Interview with Faiqa
Posted in Rantastic, Uncategorized on 01/07/2009 02:53 pm by Elizabeth KayleneFaiqa is hot. Seriously. When I first saw her Gravatar on one of her comments I thought, “I have to be that hot chick’s friend.” I’m probably a whore or something, because all of my female internet friends are hot. (But you guys rock, too, so it all balances out!)
Anyway, Faiqa was recently interviewed by Sheila and asked if anyone else wanted to be interviewed. I’m really glad I volunteered now, because I feel so out of it that anything else I could possibly post would just be whinewhinewhine and a lot of random weirdness.
I could go on and on and talk about how my silly self didn’t realize I had to post the interview and emailed it back to her instead, but I won’t give Sarcastica any more ammo. 
- I was a total idiot when I was twenty. So, come on. You’re really 20? You can’t be 20. You really are? OK, then. Tell me, how does it feel to be the most mature twenty year old on the planet? Do you get along with people your age or do you have a lot of friends who are older than you?
Yeah, I’m really twenty. And I’m always the baby in whatever group I’m hanging out in. Mike — my boyfriend — is four years older than me. All of my other friends — except like two of them — are older than me. I don’t really relate to people my age. I’ve always related better to people older than me. I used to think something was wrong with my brain, but if you’re saying I’m the most mature twenty-year-old…. Hmn. That could go to my head…
- Mike sounds hot. What does he look like?
Mike IS hot. When I first met him, I thought, “wow, this hot guy really wants to hang out with ME?” Heh. He’s 6’2″ and has the most intense, smoldering blue eyes… He’s got a full beard and mustache and he likes to shop. He even carries my things when we’re shopping! I’m one lucky gal.
- How was the name “Elizabeth Kaylene” selected for you? If you’re named after Queen Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen, I’m going to be intensely jealous.
The name Elizabeth is sort of a family name. It was my maternal great-grandmother’s middle name, and I think it was even in the family before her. Initially my parents — particularly my dad — wanted to name me Kaylene, but I have a cousin named Katelyn so they thought it would be too close. (I have a feeling someone in the family bitched about it being too close, so my parents changed their minds to keep things smooth, but no one’s asked me!) So I got stuck with Elizabeth Kaylene. I like it now, but when I was a kid I got the worst nicknames. Lizardbreath, Lesbo… Yeah. If I’d been born a boy I’d have been named Nicholas.
- If you could meet three fiction writers, alive or dead, who would you choose? Why?
I’d love to meet Stephen King, because he has one fucked up — ‘scuse my Italian — mind. I’d really like to see where half the stuff he comes up with comes from. I’d also like to meet Tess Gerritsen. She seems really nice. She has a blog that I keep forgetting to go check… She responds to comments! You don’t see that a lot. I really like her Maura Isles books. And, um, I guess I’d also like to meet Sylvia Plath. I know, that sounds SO cliche, but she really was brilliant and I think we have a lot in common. Not to say that I’m brilliant. I just mean that she knew what it was like to be suffocatingly depressed, and you don’t meet a lot of people who are THAT honest about depression. I think she and I would be good friends.
- Perpetual Smile? I’m dying to know how you came up with such a clever name. And do you have a perpetual smile? Even when you’re asleep?
I came up with the name Perpetual Smile a long time ago, when my cousin and I had visions of grandeur and thought we were gonna start a band. She wanted to name this non-existent band Black Noise and I wanted Perpetual Smile. The name just always stuck with me, so when I decided to buy my own domain for a blog it was basically all I had. I’m actually pretty pessimistic, so it’s kind of a private oxymoron. Mike’s the one who’s perpetually sunny. Not me! A lot of people think I’m positive though. I think they’re all nuts.
So I guess I’m supposed to keep this going! If anyone wants to be interviewed, either comment here or send an email to elizawhat [at] gmail [dot] com. Thanks, Faiqa!
Updated @ 10:01pm: I will be writing about my chronic pain at Scars Can Speak from now on. The latest update is up: What long fingers you have! I’ll still write about it here, but I’ll be writing about it daily over at Scars Can Speak.
01/07/2009 at 3:21 pm
Faiqa totally IS hot, like I’m not gay or anything but damn she’s one sexy mama! Haha man I bet we’re creeping her out talking about how hot she is, bahhaa!
Am I included in this hot category? Because I’d like to tell you a story to change your mind; today, I drooled all over myself when trying to eat an apple.
TH saw and practically pissed himself laughing at me. Am I still hot? hahaa.
