Proust Questionnaire

Want to play? It's the Q and A from the back page of Vanity Fair.

What is your idea of perfect happiness? Me under a shady tree, in a hammock, with a good book FH by my side, our dog at our feet


What is your current state of mind? Frazzled

What is your greatest fear? Seeing someone I love in pain

What is your favorite way of spending time? Reading

What was the last book you read? a biography of Ben Franklin

What book are you reading now? Devil in the White City

What are the traits you most deplore in yourself? laziness, impatience

What are the traits you most dislike in others? smugness, rudeness

What do you consider the most overrated virtue? 6-pack abs : )

What is your greatest regret? not finishing college

What would you regard as the lowest depths of misery? having no choices

Where would you like to live? Manhattan

What living person do you most despise? Bin Laden

What talent would you most like to have? to play the piano

Too many questions for me at this point at night ... now if I was at work supposed to be running contract reports, that's a different story!!!

I'll play...

What is your idea of perfect happiness? Living my life without any stress; my wedding day


What is your current state of mind? Cloudy, confused

What is your greatest fear? death of a family member, not being monetarily secure

What is your favorite way of spending time? Shopping, walking in little towns window shopping

What was the last book you read? Blackwood Farm-Anne Rice

What book are you reading now? No time to read right now

What are the traits you most deplore in yourself? opinionated

What are the traits you most dislike in others? liers, cheaters

What do you consider the most overrated virtue? hmmmm ?????

What is your greatest regret? none yet

What would you regard as the lowest depths of misery? watching a family memeber die

Where would you like to live? commack LI :)

What living person do you most despise? Can't think of one person yet a group of nameless faceless people- terrorists

What talent would you most like to have? Dance

What is your idea of perfect happiness? Me, my Fh, and Gizmo on our boat on a sunny day on the LI Sound driving up to Short Beach where are friends are, playing beach volleyball, and of course we have turkey sandwiches with us.

What is your current state of mind? Stressed

What is your greatest fear? watching someone I love suffer/die

What is your favorite way of spending time? Cuddling with FH and Gizmo

What was the last book you read? Intelligence in Animals (by readers digest)

What book are you reading now? The Origin of Species

What are the traits you most deplore in yourself? perfectionist

What are the traits you most dislike in others?
laziness and being irresponsible!

What do you consider the most overrated virtue? I don't know???

What is your greatest regret? I don't really have any regrets, maybe not running as much as I used to.

What would you regard as the lowest depths of misery? Yours was a good one. having no choices.

Where would you like to live? Galapagos Islands

What living person do you most despise? My father or one of my coworkers.

What talent would you most like to have? Do backflips and stuff like gymnasts do on the floor exercises.

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Posted by cluelessbride

What are the traits you most deplore in yourself? opinionated - - - Oct04bride this is a good one I think! not to be deplored! Good for you!

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i like it but then i go over board on some things..i can be very black and white about some issues....But i am learning to see both sides of the coin

ETA...thanks

What is your idea of perfect happiness?

-Waking up every day to my husband and children and going to work at a job I love.


What is your current state of mind? BORED , so think attentione deficit

What is your greatest fear? Losing My mom or FH

What is your favorite way of spending time? Reading and shopping..and SLEEPING

What was the last book you read?
Time Travlers Wife

What book are you reading now? Bergdorf Blondes

What are the traits you most deplore in yourself? LAZINESS and ability to complain about everything


What are the traits you most dislike in others? lack of manners, concern for others emotions

What do you consider the most overrated virtue? truth, because no one uses it anyone, so we barely know what it means anymore

What is your greatest regret? Not spending enough time with my Grandmother

What would you regard as the lowest depths of misery? being completly alone

Where would you like to live? Santorini Greece or Fiji

What living person do you most despise? I honestly dont know...

What talent would you most like to have? to focus on more then one thing at once..JUST KIDDING....to sing ( wow, Im surprised I said that...)
Message edited 9/3/2004 9:13:25 PM.

What is your idea of perfect happiness? A nice long peaceful day with DH, in our new home with no calls and no stress and a great dinner!

What is your current state of mind? Congested and very tired

What is your greatest fear? Being smooshed by a tractor trailer.

What is your favorite way of spending time? Laying a lounger chair outside watching our fish pond

What was the last book you read? A couple of pregnancy books

What book are you reading now? What to expect when expecting

What are the traits you most deplore in yourself? impatient

What are the traits you most dislike in others?
self-centeredness and rudeness

What do you consider the most overrated virtue? I don't think I have an answer

What is your greatest regret? The day my Grandfather died, I knew in the back of my mind something was wrong with him, I even blew off tickets to go somewhere to stay home because my gut told me too. I wanted to call him, but I didn't want my Grandmother to lecture me so I didn't. I got a call 2 hours later he died. He had a stroke. If I had called him when I wanted to then I would have been the last person to talk to him. He was the most amazing person I had ever known in my life and I will miss him forever

What would you regard as the lowest depths of misery? Giving up faith completely

Where would you like to live? Outside the US- Costa Rica or Chile In the US besides my house, I would love to move back to Northport.

What living person do you most despise? My biatch lying chairperson.

What talent would you most like to have? To be able to sing without scaring my poor cat.

This is a good thread.

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Me and FH with our cat, a dog and kids living in a house on the water with all of my family living close by. Oh, and a hammock in our back yard that I can lay in, read a book and enjoy being near the water.

What is your current state of mind? Frazzled seems to fit

What is your greatest fear? Losing my parents or someone I love

What is your favorite way of spending time? Watching horror movies with my FH

What was the last book you read? Other than South Beach Diet book, something by John Saul

What book are you reading now? Nothing, there's no time

What are the traits you most deplore in yourself?
Not really a trait but, fear which stops me from achieving my goals

What are the traits you most dislike in others? lying and cheating

What do you consider the most overrated virtue? I have no idea

What is your greatest regret? Not aggressively pursuing a career

What would you regard as the lowest depths of misery? drowning

Where would you like to live? On the north shore of LI right on the water or in Virginia

What living person do you most despise? Bin Laden

What talent would you most like to have? dancing