. Compared with other techniques in the literature such as thermal lens and hot wire method, this photoacoustic technique shows an advantage in terms of precision, and with a small amount of sample required (500 μl), this technique might be suitable for the thermal diffusivity measurement of nanofluids. It is also a promising alternative to classical techniques.
Gold nanoparticles Nanofluids Photoacoustic Thermal diffusivityBackground
Thermal properties of nanofluids, which are mixtures of nanomaterials suspended in an organic or inorganic base fluid, are especially interesting due to their variety of applications that range from photothermal therapy and radiofrequency hyperthermia (which have proven their potential use as coadjutants in these medical treatments for cancer diseases [1, 2]) to next-generation thermo-fluids. Recently, it has been found that nanofluids exhibit higher thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity than base fluids themselves. Thermal research in nanofluids has been mainly focused in thermal conductivity measurements [3–5], but in recent years, other techniques have been developed for thermal diffusivity measurements in nanofluids, such as the hot-wire technique and the thermal lens spectrometry [6–8]. However, these methodologies are limited due to the difficulty in achieving accurate results, the complexities in their theoretical model and the amount of sample required for measurements.
In this article, an aqueous synthesis of gold nanoparticles in the presence of hydroquinone through a seed-mediated growth is presented. Also, the study of thermal diffusivity in gold nanofluids as a function of particle size (16–125 nm) and concentration by photoacoustic spectroscopy opens new horizons for the thermal research area in nanofluids.
Hydroquinone synthesis of gold nanoparticles
Typical synthesis of gold nanoparticles by the chemical reduction of gold chloride using sodium citrate can only produce quality particles up to 50 nm in size; beyond which, they are poly-dispersed and non-spherical [9]. The reduction of gold chloride onto nanoparticle seeds (gold nanoparticles, <20 nm) together with hydroquinone as a selective reducing agent improves these obtained particles with homogenous sizes and shapes in a size range of 50 to 200 nm [10, 11].
Gold nanoparticle seeds were synthetized by sodium citrate reduction. A solution of gold chloride is brought to boil and immediately followed by the addition of a solution of sodium citrate. The solution is removed from heat once nanoparticle maturation is completed, as indicated by the colour transition.
Large-diameter gold nanoparticles were synthetized by hydroquinone method, using consistent concentrations of gold chloride, sodium citrate and hydroquinone but decreasing the number of seeds, which results in the growth of larger nanoparticles. The addition of less seeds results in larger gold nanoparticle diameters. The different size nanofluids were centrifuged at 6,000 rpm for 30 min and re-dispersed with high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) water for a final concentration of 0.1 mg/ml.
For concentrated nanofluids, stock solutions of gold nanoparticles synthetized by hydroquinone method were centrifuged at 6,000 rpm for 30 min for final concentrations of 1 mg/ml. The concentrated solutions were re-dispersed with HPLC water to obtain different gold nanoparticle concentrations.
All chemicals used were of analytical grade from Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (St. Louis, MO, USA) and were used as received; HPLC water was used in all the gold nanoparticles' synthesis.
Basic photoacoustic theoretical scheme
from which the sample's thermal diffusivity can be obtained.
Experimental setup
The photoacoustic signal was recorded as a function of the sample thickness, taking 16 experimental points from a relative sample thickness l0 at 10-μm steps using a micro-linear actuator model T-NA08A50 (Zaber Technologies, Inc., Vancouver, Canada). Linear fits were done for the photoacoustic phase to obtain parameter B, as described in the theoretical section, from which the sample's thermal diffusivity was obtained by means of the relation α s = 2π/B2. Measurements were performed at room temperature 25 ± 2°C.
