Saturday, May 24, 2008

Vanity Fair's Back Page Proust Questionnaire

I thought it would be fun to answer the questions. These are my answers from back in December. Go ahead and answer them and post them here if you want to! I think the answers are good indicators of a person’s personality, even if the person is trying to avoid being serious. :) 1. What is your idea of perfect happiness? To be under no pressure, either external or internal.
2. What is your current state of mind? Sentimental, nostalgic, the holiday blues.
3. Who or what is the greatest love of your life? Certain members of my immediate family.
  1. Which living person do you most admire? The ones I most admire are dead.
  1. What is the quality you most like in a man? Intellectualism, having principles, having a calming, protective presence, commanding and giving respect.
  1. What is the quality you most like in a woman? Independence and intellectualism.
  1. What is your greatest extravagance? Books, books, and more books!
  1. Which trait do you most deplore in others? Complacency, mediocrity, superficiality.
  1. What is your greatest fear? Being eaten alive by sharks.
  1. What do you think is the most overrated virtue? Martyrdom.
  1. Which living person do you most despise? George W., I can’t help myself :).
  1. When and where were you the happiest? Probably while a law student- perhaps I am a masochist :).
  1. Which words/phrases do you most overuse? Any and all clichés.
  1. Which talent would you most like to have? To be able to remember or forget at will.
  1. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? To be less disturbed by life.
  1. If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be? Don’t believe in reincarnation.
  1. What is your most treasured possession? My cats.
  1. What do you regard as the worst depth of misery? Being stuck in a mental hell.
  1. What do you most value in your friends? Loyalty, having my back, no questions asked.
  1. Who are your favorite writers? Franz Kafka, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Larry David.
  1. Who is your favorite hero of fiction? Scrooge.
  1. Who are your heroes in real life? Navy SEALs.
  1. Which historical figure do you most identify with? Kafka.
  1. How would you like to die? Blind-sided and fast.
  1. What is your greatest regret? Spending years thinking regret is anything other than a figment of imagination.
  1. What is your motto? Don’t really have one or live by one, but in general: “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father (God).”- Jesus, in Matthew 10:29.
  1. Which trait do you most deplore in yourself? Desire for approval.
  1. What is your most marked characteristic? Indecision.
  1. What do you most dislike about your appearance? Flabbiness.
  1. On what occasion do you lie? When I feel backed against a wall.
  1. What thing/situation do you most dislike? Minnesota drivers.
  1. What do you consider to be your greatest achievement? Getting a law degree from a top-20 law school.

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