DZER's Infamous Proust Questionnaire

DZER did this questionnaire a while ago and I thought it interesting.

So, I present to everyone the "infamous" Proust Questionnaire, from the back of Vanity Fair, which is based on questions asked of Marcel Proust, first at age 13, then 20.

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being healthy, happy and loved.

What is your current state of mind?
Cloudy and unsure

What is your greatest fear?
Death of a loved one

What is your favorite way of spending time?
Talking with my kids on most days. Other days just listening to silence

Which living person do you most admire?
My mother

Which historical figure do you most identify with?
I don't

Who are your favorite fictional heroes?
Alex Cross

Who are your heroes in real life?
My parents

Who are your favorite writers?
Ann Rule, Anne Rice, and Stephen King (stop grumbling DZER)

Who are your favorite musicians?
Prince, The Eagles and The Doors

Who are your favorite filmmakers?
Steven Spielberg, John Hughes and Alfred Hitchcock

Who are your favorite actors?
John Cusack, Anthony Hopkins , Cary Grant and Clark Gable

Who are your favorite actresses?
Meg Ryan, Betty Davis, Paris Hilton (yeah, right)

What was the last book you read?
"A Father's Rage"

What book are you reading now?
"Blowout", by Catherine Coulter

What is your most treasured possession?
My family

Who or what is the greatest love of your life?
My daughters

What are your most marked characteristics?
Hard working ability, sense of humor, low self esteem

What are the traits you most deplore in yourself?
Low self esteem and emotional remoteness

What are the traits you most dislike in others?
Lying and condescension

When and where were you happiest?
Hmm, when I was just out of high school

What are your drugs of choice?
Caffeine, specifically Diet Pepsi

What is your favorite journey?
Trip upstairs to my bed at night

What are your greatest extravagances?
Umm, I live very frugally (I'm a cheap bitch) so I would have to say having my hair cut in a salon.

What do you most dislike about your appearance?
My weight

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Are any overrated?

On what occasion do you lie?
When I don't want to hurt someone's feelings

What is your greatest regret?
Not finishing my degree in nursing

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Hi, shut up, pick that up, stop hitting her, clean your room (can you tell I'm a mom?)

What is your favorite swear word?
bitch

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
My weight

If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
I wouldn't change anything

What do you consider your greatest achievement so far?
My children

What would you regard as the lowest depths of misery?
Being in pain with a terminal illness

Where would you like to live?
I love where I live

What are the qualities you most admire in a man?
Humor, intelligence, integrity, honesty

What are the qualities you most admire in a woman?
Scrupulousness, sincerity, trustworthiness

What is it you most dislike?
Lying and meanness

What living person do you most despise?
Hard to narrow it down but most politicians and political activists

What is your biggest everyday pet peeve?
Driving while talking on the cell phone

What do you value most in your friends?
Trustworthiness

How would you like to die?
Old, happy and loved

If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be?
A philanthropist

Who have been the greatest influences on you?
My family

What is your motto?
Get over it!

What talent would you most like to have?
More artistic abilities using different mediums (mostly with painting)