The Proust Questionnaire

Justine is a Westmont College student and a hometown/blogging friend of mine. She's a huge Harry Potter fan and has awesome taste in music.


What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Perfect happiness is being content. Finding the time to just... be.

Which living person do you most admire?
Jenny Lewis. Or Annie Clark. It's a toss-up.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
I have really... bad breath in the morning?

What is your greatest fear?
The world ending on my 23rd birthday (December 21, 2012).

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

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Patience. Because who really has it?

What is your greatest extravagance?
My iTunes library.

On what occasion do you lie?
"I solemnly swear I am up to no good."

What is your most marked characteristic?
Spending good ole quality time with people. Love it.

What is it that you most dislike?
Tuna casserole and/or canned tuna.

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

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

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Abbreviation is my second language.

Which living person do you most despise?
Anyone who despises America.

Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Nathaniel Hale.

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

When and where were you happiest?
Camping with the fam growing up. Those were simpler times.

What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Silver Medalist. National Latin Exam. Sophomore year of high school. That's when I peaked.

What is your most treasured possession?
The silver medal I received from the NLE (see above).

Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Samuel Hamilton.

What is your greatest regret?
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

How would you like to die?
Peacefully, with my children and grandchildren and heck, maybe even great-grandchildren by my side.



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