Notes from my phone: Proust Questionnaire
__1.__What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Writing.
__2.__What is your greatest fear?
Losing any one of my senses.
__3.__What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Impatience.
__4.__What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Jealousy.
__5.__Which living person do you most admire?
My aunt Della.
__6.__What is your greatest extravagance?
I own a really expensive suit.
__7.__What is your current state of mind?
Half-sleep. Half-motivated to write.
__8.__What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Loyalty.
__9.__On what occasion do you lie?
If I feel a person cannot handle the truth.
__10.__What do you most dislike about your appearance?
I joke I have no torso.
__11.__Which living person do you most despise?
TrumpYe.
__12.__What is the quality you most like in a man?
Dependability.
__13.__What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Dependability.
__14.__Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Bet. Effectively. Essentially.
__15.__What or who is the greatest love of your life?
Music.
__16.__When and where were you happiest?
Every summer ages 5-12.
__17.__Which talent would you most like to have?
I really want to learn the harmonica.
__18.__If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I could stand to worry less.
__19.__What do you consider your greatest achievement?
My greatest achievement was driving across the US from Florida to California, by myself, in 5 days.
__20.__If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
Definitely an alien.
__21.__Where would you most like to live?
A really old city with tradition like New Orleans or even older like Cairo.
__22.__What is your most treasured possession?
I have a pretty sweet collection of jackets.
__23.__What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Boredom.
__24.__What is your favorite occupation?
Designer.
__25.__What is your most marked characteristic?
My energy to do stuff. Try new things. Fail trying, even.
__26.__What do you most value in your friends?
Perspective.
__27.__Who are your favorite writers?
Butler, Baldwin. Lamar.
__28.__Who is your hero of fiction?
Forest Gump.
__29.__Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Get back to me on this one.
__30.__Who are your heroes in real life?
Anybody who did something for me when I was maybe too embarrassed to ask or when I did not know to ask.
__31.__What are your favorite names?
Shani, Rhye, Hunter, Ryan
__32.__What is it that you most dislike?
Blind dates. Won’t go on them.
__33.__What is your greatest regret?
Probably not studying abroad in undergrad.
__34.__How would you like to die?
With a final word for the people and a drink in hand.
__35.__What is your motto?
Actions reveal priorities.