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"If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that." - Stephen King
Greetings fellow readers, and welcome to my first blog post. As the title implies, this blog is going to revolve around me answering the questions of the Proust Questionnaire. For those of you who don't know, the Proust Questionnaire is a series of questions composed by the revered French writer, Marcel Proust. There are 35 questions in total, so let's not waste any time and get to it. __1.__What is your idea of perfect happiness?
I honestly never really thought about what my perfect happiness would be. Usually I find myself wanting to make others happy, at least just as often as I think of my own happiness. I suppose my happiness would be where I wouldn't have to worry about anything. I could just be free to do whatever I want. __2.__What is your greatest fear? My greatest fear... I can sum this up in the words of horror writer H.P. Lovecraft: "The oldest and strongest type of fear is the fear of the unknown." I can't agree more with this statement. I fear the things I cannot predict, the unanswered questions that are better left unanswered. __3.__What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? The thing I hate most about myself is my indecisiveness. I have a history of debating with myself over trivial things, like what I want or what I should do. I prefer to go with the flow and see what happens and as such, I don't really like thinking for myself and would rather be told what I want or need to do. In retrospect, I guess that is my biggest blunder. __4.__What is the trait you most deplore in others? I don't really have a specific trait that I deplore in people aside from more or less preferring to not have to deal with them in general, but that's more of a me problem than anything else. If I had to choose, I don't care for those who are very attention seeking. Those people usually annoy me to a very vast degree, though there might be an exception... Might... __5.__Which living person do you most admire? I most admire my parents, for being able to make things "work" so to speak. __6.__What is your greatest extravagance? My greatest extravagance is my tendency to try to go above and beyond expectations, or at the very least go through things very thoroughly. Whether it's going my music for the best quality following orders to the letter (at least to the best of my ability), I take pride in doing my best to do the best job that I can. __7.__What is your current state of mind? My current state of mind... I guess it's just to go with the flow and see what happens. I'm a casual observer at my core, and a such I have this "whatever happens, happens" mentality. I guess that makes me a pushover, but I think it makes me really accepting or patient with things. __8.__What do you consider the most overrated virtue? For the sake of this making this easier on me, I will be going by Aristotle's 12 virtues. Borrowing this, I believe magnificence is the most overrated virtue. The mentality of wanting to be the best at something, while not necessarily bad, isn't something that I think I want. I'm always told of how much I can do, and yet I find myself just wanting to be average. __9.__On what occasion do you lie? I lie when it is most beneficial, be it for myself or for someone I care about. For example, say I know something that needs to be kept a secret from someone; I'll do my best to feign ignorance for the sake of that person. This also applies for when I need the benefit of lying. __10.__What do you most dislike about your appearance? I suppose the physical trait I most dislike about myself is how I fit into the "stereotypical nerd" architype. Not the most well-kept, looks overweight/not physically strong, has an air of "shut in" about him. Stuff like that. __11.__Which living person do you most despise? That's a little tricky, all things considered; I'm not someone who really hates many people. I mean, I hate my generation, but that's a different story. I suppose I just hate those who are entitled, greedy, and are generally unpleasant to be around, or make things harder on others. __12.__What is the quality you most like in a man? Um... I don't exactly swing that way... __13.__What is the quality you most like in a woman? I just want someone who will love me for me. Someone who will be able to understand and get along with me, and also remain loyal to me as I would to her. __14.__Which words or phrases do you most overuse? My overused words consist mostly of "uh's" and "um's" and things that make me seem smarter than I actually am, but I thought it sounded cool in my head. Kinda like Jeff Goldblum in retrospect... __15.__What or who is the greatest love of your life? The high I get off of being able to help others is probably what I love most. That, or being lazy... __16.__When and where were you happiest? I'm happiest when I'm: someplace I can be myself, helping others, or spending time with those I care about. __17.__Which talent would you most like to have? I'd like to have a higher affinity for risk taking. Some wouldn't consider that a talent, but I do with how much trouble I have taking risk. __18.__If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I'd either change myself to take more risk or to be less indecisive. __19.__What do you consider your greatest achievement? I feel like making it this far in my life, having a job, good place to live, people who care about me, and going to a good school, is an achievement in it of itself. Though if I'm being picky, I'd choose being able to make it to San Francisco to see Metallica's "S&M2" on 9/8/2019. It was a beautiful show I wouldn't trade anything for. __20.__If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? Were I to die and be reborn as something or someone, I'd like to return as a muse or as someone better than I was when I died. A muse because I'd like to provide ideals or inspiration to those who really wish to improve our world. As for the latter, it's so I can be a better human being, or at least better than I currently am. __21.__Where would you most like to live? I have no specific location for this one. Just being away from stress or with those I care about is enough for me. Ideally both if possible. I personally like where I currently live, if I'm being completely honest. Though if I had to choose somewhere not where I currently live, I choose Japan, as it's somewhere I've wanted to go for a while. __22.__What is your most treasured possession? My most treasured possessions are my memories. They are mine and mine alone, and I'd never trade them for anything. __23.__What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? In my opinion, the lowest depth of misery is lacking a drive to do anything. I find myself at my lowest when I can't bring myself to do things, be them big or small tasks. __24.__What is your favorite occupation? My favorite job is just helping people. That's actually my dream job, to be able to help others, as that's what makes me happiest. __25.__What is your most marked characteristic? My eyes, I guess, are my most marked characteristic; they're this amalgamation of color I usually have trouble describing, though I just identify them as gray. __26.__What do you most value in your friends? I'm just grateful the friends I have spend time with me, though due to their situations, as well as my own, that might get more scarce at this point... __27.__Who are your favorite writers? Depends on what you mean. My favorite musical writer is probably Metallica. My favorite writer of stories, as of this posting, goes by kdog2201 on Wattpad (link to his page on his name). __28.__Who is your hero of fiction? I don't really have an actual "hero" in fiction, so I'mma just go with Vegeta from the Dragon Ball series because he's my favorite "heroic" character in the series. __29.__Which historical figure do you most identify with? In retrospect, I identify with people like George Lucas or Stephen King. My reason being that, at least in their more cinematic works, they both have a tendency to be good at creating concepts, just not great in execution. (ex. the Star Wars prequels and the Shining Miniseries). __30.__Who are your heroes in real life? My IRL heroes, simply put, are those who have helped or are helping me excel in life. __31.__What are your favorite names? Depends on if you mean just names for people or names for things, or hell even name brands. __32.__What is it that you most dislike? It's pretty self explanatory, but my biggest dislike is idiocy. __33.__What is your greatest regret? I have too many to name just one. However, they are all linked to me not really trying, so I suppose that will suffice as my greatest regret. __34.__How would you like to die? I want a quick and painless death. I don't need anything fancy or extravagant, just something simple and easy would do just fine. And when I say "painless," I mean that on both my front and the fronts of those who care about me. __35.__What is your motto? There's a quote I'm growing quite fond of in recent times, that being "Another day in the office." I'm fond of it because it's how I would like to live my life. Nothing super exciting, nothing super boring, just an average routine for an average day.
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