Proust Questionnaire Meme
The Proust Questionnaire has its origins in a parlor game popularized by Marcel Proust, the French essayist and novelist, who believed that, in answering these questions, an individual reveals his or her true nature.
Name?
Phoenix XD
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
It's difficult to say ... Actually, I truly don't know how to answer this question. A part of me thinks waking up of a morning feeling truly content - and having a warm body beside me would be a bonus but ... Is that happiness, or fulfillment? I think perfect happiness would possibly just be looking around a room to see it filled with the smiling faces of those that love me. It doesn't matter if there are 5, or 20 people in that room ... As long as I can look at them and know in the depths of my soul that they love me for who I am ... That should be happiness, right? Difficult question is difficult.
What is your greatest fear?
Forever alone. To not be accepted for who I am by those I hold closest to my heart. That, in the end, my life amounted to naught but an anime/manga collection and an dabbling in fanfiction.
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
I don't. I don't know enough about Historical figures to have one to identify with XD
Which living person do you most admire?
In a way ... Lady GaGa. She's not afraid to be who she is, and to hell with everyone that doesn't like it. I'm sure she inspires so many people with that attitude of hers too ... I don't know, I suppose I think her attitude is admirable.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
My inability to get over my self-confidence issues. I mean, I don't think I'm ugly or anything like that - not anymore - ... But I also can't see why someone should come to love me. What is there about me that appeals to others? Is there even anything? Why should someone love me for who I am if even I think I'm a little strange? And what gives me the right to expect someone should come to love me? What do I have to offer others? I just don't know. At this point, I honestly don't feel like I have anything to inspire anyone to love me - Hell, I can't even get a guy my own age to look at me, forget coming to love and cherish me.
And I'm always waiting for my friends to decide they've had enough of me and just stop contacting me (I've had bad experiences with people doing just that). Even though I know my friends love me, and I them ... It's like waiting for the inevitable. You love me now - but for how long? What if I do something and you suddenly don't want to associate with me anymore? I'm always scared that they're going to decide that I'm just too weird for them and they cut me off, even if I know, logically, that it's unlikely to happen.
Don't get me wrong - I'm a happy person by nature, constantly bouncing around and laughing. But, there is always gonna be this thought that I'm never going to be 'enough', that I just have nothing to give. /emo moment
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Closed-mindedness. Who the hell cares what colour those people in a couple are? Who the hell cares if they're of the same gender? Stop being so fucking judgemental and get the hell over yourself - it's not like it affects your life.
What is your greatest extravagance?
I don't really understand what this question is asking, the thing you've spent the most money on?... Probably my music/anime/manga/book collection...?
What is your favorite journey?
OMG. I do not get these questions! Be more specific damn it! -- ... The train ride on the Shinkansen between Kyoto and Tokyo. You see so many interesting things on the way.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Excuse me while I refresh my mind on what the virtues are... Considering the virtues are of Catholic-descent, I'd say Chastity is the most overrated. I'm sorry, we're animals ... We're sexual beings. Refraining from sex isn't going to do anything outside of frustrating the heck out of the one involved. Besides which, I believe more in "purity of the soul" than physical purity. Outdated virtues are outdated.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Without a doubt, going to Japan.
On what occasion do you lie?
Probably to avoid a conflict - If feigning ignorance can be considered lying. I try not to lie ... Though, I suppose I do at times by omission?
What do you dislike most about your appearance?
Ugh. My smile for various reasons.
Which living person do you most despise?
George Bush. Though I can't really judge, not being an American and all but ... I've just heard too many theories about 9/11, and about his war on 'terrorism' to not think he's a complete and utter wanker.
Who or what is the greatest love of your life?
My bed~ No. Okay, seriously then ... It's music. Music gets me through all points of my life, and it probably will continue to do so until I die.
When and where were you happiest?
That would be Late March-Early May last year ... I was in Japan. And even though I was totally alone ... I didn't feel lonely, or even homesick ... I was home.
Which talent would you most like to have?
Um ... To be able to keep an impassive face no matter the situation. Weird talent want is weird.
What is your current state of mind?
Questing? Wondering? I don't know, haha. I suppose I'm just trying to figure out what I'm meant to do next, you know. What my next step is and where to begin with taking it
What is it that you most dislike?
Human society's inability to accept things that are different. ... Those people who walk ridiculously slow in front of you at shopping centres, especially when there's no way to whiz around them.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Aside from the self-esteem thing ... I'd make myself more assertive. There are too many times I've just let something slide that I shouldn't have because it was the less-confrontational way. But it annoys me that it makes me seem like a push-over
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
That moment when you really need someone to talk to because something just happened that really upset you, only to realise there's no one you could talk to about it for various reasons. That feeling that you're completely alone in the world is the worst.
What is your favorite occupation?
Book store clerk? Or else, a CD-store, or an Anime-store, salesperson.
What is your most marked characteristic?
My height! Or lack there of =D
What is the quality you most like in a man?
Eyes that you could just drown in because they seem so deep it's like they go right to his soul <3 UNF.
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
CLASS. So many of the girls I see nowadays have no damn class about them. Oh, let's just all wear shirts that are designed to show off our stomachs, and team that with short-shorts. Leaving something to the imagination? What is that? Ugh. It annoys me so much that the Women of today don't have class. And it is possible to be Classy while being sexy, you just do it in a way that isn't trampy >C
What do you most value in your friends?
Acceptance, and a willingness to be there for you no matter when, or where.
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Sakura from CardCaptor Sakura, and Tohru from Fruits Basket.
Who are your heroes in real life?
I don't really ... ... Nope. I don't have real life heroes. That's kinda sad actually.
How would you like to die?
I dunno. Peacefully? In my sleep. I don't want to deal with the whole drama of "Oh gods. I'm going to die. I'm going to die"
What is your motto?
