Seeking Simone

Seeking Simone and Naked Girl - Together At Last

The lovely and talented Zoe Beaumont from Naked Girl in a Big Gay World is doing a series of hilarious, insightful and innuendo-laden posts called Webisodes Killed the Gay-for-Pay Star and her second post is about Seeking Simone. Naturally, we were thrilled to be included - we love naked girls!

Zoe has a lot of great things to say about lesbian representation in the media which we really identified with - particularly in the intro of her piece, when she's talking about Law & Order: SVU's delicate whiff of lesbonic action:

SVU is a good example of mainstream media recognising their gay audience without placing any real effort into maintaining or progressing it: They tease with possibility because they know our expectations are low but our hopes are high. We will tune in religiously for the merest proximity between female characters, and write them into a Shakespearian romance in our heads, without the producers of a show ever having to “compromise” their mainstream audience.

This really rang true for us - we're always a little desperate to see ourselves represented and always a little too excited when something *might* be about us. Which is one of the reasons we wanted to create Seeking Simone -so that it could for SURE be about us. Yay homos!

Zoe goes on to say many very kind things about Simone - plus, she created a very hot screenshot collage as well. Behold!

Enjoy the full article (and more lovely lady pics) over on Zoe's blog - and thanks so much to Zoe for talking us up and making us blush all dirty-like.

Oh, and be sure to check out her first piece about We Have to Stop...Now too - it's equal parts eloquent and awesome. And don't fret, Otalia fans - a post about Venice - the Series is up next, so stay tuned to Naked Girl!

Episode 5 in Polish and Streamy Awards Fun!

The Streamy Awards submissions are open and we are wading into the fray. 'Cause it's important to have big dreams, kidz!

The Streamys are like the Oscars for web video - but unlike the Oscars, you get a vote.

So if you're so inclined, please consider submitting Seeking Simone in the Best Comedy and Best New Series categories - and any of our fantastic cast or crew in the Individual categories.

It's super easy to vote - just pick a category from the drop-down menu, type in the name of the show and the URL (www.seekingsimone.com) and you're done! You can submit once a day, if you're a REAL fan - but just once would rock our rainbow socks off too!

You have the OPTION to tweet your nomination should you choose - but you don't have to. Sometimes, voting should be private. Especially if you did it naked.

And hey - even if you don't want to vote for OUR show, it would be AWESOME to see some queer nominees at the Streamys this year. So pick your favourite homo web series and cast your vote!

In other awesome news, Alex from Fioletowa Winda has completed yet another kicky translation for us - we now have Polish subtitles for Episode 5! Alex...you're a rock star.

Now, if your one night stand leaves you a mysterious après-sex notecard in Polish, you'll be able to decypher it without whipping out the Google Translate. I know, right?? YOU'RE WELCOME.

Episode 1.5 in Polish

 

Not sure how to toggle between subtitles on YouTube? Check out our handy YouTube caption instructions.

Many thanks to Alex for her speedy translation of all five of our episodes and for helping us spread the Simone lurve all over Eastern Europe!!

Last Minute Gifts from Seeking Simone!

Ever since we added a Zazzle discount code to our site (which, by the way, may only work in the US store ... so if you're in the US, it's SEEKINGSIMONE10 - get 10% off any order over $50!), we've been meaning to create a Seeking Simone Zazzle shop.

All the cool kidz are doing it! Because it's HILARIOUS.

And now, finally, as the holiday season is bearing down upon us (I mean, seriously - Hanukkah kicked off today!! We are so behind...) we've set up shop and put together a few choice gifts for the discerning among you.

We decided to keep it simple and stick to our most popular, holiday-appropriate phrase:

Nothing says "You gave me emotional crabs" - in six different languages - quite like these premium ceramic mugs.

Perfect for office or home gift giving! Give one to your boss, your ex, your child's kindergarten teacher...stuff it with jellybeans to soften the blow or make it a special surprise in someone's stocking!

The mugs are customizable (you can choose from different colour accents and two different sizes) and, of course, any proceeds from these gems goes towards funding the rest of Season One.

Thanks for your support - and thanks to all of our fabulous translators whose knowledge of STD slang made these products possible!

Ep 4 in Polish! Plus, it's our 6 month anniversary with you guys!! Aww...

First of all, Alex from Fioletowa Winda is churning out the subtitles about a million times faster than we released the episodes. HA!!

She's provided us with Polish subtitles for Episode 4 and now, if you'd like to urge your Polish lover to "Come back to bed, Peaches", YOU CAN. Wearing that hot red lingerie won't hurt either...

Episode 1.4 in Polish

 

Dziękuję to Alex for her incredibly speedy work!!

Another big fat multi-lingual thank you also goes out to...YOU!! That's right! Because today, December 9th, marks the six month anniversary of Seeking Simone's official launch date!

Six months!!

That's, like, "a UHaul, a cat with no ears and a serious conversation about turkey basters" in lesbian years! We feel very close to you right now...take off your shirt.

Since we launched Seeking Simone six months ago, we have:

• Released five episodes and seven "extras"


• Been translated into five languages


• Been viewed 262,092 times (just 10,362,463 to go before we overtake that Surprised Kitty! THEN who'll be surprised?? Probably still that effing kitten.)


• Met hundreds of intelligent, discerning, generous, hilarious and supportive people from all over the world who have helped us spread the word about the show by reviewing, blogging, tweeting, podcasting and Facebookin' and MySpacin' about it


• Become even more committed to producing lesbian content that's educational and entertaining and a little ridiculous and a little sex-ay.

Now, this isn't a "see you later post" or anything - we've got lots more coming down the internetal tubes for you in our slow, no-budget way - but we did want to pause and thank you, the wonderful viewers, who've made our first six months online an incredibly rewarding and totally awesome experience.

Thank you!!!!

Muchas Gracias!!!

Danke schön!!!

Merci Beaucoup!!!

Muito obrigado!

Dziękuję!!!

So ladies...other ladies...gentlemen - this cake is for you.

Ep 5 in German! Ep 3 in Polish! It's Like the Lesbo League of Nations Over Here!

I know you've all been wondering how "Hammertoes" would go in Polish. Thanks to the wonderful Alex from Polish lesbian site Fioletowa Winda, NOW YOU KNOW!

She's provided Polish subtitles for Episode 3 and in doing so ended up with the Beaverettes hit song "Hammertoes" in her head (she also confesses she might have a little crush on Neil the drummer and hey - who wouldn't?? Neil is pretty intense...)

Thanks for braving Hammertoes, Alex!! It's great to be able to share these really offensive lyrics in yet another language.

Episode 1.3 in Polish

But that's not all! We also have new subtitles for Episode 5!

The German subtitles for Episode 5 were kindly created by the none other than Sandra Showtime, Editor in Chief of fabulous European lesbian web magazine eurOut! Vielen Dank for your help, Sandra!! You're a lifesaver!

Naturally, "balloon animals" sounds as sexy in German as it does in English and Spanish - definitely a must-have expression in your multi-lingual dirty talk arsenal.

Episode 1.5 in German

HUGE thanks to Sandra and Alex for all of their work and time creating the subtitles - we really appreciate you helping us spread our homosexual agenda throughout Europe!

Having some trouble finding the captions in five different languages? Here's how to work the captions on YouTube.

Just click on the CC button at the bottom of the YouTube player to turn on the captions - then mouse over the little arrow button to the left to choose your language.