The Proust Questionnaire

• What is your idea of perfect happiness?
  • an infinite moment with the ones I love most
• What is your greatest fear?
  • I don't really have one, but if I had to pick it would probably be getting abandoned by the ones I love most
• What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
  • my annoying-ness
• What is the trait you most deplore in others?
  • entitlement
• Which living person do you most admire?
  • Kimya Dawson
• What is your greatest extravagance?
  • probably my loft bed or my iPad
• What is your current state of mind?
  • the only way I can describe it is as a shallow stream in a forest off a path that has been still for so long that a layer of film has formed
• What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
  • attractiveness, strength
• On what occasion do you lie?
  • probably every day but not about anything big
• What do you most dislike about your appearance?
  • my hair and weight
• Which living person do you most despise?
  • a certain somebody with a five-letter name
• What is the quality you most like in a man?
  • r-e-s-p-e-c-t, find out what it means to me!
• What is the quality you most like in a woman?
  • humanity
• Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
  • "real"
• What or who is the greatest love of your life?
  • my friends and family
• When and where were you happiest?
  • I can't pick out a single moment, but I am happiest when I am joking around with friends
• Which talent would you most like to have?
  • the ability to speak another language
• If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
  • my eating habits
• What do you consider your greatest achievement?
  • getting As for all my final grades last year
• If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
  • a Bombay cat
• Where would you most like to live?
  • Seattle, Washington
• What is your most treasured possession?
  • the necklace I made at camp that I refuse to take off
• What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
  • being so depressed that you can't shower, don't go outside, overeat...
• What is your favorite occupation?
  • poet
• What is your most marked characteristic?
  • my mannerisms
• What do you most value in your friends?
  • acceptance, trust
• Who are your favorite writers?
  • Jodi Picoult, @lndsysshelf on Instagram (I think her name is Lindsay Rene)
• Who is your hero of fiction?
  • Batman, I guess... or Catwoman... she's so me
• Which historical figure do you most identify with?
  • Marilyn Monroe
• Who are your heroes in real life?
  • I don't have one
• What are your favorite names?
  • Jordan for a girl and Peter for a boy
• What is it that you most dislike?
  • when snow gets in my Croc
• What is your greatest regret?
  • I'd prefer to keep this answer in my head
• How would you like to die?
  • quickly and painlessly; after I've done all I want to do
• What is your motto?
  • "Just do whatever you're feelin' in the moment, man!"