So I came home, and in about one hour I unpacked my camping bag and then packed a porno convention bag- then got picked up to go to the airport. The packing for this trip was a little confusing because this was a “business to business” convention. I was not signing, or selling movies… I was speaking on panels, to other people in the porn industry. How do you dress like a girl who owns her own Alt Porn Company, and performs in her own movies, but knows what she is talking about? Not quite sure. A summer dress from H and M seemed to scream all these things… I think?

Coming here straight from camping led to one big problem. My toes very much looked like hiking toes, and not like educated porn star toes. So before I spoke, I woke up early and indulged in the hotel’s overpriced spa and got a pedicure. I should have taken a before and after picture but… I didn’t. While I totally trust all my fellow blog readers, I don’t know if we are quite at that level yet for you to see my crusty camping toes. Maybe one day… but not now… particularly in a recession.

Here is the result of the pedicure that cost about $40 more than what I usually spend on a pedicure. It does look pretty sweet.

I was asked to speak on three different panels.

One was about building a brand with social networking- a fancy title for a panel that should really be called “talking to a bunch of old fashioned people about twitter.” Another was about niche marketing where I shared a panel with someone from JT Stockroom, someone from Good Vibrations, and the transsexual superstar Wendy Williams- that one was a lot of fun!

The other panel was about a very scary law that could get passed one day where all websites associated with porn would be forced to have a .XXX domain name.

Stuart Lawley from ICANN (the registry that controls domain names) has spent over 10 millions dollars on this campaign, and has tried to convince the media- and even a lot of people in porn that this could be a positive thing. He claims that this will “protect children” and be something positive for porn consumers… but it’s very obviously a way for him to make a shitload of extra money and put every pornographer/ porn retailer on the web into a ghetto, and make us all look extremely illegitimate.

The .xxx domains will supposedly cost $60 per domain.

Your average porn company owns about 500 domain names… that adds up really quickly. It can also seriously fuck with the way porn sites appear in Google and Yahoo search engines. I could go on and on- it would NOT be a good thing, and I hope the Free Speech Coalition is able to fight this. If you care to read more about this you can at http://dotxxxopposition.com/.

Anyways- here I am on the panel with Diane, the president of the Free Speech Coalition, Colin Rowntree the webmaster and owner of Wasteland.com, Christopher O’Connell a chief programmer for Mikandi.com, and Michael Klien, the president of Hustler. It was quite a group!

Here I am looking official.
Don’t fuck with me Stuart Lawley!!
I don’t want to pay $60 for every domain I own!
I have pedicures to get!!

xoxox

Joanna Angel

So I ran away from civilization and went camping in the Sierra Mountains for a few days.

I’ve gone every year for the past few years now and I find it to be quite helpful for recharging my brain. I did a few hikes, looked at some lakes, and various types of trees …. but don’t worry.

I still kept it real and got my slut on in my tent, see =)

It’s embarrassing but true that I have been so busy in the past few years that I have not been able to read any book from start to finish. Yes , me , the English major turned porn hoe has not read any books at all in quite some time. The last book I completed prior to this trip was “Motley Crue: The Dirt – Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band” by Neil Strauss. It was a great read but not great enough to give up reading for years after.

Anyways a nice BurningAngel member brought me a book a a gift to a signing not too long ago called “The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein and I was able to read it in its entirety on this trip. It was an amazing book !! It was a story of a race car drivers life told through the eyes of his dog. Now I know so much more about dogs and Ferraris. Two very important elements of life !!

Here is another picture of me out in the wild. I turned my shirt into a hat because I forgot a hat. I look very terrorist chic!!

xoxo

Joanna Angel

Boobs, Butts, Blowj0bs & Brains.

What Can I Say.. I’m a Smart Porn Star!

Hey guess what- the internet says I am one of the smartest people in porn, and remember everything you read on the internet must be true, so… its official!!!

According to a recent survey by Ranker, I am one of the top 13 smartest people in porn, Number 9 to be exact, which makes me one of the top 8 Smartest Female Porn Stars (and the the smartest Alt Porn Star).

Apparently, according to Ranker, I am slightly dumber than Ron Jeremy and a hair smarter than Sasha Gray. This must be true because everything on the internet- is proven to be 100% accurate. Sources for this article are a mixture between Youtube, Wikipedia, and TMZ- three websites you should always trust!

“Joanna Angel is not only a star, but is a director and writer of the adult films she stars in, which is hot.
Even hotter still, she has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature with a minor in Film Studies from Rutgers University….She’s extremely well spoken and very eloquent, as well as informed about her trade.
Her writing has been featured in magazines and newspapers such as The New York Times. She even wrote a sex advice column for popular music magazine Spin.
Here’s a video of her views on the evolution of pornography and what effect the internet has had on it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGsKytQ7g5A
Here’s her learned perspective on the demise of legitimate sexual contacts on Craigslist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhShhLRnb24 “

Here is the whole list

1.  Asia Carrera
2.  Annie Sprinkle
3.  Shy Love
4.  Lorelei Lee
5.  Nina Hartley
6.  Jenna Jameson
7.  Ron Jeremy
8.  Laurie Wallace
9.  Joanna Angel (Meeeee)
10. Sasha Grey
11. A.J. Bailey
12. Lisa Sparxxx
13. T.J. Hart

Personally- I think Nina Hartley should really have been number one. Sorry Asia Carrera- I know we went to the same university and all but you are no where nearly as smart as Nina.

So check me out, I’m a smart girl that loves to fuck & do porn movies, isn’t that what everyone dreams of? So here I am looking all porn starry & smart. Because all smart people do wear glasses… correct?

My friend Lexi Love has her own Youtube channel where she posts a bunch of random clips of her daily life – and does some interviews at conventions. Here is a video she made of me and her at Chicago Exxxtacy. In the video you really get to see how my degree in English has become useful in my career as a porn director.

Well Chicago, you and your porn convention have impressed this porn star!

Just when I thought that porn conventions were coming to a depressing end- Chicago restored my faith. It was awesome! Thank you to everyone who came out to see me. read the rest of this entry….