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When you have no set income, no health insurance, and rely on the kindness of others for money you’re called a “freelancer.”  Welcome to my new world.  Part of my strategy in making sure it’ll work for me is not to say “no” to any work that comes my way.  When that work turns out to be a 3 day gig with Playboy TV, you definitely don’t say no!  So welcome to “Adventures in Freelance, Part 1.” 

My friend Shannon – who runs a kick ass burlesque troupe called The Dames a’Flame – called to tell me that Playboy TV was coming to town and they needed an assistant.  It would be a small crew consisting of two main characters, a shooter, and a director.  It didn’t pay that much but whatever.  They needed someone to show them around the city and Shannon thought I’d be perfect.  I called the director and happily accepted.

They were going to be in town for 3 days, Thurs-Sat.  The series was “69 Sexy Things 2 Do Before You Die” and Atlanta – excuse me, “Hotlanta” – was the setting for this one.  Apparently the series is about couples who travel to various cities, have hot sex vacations, and Playboy is there to document what the city has to offer.  And now, by proxy, so am I. 

So what exactly does Hotlanta have to offer? 

Well, one of the highlights was definitely The Mile High Club.  Unbeknownst to me and probably most everyone, Georgia is home to the “official” Mile High Club.  (I guess that makes me a mere “unofficial” member, ahem.)  But just a short drive away, to West Carrollton, is an airport with a Piper Cherokee Six custom made for screwin’ in the sky.  Playboy TV was all over it.

We got out there our two lead actors – Christine and Mark – got out and started checking out the plane.  It was a two-seater with a mattress in the back surrounded by about 4 pillows.  Check this out:

There was only room for 4 people.  That meant the director and I would have to stay back while the pilot and the shooter (not to be confused with the lead male) were in front.  The couple would be in the back.

While they filmed the scene leading up to the flight, I got to talk with Bob a bit (the middle-aged, married, Southern gentleman-pilot who ran the club).  I told him I was surprised that, in rural Georgia, this sort of thing would, um, fly. 

He told me that he did get a call once from a prominent business owner in that area who told him that “they didn’t need this sort of thing in their community.”  Bob asked the man – who owned a few Holiday Inn type hotels in the area – what the difference was between couples doing it in rooms he rents them or them doing it up in his rented airplane?  Great point.  He never heard back.

Then I asked him if he ever had guys calling him… like, gay ones.  He said yes but that he hadn’t taken any up.  I asked if he would.  With a smile on his face he said, “sure… money is money.”  (kyle.tv challenge anyone?) 

Anyways, as the couple came and went apparently the friendly skies weren’t so friendly.  It took them about an hour, all told, and when they got back they looked a wreck.  The director had wanted them to fly over Atlanta so shots of the skyline could be out the window as they were “doing it” (they always fake “did it”).  I guess that meant for harsher turbulence or something because they said the flight was uncomfortably BUMPY.  Instead of getting sick they worked the thrusts and bumps into the scene but they all came back pretty winded.  They faked their “Mile High Club” certificate and we all got the hell outta there.

Not too bad for a first day on the job.

(This entry previously published on March 13, 2008 but I moved it up to be a part of the new kyle.tv blog, which began on July 1, 2008)

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So there was one picture I left off yesterday that was sort of a big deal.  Check out the picture that made a 2-page spread in National Geographic.  CRAZY!  That’s my ass!

It’s the April 2008 issue!  THANK YOU SOL!

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2:10am
A text mesage from Hunter:

H: Kyle! I think that you are in National Georgraphic!  Were you wearing khaki shorts when you did the mud pit belly flop?

K:  Brown shorts.  Doo doo brown.

H: Yep, it’s you!  That PR lady did you fine!

K: Holy fucking shit.  Are u kidding me?

H: Yep!  New cover: Africa’s Ragged Edge.  Will bring by tomorrow!

K: How do my tits look?

H: You are hitting the water in the belly flop!  Great ass!

K: I’ll die if it’s really me.  I’m dying already even if it’s not.

H: What other person there was wearing doo doo shorts, has wild black hair, and white white white skin?

K: This is amazing.  And not just ’cause I’m outta my mind right now.

H: Yes, I will drop it off in the morning @ eleven.

K: I love you and yours.  Truly.

H: Always yours!

K: PS – I totally love that you’re reading National Geographic at home on a Saturday night.  This point was not missed by yours truly.

H: I am so coming over.

K: It smells like bacon here.  Don’t ask.

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I want to give props to another blogger who did some kick ass pics of the Redneck Games.  Sol Neelman of Portland, Oregon took some killer pictures.  Check him out here.  Here’s a taste:

I wonder if he went back this year??  Heh.

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I’ve told you I’ve made some videos before and you’re about to see one.  

This is a story I did last summer at the 2007 Redneck Games.  They happen every summer in Dublin, Georgia and are, in fact, happening this weekend!  I won’t go into detail how it all came about (it’s explained in the video) but check it out.  We ended up getting to compete in events such as the Armpit Serenade, Bobbing for Pigs Feet, and – the ultimate – The Mudpit Belly Flop.  It’s must-see viewing, if I do say so myself.

I’ve souped up the video with cool graphics now that I’ve launched this blog (I have friends who do that sort of thing so THANK YOU Chris and Jason!).  Let me know what you think!  Anyone up for going next year?

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It’s true. I can’t say that my parents and creditors are altogether enthused about the decision but it’s time. We all have dreams, right? We’re all innately capable of making them happen, yes? Well shit. This is my time and I’m taking it by the gonads.

For the last 4.5 years I’ve had a really bland job.  It was 9 to 5, uninspiring, and completely slack.  I would roll in at 11am only to shut my office door and nap at 1pm only to then leave at 4pm.  Some days I didn’t even go in and no one missed me.  Seriously.  You’d think this would be some sort of ideal scenario – especially when you’re getting paid a lot of money – but it’s really not.  What does sleeping on the job contribute towards any sense of self-worth?

I woke up from my last nap yesterday and quit.  Done.  There’s no way I could continue to waste myself like that.  I’ve always dreamt of bigger and better and so it’s time to make that happen.  Anyone who’s known me for even a minute knows I have a different calling… so I’m pickin’ up the phone.  I’ve made movies before.  I’ve made websites before.  I’ve always wanted to combine the two into one place and see what happens.  So that’s what I’ve decided to do.

Welcome to kyle.tv!

This site will be a place for me to write, to tell you about the crazy shit me and my friends are always doing, and to show you good videos.  We make a lot.  I also want to know your thoughts and have you challenge us to make videos based on your ideas.  That would be killer fun.  So get involved and let’s start a community where people are doing, talking, and making the things they really want.  Take some risks and we’ll show each other – literally – what we got.

In the meantime, I’m taking the biggest chance of my life.  I believe it’s going to work out for the best.  My mom once told me that the universe conspires to give you what you want, if you just let it.  So I’m waking up from a near 5-year nap and seeing what it has in store for me.

Sign up and stick around.  Let’s see what happens. 

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