Message Board Celebrity Of The Day (Part I) - papalovesmambo- Page 16

[mominator]

Posted: 1/16/06 at 4:56pm

Now flit for a very impotant question..... what type of cookies do you like?

[NYadgal]

Posted: 1/16/06 at 5:06pm

...This song has been swimming around in my head all day.
For iflit...

Remember a day before today
A day when you were young.
Free to play alone with time
Evening never came.
Sing a song that can't be sung
Without the morning's kiss
Queen - you shall be it if you wish
Look for your king
Why can't we play today
Why can't we stay that way


(I didn't include the entire song because I don't want to end up in copyright jail...)

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 1/16/06 at 5:21pm

Actually, I am enjoying the questions. I am also enjoying a day home doing nothing and indulged in a long afternoon nap.

Here's the answer to the first and third questions that were awaiting me:

If I were to be fired from my job... Hmmmm... I was just discussing this with someone recently. I work in healthcare and would probably explore taking the opportunity of doing something altruistic with a relief organization for a couple/few months before settling back in into a full time job... (if I would be able to still pay my bills in the interim, of course...)

Favorite cookie? Girl Scouts Thin Mints

Gotta give Kringas's question some thought.

[Mamamia Sammy2]

Posted: 1/16/06 at 5:24pm

I have a question for you...

Which is your favorite area of the Corner? Celebrity Interviews, Chef's Corner, Sam Norkin's sketches or Celeb's Choice?

www.corinescorner.com

[mominator]

Posted: 1/16/06 at 5:29pm

***note to self, order extra Thin Mints!!***

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 1/16/06 at 5:32pm

Why, welcome back, Sammy!

And to answer your question, I always head straight for the interviews as they never cease to amaze me.

Updated On: 1/16/06 at 05:32 PM

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 1/16/06 at 5:35pm

Healthcare? Do you treat Thyroid Conditions by any chance?

[harris007]

Posted: 1/16/06 at 6:01pm

congrats




*the cows do a dance in your honor*

Updated On: 1/16/06 at 06:01 PM

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 1/16/06 at 6:41pm

What's a specail dance? Is that like the electric slide?

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 1/16/06 at 9:00pm

FYI: never ask me a question if you really don't want to hear the answer...

Hours ago, Kringas asked:

Here's a question for iflit - As someone who seems to have been a part of fighting the good fight in the 60s, what do you feel the repercussions were from that? Do you feel that the counterculture (and your part in it) was ultimately beneficial or detrimental to society? Was it worth it?

I’ve been mulling this question over for hours now, and am going to try to give a coherent answer. I was very young when the whole Sixties movement hit its stride. I was 15 when I worked in Eugene McCarthy’s campaign, 16 when I went to Woodstock, and 17 when the four students were killed by the National Guard at Kent State University in Ohio in 1970…I was a Freshman there that year. I was passionately against the war in Vietnam. I also truly believed that significant changes were possible if enough people cared. I think that the repercussions in the long term have been that many of us lost that motivation that things can really change. Honestly, although I still “believe it”, I am no longer able to really “feel it” like I used to. I suspect I’m not alone when I say that most of my battles are fought on a much smaller and more personal level these days.

One of the most disappointing legacies of the Sixties, for me, is how, for so many people it was just fashion. It wasn’t about social change and political impact as much as it was about getting high, getting laid, and saying f*ck you to rigid values of our parents. It was a minority movement that mistook itself as being in the majority, and when the inevitable backlash came, it lost its fervor and any cohesiveness it may have had. Little pockets of ‘true believers’ still exist, but for most it’s just a trip down Memory Lane.

Like most movements, I think the counterculture had some good outcomes and some very negative. On a personal level, it opened me up to a vision of life I might never have glimpsed in the myopic and conservatively religious family and community in which I was raised. I’m pretty happy with the person I’ve become, although I wish I would have realized a few decades earlier that long term financial security actually does matter a little bit. On a broader level, I think it played a part in bringing inter-racial relationships, same sex relationships, and even single-parent families out of the second-class shadows…where anything but the standard father, stay-at-home mother and 3 child family was glazed with a layer of shame. I grew up as a child with a divorced mother in a Missouri Synod Lutheran school system and environment in Ohio. I know from whence I speak. I should also mention that the women’s movement, although not really a counter-culture movement, evolved and progressed as a parallel and related phenomenon.

The negative impact has more to do with having broken down barriers without having revised standards evolve. Every culture needs some kind of moral standards or codes to live by, if you will. Sometimes I feel like there is nothing that is off limits anymore. Unfortunately, part of the legacy of breaking down barriers has been that we became self-absorbed and gained the freedom to indulge in whatever we wanted, whenever and with whomever we wanted it…which, of course, gave birth to the current “me” generation with it’s inborn sense of entitlement. And even worse, we neglected to instill in our children the belief that it is everyone’s responsibility to rage against the wrongs, even if they are occurring on other shores and not directly affecting our own day-to-day lives.

Ooops. I didn’t mean to write a thesis, but it was a very thought-provoking question.

In the end, if only on a superficial level, the “Sixties” were a magical time and I’m ever so happy that I had a chance to be a part of it.

[Kringas]

Posted: 1/16/06 at 9:08pm

Wow.

Thanks for your thoughtful answer, iflit.

Wow.

[mominator]

Posted: 1/16/06 at 9:09pm

Flit you are one amazing lady! I am so proud to call you a friend.
You truly deserved this day.

[DG]

Posted: 1/16/06 at 9:33pm

And that, my friends, is why I said we are lucky to have her in our world. The answer was certainly not surprising to those who have looked forward to the thoughtfulness and consideration that Iflit brings to the living of her life - and by extension, her involvement in the forum.

And just for the record, this statement - "The negative impact has more to do with having broken down barriers without having revised standards evolve." - is one of the greatest truths I've read expressed here.

[Glebb]

Posted: 1/16/06 at 9:35pm

Leaps for iflit!

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 1/16/06 at 9:35pm

Really great and fascinating insights.

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 1/16/06 at 9:35pm

Absolutely brilliant, Iflit.

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 1/16/06 at 9:37pm

I liked you before. Now I just have no words.

[mominator]

Posted: 1/16/06 at 9:43pm

I think amazing fits.

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 1/16/06 at 10:01pm

She never ceases to amaze me with her wonderful insight, the cleverest sense of wit, and the warmth of her personality. Brava to Iflit!

[Broadway_Baby]

Posted: 1/16/06 at 10:05pm

A hearty congratulations to you, Iflit! I hope you enjoyed your day!

[Craig]

Posted: 1/16/06 at 11:16pm

Congrats again IFLIT - can't wait to see who you choose!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/17/06 at 12:19am

That was beautifully said, iflit. Thanks.

Updated On: 1/17/06 at 12:19 AM

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 1/17/06 at 12:49am

Let me just say that I knew all along what an amazing person you were, but that post will remain one of the most well written in all of Broadway World History. And how fitting it appeared on a day when you are being honored so deservedly for your contributions to this site.
Anyone after you will have to work mighty hard to prove they are worthy of the title CoD. Congratulations.

[Plum]

Posted: 1/17/06 at 1:47am

*agrees with the above*

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 1/17/06 at 1:49am

yer such a bandwagoner, plum.