(sorry i am reposting this here a few days too late)

hey-

it’s like, 4am in NJ and I have to get up in about 3 hours to go to the convention. 

I want to share two things with you. 

1- I got on a plane on tuesday night, about 11pm LA time. I got off the plane at 6am NY or umm… NJ time for that matter. I flew into Newark, NJ. My mother came to pick me up from the airport. She lives very close to there. I had three suitcases, and my laptop bag. I know- kinda crazy… but I am feature dancing next week for 4 days straight in Sacramento, which means I need a shitload of outfits. Also, one suitcase was packed entirely with DVD’s for the convention. Blah- yeah- I threw my suitcases into my moms car and passed out in the passengers seat. I woke up about 20 minutes later- I looked around the car and then panicked. My laptop bag wasn’t there. And like, I don’t have a desktop at home and then carry a laptop with me on the road- my laptop is my only computer and when you run a web company your computer is pretty fucking important. So yeah- I pretty much left the most important thing in my life on the curb of the Newark airport.

I cried and yelled MOM TURN AROUND- she was in the middle of the New Jersey Turnpike. The exits are miles apart from eachother. She made one of the most illigal U-turns I had ever seen in my life. It entailed driving backwards on the high-way on the shoulder lane and then going through a bunch of cones. I kinda felt like we were in an action scene of Die Hard or something.

My mom is really religious. I have always antagonized her for this-but for the first time in my life I said "Mom- can you please say a prayer?Seriously- like can you pray for the laptop?"

So she said ok. I guess she had a lap-top prayer on hand, or something. She started chanting some weird prayer and seemed to have forgotton some of the words so she reached for her glove compartment to grab her prayer book to refresh her memory. All the meanwhile she was not paying attention to the road. I made her pull over and said – "MOM- I’LL DRIVE- YOU PRAY!" So we switched spots and she continued. This all seemed really logical at 6am. 

Anyways- I got back to the Newark airport and a whole bunch of security guards surrounding my bag outside. I guess they thought it was some kind of bomb.They evacuated the whole outside…. I am sure people who were wating to get pickd up were incredibly pissed off. Yeah. I told them that was my bag and I had to go through this whole like, hour long process to convince them that it actually was my bag, and that I was actually not a terrorist- and that my mom was holding a big blue book with hebrew writing all over it and chanting to herself becase she was just praying for the laptop.

Sorry- I hope that didn’t freak you out.

Anyways, I have been preparing for the NY XXXotica convention that’s not in New York which isn’t eaxactly good religious girl behavior but- I made a pact with the laptop god and told him (or her?) that I would keep kosher for a little while if my laptop turned out to be not-lost. I have kept my pact for the past 3 days but I have also been staying with my mom who keeps super kosher so I dunno. I’m worried that if I break my pact that my laptop will mysteriously dissappear. 

2- my second story (man I totally didn’t intend to tell you all those details in my last story but it just kind of happened) well like I said- I had three bags… right? One was full of clothes, the other full of DVD’s, and the other was full of shoes. I brought 6 pairs of shoes. That’s a lot of shoes and that requires it’s own bag. I looked in the bag a few hours ago and guess what. I somehow managed to have brought only 1 shoes from each pair- for 5 out of the 6 pairs of shoes. So yeah. I have one pair of shoes, and then 5 single shoes… I thought- oh man- maybe some freak at the airport went through my bag and stole my shoes. I called James and asked him to look in my closet and described the shoes to him and uhhh… yeah- they were all there. And not to get even more jewish on you but- bringing 3 bags on a plane costs $165. 1st bag= $15, 2nd bag- $25, and 3rd bag- $125. I don’t know why the price goes up 100% between bag # 2 and # 3 but- well it does. So I basically paid $125 to take 5 single shoes onto a plane. 

yeah. 

HELP

so the moral of the story is- if you want to come and visit me at New York XXXotica that’t not in New York- a new pair of shoes would be greatly appreciated. I am a size 6. 

I hope you don’t find me completely insane after reading this. 

anyways- now I am off to get my 2 hours of sleep. 

xoxox

Joanna 

sorry I just had to post this.

please read my blog entry below about all the exxxotica drama so this makes more sense to you. 

Attention Mayor of New Jersey and any other officials who think I am going to do anything really harmful to people:

Strip for Pain is a silly gameshow we play at events. It’s not a real "S&M" type thing- it’s not perverted or disgusting- everyone involved in the game willingly takes part in it- and people who watch the game, laugh. In the last show we did, we made a guy snort wasabi, then put on lipstick, and a bra and panties and suck on a dildo. Aside from his friends taking pictures and making snide comments about his sexuality on myspace the next day- the contestant is OK. The game is not intended to hurt anyone’s feelings, or cause any permanant damage- it’s just a silly little skit to show how far men will go to see some boobies. I will admit- we beefed it up a bit in the description to make the game sound a lot more dangerous than it is… but you could have looked at footage from past games and photos from it to see the reality of the event. Really- It’s sort of like Family DoubleDare- but the prize is porno instead of money. 

Remember that show? 

I always wanted my family to go on there but it never happened. 

*Sigh*

jeeze. i was going to blog about my fun weekend with Asphixia- you know- sticking my finger in her butt and all- but then all this nonsense happened. when will the world learn to accept porno? this is retarded! do you know what kind of horrendous shit goes on at the meadowlands? and why couldn’t the mayor speak up about this oh I don’t know- 6 months ago when the convention was all being planned?

here- read this-

 SECAUCUS, N.J. - Mayor Dennis Elwell has announced that he intends to stop the Exxxotica NY show from taking place this coming weekend at the Meadowlands Expo Center.

