06 Sep 2020

Proust Questionnaire - 2020

Filed under: life | happiness

In 2012, I answered the Proust Questionnaire and brought it over from my old blog. I’m taking it again.

• What is your idea of perfect happiness? Never needing to use Twitter again. And to be left alone.

• What is your greatest fear? White people.

• What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Unbridled modesty.

• What is the trait you most deplore in others? Obsession with ego.

• What is your greatest extravagance? Music. And love.

• What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Back-patting about virtues.

• What is the quality you most like in a man? Not being racist.

• What is the quality you most like in a woman? Not being racist.

• Which words or phrases do you most overuse? “Sorry.”

• Which talent would you most like to have? The ability to play the piano.

• What do you consider your greatest achievement? Becoming a father.

• If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? Myself, as I’d miss my son.

• Where would you most like to live? Lisbon.

• What is your most treasured possession? My music collection.

• What is your most marked characteristic? Quietness.

• What do you most value in your friends? Actively listening and engaging with me.

• Who are your favourite writers? James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Reni Eddo-Lodge, Jason Okundaye, Shakeia Taylor, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Jason Kottke, Jean Baudrillard, Roland Barthes.

• Who is your hero of fiction? James Baldwin.

• Which historical figure do you most identify with? None.

• What is it that you most dislike? Racism.

• What is your greatest regret? Not getting better grades in maths at college.

• How would you like to die? Peacefully.

• What is your motto? What would Dilla do?