reynardo | Interview: Questions from Silverblue

Questions from the ever-amazing

silverblue

1. What is your favourite style of corset?

Edwardian Gibson-girl S-shaped. Soft colours with lace. And real steel or whalebone bones.

2. Name three sorts of fox-shaped things you would like in your house.

i) One of those hunting-pinks foxes (I could never afford the ones they had in DJs)
ii) Bookends or a shelf with foxes on it to hold the DVDs.
iii) A real one for a pet.

3. Everyone goes away, leaving the house pristine, the larders full, and your work is done. How do you celebrate, knowing that not only have they done this but that they will clean up afterwards?

Ohhh - hold a dinner party of my close friends followed by exquisite dessert and board-games. Dark chocolate. Coffee. A little green for them as wants it. Penalties if you're caught cheating at Monopoly, double if you deliberately get caught. A huge couch or pile of cushions on the floor and a couple of classic brilliant movies with everyone cuddled up together. So, when do I set the date?

4. Blowfish. What do you want from there?

*suspicious look* And you want to know because?

Seriously, as much as I'd love some of the items, we have quite a few here that keep us more than busy, and we haven't even used the latest purchases. I must organise a night with No Kid one of these days.

Some of the vids are tempting but of course they can't be shipped outside the US. Dammit.

5. When did you most keep your temper - and now regret that you did not lose it?

Overhearing people say abusive, prejudiced or outright nasty things about people I knew. And I am so annoyed at not having spoken. these days I speak. Losing the temper would hopefully include keeping rational and giving a blistering invective - when I really lose it violence occurs.

One thing I regret from my youth is not being allowed to let true feelings out - a result of my parents' very dysfunctional upbringing. This often means I don't tell people when I'm upset or ill or tired, and then let things stew and boil because they haven't miraculously telepathically worked it out for themselves. It didn't help that I was told by my mother that when not picking up these signals myself I wasn't "grown-up enough to do it" - which leaves me wondering how the hell you do anyway.

It also means that often I've complained about a problem and been told that it wasn't important or not serious enough to be noticed, so I go away and don't mention it again for fear of getting in trouble. I also tend to go silent when upset or hurt, which also doesn't help.

Which is why I favour openess and honesty in all things.

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