Postcards From Las Vegas: The Things We Do For Schwag

The crowds grew thick and lustrous on the third day of the AVN Expo today ... and so did the goody bags. Fans gorged themselves on autographed posters and 8 x10 glossies, DVD samplers, pens, keychains, candy, condoms, lube packets, moist towelettes, lip balms, and other assorted schwag bearing the likeness of their favorite pornstar or studio logo, all the while waiting in lines to snap as many awkwardly posed photos of themselves with the women of their dreams as possible. And when girls get up on stages and start throwing free objects at the crowd, things can get potentially ugly. (Or potentially sexy. That whole ugly/sexy divide becomes ever narrower the longer we stay here.)

Believe it or not that, halo of light follows Sasha Grey wherever she goes.

The biggest crush of fans we saw this afternoon was for Hustler-master Larry Flynt. And he didn't even have to put on body glitter!

Jamye Waxman's vulva puppet (modeled here by Daisy Layne) will not complain if you are rough with it, but it also won't scream your name if you rub it the right way. Such are life's tradeoffs.

The line for fan admission at the Sands Expo Center is not as long as some rides at Disney World, but the payoff is much better than those silly teacups.

A little bit closer now ...