Island Paradise – Part 2: Chapter 05

By Joshua Ryan

Chapter 5: The Benefits of a College Education

So that was my last night at the Explorers Bay Resort.  I was sorta sad that I wouldn’t see Patrick and Dobie again, but I was sorta glad too.  Well, not “glad,” but I knew they didn’t really care about me, and actually why should they?  I was a new guy to have sex with and get money from, and that was OK, but there would always be another one.  They were living in their own world, and I was just somebody that showed up for a while.  And as far as missing them when I was gone–after all that sex, I felt like I’d never need to have sex again.

Ha! That was funny!

But fuck! I’d learned a lot.  Next morning, I was watching my dad arguing with the guy at the desk about the vodka that was charged to my brother’s room and watching my brother lookin all dark and, like, resentful about the lie he’d told when he said he never saw it and watching my mom going, “Come on, the limo’s waiting, come on now,” and everybody looking all dorky and stupid in their St. B tees and their high-priced sandals, and the slappies standing in their places lookin totally chill in their browns and their boots and their not-my-problem tude, and you could see their dicks under their shorts just lurking and lolling around after whatever went on last night and looking forward to whatever was gonna go on tonight.

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Film review: ‘Please Hold’

One of this year’s Oscar-nominated live action shorts is called “Please Hold” — and it’s a film that I think Metalbond readers will want to see!

"Please Hold" film review

 

In this 19-minute movie, Erick Lopez plays Mateo, a young man who gets arrested by a drone and finds himself locked up in a futuristic jail. He encounters no other humans in the jail. His only interaction is with a video monitor. The film is an indictment of the for-profit nature of our criminal justice system, but anyone who has been trapped in voice mail hell trying to reach a real person at the cable company will understand the prisoner’s exasperation. It also reminded me of the paper clip helper that popped up on Microsoft Word! It’s funny except it’s also not. This is jail, after all, and the inmate’s situation is quite serious, terrifying even.

Beyond all that, I was excited by the clever concept of the actual lockup. Mateo is forced to handcuff himself and self-report to the incarceration facility. I’m told there’s a similar experience available in Second Life. I hope that someone reading this will go see the film and use it as inspiration for a story that can appear in the Metalbond Prison Library at some point!

I saw this film as part of a screening at IFC Center in Manhattan of all five of the Oscar-nominated live action short films. Sadly, several of the other films nominated in this category were quite dark in terms of subject matter, so be forewarned. If I had to do it all over again, I would have walked out after this film, the second of the five, was shown and skipped the others.

Click for the film’s official Facebook and Instagram pages.

The IMDb page for “Please Hold” is here.

If you see it, definitely let me know what you think!

film review "Please Hold"

Handcuffed at CMNM

At CMNM.net, the designer and buyer know exactly how to play these two big stupid lugs. They run their fingers under the sheer fabric. These skimpy thongs barely cover these brutes’ bulging genitals. It only takes a small flick to release them. Now that each man is fully exposed, things have gone so far the lads don’t feel like they can back out. These proud tough guys feel completely humiliated as they are led through increasingly debauched behaviour!

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