I want to meet Stephenie Meyer just to ask her WHY Edward can squirt out Jesus juice but the girls can’t ovaulate? It makes no sense. I thought vampires had no blood, so how does he get a boner? HMMM??
ANSWER ME!
01/07/2009 at 5:11 pm
@Sarcastica: I don’t know why WordPress isn’t approving your comments. I’m getting annoyed with having to manually approve you. GRR.
Haha, I bet she’s filing a restraining order right now…
You are totally included in this hot category, drool and all. Now that I’ve got more ammo…
That’s a good question. I was trying to figure that out when I reread the series and I had it all mapped out but now I don’t remember what I came up with.
Jesus juice. Heh.
01/07/2009 at 10:08 pm
I *love* that you guys think I’m hot. (Slips restraining order behind her back and smiles nervously). Edward and Jesus juice? Damn. Am I going to have to read that damned series AGAIN? I missed Jesus juice.
01/07/2009 at 10:24 pm
Oh I’ll do it!
01/08/2009 at 8:24 am
Faiqa is pretty awesome, but you’re quite impressive in your own right, too.
I’ll take an interview.
01/08/2009 at 1:53 pm
@Faiqa: We were trying to figure out how Edward could reproduce when the female vampires can’t. If you can explain it to me, I might stop stalking you.
@Jess: Yay! I’ll be emailing your questions soon!
@Avitable: Aww, you’re making me blush! Thanks. *toes ground*
I’ll be emailing your interview soon, too!
01/08/2009 at 2:51 pm
Re: Vampires reproducing
I think I read somewhere it had to do with the changes that happen to the female body(the hip bones shifting and shit like that) not being able to happen so that’s why female vamps can’t get pregnant.
01/08/2009 at 9:57 pm
@Jess: But how come the men can do it?
01/10/2009 at 12:50 am
taken from S.M.’s FAQ on Breaking dawn:
“I was always very careful when I answered the “Can vampires have babies?” question, because I didn’t want to say anything incorrect, but I also didn’t want to make the future super-obvious. I focused my answers on the female half of the equation—female vampires cannot have children because their bodies no longer change in any aspect. There is no changing cycle to begin with, and their bodies couldn’t expand to fit a growing child, either. I purposely evaded answering the question, “Can a male vampire get a human female pregnant?” to preserve a tiny bit of surprise in the last book. There were many statements on this subject purported to have come from me, but I never made those comments because, obviously, I knew where this was going.
Now, on to the “how is this possible?” question. First of all, of course it’s not possible. None of this story is possible. It’s a fantasy story about creatures that don’t actually exist. Within the context of the fantasy, however, this is how it works:
Vampires are physically similar enough to their human origins to pass as humans under some circumstances (like cloudy days). There are many basic differences. They appear to have skin like ours, albeit very fair skin. The skin serves the same general purpose of protecting the body. However, the cells that make up their skin are not pliant like our cells, they are hard and reflective like crystal. A fluid similar to the venom in their mouths works as a lubricant between the cells, which makes movement possible (note: this fluid is very flammable). A fluid similar to the same venom lubricates their eyes so that their eyes can move easily in their sockets. (However, they don’t produce tears because tears exist to protect the eye from damage, and nothing is going to be able to scratch a vampire’s eye.) The lubricant-venom in the eyes and skin is not able to infect a human the way saliva-venom can. Similarly, throughout the vampire’s body are many versions of venom-based fluids that retain a marked resemblance to the fluid that was replaced, and function in much the same way and toward the same purpose. Though there is no venom replacement that works precisely like blood, many of the functions of blood are carried on in some form. Also, the nervous system runs in a slightly different but heightened way. Some involuntary reactions, like breathing, continue (in that specific example because vampires use the scents in the air much more than we do, rather than out of a need for oxygen). Other involuntary reactions, like blinking, don’t exist because there is no purpose for them. The normal reactions of arousal are still present in vampires, made possible by venom-related fluids that cause tissues to react similarly as they do to an influx of blood. Like with vampire skin—which looks similar to human skin and has the same basic function—fluids closely related to seminal fluids still exist in male vampires, which carry genetic information and are capable of bonding with a human ovum.”
01/10/2009 at 4:16 pm
@Jess: Holy shit, you rock! I hope you didn’t spend a lot of time digging that up!
01/10/2009 at 4:39 pm
AN ANSWER! HOLY JESUS! My life is now complete. I can now bask freely in the awesomeness of the fourth book without wondering how.
Take that TH
01/10/2009 at 5:07 pm
@Sarcastica: Why, what did TH say? I wanna know so I can “take that,” him too!