[LaKapsule]

Hello everybody,

Do you know the Proust Questionnaire ? First, do you know who is Marcel Proust ? I'm trend to say that Marcel Proust is a writer who has a style of writing so difficult that the most French people doesn't understand his sentences very well. And, I also believe he possesses the record of the longest sentence in a book... maybe he doesn't it ! But, he made them very long !

Anyway, here is the Proust Questionnaire :

TThe Proust Questionnaire has its origins in a parlor game popularized (though not devised) by Marcel Proust, the French essayist and novelist, who believed that, in answering these questions, an individual reveals his or her true nature. Here is the basic Proust Questionnaire.

Obiously, I agree.

Here is the questions - you are invited to answer them !

1. What is your idea of perfect happiness ?

2. What is your greatest fear ?

3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself ?

4. What is the trait you most deplore in others ?

5. Which living person do you most admire ?

6. What is your greatest extravagance ?

7. What is your current state of mind ?

8. What do you consider the most overrated virtue ?

9. On what occasion do you lie ?

10. What do you most dislike about your appearance ?

11. Which living person do you most despise ?

12. What is the quality you most like in a man ?

13. What is the quality you most like in a woman ?

14. Which words or phrases do you most overuse ?

15. What or who is the greatest love of your life ?

16. When and where were you happiest ?

17. Which talent would you most like to have ?

18. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be ?

19. What do you consider your greatest achievement ?

20. If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be ?

21. Where would you most like to live ?

22. What is your most treasured possession ?

23. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery ?

24. What is your favorite occupation ?

25. What is your most marked characteristic ?

26. What do you most value in your friends ?

27. Who are your favorite writers ?

28. Who is your hero of fiction ?

29. Which historical figure do you most identify with ?

30. Who are your heroes in real life ?

31. What are your favorite names ?

32. What is it that you most dislike ?

33. What is your greatest regret ?

34. How would you like to die ?

35. What is your motto ?

Source : The Proust Questionnaire | Vanity Fair

what is your idea of perfect happyness

i honestly don't think it exists. if it does, i have no idea what it would be like

What is your greatest fear?

fear of going outside

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
looks

What is the trait you most deplore in others?

lack of understanding

Which living person do you most admire?

um.. anyone with mental illness who has made something of their lives, i guess. no one in particular

What is your greatest extravagance?

ordering a pizza on tuesday (every tuesday)

What is your current state of mind?
tired of life and the world.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue

hmm honestly not sure

On what occasion do you lie?

honesty is the best policy. i don't lie

What do you most dislike about your appearance

my weight

Which living person do you most despise

any of my family (if you read my posts about them, you'd know why)

What is the quality you most like in a man

not sure

What is the quality you most like in a woman

not sure

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?

cool, yeah, okay, awesome, what ever, that will never happen in a month of sundays, you're a chicken nugget short of a happy meal, the lights are on but no one is home, i'm hungry

What or who is the greatest love of your life?

music

When and where were you happiest?

what's happiness again. it's been so long

Which talent would you most like to have?

dancing probably. tango and stuff

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

probably my upbringing

What do you consider your greatest achievement

finding this site

If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?

a cat

Where would you most like to live?

alaska

What is your most treasured possession

my computer

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?

my life....?. it seriously sucks!

What is your favorite occupation?

obviously musicians- without those, i'd not have the greatest love of my life

What is your most marked characteristic?

weird sense of humor

What do you most value in your friends

support and listening (if i had friends to begin with).

Who are your favorite writers?

james patterson, daniele steel, ruth rendelle, agatha christie, steven king, roald dahl, charles dickens, J.K rowling

Who is your hero of fiction?

daniele steel

Which historical figure do you most identify with?

i've no idea. but i love learning about henry the 8th

\Who are your heroes in real life

daniele steel, anyone with mental illness who have made something of life

What are your favorite names?

boys: jonathan, justin, brian, ian, jason, jake, robbert, kevin

girls: laura, tracy, emma/ emily, angela, katy, melena, sarah, marcella, donna, kelly, stephanie, natalie, stacy

What is it that you most dislike?

carots (can't stand them)

What is your greatest regret

not getting through school

How would you like to die?

in a natural disaster

What is your motto?

treat others how you'd like to be treated yourself.

[LaKapsule]

Hello Shattered Sanity,

Thank you to have answered to these questions. I like your motto. You seem to have a lot of sadness inside of you. I'm sorry about that. You said it was a good thing for you to found this site. Younger, I also found a psychological forum which helped me to express everything that I wasn't able to say in my childhood.
About your " lack of understanding ", could you say more ? Or maybe, is there a place where you speak about that ?

Have a good day.

[Nammu]

Where are your answers lakapsule?

