So two things surfaced today that had me thinking about the artificiality of photoshoots.  And I am not exactly breaking new ground here by pointing out the images they sell us are not reality.  And this isn’t about unrealistic expectations and stuff.  I mean, certainly that is a valid discussion to have but then so is the fact that no one is ever presenting you anything completely genuine.  Art, music, people… it’s all about getting a certain point of view across and if it seems manipulative or not is largely based on how you feel about that manipulation.  I am not going down that path though, that way lies nothing but Philosophy 101 and a whole lot of bullshit about there being no truth and reality is a lie which is both not helpful and intellectually lazy.  No, see today I saw pictures of Rosie Jones naked in a garden and she’s standing on the balls of her feet the entire time with her back arched.  And of course she’s topless, one day doctors will find a cure for her crippling allergy to tops.  One day!  But I wasn’t even looking at her breasts, and there is a conversation to be had about maybe desensitization seeps in when you see someone naked more than dressed but most of it was just that I was impressed that she was balancing like that and yet looked natural.  She just looked like she was having fun in a garden.  Except she was standing in a way no human being ever would and really I don’t know how she held the post.  I tried, I can’t, I start swaying and have to put my hands out to balance myself. Then I get to this picture of Kate Upton working out and that’s pretty common these days, there is this whole thing about her training and how shes’ getting into better shape and well… it’s a whole thing.  People love to talk about her level of fitness.  But she’s wearing like a tweed skirt and a bra and I guess that’s supposed to be sexy. Except my only thought was, “That bra is not supportive enough to work out in.  She’s going to hurt herself”.  So I get the picture is supposed to be sexy but my only thought is that really someone should get her appropriate workout attires.  That skirt is going to tear at some point and that’s just a waste.  And her boobs, well that’s going to be a disaster.  Someone help her.  And then I realized that is my problem with some of this artificiality.  I am not opposed to the artifice (and uh, ping @thunderstormofoblivion it turns out I am just an attending lord), I know it’s there, I just would like, at least for a moment, to be able to pretend it isn’t.  And I couldn’t.  Instead I just sat around thinking about poor Kate Upton getting hurt.  Then I looked for pictures that allowed me to embrace the illusion and here we are.  Today I want to fuck Kate Upton.