photo by Laugh­ing Squid

In April, I took a trip up to SF to do a photo shoot with infrared pho­tog­ra­pher, Jake Applebaum.

One of the places I went dur­ing my visit was Jake’s work­place, Kink.com’s Porn Palace. Every Fri­day night they had an employee happy hour, which I had the priv­elidge of attending.

At the time, I was floored by the expanse of the build­ing, the crazy sets, the cam­eras and light­ing equip­ment.
But I was more impressed by how happy every­one seemed. I had the over­whelm­ing feel­ing that all these peo­ple loved their jobs.

photo by Laugh­ing Squid

Half-jokingly, I said to Jake, “Let me know if you have any job openings!”.

Months later, Jake called to let me know that they needed a web devel­oper.
Before I knew it, I had been liv­ing in SF for two days and had already been hired as a contractor.

My fourth day in SF was my first day work­ing at the porn palace.

It was.…surprisingly like art school.
There was a room full of macs with widescreen dis­plays, being oper­ated by cute peo­ple with pierc­ings and awe­some hair. Every­one was super friendly, and often chat­ting about their band or their open-source project. The bath­rooms were even gen­der neutral!

Ladies and gentlemen.…I had found my dream job!

But porn?? Was I ready for such an endeavor? Find out tomorrow!

photo by Marie Lodi.