The other way around

[cdybedahl]

Today is the wife's birthday, so now it was my turn to give her something. Unfortunately I don't have the skill to make her anything nearly as nifty as the kimono she made for me, so I just bought a couple of things. First, a thin silver chain to replace one of hers that broke a couple of days ago. More of an "oh well, might as well wrap it and call it a present" thing than an actual gift. Secondly, a signed limited edition tape with the contains-nudity version of Claudia Christian's "Taboo" video, featuring not only Claudia but also Alexandra Tydings (and it's directed and produced by Claire Stansfield, to increase the Xena connection even more). And if you think that's a crap present to give one's wife, I'd like to point out that said wife already has standing on her desk at work a signed photograph of Claudia Christian wearing nothing but panties and two crossed swords :-)

Main drawback is that it's an NTSC tape, so we'll have to buy a new VCR before we can watch it. And it's a tape, so I can't take screencaps from it.

Comments

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

Ah! You're in a dual-femslash household. The best kind. Happy birthday to your wife, and a belated one to you, too, since I managed to miss that post.

(And I'm sure my girlfriend has screencapped from VCR, by hooking one up to the computer. She uses her powers for work, but I'm sure the possibility is there.)

[cdybedahl.livejournal.com]

The wife isn't much into fanfic at all, unfortunately. But she doesn't mind me writing f/f smut and can provide the occasional reality check on the practicalities of lesbian sex. Which is nice.

It's entirely possible to take screencaps from tape, it's just that the quality doesn't get anywhere near as good as DVD caps (there just isn't enough image data in the VHS format), and I never bothered to find a TV-input card that works under FreeBSD.