[MiddayNap]

1. What is your idea of perfect happiness ?
Living peacefully alone with little worry. I want a job with whose salary I can pay bills without worry, give to charity at least once a year, and buy gifts for people. I would like to share my writing as well.
2. What is your greatest fear ?
Being dependent upon other people. It makes me feel trapped.
3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself ?
I can be rather heartless and may come off as self-centered, though I really don't mean to.
4. What is the trait you most deplore in others ?
I cannot stand dishonesty and disrespect. I feel all crimes-whatever the degree-fall into at least one of these categories.
5. Which living person do you most admire ?
I don't really admire anyone in particular, however, there are certain traits I admire in others-those being intelligence and perseverance.
6. What is your greatest extravagance ?
I know nothing of this "extravagance". I am a proud cheapskate. I wash and reuse aluminium foil and zip-lock bags, for goodness sake!
7. What is your current state of mind ?
I don't tend to feel emotions very often or very strongly, so my current state of mind can only be described as calm.
8. What do you consider the most overrated virtue ?
Zeal. It seems much too aggressive.
9. On what occasion do you lie ?
I have only ever lied to keep from coming in to work on my day off and it aggravates me to no end that this is the only method which keeps the conversation to a minimum.
10. What do you most dislike about your appearance ?
As of late I have been annoyed by the fact that, no matter whether I wear sunscreen or not, I always tan in the summer. Tanned skin isn't ugly, it simply doesn't suit me. I also sometimes feel my nose is not a very nice shape or that my square jaw is a bit odd-looking.
11. Which living person do you most despise ?
I despise no one-because I do not feel emotion strongly enough to do so.
12. What is the quality you most like in a man ?
Reliability, strength, politeness, respectfulness, honesty, self-awareness, and intelligence.
13. What is the quality you most like in a woman ?
The above apply here as well.
14. Which words or phrases do you most overuse ?
I have an awful habit of saying "isn't it?" after a question, even if it makes no grammatical sense whatever.
15. What or who is the greatest love of your life ?
My left hand. We have had 21 years of happiness together.
16. When and where were you happiest ?
I have been happiest in tranquil solitude.
17. Which talent would you most like to have ?
I would love good balance and coordination.
18. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be ?
I do not have the ability to teleport. I would like to have said ability.
19. What do you consider your greatest achievement ?
I have not impressed myself as of yet, so I will have to answer this question when I do.
20. If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be ?
I have always loved crows, so I suppose that would be my obvious choice, unless I can simply come back as myself and live as an undead being. If the latter is possible, I would prefer not to be the brain-eating sort, as eating the brains of others is rather impolite.
21. Where would you most like to live ?
I will stay here, thank you. I have no sense of direction, so moving anywhere would prove disastrous.
22. What is your most treasured possession ?
My brain.
23. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery ?
A world clouded in an impenetrable ignorance which breeds a hate so strong it disguises itself as reason. Does this make sense?
24. What is your favorite occupation ?
I enjoy a job in which I am left alone to work and which requires very little social interaction.
25. What is your most marked characteristic ?
My sarcasm, most definitely.
26. What do you most value in your friends ?
Honesty and self-awareness.
27. Who are your favorite writers ?
I will list the authors of my favorite books: John Steinbeck, Dalton Trumbo, Ray Bradbury, Upton Sinclair, Lewis Carroll, and Akira Toriyama. (Comics count)
28. Who is your hero of fiction ?
Goku from Dragon Ball, of course!
29. Which historical figure do you most identify with ?
None, I suppose, though there are certainly those I think had very good ideas and with whom I share beliefs.
30. Who are your heroes in real life ?
I have no heroes.
31. What are your favorite names ?
I rather like the name Alexander.
32. What is it that you most dislike ?
Bodily fluids and anything to do with the human mouth.
33. What is your greatest regret ?
I always give my telephone number to anyone who asks. It never crosses my mind to give a wrong number, refuse the request, or lie that I've misplaced my phone. It gets troublesome.
34. How would you like to die ?
Painlessly and very. very old.
35. What is your motto ?
**** happens, get over it.

[TiredPilgrim]

1. What is your idea of perfect happiness ?
I don't think perfect happiness exists; I prefer to be content with who and where I am.

2. What is your greatest fear ?
Abandonment

3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself ?
I always have to know things, and I hate not having an answer. Not having an answer is as humiliating to me as showing up to work with no trousers on.

4. What is the trait you most deplore in others ?
Rushing to judgment, making assumptions, or accepting 'first impressions.'