According to NJ.com, the town plans to use zoning laws to shut down the three-day adult consumer expo. 

"A pornographic convention where alcohol is served in violation of state law and at a facility adjacent to a nursery school and playground is not the sort of atmosphere I’ll allow in Secaucus," Elwell said in a statement to the press. 

 Yo- the convention is on Friday, Saturday and Sunday- does nursery school really go on then? And how is the crowd from a Jets game or a Skid Row reunion show any better for a nursery school?  

Elwell and other town officials have called a press conference to address the situation Monday at noon at the Harmony Early Learning Center in Secaucus.

AVN contacted Exxxotica organizer J. Handy, who provided the following statement:

“Victory Tradeshow Management has been made aware of the present situation surrounding our upcoming Exxxotica New York show to be held at the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, New Jersey, September 12th through the 14th. We were notified that the owners and/or representatives of the Meadowlands Expo Center have been given notice of an intended hearing. Local officials are opposing the event and are seeking legal avenues in a last-minute attempt to block the show.

"Our attorneys are in contact with the parties involved to make sure that Exxxotica New York complies with all applicable with all state and local laws, and any and all measures are being taken to make sure that the event takes place as scheduled. This consumer show is only accessible by those 18 years of age and older, and all exhibits are on the convention floor. We will keep updates as they become available on our corporate website, www.vtshows.com.”

The NJ.com report states that according to Elwell, one of the exhibits at the convention is called "violent dehumanization." That description came from a blurb for Joanna Angel’s "Strip for Pain" show, which referenced "tongue-in-cheek violent dehumanization"; the event is no longer advertised on the Exxxotica NY site.

Hahahaha- yeah they’re talking about me! How dare the mayor of New Jersey insult me! I grew up there! I AM A NEW JERSEY HERO!

anyways- then this happened. here is the update!

SECAUCUS, N.J. – AVN has learned that the Exxxotica NY show originally scheduled for this weekend at the Meadowlands Expo Center will be moved to a new venue in response to a lawsuit from the town of Secaucus.

The show will now take place Friday – Sunday at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center at the Raritan Center in Edison, N.J., 30 miles from the original location. Show hours on Sunday have been changed to 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., but otherwise, all scheduling remains the same.

Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell confirmed today at a press conference that the town had filed suit in an effort to shut the three-day expo down. Elwell pointed to the exhibition of nudity at a venue with a liquor license as a violation of state law – whether or not alcohol is sold. He also cited the Meadowlands Expo Center’s proximity to a nursery school as a zoning violation.

A court hearing on the matter was set for Wednesday, but Victory Tradeshow Management opted to move the expo rather than compromise their presentation.

"We 100 percent support the right to freedom of speech and expression, and we weren’t willing to back down on what we planned to do," Handy said. "So rather than produce a compromise that fit within their ideals of what is lewd or not lewd we decided to move the event no matter what the cost and show the officials who opposed EXXXOTICA that the show will go on as it was intended to be presented. Ticket sales are currently exploding."

For Exxxotica show info, visit www.ExxxoticaNY.com. 

Anyways- if you wanna watch me violently dehumanize people- please come to the NEW Exxxotica location in Edison New Jersey. 

The funniest thing about this is- that the Meadowlands is like, on the border of NY/ and NJ – sort of. So it’s right out of the city- and the tagline for the whole convention was EXXXOTICA NY "sexiness in the city"… which was only a small lie being at the Meadowlands.NOW it should be "Sexiness about a hour away from the city" or more appropriately "Sexiness in the suburbs." 

anyways, i hope to see you all there- whereever this may be. 

xoxox

Joanna Angel

Sooooo

On Saturday, I got a new tattoo. Man, I am so happy. It fills up a very empty spot on my arm. I am getting so close to having a full sleeve on my right arm now. The problem with getting a sleeve that takes five years is that none of my pieces really go together. Oh well. I will try to fill everything in with some kind of cohesive background- but who knows how that will look. Baba from Vintage tattoo in Highland park is who tattooed me. He is the first person I have met in my life who attends "sexaholics anonymous". He had a little chip with a celebratory "1 year" written on it. Apparently this means he has been having only monogamous sex for a full year. He told me I was not allowed to temp him with a lap-dance or he wouldn’t be able to tattoo me anymore- although apparently- Kayla-Jane was in his shop earlier that day and waved her vag in front of his face. HOW DARE SHE!!!

Anyways, here it is- in all its glory. It actually needs another hour of work or so. It will be more colorful when it is done. I hate having an unfinished tattoo but I am a baby and my skin gets all swollen and hard to tattoo when I sit for more than three hours.

Yeah- that’s it. Anyways, I had James make a soft and snuggly YouTube Friendly trailer for my next movie- "xoxo Joanna Angel". Yeah yeah- it’s the one I do the gangbang in. I know I have told you about it before. Anyways, here it is. Please- help me promote my gang of bangs and put this little trailer on your myspace page and uh… you know… your blog… and all that other shit.  What do you think? Let me tell you- it’s not easy to make a nipple-free trailer of a movie with a gang-bang in it!!

xoxo Joanna Angel