Some questions answered

[altivo]

Some questions from songcoyote answered here in fulfillment of a meme, sorta.

1. Where are you on the Kinsey scale, and is your current place on it at all variable (or has it been)?
Lessee, if I remember Kinsey correctly, the scale is from 1 to 5 where 1 is totally hetero and 5 is totally homosexual. Probably a 4+ now. I only have erotic fantasies about males if we limit it to humans, though if we include animals it might be more ambiguous. At one time I scored lower, and I was actually married for three years but that was a long time ago.

[Edit: songdogmi says the scale goes to 6, in which case I must be a 5 or something.]

2. Ever had sex while still (primarily) in the fursuit?
Nope. Probably won't either, just because I'm much too inhibited. The practical considerations seem very large anyway, though I can certainly snuggle effectively in mine. ;)

3. The last time you got really drunk and did something perhaps inappropriate, what was it? If you've never been that drunk... make something up ;)
Uhhh...drunk? What's that? I'd pass out before getting that uninhibited I think, but I've never been that drunk anyway. Make something up? The time a friend and I went skinny dipping on a public beach in Michigan, after it was closed but just outside the range of the lights in front of a popular restaurant? We ended up doing more than just swimming... Oh wait, I was supposed to make something up, wasn't I?

4. Have you ever started a physical fight of your own volition? When, and why?
Verbally I can be vicious at times. Physically, though... Closest I can come is an incident in 1970 when a roomie said something very inconsiderate while I was doing dishes and I threw a spoon at him. He promptly knocked me down and became very frustrated that I wouldn't continue the fight.

5. What's the most difficult choice you had to make in the last year, and if you could change your choice, would you?
Just a year ago this month, I had to admit that I couldn't keep my mare's filly any longer because training her was beyond my capabilities. Not that I needed another horse, but I wanted her because she was so pretty and had been born here. My mate was already terrified of her wild behavior, and I knew he'd get hurt if he had to keep dealing with her, so I found her another home. It hurt a lot, but no, I wouldn't change the decision. I simply don't have the experience and confidence necessary for a job like that.

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[songdogmi.livejournal.com]

Kinsey's scale goes to 6. Which I remember in part because there's a band called the Kinsey Sicks. Don't know much about 'em, but I'm sure they're outrageous (and have a website).

(Kinsey Sicks... All the good band names are taken.)

[altivo.livejournal.com]

OK, in that case, make me a 5. ;p

[perlandria.livejournal.com]

I've been to the Kinsey Sicks 'Christmas' show named Oy Vey In A Manger.
Yes, they are all you would expect them to be abd much more, with IMPECCABLE voice. My gods!

[dakhun.livejournal.com]

OK, I *will* ask...

though if we include animals

And do we?

[altivo.livejournal.com]

In real life, never. At least not yet, so probably not likely.

In dreams and fantasy, however, sentient speaking animals often with anthropomorphic bodies have appeared occasionally for as far back as I can remember. Less frequently but sometimes more vividly, shape changing in which I assume animal form, always that of horse or dog.

I should add that my dreams and fantasies are rarely of an explicit sexual nature, but they are colorful and very physical nonetheless.

[songcoyote.livejournal.com]

1. That's what I thought. I'm around 2.5 generally.

2. Mmm... snuggling.

3. You don't seem like the type to get really drunk, but you never know :)

4. You threw a spoon at him and he knocked you down? That was either some throw or a bit of an overreaction. Glad things went no further!

5. Ouch! That was one horse born with a will to be wild!

Thanks for the insights. I like learning more about you :)

Light and laughter,
SongCoyote

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Hee. The friend in 3 and the roomie in 4 were one and the same. We were intimate sometimes, but he was conflicted and guilty about it. I don't recall the details of the argument on the occasion of 4, other than that it involved his notion that I was competing with him for the same woman. I wasn't, particularly, though as it happened two years later she was the one I married. Later still it came out that she was attracted specifically to gay males and had taken an interest in both of us because she did perceive that there was something between us. All a very tangled web, that's for sure.

Yes, he knocked me down. He was not at all shy about taking violent action, while I was just the opposite (and still am.) The thrown spoon was an ordinary teaspoon and missed him, but might have left a bruise or a broken tooth had it landed right. I did throw it hard. ;)

Oh, and the filly is now with a family in Wisconsin and doing very well. I understand they drive her with a cart and she also lets their children ride her. Sometimes it takes a change of venue and different personalities to make things come out right.

[songcoyote.livejournal.com]

A tangled web indeed! Skinny dipping, thrown spoons, marriage, violence - it's your own soap opera! :) Glad he didn't hurt you, though *fierce look*

I'm glad the filly is doing well; that must be rewarding in a way after the difficulty of giving her up. Environment really can make a big difference. It's certainly true with dogs, so it doesn't surprise me in the least that it could make that big a difference to horses.

Not to mention to humans!

Light and laughter,
SongCoyote

[altivo.livejournal.com]

I don't think he would have really hurt me except by accident, though he probably would have given me a black eye without much remorse on that occasion. Later that night he came to me when I was in bed, asleep, and woke me up to threaten me with his wooden SCA sword (much like a baseball bat in size and weight) which did scare me. At that point it was no longer about the girl but rather a "Don't you dare make physical threats against me" thing. He was much too worried about his masculine dominance, methinks. I'd completely forgotten that part of the incident.

I'm the one who came out of the whole business on top, though. I learned that I could completely toss off social convention and get away with it, not feeling guilty and not worrying about what anyone would think. That ability has done well by me overall.

[songcoyote.livejournal.com]

Yeep! I'm quite familiar with SCA swords, and that's not a casual thing to threaten people with. You're well quit of that one!

Just the phrase "I learned" puts you pretty much on top of someone who can't overcome their need for masculine dominance, though :)

Light and laughter,
SongCoyote

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Yeh, I don't know what became of him. I last saw him on the day I packed a rental van and moved my residence from Michigan to Illinois back in 1977. We had known each other for nearly ten years and though we did fight from time to time we were affectionate in private for the whole period. However, the day I was packing he did something almost characteristic for him, showed up at my door bare chested and sweaty, and clearly dropping hints that he was looking for some nookie. He was never willing to make any open commitment to me, and by then I realized that he was probably just taking advantage of my weakness, so I brushed him off by pretending I just wasn't getting his blatant suggestions. I know he was disappointed.

I sent notes and cards during that first year after I moved, and was back in Michigan frequently on weekends, but never saw or heard from him again.

[songcoyote.livejournal.com]

Fascinating. Sorry it ended up being so weird... but very glad that you're in a much better place now :)

Give my regards to your sweetie, and an extra hug as well.

Light and laughter,
SongCoyote

[altivo.livejournal.com]

That's life in America: weird. And American males: weird. It has been said that typical hetero males in America hate gays in part because they think we are getting too much sex without having to "work" for it. I suppose that may be true for some small minority but for most of us life isn't all that different from anyone else.

[songcoyote.livejournal.com]

Is that what some of it's about? How weird. I've never really understood the start, raving fear that some "males" seem to have about it. I mean, I know some subcultures (hesitant though I am to dignify them with that appellation) teach that it's an abominable sin, so some might fear going to hell for touching boy-parts, but in some cases it just seems ridiculous. $%&* Puritans.

Earth: weird. Maybe I'll get used to it one day ;)

Light and laughter,
SongCoyote