1. What is your idea of perfect happiness? being allowed to not be happy
2. What is your greatest fear? Loss
3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? playing dumb
4. What is the trait you most deplore in others? selfishness
5. Which living person do you most admire? Desmond Tutu, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett
6. What is your greatest extravagance? alcohol
7. What is your current state of mind? just fine
8. What do you consider the most overrated virtue? aggressiveness/competition
9. On what occasion do you lie? when apathetic of the consequence
10. What do you most dislike about your appearance? height
11. Which living person do you most despise? N/A
12. What is the quality you most like in a man? confidence
13. What is the quality you most like in a woman? rebellion
14. Which words or phrases do you most overuse? of the moment: “nice” (used sarcastically)
15. What or who is the greatest love of your life? JGM
16. When and where were you happiest? When I was 9.
17. Which talent would you most like to have? the ability to jam on the bass guitar
18. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
but then, I would be someone other than myself, therefore I choose nothing.
19. What do you consider your greatest achievement? being extraordinarily adaptable
20. If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? energy
21. Where would you most like to live? where extravagance is not typical
22. What is your most treasured possession? My great-grandmother’s star of david ring
23. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Loss
24. What is your favorite occupation? bohemian
25. What is your most marked characteristic? I am open, empathetic, and a bit fearless
26. What do you most value in your friends? honesty, realism, obscurity
27. Who are your favorite writers? David Foster Wallace, Dave Eggers, Barbara Kingsolver
28. Who is your hero of fiction? wonder woman?
29. Which historical figure do you most identify with? Joan of Arc and/or Virginia Woolf (at the moment)
30. Who are your heroes in real life? Ordinary folks doing extraordinary things, walking amongst us w/o any formal recognition. because they are cool like that.
31. What are your favorite names? Jude, Vada, Jane
32. What is it that you most dislike? the term “dislike”
33. What is your greatest regret? N/A
34. How would you like to die? while wearing a cape?
35. What is your motto? she’s got everything she needs, she’s an artist, she don’t look back (Dylan)
