Proust Questionnaire

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Every month I look forward to my issue of Vanity Fair just to turn to the last page and read the Proust Questionnaire.  For those unfamiliar, the Proust Questionnaire was a series of questions that would be given to guests at social gatherings in certain aristrocratic circles in France.  French writer Marcel Proust gave what many considered the most interesting answers, hence its name.  

Anyways, given some of the "heavy" topics we've been dealing with, I thought I'd help lighten the mood and include this interactive questionnnaire.  Just follow this link http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/proust-questionnaire and submit your answers (and copy them here as well!)  Tell us which celebrities you rated with as well  :lol:


1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Living life on your terms, surrounded by people you love and who love you unconditionally in return

2. What is your greatest fear?
Outliving my children

3. Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks.....any woman who had trouble staying in her place

4. Which living person do you most admire?
Pascale Warda, Assyrian activist

5. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
My lack of motivation

6. What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Hypocrisy

7. What is your greatest extravagance?
Nice restaurants

8. On what occasion do you lie?
When it suits me

9. What do you dislike most about your appearance?
My weight

10. When and where were you happiest?
The day I moved out of my parent's home

11. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
I'd be much thinner

12. If you could change one thing about your family what would it be?
That they could be sane

13. What to you consider your greatest achievement?
Being the first in my family to graduate from college

14. If you died and came back as a person or thing what would it be?
Assyria's first female president

15. What is your most treasured possession?
My grandmother's ring

16. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Being unwanted

17. Who are your heroes in real life?
People living under duress who don't give in

18. What is it that you most dislike?
Religious fanatics

19. How would you like to die?
Old, peacefully, surrounded by my loved ones

20. What is your motto?
Better to die on your feet than live on your knees


Celebrities who answered like me:
Jane Goodall (95%)
Ron Howard (80%)
Timothy Leary (71%)
 
Only because Baklawa's making me answer these.

1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
There's no such thing. I just want everyone to be quiet. Shhh. Be quiet.

2. What is your greatest fear?
Freddy Kreuger.  I mean, eventually, I have to go to sleep.

3. Which historical figure do you most identify with?
That chick that said "Let them eat cake. I mean seriously why couldn't they just eat cake?

4. Which living person do you most admire?
As soon as I meet all 6.5 billion people on earth, I'll let you know.

5. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
I'm too sexy for my shirt. And this party.

6. What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Dumbs.

7. What is your greatest extravagance?
Shoes. There's no joke here. Seriously I need more shoes.

8. On what occasion do you lie?
At least once a day. Sometimes just for fun. Or do I?

9. What do you dislike most about your appearance?
I don't have enough shoes.

10. When and where were you happiest?
The moment right before Baklawa asked me to answer this quiz.

11. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
I would have majored in Astronomy.

12. If you could change one thing about your family what would it be?
That they settled in Europe rather than the U.S. Then maybe they could retire and afford healthcare. Also, Sarah Palin wouldn't exist in my world.

13. What to you consider your greatest achievement?
I found a pair of gray suede Calvin Klein ankle boots on sale for $30, originally $180. I remember I started to cry.

14. If you died and came back as a person or thing what would it be?
A penguin. I'd be really really cute and no one would eat me.

15. What is your most treasured possession?
My Golden Girls DVD collection, Seasons 1-7

16. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Drinking alone.

17. Who are your heroes in real life?
Like, people not related to me? Coco Chanel, Helen Keller (she became a feminist and socialist in later life), Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi, Margaret Sanger, Martin Luther King, your mom.

18. What is it that you most dislike?
Chocolate covered cherries. Why don't you just give me a Hershey bar doused in cough medicine.

19. How would you like to die?
In a shoot out.

20. What is your motto?
Are you gonna eat that?
 
1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Giving Happiness to someone else

2. What is your greatest fear?
The Zombie Invasion?It will happen

3. Which historical figure do you most identify with?
George Bush. I say dumb things and Don?t know where I am most of the time.