No matter how difficult things get, never give up.
Name?
Phoenix XD
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
It's difficult to say ... Actually, I truly don't know how to answer this question. A part of me thinks waking up of a morning feeling truly content - and having a warm body beside me would be a bonus but ... Is that happiness, or fulfillment? I think perfect happiness would possibly just be looking around a room to see it filled with the smiling faces of those that love me. It doesn't matter if there are 5, or 20 people in that room ... As long as I can look at them and know in the depths of my soul that they love me for who I am ... That should be happiness, right? Difficult question is difficult.
What is your greatest fear?
Forever alone. To not be accepted for who I am by those I hold closest to my heart. That, in the end, my life amounted to naught but an anime/manga collection and an dabbling in fanfiction.
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
I don't. I don't know enough about Historical figures to have one to identify with XD
Which living person do you most admire?
In a way ... Lady GaGa. She's not afraid to be who she is, and to hell with everyone that doesn't like it. I'm sure she inspires so many people with that attitude of hers too ... I don't know, I suppose I think her attitude is admirable.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
My inability to get over my self-confidence issues. I mean, I don't think I'm ugly or anything like that - not anymore - ... But I also can't see why someone should come to love me. What is there about me that appeals to others? Is there even anything? Why should someone love me for who I am if even I think I'm a little strange? And what gives me the right to expect someone should come to love me? What do I have to offer others? I just don't know. At this point, I honestly don't feel like I have anything to inspire anyone to love me - Hell, I can't even get a guy my own age to look at me, forget coming to love and cherish me.
And I'm always waiting for my friends to decide they've had enough of me and just stop contacting me (I've had bad experiences with people doing just that). Even though I know my friends love me, and I them ... It's like waiting for the inevitable. You love me now - but for how long? What if I do something and you suddenly don't want to associate with me anymore? I'm always scared that they're going to decide that I'm just too weird for them and they cut me off, even if I know, logically, that it's unlikely to happen.
Don't get me wrong - I'm a happy person by nature, constantly bouncing around and laughing. But, there is always gonna be this thought that I'm never going to be 'enough', that I just have nothing to give. /emo moment
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Closed-mindedness. Who the hell cares what colour those people in a couple are? Who the hell cares if they're of the same gender? Stop being so fucking judgemental and get the hell over yourself - it's not like it affects your life.
What is your greatest extravagance?
I don't really understand what this question is asking, the thing you've spent the most money on?... Probably my music/anime/manga/book collection...?
What is your favorite journey?
OMG. I do not get these questions! Be more specific damn it! -- ... The train ride on the Shinkansen between Kyoto and Tokyo. You see so many interesting things on the way.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Excuse me while I refresh my mind on what the virtues are... Considering the virtues are of Catholic-descent, I'd say Chastity is the most overrated. I'm sorry, we're animals ... We're sexual beings. Refraining from sex isn't going to do anything outside of frustrating the heck out of the one involved. Besides which, I believe more in "purity of the soul" than physical purity. Outdated virtues are outdated.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Without a doubt, going to Japan.
On what occasion do you lie?
Probably to avoid a conflict - If feigning ignorance can be considered lying. I try not to lie ... Though, I suppose I do at times by omission?
What do you dislike most about your appearance?
Ugh. My smile for various reasons.
Which living person do you most despise?
George Bush. Though I can't really judge, not being an American and all but ... I've just heard too many theories about 9/11, and about his war on 'terrorism' to not think he's a complete and utter wanker.
Who or what is the greatest love of your life?
My bed~ No. Okay, seriously then ... It's music. Music gets me through all points of my life, and it probably will continue to do so until I die.
When and where were you happiest?
That would be Late March-Early May last year ... I was in Japan. And even though I was totally alone ... I didn't feel lonely, or even homesick ... I was home.
Which talent would you most like to have?
Um ... To be able to keep an impassive face no matter the situation. Weird talent want is weird.
What is your current state of mind?
Questing? Wondering? I don't know, haha. I suppose I'm just trying to figure out what I'm meant to do next, you know. What my next step is and where to begin with taking it
What is it that you most dislike?
Human society's inability to accept things that are different. ... Those people who walk ridiculously slow in front of you at shopping centres, especially when there's no way to whiz around them.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Aside from the self-esteem thing ... I'd make myself more assertive. There are too many times I've just let something slide that I shouldn't have because it was the less-confrontational way. But it annoys me that it makes me seem like a push-over
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
That moment when you really need someone to talk to because something just happened that really upset you, only to realise there's no one you could talk to about it for various reasons. That feeling that you're completely alone in the world is the worst.
What is your favorite occupation?
Book store clerk? Or else, a CD-store, or an Anime-store, salesperson.
What is your most marked characteristic?
My height! Or lack there of =D
What is the quality you most like in a man?
Eyes that you could just drown in because they seem so deep it's like they go right to his soul <3 UNF.
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
CLASS. So many of the girls I see nowadays have no damn class about them. Oh, let's just all wear shirts that are designed to show off our stomachs, and team that with short-shorts. Leaving something to the imagination? What is that? Ugh. It annoys me so much that the Women of today don't have class. And it is possible to be Classy while being sexy, you just do it in a way that isn't trampy >C
What do you most value in your friends?
Acceptance, and a willingness to be there for you no matter when, or where.
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Sakura from CardCaptor Sakura, and Tohru from Fruits Basket.
Who are your heroes in real life?
I don't really ... ... Nope. I don't have real life heroes. That's kinda sad actually.
How would you like to die?
I dunno. Peacefully? In my sleep. I don't want to deal with the whole drama of "Oh gods. I'm going to die. I'm going to die"
What is your motto?
No matter how difficult things get, never give up.