5. Which living person do you most admire ?
My mother.

6. What is your greatest extravagance ?
I can't resist books; no matter how pinched for pennies I am.

7. What is your current state of mind ?
Fairly normal, but with an undercurrent of anxiety for tomorrow.

8. What do you consider the most overrated virtue ?
Righteousness; it too often leads to self righteousness and blind judgment of others.

9. On what occasion do you lie ?
When something is not worth the fight.

10. What do you most dislike about your appearance ?
Being overweight.

11. Which living person do you most despise ?
Those who continue to deny their actions despite proof positive of their guilt.

12. What is the quality you most like in a man ?
Loyalty

13. What is the quality you most like in a woman ?
Loyalty

14. Which words or phrases do you most overuse ?
The ones where I think I know something.

15. What or who is the greatest love of your life ?
My God, and my current husband.

16. When and where were you happiest ?
Happiness is fleeting, and always best viewed in retrospect. People rarely ever realize how happy they are in the present.

17. Which talent would you most like to have ?
Discernment, or knowing when people are lying.

18. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be ?
Being hyper critical of myself.

19. What do you consider your greatest achievement ?
Nothing. I have achieved nothing of worth.

20. If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be ?
An Ent.

21. Where would you most like to live ?
Where I live now, but closer to family.

22. What is your most treasured possession ?
My computer.

23. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery ?
Self hatred.

24. What is your favorite occupation ?
Librarian.

25. What is your most marked characteristic ?
Intensity

26. What do you most value in your friends ?
Loyalty and intelligence

27. Who are your favorite writers ?
Let me get back to you on that...there's a long list.
R. A. Salvatore, Robert Heinlein, and Anne McCaffrey among others.

28. Who is your hero of fiction ?
Drizzt Do'Urden from R. A. Salvatore's Hidden Realms worlds. He overcomes his birth into the violent and malicious Dark Elf race living deep within Earth to become the champion of the helpless in a topside world that is slowly killing him and frequently rejects him on sight.
Luka Crosszeria, or Brand Zess of the anime Betrayal Knows My Name.
He overcame his biology and upbringing for love.

29. Which historical figure do you most identify with ?
None, I haven't done anything with my life.

30. Who are your heroes in real life ?
My parents and my siblings.

31. What are your favorite names ?
Any with meaning.

32. What is it that you most dislike ?
Dishonesty in the face of the truth.

33. What is your greatest regret ?
Too numerous to mention.

34. How would you like to die ?
In place of someone else.

35. What is your motto ?
'Don't believe everything you see.' or
'Inside every cynic is a mortally wounded idealist.'

Originally Posted by Nammu

Where are your answers lakapsule?

you just asked what i was going to ask!

mind reading much?

Originally Posted by LaKapsule

Hello Shattered Sanity,

Thank you to have answered to these questions. I like your motto. You seem to have a lot of sadness inside of you. I'm sorry about that. You said it was a good thing for you to found this site. Younger, I also found a psychological forum which helped me to express everything that I wasn't able to say in my childhood.
About your " lack of understanding ", could you say more ? Or maybe, is there a place where you speak about that ?

Have a good day.

thanks.

hey where in france are you from?. that's cool

[SvanThor]

1. What is your idea of perfect happiness ?
Continuing to recover from all illnesses, and meet someone who I can spend the rest of my life with. Maybe have kids? I do not know yet.
2. What is your greatest fear ?
Going back to heroin.
3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself ?
My addictive personality, my inability to sense the love of others.
4. What is the trait you most deplore in others ?
Not trying to stop their friends from doing stupid things.
5. Which living person do you most admire ?
There are too many to even name.
6. What is your greatest extravagance ?
Really nice clothing. Also, cuff bracelets.
7. What is your current state of mind ?
Peaceful yet tired.
8. What do you consider the most overrated virtue ?
No virtue is overrated.
9. On what occasion do you lie ?
Many, unfortunately.
10. What do you most dislike about your appearance ?
Teeth are only slightly discolored from having a six year struggle with bulimia... I'm lucky it didn't get worse.
11. Which living person do you most despise ?
Any member of any terrorist group.
12. What is the quality you most like in a man ?
Submissiveness.
13. What is the quality you most like in a woman ?
Submissiveness.
14. Which words or phrases do you most overuse ?
I've been told I say the word "oh" a lot. Who notices that? XD
15. What or who is the greatest love of your life ?
God, and I would be dead if I hadn't found Him.
16. When and where were you happiest ?
I am happiest now. I am pursuing psychology and I have a great job. I am happy with myself as of recently.
17. Which talent would you most like to have ?
Piano. People who can play piano are amazing.
18. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be ?
My self-hatred.
19. What do you consider your greatest achievement ?
Quitting drugs.
20. If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be ?
Probably a guitar. Then people can play me like I played them.
21. Where would you most like to live ?
Back in Iceland.
22. What is your most treasured possession ?
No idea.
23. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery ?
Addiction.
24. What is your favorite occupation ?
Bartending, but I want to be a psychiatrist.
25. What is your most marked characteristic ?
Most noticed is how shy I come across; I am not as shy as I am quiet and observant of people, people fascinate me.
26. What do you most value in your friends ?
They haven't given up.
27. Who are your favorite writers ?
Robert M. Drake and Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
28. Who is your hero of fiction ?
Don't know.
29. Which historical figure do you most identify with ?
No clue.
30. Who are your heroes in real life ?
My little sisters.
31. What are your favorite names ?
Definitely not Svanbjörn...
32. What is it that you most dislike ?
How I've hurt people in the past.
33. What is your greatest regret ?
Ever trying drugs.
34. How would you like to die ?
Quickly and painlessly.
35. What is your motto ?
“Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.”