4. Which living person do you most admire?
That guy who can put his bottom lip over his nose

5. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Gotta be motivation too I guess

6. What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Ignorance

7. What is your greatest extravagance?
My Sponsorships? Free gear!!!

8. On what occasion do you lie?
I never lie... pfft yeah right.

9. What do you dislike most about your appearance?
My hairy chest

10. When and where were you happiest?
When I was waiting backstage at my first gig on a European tour

11. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
My choice on Girlfriends

12. If you could change one thing about your family what would it be?
their racism

13. What to you consider your greatest achievement?
Touring with ACDC

14. If you died and came back as a person or thing what would it be?
A guy with superpowers

15. What is your most treasured possession?
My kit

16. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
playing Farmville on facebook?. WOOPS

17. Who are your heroes in real life?
Anyone willing to make a sacrifice

18. What is it that you most dislike?
Chavs, the BNP

19. How would you like to die?
Trying to shake a vending machine for the little chocolates at the bottom that always fall out

20. What is your motto?
Do I have to?
 
I'd like to change my answer to #4: Miss Piggy.

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye."

-- Miss Piggy
 
1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Perfect happiness is knowing that life could be much worse, so be content because you have it pretty damn good.

2. What is your greatest fear?
Fear is for suckas!

3. Which historical figure do you most identify with?
None.

4. Which living person do you most admire?
None.

5. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Nothing.

6. What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Dirtiness. That's disgusting.

7. What is your greatest extravagance?
Shoes.

8. On what occasion do you lie?
There's occasions for lying?

9. What do you dislike most about your appearance?
Nothing really. I like everything, even my penis nose.

10. When and where were you happiest?
All the time.

11. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
Nothing.

12. If you could change one thing about your family what would it be?
They'd stop driving me nuts.

13. What to you consider your greatest achievement?
My 75+ page paper on an Afghanistan war military strategy for my ex-government agent professor. I was the only one out of 300+ students to ace that paper.

14. If you died and came back as a person or thing what would it be?
A TV. Everyone would always be watching you. It'd suck to be obsolete though...

15. What is your most treasured possession?
Nothing.

16. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Being pathetic.

17. Who are your heroes in real life?
Assyrians in Iraq that stand fearless in the face of ethnic cleansing.

18. What is it that you most dislike?
Stupidity. I hate stupid. I have no sympathy for stupid. And people who victimize themselves when they feel the consequences of their stupidity in action. Retards.

19. How would you like to die?
I have no preference.

20. What is your motto?
Money. Power. Respect.

David Mamet, Larry King, and Donald Trump had the most similar answers to me. Hahahaha!
 
1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Debt free, family taken care of, traveling the world enjoying life.

2. What is your greatest fear?
Being forgotten.

3. Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Napoleon, we are both short and want to take over the world.

4. Which living person do you most admire?
Hugh Hefner.  Build an empire from scratch at a time when everyone said no.  Oh, and the women.  :shades:

5. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Don't say no enough times.

6. What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Disrespect

7. What is your greatest extravagance?
Gadgets

8. On what occasion do you lie?
About my height.

9. What do you dislike most about your appearance?
See #8.

10. When and where were you happiest?
My college graduation party.

11. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
See #8.

12. If you could change one thing about your family what would it be?
They would manage money better and for my sister to move back to Chicago.

13. What to you consider your greatest achievement?
Graduating Master's (MBA)

14. If you died and came back as a person or thing what would it be?
Thing: Computer  Person: Doctor

15. What is your most treasured possession?
All of my old picture albums.

16. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Losing a close loved one.

17. Who are your heroes in real life?
My fellow brothers/sisters in Iraq fighting the real fight.

18. What is it that you most dislike?
Dishonesty, disrespect, jealousy, and selfishness.

19. How would you like to die?
Quick and easy.

20. What is your motto?
Destiny is not a matter of chance it is a matter of choice.
 
1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Never have met Ashuriena (JK :lol:)! Family, Friends, Health!

2. What is your greatest fear?
Sharks!

3. Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Pick any President! I've got class baby!

