Your most marked characteristic?

• Compassion, both the emotional and physical manifestation (says my roommate Yi)

The quality you most like in a man?

• Compassion. And sense of humor. (This was actually filled out by me before the above question.)

The quality you most like in a woman?

• Class, real class (think Audrey Hepburn, not Marilyn Monroe)

What do you most value in your friends?

• Dependability, and the ability to make me laugh forever

What is your principle defect?

• I have many, one of which is my need to fight back.

What is your favorite occupation?

• The ones that are completely selfless. No, that's impossible. The ones that really help others.

What is your dream of happiness?

• Not feeling unfulfilled - isn't that basically the definition of happiness?

What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?

• Torture/watching loved ones suffer

What you would like to be?

• Always in perfect health and also not legally blind...

In what country would you like to live?

• Canada?

What is your favorite color?

• Pink

What is your favorite flower?

• I really don’t know, even though girls tend to know these things.

What is your favorite bird?

• Swan, for sure

Who are your favorite prose writers?

• Faulkner, Hemingway

Who are your favorite poets?

• Dr. Seuss, The Shins

Who is your favorite hero of fiction?

• Henry Drummond (Inherit the Wind)

Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?

• Jig from "Hills Like White Elephants"

Who are your favorite composers?

• Gabriel Faure, Jonathan Larson, John Williams, I do like Bach.

Who are your favorite painters?

• Monet, Thomas Kinkade (a guilty pleasure?), some of my friends

Who are your heroes in real life?

• My parents, Gandhi

What is it your most dislike?

• Bigotry

Who are the historical figures you despise the most?

• Mao Zedong

What natural gift would you most like to possess?

• Too many, but I’ll just say - impeccable social skills

How would you like to die?

• Happy

What is your present state of mind?

• Guilty about not working

To what faults do you feel most indulgent?

• Anality

What is your motto?

• "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Gandhi, and “Happiness is your own decision.” - my mother