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[weeklymix]

That cat is dead.

What is your ultimate sexual fantasy?

[I.F.A.]

Oh, I didn't notice that there was a new question.

Very unique style choices. I approve! The coat and shoes and hat are incredible.

Thanks!!

That cat is dead.

What is your ultimate sexual fantasy?

Well... not to be evasive, but I'm not really sure. I mean, I had an unusual and incredibly dysfunctional sexual relationship with my ex-husband, and that sort of killed my sex drive in general for a while. It's definitely come back (thankfully), but the fantasizing thing... not as much. I'm more into doing it than thinking about or talking about it anyway (I'm also a little prudish in that regard, and get flustered easily, which is weird, because I've never had any qualms IN the bedroom - I chalk that up to growing up in a Christian Fundamentalist household, where we just didn't talk of "such things"). I've also already done a lot of the things that are generally "ultimate fantasy" fodder (3-somes, etc.), and I'm kind of over that. So I don't know if I have like, an ultimate fantasy, per se... though, in general, I really like things like spontaneous pull-the-car-over-because-we-have-to-fuck-NOW kind of sex, I like it a little slap-me rough, and I'm a little sub, so I really like doing whatever it is that my partner really desires. I hope that answers your question.

[weeklymix]

It does.

[Cheddar's Cousin]

I.F.A.,

Where do you think I have been?

[I.F.A.]

I.F.A.,

Where do you think I have been?

In the dairy aisle at the supermarket.

[Pixiessp]

You have my deepest apologies for that transgression and considering my costume, candy is not very likely

I'll let it go this time only if you make sure to post a picture of you in costume.

[koryp]

I'll let it go this time only if you make sure to post a picture of you in costume.

Deal. I'll load one on the voodoo 2010 thread when i get home Monday. Too cumbersome on my phone.

IFA, what is your most cherished, past or presently owned, mode of transportation?

[I.F.A.]

IFA, what is your most cherished, past or presently owned, mode of transportation?


It's a tie between the car I learned to drive in, which was a 1970 Ford Maverick, and which was supposed to be mine until my dad decided that I would be a menace to society in a car that fast, and my actual first car, which was a 1976 Pontiac Bonneville, and was so big that I could lay down in the back seat without bending my knees and fit 4 people on the hood.

I rear-ended a police officer about 4 months after I started driving, and busted the radiator on the Bonneville. I sold it to one of my mom's friends, who wanted to use it for demolition derby. Fun Fact!: I went to the fair last weekend, and watched the derby, and the guy's still using it. I'm absolutely amazed that it hasn't totally disintegrated by now with the amount of abuse that it's been through. Obviously I gave up on it too soon. I miss the hell out of that car (though I don't so much miss the 9 miles to a gallon...).


The Maverick looked like this:


And The Bonneville looked like this:

[algunz]

Who is the smartest person you know, and why do you feel this way about this person?

[york707]

Are there any subjects or areas of knowledge that you consider yourself to be an expert in or have an above-average level of knowledge?

[I.F.A.]

I like being able to talk to people with different interests than me, and well-reasoned opinions, even if I disagree with them, who can back it up without getting irate, and I'm lucky to know a lot of really diverse and intelligent people, so it's hard to pick. Ivy is incredibly smart, and one of the reasons that we have always gotten along so well is that we can have a great conversation about just about anything. My other best friend, whose name is Christin, is similar in that regard. She's LDS and leans conservative, and we disagree on just about everything, but I've learned a lot from her.

[algunz]

Who's you favorite actor/actress, director, movie, etc? You don't have to answer all of them just give us some insight into your film interests.

[I.F.A.]

Are there any subjects or areas of knowledge that you consider yourself to be an expert in or have an above-average level of knowledge?

There are a few. I've studied a lot of different types and aspects of religion (which is what, along with English, I majored in in college), and though I'm no means an expert I have a pretty wide-ranging knowledge in that area. I was specifically interested in cult studies, so I'm sure I know more than the average person would ever need to about cults. I've practiced Zen Buddhism and Yoga, so I have experiential knowledge in those areas.