Results and discussion
Nanoparticle characterization
Thermal diffusivity measurement
Thermal diffusivity of gold nanofluids for different nanoparticle diameters for constant nanoparticle concentration of 0.1 mg/ml
Particle size (nm) | α(10−4 cm2·s−1) ± 0.04 |
16 | 14.98 |
55 | 14.71 |
63 | 14.63 |
83 | 14.53 |
99 | 14.51 |
125 | 14.46 |
Thermal diffusivity of gold nanofluids at different nanoparticle concentrations
Concentration | α55 nm(10−4 cm2·s−1) ± 0.04 | α83nm(10−4 cm2·s−1) ± 0.04 |
0.2 mg/ml | 14.74 | 14.56 |
0.4 mg/ml | 14.81 | 14.59 |
0.6 mg/ml | 14.85 | 14.64 |
0.8 mg/ml | 14.91 | 14.69 |
1 mg/ml | 14.99 | 14.76 |
Nanoparticle size
The present study investigates the effect of concentration and size of gold nanoparticles on the thermal diffusivity of gold nanofluids prepared by hydroquinone method through a seed-mediated growth by photoacoustic spectroscopy. The thermal diffusivity ratio changed inversely with the nanoparticle size; this effect was studied in a size range of 16 to 125 nm for gold nanofluids. The thermal diffusivity ratio has been found to increase with concentration; this effect was studied in a range of 1 to 0.2 mg/ml for gold nanofluids. The experimental data for thermal diffusivity ratio as a function of concentration and size for gold nanofluids depict similar behaviours in enhancement ratio compared to thermal conductivity reports and other techniques in the literature such as thermal lens and hot wire method with high accuracy, and with a small amount of sample required (500 μl), photoacoustic spectroscopy might be suitable for thermal diffusivity measurement of nanofluids and being a promising alternative to classical techniques.
high-performance liquid chromatography
transmission electron microscopy
- UV–vis:
The authors acknowledge Zaber Technologies, Inc. for providing a micro-linear stage, Química Aromática SA, COFAA-IPN and CONACyT for the partial support of this work.
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A sexy story of one night on the squad.
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my name is Agent Blake, team leader of the regional Crime Scene Investigation unit in Jackson County Florida. I am of African American descent: tall, sexy, dark, heavily built, handsome, and very, very proud indeed my fully functioning, 11 inch phallus. Big Blake's penetrated many broads indeed, let me tell you. What you are reading is a firsthand account of some of the best goddamn action I've scored on the job: and I don't mean fighting. I mean hard cock filling tight pussy like a glove. I mean sweaty ass play. I mean enormous, prolonged ejaculation so strong it makes me feel like my insides are going to come all the way out of my urethra and fall quivering on the floor, whilst I look on in ecstasy. I mean...well you get the idea.
Some say (and I wholeheartedly agree) that it is the most well policed county in the state. I keep this town safe with an iron will, and, an iron cock. There are a lot of things that go on behind closed doors that aren't made public- like our unorthodox methods for getting information out of prisoners. You know what they say: a bit of cum goes a long way, and no crim hasn't buckled yet after our top-secret, 10 hour long bukkake sessions. If 10 hours isn't enough, just rinse and repeat. I grew to love this ritual so much that I would become addicted to watching at home our security tapes of the event, much to my wifes' consternation.
Anyway, let me begin the story: me and the squad had gone to investigate a possible hideout of a wanted crim. A chick. When I saw her mugshot back at the office I grew an instant boner. She was pallid and gaunt looking: a typical meth whore. But something sexy shone through, and found its way directly to the largest (and most important) organ in my body. She was that type - in another life she'd be a model or a mermaid - something beautiful and mystical. Tonight, however, she was wanted for murder and prostitution charges. God, I'm not an unfaithful husband, but as I strolled out of the building I could only think about how I was going to find and pound this tight pussy.
Finding the house was easy, and I gave my men a sign to wait outside and hold the perimeter. Holding my gun, I kicked the door down and entered swiftly, my penis rock hard and straining against my pants.
The door crashed open to reveal a single, empty darkened room with a staircase leading upwards. Fuck. She was teasing me, the bitch must be upstairs. My heart was pounding like a hammer, but the blood coursing through my cock was pumping so fast and hard I found it difficult to breathe.
I panted heavily.
My wife hadn't put out for weeks, the bitch was always too tired, and I probably had gallons of semen to release: I needed a cum hungry whore to satisfy.
I sprinted upstairs and there she was, spread out like the dirty whore I knew she would be. Fingering herself, and inserting an unusual sex toy into her anus. A longer glance later confirmed it to be a didgeridoo.
She looked up with pure surprise.
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I began slapping her face with my penis, SLAP, SLAP, SLAP, SLAP, and with each slap it grew more and more erect until I knew it was time to go again.
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I began pumping her with the beast whilst playing the didgeridoo. It was a beautiful symphony to our frenzied lovemaking. She began to moan loudly,
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went the didgeridoo as I brought my mouth to it again and again.
With such a racket being made, I spun around, expecting to see my men watching from the doorway. They were - incredulously. This must be the end, I thought sadly. But each one had such a straining, rock hard erection that I began to have second thoughts. Mabye this is just beginning, I mused, with a gleam in my eye...
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