[LaKapsule]

Originally Posted by Nammu

Where are your answers lakapsule?

Originally Posted by shattered sanity

thanks.

hey where in france are you from?. that's cool

Thanks both !

I not took time to answer for now. I find the response which I read more interesting.
Currently, I'm reading the responses ( I read slowly ).

Nammu, you can answer too !

Otherwise, I live in Brittany. Do you know this place a little ?

[LaKapsule]

Hello MiddayNap,

I like your vision of the perfect happiness. I think I have a similar one. It is important, for me, to earn enough money for offering presents to the people we love.

A world clouded in an impenetrable ignorance which breeds a hate so strong it disguises itself as reason. Does this make sense?

Yes, that makes sense. I believe even, that is one of my most fear.

I enjoy a job in which I am left alone to work and which requires very little social interaction.

This criterion is primordial for me too.

26. What do you most value in your friends ?
Honesty and self-awareness.

It can seems strange, but I close self-awareness to the self-derision.

Hello TiredPilgrim,

1. What is your idea of perfect happiness ?
I don't think perfect happiness exists; I prefer to be content with who and where I am.

Your answer is pretty wise !

3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself ?
I always have to know things, and I hate not having an answer. Not having an answer is as humiliating to me as showing up to work with no trousers on.

You too !?!

4. What is the trait you most deplore in others ?
Rushing to judgment, making assumptions, or accepting 'first impressions.'

I find my answer !

5. Which living person do you most admire ?
My mother.

Bravo !

11. Which living person do you most despise ?
Those who continue to deny their actions despite proof positive of their guilt.

Exactly the same !

16. When and where were you happiest ?
Happiness is fleeting, and always best viewed in retrospect. People rarely ever realize how happy they are in the present.

Thanks for these nice words.

P.S.1 : Sorry SvanThor, I have not found the time for reading you message. But, I will do that later !
P.S.2 : I give you my responses later too.

[LadyShadow]

1. What is your idea of perfect happiness ? - An is;and where I can spend the rest of my life

2. What is your greatest fear ? - Dying alone

3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself ? - My fatness

4. What is the trait you most deplore in others ? - Selfishness

5. Which living person do you most admire ? - My Dad

6. What is your greatest extravagance ? - Decadent meals I treat myself to

7. What is your current state of mind ? - Very happy and content

8. What do you consider the most overrated virtue ? - Kindness

9. On what occasion do you lie ? - When people ask me "what I do for a living"

10. What do you most dislike about your appearance ? - My fatness

11. Which living person do you most despise ? Kayne West

12. What is the quality you most like in a man ? - Intelligence

13. What is the quality you most like in a woman ? Intelligence

14. Which words or phrases do you most overuse ? Lol (I use that way too much)

15. What or who is the greatest love of your life ? My best friend

16. When and where were you happiest ? In 2004 before I got sick

17. Which talent would you most like to have ? Musical

18. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be ? My fatness

19. What do you consider your greatest achievement ? Working hard since the age of 14

20. If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be ? A tree

21. Where would you most like to live ? New Zealand

22. What is your most treasured possession ? My tv

23. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery ? Depression that leads to suicide

24. What is your favorite occupation ? Pilot

25. What is your most marked characteristic ? My lips

26. What do you most value in your friends ? Dependability

27. Who are your favorite writers ? Chuck Palaniuk, Stephen King, J.R.R. Tolkein

28. Who is your hero of fiction ? Tyler Durden

29. Which historical figure do you most identify with ? Abe Lincoln

30. Who are your heroes in real life ? My parents

31. What are your favorite names ? Cassandra, Scarlett. Seth

32. What is it that you most dislike ? Inconsiderate people

33. What is your greatest regret ? Going to see a psychiatrist

34. How would you like to die ? In my sleep

35. What is your motto ? Live life to the fullest because tomorrow is not guaranteed