I'm always learning new things, and I'll get slightly obsessed about the weirdest, usually obscure, shit, and one thing leads to the next, so I'm sure that I know about a lot of stuff that other people don't really think about. Like, recently, it was mushrooms - which, by the way, are freaking fascinating. I read book after book about mushroom species and cultivation, and finding and identifying wild mushrooms. Before that I was reading a lot of books about the local food movement - by Michael Pollan and the like, and that's what piqued my interest in mushrooms. Then that spurred an interest in ethnobotany and the ritualistic use of plants in traditional aboriginal cultures, specifically hallucinogens (the mushroom tie-in), and so I've also been reading a lot about that. Though, for the last couple of months, I've been in kind of in a lull and haven't been reading as much as I usually do , generally I'll read a book or two a week, and almost all non-fiction (interspersed with like, bad vampire novels or something when I need a break).

I'm really good at trivial pursuit. But on the flip side, I know like next to nothing about current pop-culture, unless it's something I come across online or it's mentioned in one of the magazines I read. I don't watch TV at home (I literally can't, since my TV is old and analog and I didn't bother converting it), so that's almost exclusively a social activity for me. I used to be really in to film, and kept up on what was current, but I don't even remember the last time I was at the theater. I still watch a lot of movies at home, but definitely not like I used to, and the ones that I do tend to be old, obscure, or really bad guilty pleasure flicks that I probably wouldn't admit to having seen. And it's not like, a pretentious I'm-too-good-for-pop-culture-so-I-do-not-partake-because-I-am-an-intellectual thing. I'm just kind of ambivalent about it.

[I.F.A.]

Who's you favorite actor/actress, director, movie, etc? You don't have to answer all of them just give us some insight into your film interests.

My taste in movies is kind of a hodge-podge. I have a total chick thing about British-made literary and period movies. Like, Pride & Prejudice, The Importance of Being Earnest, Gosford Park, Sense & Sensibility, Much Ado About Nothing, etc. The same group of actors tend to do those types of film, and I love all of them - Kenneth Branaugh, Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Judy Dench, Maggie Smith... etc. Pretty much all of the Shakespeareans. I also really love animation, and get in to everything from Disney to *some* anime. Anything by Studio Ghibli, The Ghost in the Shell, stuff like that. I'm also all about any and everything Muppet. LOVE Anderson and the Coens (though, I hated The LadyKillers and Burn After Reading).

I pretty much like anything that's witty, intellectually challenging, aesthetically beautiful, slow and moving, has a lot of shit getting blown up, kitschy, or is bad sci-fi from the 70s and 80s. My perfect film would have a combination of all these qualities.

[algunz]

What era would you travel back in time to live through for a brief period?

[I.F.A.]

Definitely the late 60s and early 70s.

[algunz]

Good choice, me too.

Where would you go? What city? Who would you want to hang out with etc??

[fatbastard]

Any volunteers? Idiots not need apply.

[JClemy]

This is back again! awesome!

[algunz]

JClemy never had his day in the hot seat. (I stole his thunder.) I nominate him.

[Kyliediscope]

This is back again! awesome!

Translation: Oh my god. I can finally be BMOTW.

[M Sparks]

JClemy never had his day in the hot seat. (I stole his thunder.) I nominate him.

He went later.

[fatbastard]

Wanna give it a shot thecapsulettes?

[algunz]

Yes, Kylie.

I have some questions for you.

[weeklymix]

Translation: Oh my god. I can finally be BMOTW.

As if you needed another outlet to talk about yourself. AMIRITE?

[Kyliediscope]

I was actually referring to JClemy's excitement as evidence by the quote. Thanks for deterring me, though.

[daxton]

Oh wow. I was sure I killed this thread. Somehow I missed IFA's week.

[weeklymix]

I was actually referring to JClemy's excitement as evidence by the quote. Thanks for deterring me, though.

I'm not going to be made to feel bad about a joke, woman.

[PlayaDelWes]

Slammed right now at work, so please nobody volunteer me this week.

[Kyliediscope]

Okay. I'll do it.