Welcome
April 16, 2010 Leave a comment
Inaugural posts are always challenging; I am not sure how to formally introduce myself, and to be honest, I would like for the readers of this blog to get to know me through my posts and not some official introduction that I will ultimately have to live up to. With that said, I love interviews, so whenever I come across an interesting interview, I will be posting my answers to questions that were asked to some really cool people, because, um, I am cool, too. 🙂
I thought I would start with my answers to the Vanity Fair’s Proust questionnaire.
Q. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A: A good book, good vegan, gluten-free food, and a happy family.
Q: What is your greatest fear?
A: That I am sometimes too afraid to hear what my heart has to say… and that my death will be tragic. Oh, and failure.
Q: Which historical figure do you most identify with?
A: Jesus, sans the crucifixion.
Q: Which living person do you most admire?
A: Anybody enrolled in a Ph.D program.
Q: Which is the trait that you most deplore in yourself?
A: I can be extremely critical of myself and others.
Q: Which is the trait that you most deplore in others?
A: Judgmental, self-righteousness behavior, and cowardice.
Q: What is your greatest extravagance?
A: My 15-inch MacBook Pro (and my iPhone 3GS)
Q: On what occasion do you lie?
A: Hmm… I sometimes say that I like things when I don’t.
Q: What do you dislike most about your appearance?
A: I really have a difficult time accepting the size of my arms; they make me look bigger than I am.
Q: When and where were you happiest?
A: In undergrad. Only I did not know it.
Q: If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
A: I would stop allowing fear to influence my decisions.
Q: If you could change one thing about your family what would it be?
A: My mother would have demonstrated her love.
Q: What do you consider your greatest achievement?
A: Learning to love myself and command love and respect from others.
Q: If you died and came back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
A: …maybe a rock or a planet. I am not sure.
Q: What is your most treasured possession?
A: My mind, my journals, my wedding band and my MacBook Pro.
Q: What do you regard as the lowest depths of misery?
A: Slavery…and the inability to love
Q: Who are your heroes in real life?
A: My eleventh-grade English teacher, Hedy A. Jackson, and anybody who is committed to social justice.
Q: What is it that you most dislike?
A: Cowardice.
Q: How would you like to die?
A: Loved.
Q: What is your motto?
A: “I found God in myself, and I loved her. I loved her fiercely.” (Ntozake Shange)
The People are Speaking…