4. Which living person do you most admire?
No one at the moment!

5. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Laziness (At times lol)

6. What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Ignorance

7. What is your greatest extravagance?
Suits and technology (got to have my gadgets)

8. On what occasion do you lie?
Yes!

9. What do you dislike most about your appearance?
Nothing!

10. When and where were you happiest?
Everywhere

11. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
My Kindess (need to start syaing no)

12. If you could change one thing about your family what would it be?
Hichmindi

13. What to you consider your greatest achievement?
So far.... graduating with honors and my internship

14. If you died and came back as a person or thing what would it be?
U.S. President (no doubt)

15. What is your most treasured possession?
Joliet Khomala passed down in our family throughout many years!

16. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
being lonley

17. Who are your heroes in real life?
Dad and Uncle. Came to this country with NOTHING, worked hard, and built themselves a great life. Now we play even Harder !

18. What is it that you most dislike?
People who cause traffic!

19. How would you like to die?
Gu dmakhty

20. What is your motto?
Live and Let Live!
&
Be happy everyday, life is a game where no player comes out alive!
 
Jon said:
1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Never have met Ashuriena (JK :lol:)! Family, Friends, Health!
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Hey!
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That was the best day of your life! Everyone needs some Ashuriena in their life. :lol:
 
My celebrity matches were:

88% Michael Scorsese: an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian

78% Tony Bennett: an American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz.


 
1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Living with no worries

2. What is your greatest fear?
That I wind up having to take a sh*t in some small village in syria that doesn't have a toilet, just an outhouse with a hole in the ground and a watering pot. Again.

3. Which historical figure do you most identify with?
The guy that invented the zipper.

4. Which living person do you most admire?
The guy that founded Sam Adams beer. He always looks like he's having fun in his commercials.

5. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
My laziness

6. What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Stupidity

7. What is your greatest extravagance?
I'm a booze snob.

8. On what occasion do you lie?
Whenever it strikes my fancy.

9. What do you dislike most about your appearance?
My championship belt (love handles and gut)

10. When and where were you happiest?
3/4 of the way through a bottle of jack on a rooftop in central illinois.

11. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
My lack of motivation to do anything meaningful. (and I'd be taller)

12. If you could change one thing about your family what would it be?
Their volume.

13. What to you consider your greatest achievement?
Not committing a homicide last sunday.

14. If you died and came back as a person or thing what would it be?
Massoud Barzani's malignant cancerous prostate cells.

15. What is your most treasured possession?
My pictures with my grandparents.

16. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Realizing you sold your soul for far too little.

17. Who are your heroes in real life?
That mexican guy at my local chipotle that always rolls the burrito just right so that it doesn't fall apart until the last bite. He's pretty much at the pinnacle of his profession.

18. What is it that you most dislike?
A cold toilet seat in the morning

19. How would you like to die?
With a hard-on

20. What is your motto?
Anybody that has a motto is a f*cking idiot
 
Hookah said:
1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Living with no worries

2. What is your greatest fear?
That I wind up having to take a sh*t in some small village in syria that doesn't have a toilet, just an outhouse with a hole in the ground and a watering pot. Again.

3. Which historical figure do you most identify with?
The guy that invented the zipper.

4. Which living person do you most admire?
The guy that founded Sam Adams beer. He always looks like he's having fun in his commercials.

5. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
My laziness

6. What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Stupidity

7. What is your greatest extravagance?
I'm a booze snob.

8. On what occasion do you lie?
Whenever it strikes my fancy.

9. What do you dislike most about your appearance?
My championship belt (love handles and gut)

10. When and where were you happiest?
3/4 of the way through a bottle of jack on a rooftop in central illinois.

11. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
My lack of motivation to do anything meaningful. (and I'd be taller)

12. If you could change one thing about your family what would it be?
Their volume.

13. What to you consider your greatest achievement?
Not committing a homicide last sunday.

14. If you died and came back as a person or thing what would it be?
Massoud Barzani's malignant cancerous prostate cells.

15. What is your most treasured possession?
My pictures with my grandparents.

16. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Realizing you sold your soul for far too little.

17. Who are your heroes in real life?
That mexican guy at my local chipotle that always rolls the burrito just right so that it doesn't fall apart until the last bite. He's pretty much at the pinnacle of his profession.

18. What is it that you most dislike?
A cold toilet seat in the morning

19. How would you like to die?
With a hard-on

20. What is your motto?
Anybody that has a motto is a f*cking idiot
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Classic bro.  You should write a book or do standup.
 
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